CATHERINE LOUISE GEACH – A WISH FOR LOVE FOR THE WORLD

18,00 

Catherine Louise Geach – A wish for Love for the World

Catherine Louise Geach – Violin, vocals

TRACKLIST

Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179)
Ave Generosa (5’58’’)
(Solo Soprano)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 -1750)
Partita No.1 in B minor – 2nd Double (Violin) (8’54’’)
(From the solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No.3 in E – Preludio (Violin) (5’14’’)
(From the solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No 1 in G minor – Adagio (Violin) (4’48’’)
(From the solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas)

Hildegard von Bingen
O Tu Suavissima Virga (6’29’’)
(Soprano)

Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapientiae (2’15’’)
(Soprano with Harmonic bass)

LISTEN HERE – ASCOLTA QUI

Description

Catherine Louise Geach – A wish for Love for the World

Catherine Louise Geach – Violin, vocals

Saint Hildegard of Bingen, who lived in the Rhineland, was born nearly one thousand years ago. A most extraordinary woman, who was an abbess, poet, philosopher, artist, writer, composer, mystic, theologian and teacher. She was also a most courageous and unique person who fought against the rigidity and narrow-mindedness of some of her contemporaries. From childhood onwards Saint Hildergard had profound visions and saw humans, as “Living sparks of God’s Love, coming from God as daylight comes from the Sun”.  She felt and saw the Harmony of all Creation and the unity and place of men and women within it.
As in her writings published as books and her sublime compositions, all reflects her mystical vision of God and humanity and the Divine nature of all living things. Her Music are as beautiful poems weaving and flowing, so that both singer and listener enter a state of peace and sublime joy.
I made these recordings upon my knees because of the Sacredness of these works, which in their profundity, go even beyond religion or creed and are for all people.
Both the solo Violin Partitas and Sonatas  of Johann Sebastian Bach and the Vocal Compositions of Hildergard von Bingen help the musician and the listener to find another dimension,  one of inner harmony and a state of Love.
After living in Cambodia during the war and as a musician witnessing there the healing power that music has for children and adults and even for myself during great personal adversity; then, in a world that is today so divided and in pain, it is my profound wish that Music brings Love and Healing in the World and in the hearts of all beings every where.

La santa Hildegard di Bingen, vissuta nella Renania, nacque quasi mille anni fa. Una donna straordinaria, che fu badessa, poetessa, filosofa, artista, scrittrice, compositrice, mistica, teologa e insegnante. Fu anche una persona molto coraggiosa e unica che lottò contro la rigidità e la ristrettezza mentale di alcuni dei suoi contemporanei. Fin dall’infanzia Santa Hildergard ebbe profonde visioni e vide gli esseri umani come “scintille viventi dell’Amore di Dio; scintille che vengono da Dio come la luce del giorno viene dal sole”.
Sentiva e vedeva l’Armonia di tutta la Creazione, l’unità dei popoli e il posto degli uomini e delle donne in essa. Come nei suoi scritti pubblicati come libri e nelle sue sublimi composizioni, tutto riflette la sua visione mistica di Dio e dell’umanità e ancora, della natura divina di tutte le cose viventi. La sua musica è come bellissime poesie che si intrecciano e scorrono, così che sia il cantante che l’ascoltatore entrino in uno stato di pace e di gioia sublime. “Ho fatto queste registrazioni in ginocchio, per via della sacralità di queste opere, che nella loro profondità, vanno anche oltre la religione o il credo e sono per tutte le persone.”
Sia le Partite che le Sonate per violino solo di Johann Sebastian Bach, che le composizioni vocali di Hildergard von Bingen aiutano il musicista e l’ascoltatore a trovare un’altra dimensione, un’armonia interiore e uno stato d’Amore.
Dopo aver vissuto in Cambogia durante la guerra ed essere stata testimone, come musicista, del potere di guarigione che la musica ha per i bambini e gli adulti “e anche per me stesso durante grandi avversità personali” aggiunge la musicista; in un mondo che oggi è così diviso e sofferente, è mio profondo desiderio che la Musica porti Amore e Guarigione nel Mondo e nei cuori di tutti gli esseri, ovunque.

LISTEN HERE – ASCOLTA QUI

Additional information

Composer

Hildegard von Bingen, Johann Sebastian Bach

Liner Notes

Saint Hildegard of Bingen, who lived in the Rhineland, was born nearly one thousand years ago. A most extraordinary woman, who was an abbess, poet, philosopher, artist, writer, composer, mystic, theologian and teacher. She was also a most courageous and unique person who fought against the rigidity and narrow-mindedness of some of her contemporaries. From childhood onwards Saint Hildergard had profound visions and saw humans, as “Living sparks of God’s Love, coming from God as daylight comes from the Sun”. She felt and saw the Harmony of all Creation and the unity and place of men and women within it.
As in her writings published as books and her sublime compositions, all reflects her mystical vision of God and humanity and the Divine nature of all living things. Her Music are as beautiful poems weaving and flowing, so that both singer and listener enter a state of peace and sublime joy.
I made these recordings upon my knees because of the Sacredness of these works, which in their profundity, go even beyond religion or creed and are for all people.
Both the solo Violin Partitas and Sonatas of Johann Sebastian Bach and the Vocal Compositions of Hildergard von Bingen help the musician and the listener to find another dimension, one of inner harmony and a state of Love.
After living in Cambodia during the war and as a musician witnessing there the healing power that music has for children and adults and even for myself during great personal adversity; then, in a world that is today so divided and in pain, it is my profound wish that Music brings Love and Healing in the World and in the hearts of all beings every where.