A programme about Gregorian chant. Episode 142: Hermannus Contractus.
In Bonum est 142 you will hear compositions by Hermannus Contractus who was born 85 years before Hildegard van Bingen.
Hermannus was one of the great minds from the Middle Ages and lived in the monastry of Reichenau.
Hermannus Contractus (1013 – 1054)
01. Versiculus: Deus in adiutorum
02. Responsorium: Eximie presul
03. Introductio: Florem mirificum (instr.)
04. Hymnus: Florem mirificum
05. Antiphona ad Magnificat: Gaudeat tota virgo
06. Responsorium: Studio igitur
07. Lectio: Pater enim familias
08. Responsorium: Prudens economus domini
09. Invitatorium: Vigili corde dominum
10. Lectio: Qui ait Narcissus
11. Responsorium: Sancto presule precibus
12. Lectio: Mane autem sancto episcopus
13. Responsorium: Martyr sancta dei
14. Responsorium: Multis hic inde
15. Antiphona: Alma redemptoris mater
16. Sequentia: Ave preclaris maris stella (instr.)
Ensemble Ordo Virtutum led by Stefan Johannes Morent
CD: The Miracle of the Century – Hermannus contractus (1013 – 1054)
(RAUMKLANG RK 3205, 2013)
Photo: the isle Reichenau in de Bodensee / the lake of Konstanz.
