Contemplation is a key element in most religious practices and in Catholicism it can be especially serene. Evensong is known as Vespers in the Roman Catholic tradition, a time of prayers, hymns, ...

Barbara Hannigan is fearless in the face of new music. The Canadian soprano has sung the world premiere of over 100 new works, and last year released a recording of songs by the contemporary American ...

There's a strangely retro feel to Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen-- and not just because its subject is a 12th-century nun famous for being called from above to light up the dark ages ...

In the year 1098, a girl named Hildegard was born in Germany. The 10th child in a family of nobles, Hildegard was "tithed" to the church and at age 8 sent to a Benedictine monastery to become a nun.

The end is nigh at the start of “Vision — From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen.” A group of Christian believers huddles in a dark, stone dwelling awaiting the end. The following morn, the sun rises — ...