Thursday, March 26, 2009

Atheene Dodonpa on March 28@ 12 pm SLT

The medieval songstress with the haunting voice will sing songs from the canon of Hildegarde of Bingen. Atheene accompanies herself on lap harp, hurdy-gurdy and other period instruments as appropriate.

Hildegarde (1098-1179) was a medieval mystic, prophet, writer, visionary and composer, an Abbess of the Bendectine order whose learning and writing was very influential in her time.


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