Saints 1
1-1 O Magne Pater (Antiphon To God The Father, Fol. 466) 3:05
1-2 O Bonifaci (Antiphon To St. Boniface, Fol. 475r) 2:46
1-3 O Mirum Admirandum (Antiphon To St. Disibod, Fol. 470) / Domine Est Terra (Psalm 24) 7:52
1-4 Instrumental Piece 7:27
1-5 O Viriditas Digiti Dei (Responsory To St. Disibod, Fol. 470v) 5:51
1-6 O Beata Infantia (Antiphon To St. Disibod, Fol. 470v) / Domine, Dominus Noster (Psalm 8) 5:55
1-7 O Felix Anima (Responsory To St. Disibod, Fol. 470v) 6:33
1-8 Instrumental Piece 6:40
1-9 O Presul Vere Civitatis (Sequence To St. Disibod, Fol. 475v) 8:45
Saints 2
2-1 Columba Aspexit (Sequence To St. Maximinus, Fol. 476r) 6:28
2-2 Instrumental Piece 5:24
2-3 O Ecclesia (Sequence To St. Ursula, Fol. 477) 7:43
2-4 Spiritui Sancto (Responsory To St. Ursula, Fol. 471v) 5:52
2-5 Mathias, Sanctus Per Electionem (Sequence To St. Mathias, Fol. 474v) 6:33
2-6 O Pater Omnium ("Symphonia Viduarum" To The Holy Widows, Fol. 478v) 4:37
2-7 O Euchari, Columba Virtutem Illius (Responsory To St. Eucharius, Fol. 475v) 6:08
2-8 O Euchari, In Leta Via Ambulasti (Sequence To St. Eucharius, Fol. 476r) 6:58
Ordo Virtutum 1
Ordo Virtutum
3-1 Prologue "Qui Sunt Hi, Qui Ut Nubes?" 2:26
3-2 Processional Of Embodied Souls (Instrumental) 2:28
3-3 Scene 1 "O Nos Peregrine Sumus" 2:23
3-4 Anima Processional (Instrumental) 2:59
3-5 Scene 1 (Cont.) "O Dulcis Divinitas" 2:11
3-6 Anima Processional (Instrumental) 0:46
3-7 Scene 1 (Cont.) "O Gravis Labor" 9:39
3-8 Dance (Instrumental) 1:59
3-9 Scene 2 "Ego Humilitas" 24:25
3-10 Dance (Instrumental) 1:48
Ordo Virtutum 2
Interlude
4-1 O Quam Magnum Miraculum (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary) 4:35
4-2 O Felix Anima (Responsory To St. Disibod) 4:28
4-3 O Quam Mirabilis (Antiphon To The Creator) 3:12
Ordo Virtutum (Cont.)
4-4 Lament (Instrumental) 2:18
4-5 Scene 3 "Heu, Heu, Nos Virtutes" 13:02
4-6 Scene 4 "Que Es, Aut Unde Venis?" 9:06
4-7 Finale "In Principio Omnes Creature Viruerunt" 4:08
Celestial Hierarchy
5-1 O Splendidissima Gemma (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary, V Fol 154, With Canticum: Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum) 10:21
5-2 O Dulcis Electe (Responsory To St. John The Evangelist, V Fol. 161v) 4:34
5-3 O Speculum Columbe (Responsory To St. John The Evangelist, V 161v) 7:34
5-4 O Spectabiles Viri (Antiphon To The Patriarchs And Prophets, V Fol. 159v) 5:34
5-5 O Cohors Milicie Floris (Antiphon To The Apostles, V Fol. 160v, With Canticum: Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel) 13:45
5-6 O Victoriosissimi Triumphatores (Antiphon To The Martyrs, V Fol. 163) 8:29
5-7 Kyrie Eleison (R Fol. 472v) 3:13
5-8 O Vos Imitatores Excelse Persone (Responsory To The Confessors, V Fol. 163v) 4:23
5-9 O Gloriosissimi Lux (Antiphon To The Angels, V Fol. 159) 5:12
5-10 O Vos Angeli (Responsory To The Angels, V Fol. 159) 8:40
Symphoniae
6-1 O Quam Mirabilis (Antiphon To The Creator) 2:37
6-2 O Pulchrae Facies (Antiphon To The Virgins) 3:52
6-3 O Virga Ac Diadema (Sequence To The Virgin Mary) 4:46
6-4 Instrumental Piece 1:48
6-5 O Clarissima Mater (Responsory To The Virgin Mary) 8:01
6-6 Instrumental Piece 4:58
6-7 Spiritui Sancto (Responsory To St. Ursula And The Eleven Thousand Virgins) 4:52
6-8 O Virtus Sapientie (Antiphon To Divine Wisdom) 2:47
6-9 O Lucidissima Apostolorum Turba (Responsory To The Apostles) 6:37
6-10 Instrumental Piece 2:55
6-11 O Successores Fortissimi Leonis (Antiphon To The Confessors) 2:07
6-12 O Vos Felices Radices (Responsory To The Patriarchs And The Prophets) 5:04
6-13 Instrumental Piece 5:18
6-14 Vos Flores Rosarum (Responsory To The Martyrs) 5:44
Canticles Of Ecstasy
7-1 O Vis Eternitatis (Responsory To The Creator) 7:56
7-2 Nunc Aperuit Nobis Clausa Porta (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary) 1:53
7-3 Quia Ergo Femina Mortem Instruxit (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary) 1:49
7-4 Cum Processit Factura Digiti Dei (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary) 6:32
