A Branch of Freshest Green: Music of Hildegard Von Bingen (2018)

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Folger Consort will perform A Branch of Freshest Green: Music of Hildegard Von Bingen from February 2 to February 3, 2018 in the Washington National Cathedral.

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In the Gothic nave of Washington National Cathedral, Folger Consort presents a bouquet of soaring and ecstatic melodies of the great 12th-century visionary and composer. Female voices join with medieval instruments to capture the mysticism of Hildegard’s hymns and sequences. With bowed and plucked strings, winds, and vocal ensemble Trio Eos.

Artists

Folger Consort

  • Robert Eisenstein: viol, violin
  • Christopher Kendall: lute

Guest artists

  • Trio Eos
  • Shira Kammen
  • Christa Patton

For further information, please visit the Folger site to learn more.