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O VIRIDISSIMA VIRGA
IN THE BEGINNING
WITHIN YOU
A FLOWER WAS READY TO BLOOM
A FLOWER OF SUCH BEAUTY
IT WOULD MAKE THE ANGELS SWOON
OUT IN THE SUNLIGHT
THE BIRD’S WOULD’VE BEEN MOVED
TO SING SONGS SUNG BETTER THAN GREGOR
EVER COULD’VE KNOWN
BUT YOU KNEW BETTER
THAN TO WASTE YOUR LIFE ON THE PLEASURES OF THE EARTH
YOU YOU KNEW BETTER
TO SUFFER IS TO LIVE A LIFE OF WORTH
TO SUFFER IS TO LIVE A LIFE OF WORTH
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
BUT SHE WAS SO MUCH MORE
YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
WITH A SONG IN HER HEART
AND A HARP IN HER HAND
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
COULD’VE WRITTEN HER NAME IN A WAY TO SAY THAT HER SOUL
WOULDN’T STAY HIDDEN
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
SO SHE DIDN’T
NOW AT YOUR ENDING, YOUR FUNERAL
WE KNOW YOUR SOUL IS BLESSED
AND YOUR FRAIL STARVED SHELL OF A BODY
LIES STILL FEET EAST, HEAD WEST
OUT IN THE SUNLIGHT
YOUR BODY’D BE ENLIGHTENED, BY THE SUN
AND THE MAJESTIC SUFFERING YOU MADE HOLY
WOULD, FOR LESSER STOMACHS,
FRIGHTEN SOME
BUT YOU KNEW BETTER
THAN TO WASTE YOUR LIFE ON THE PLEASURES OF THE EARTH
YOU YOU KNEW BETTER
YOU SUFFERED TRYING TO LIVE A LIFE OF WORTH
THEY SAY SUFFERING IS A SPIRITUAL REBIRTH
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
SHE FASTED TILL SHE PASSED OUT FROM HER HOLY STARVATION
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
TURNED AWAY HER MEALS SHE LIVED ON AIR AND FLAGELLATION
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
COULD’VE TAKEN HER FAME IN A WAY TO MAKE THIS BIG WEIRD WORLD MORE FORGIVING
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
BUT SHE DIDN’T
NO SHE DIDN’T
NO SHE DIDN’T
OH NO SHE DIDN’T
WE’LL BURY JUTTA’S BODY
AND ALL HER PIOUS DEEDS
ALL RECALL HER CALLING
AND ALL HER TEACHINGS, HEED
A MOTHER WHEN I HAD NONE
DESPITE MISGUIDED AIM
THE PERFECT WOMAN OF THIS CHURCH
LET US HEAR HER NAME
O VIRIDISSIMA VIRGA
O VIRIDISSIMA VIRGA
COULD’VE WRITTEN HER NAME IN A WAY TO SAY THAT
HER SOUL WOULDN’T STAY HIDDEN
JUTTA WAS PIOUS WOMAN
SO SHE DIDN’T
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released March 30, 2020
Featured Performer
A. Nikki Greenlee
Vocalists
Marco Braun, Caitlyn Cerza, Paige Daigle, Megan Elk, Gabriella Fernandez, Clara Flaherty, Andi Sharavsky, Nik Whitcomb
Instrumentalists
Heidi Joosten (piano), Cali Kasten (drums), Davyd Reddyk (guitar), Rachel Schuldt (cello), Austin Williams (bass)
Mixed and Mastered by Miles Comiskey
"Hildegard: An Unfinished Revolution" Credits
Addison Clearwood (Stage Manager), Heidi Joosten (Music Director & Orchestrator), Ethan Krupp (Writer), Davyd Reddyk (Writer & Orchestrator), and Elizabeth Swanson (Director)
Poster Photo
Paula Borman and Paul Vriend
Recorded at Sleeping Village in Chicago on 12/8/19
The Hildegard Live Album Recording project is partially supported by an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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