Cassia & Hildegard of Bingen (19th sound workshop)

The 19th Sound Workshop is dedicated to the two first known female composers of the West. One lived in Constantinople in the 9th century, the other in Bingen on the Rhine in the 12th century. Both were abbesses, composers and writers. Hildegard has left us the largest identifiable corpus of music from the Middle Ages. Some of Kassia's songs can still be heard today in Greek Orthodox church services. At the wedding procession of Emperor Theophilus in May 826, Kassia is said not to have been chosen as a bride by the emperor because of her witty and self-confident response to the theological significance of the creation of women. Today, Hildegard von Bingen would be described as a universal genius who was also politically active. They were two self-confident, intelligent women who challenged the patriarchal environment and were able to achieve their goals. Musicologist and singer Michael Eberle will introduce us to the Byzantine repertoire, which is foreign to us, and we will place it in dialogue with the music of Hildegard von Bingen. The afternoon in Kolumba will present the results of our joint work.

The usual museum entrance fee applies.