o rubor sanguinis

Text by Hildegard von Bingen
Performed by The Gregorian Singers

Soloists: Gabrielle Doran (Soprano), Elina Kala (Alto), Nicholas Karageorgiou (Tenor), and Kevin Seal (Bass)

Translation By Norma Gentile:

O ruby blood
which flowed from on high
where divinity touched.
You are a flower
that the winter
of the serpent's breath
can never injure.

text by Hildegard von Bingen
for SATB choir

2003 premiere by the California State University Stanislaus Concert Chorale at the Hildegard von Bingen Festival of Women in the Arts in Turlock, California under the direction of Daniel Afonso

          2003 California State University Stanislaus Concert Chorale European Tour

          2004 Winner of the Opus 7 Choral Composition Competition