7-5 Alma Redemptoris Mater (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary, 10th Century) 2:10
7-6 Ave Maria (Responsory To The Virgin Mary) 8:57
7-7 Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans Vita (Antiphon To The Holy Spirit) 2:15
7-8 O Ignis Spiritus Paracliti (Sequence To The Holy Spirit) 6:17
7-9 Caritas Habundat In Omnia (Antiphon To Divine Love) 2:10
7-10 Alleluia! O Virga Mediatrix (Alleluia Antiphon) 2:25
7-11 O Viridissima Virga, Ave (To The Virgin Mary) 3:51
7-12 Instrumental Piece 3:30
7-13 O Pastor Animarum (Antiphon To The Redeemer) 1:18
7-14 O Tu Suavissima Virga (Responsory To The Virgin Mary) 11:12
7-15 O Choruscans Lux Stellarum (Antiphon For The Dedication Of A Church) 2:37
7-16 O Nobilissima Viriditas (Responsory To The Virgins) 6:42
Voice Of The Blood
8-1 O Rubor Sanguinis (Antiphon To St. Ursula) 2:01
8-2 Favus Distillans (Responsory To St. Ursula And Eleven Thousand Virgins) 8:29
8-3 Laus Trinitati (Antiphon In Praise Of The Trinity) 1:36
8-4 In Matutinis Laudibus (Office For The Feast Of St. Ursula [Antiphons]) - 1. Studium Divinitatis - 2. Unde Quocumque Venientes - 3. De Patria Etiam Earum - 4. Deus Enim - 5. Aer Enim Volat - 6. Et Ideo Puelle Iste - 7. Deus Enim Rorem - 8. Sed Diabolus 9:53
8-5 O Ecclesia (Free Sequence To St. Ursula) 7:56
8-6 Instrumental Piece (By Elizabeth Gaver, Based On Hildegard's "O Viridissima Virga") 6:33
8-7 O Eterne Deus (Antiphon To God The Father) 2:12
8-8 O Dulcissime Amator (Symphonia Of The Virgins) 6:46
8-9 Rex Noster (Responsory To The Innocent) 6:25
8-10 O Cruor Sanguinis (Antiphon To The Redeemer) 1:35
8-11 Cum Vox Sanguinis (Hymn To St. Ursula) 6:31
8-12 Instrumental Piece (By Elizabeth Gaver, Based On The D-Modes Of Hildegard) 2:59
8-13 O Virgo Ecclesia (Antiphon To Ecclesia) / Instrumental Piece (By Elizabeth Gaver) 7:48
8-14 Nunc Gaudeant Materna (Antiphon To Ecclesia) 2:26
8-15 O Orzchis Ecclesia (Antiphon To Ecclesia) 3:38
O Jerusalem
9-1 O Ierusalem (Sequence To St. Rupert) 10:25
9-2 Quia Felix Puericia (Antiphon To St. Rupert) 5:28
9-3 O Felix Apparicio (Antiphon To St. Rupert) 2:35
9-4 O Beatissime Ruperte 2:24
9-5 Instrumental Piece 5:47
9-6 O Tu Illustrata (Antiphon & Versicle To The Virgin Mary) 7:47
9-7 Cum Erubuerint (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary) 2:50
9-8 O Frondens Virga (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary) / Ave, Generosa (Hymn To The Virgin Mary) 5:56
9-9 O Quam Preciosa (Responsory To The Virgin Mary) 7:05
9-10 O Ignee Spiritus (Hymn To The Holy Spirit) 6:49
9-11 Instrumental Piece 5:41
9-12 O Quam Magnam Miraculum (Antiphon To The Virgin Mary) 4:44
Sequentia was among the first vocal ensembles to revive Hildegard’s music in our time, working closely from the medieval manuscript sources and employing performance practices which would have been known to the abbess and her Benedictine sisters in the 12th century. Under the general artistic direction of the late Barbara Thornton (1950-1998) and with Sequentia's co-founder Benjamin Bagby, more than sixty of the world’s foremost vocalists and instrumentalists active in historical music performance joined the ensemble to perform and record Hildegard’s works on a regular basis between 1982 and 1999, and again under Bagby’s direction in 2012-2014. Thornton and Bagby worked closely with musicologists and philologists, including Leo Treitler, Peter Dronke and Barbara Stühlmeyer. In addition to recording, the ensemble toured extensively, performing Hildegard's works to critical acclaim all over Europe, in North America, Australia and Japan.
The Sequentia recordings of Hildegard’s complete musical works are now contained on 9 CDs and include all of Hildegard’s 77 symphoniae as well as her music drama Ordo Virtutum – more than 9 hours of music. One of these releases, Canticles of Ecstasy, received numerous international awards (including an Edison Prize, a Disque d’Or, and a Grammy® nomination for best choral recording) and sold more than a million copies worldwide.
