Klostereintritt = Admission to the convent. Procedentem sponsum de thalamo ; Nonnenkrönung -- Lobpreis = Praise. Cantate Domino canticum novum ; Ad te Domine levavi oculos meos ; Revela oculos meos ; Si oblitus fuero tui/Super flumina Babylonis ; Ibant gaudentes -- Leiden = Suffering. In omnibus hiis non peccavit Job ; Si bona suscepimus -- Verheissung = Promise. Tribus signis Deo dignis ; Puer nobis nascitur -- Schutz = Protection. Protector noster ; Scapulis suis obumrabit [i.e. obumbravit] tibi Dominus ; Pastor bonus ; Genti peccatrici ; Redemit Dominus populum suum ; Pastor bonus ; A facie furoris ; Scapulis suis obumrabit [i.e. obumbravit] tibi Dominus -- Himmel = Heaven. Locutus est ad me unus de septem angelis ; Audivi vocem in celo
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Principally chants from the Middle Ages originating from the Lüne Convent, a Benedictine abbey
Performed chiefly by women's voices (solo or unison) with chamber ensemble acc. on period instruments (recorder/portative, vielle, harp, psaltery, lute); additional chants provided by solo male voices
Performer
[Schola and] Ensemble devotio moderna ; Ulrike Volkhardt, musical director