Hadewijch Aus Brabant: Grote Minne - Spirituality [CD]

With their new release, the VocaMe vocal ensemble explores a unique chapter in medieval cultural history: the previously unrecorded works of the 13th-century Beguine mystic Hadewijch of Brabant. In close collaboration with Belgian scholars, they have created a program that impressively combines historical research with artistic imagination. Hadewijch's Old Flemish texts and songs are surprisingly sensual; the ceaseless quest for courtly love is reflected in nature, in spring and in the movement of the stars. The music ranges from calm and melancholic to lively and stirring, and even rhythmically accentuated. The vocal ensemble is accompanied by a selection of medieval instruments. This album is more than a musical realization - it is a poetic reimagining of one of the most compelling voices of medieval Europe. Hadewijch's vision of Minne emerges not as an abstract idea, but as a deeply human experience: sensual, searching, and timeless.