Telarc: CD80456

Telarc presents a world premiere recording of vocal motets by a contemporary composer in medieval style. Composer Robert Kyr was commissioned by Tapestry to write From the Circling Wheel (1997), a cycle of motets on three texts by Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th century mystic and visionary, for which none of her music has survived. Each of the motets has been set in English and each deals with a different aspect of creation.Performing the motetsis Tapestry, a multi-cultural women’s vocal ensemble, founded in 1994 by director Laurie Monahan who was collaborator in the recordings of Hildegard’s music by Sequentia, in the ‘80s. The CD is completed with works by Hildegard von Bingen as well as medieval polyphony from Notre Dame and Huelgas manuscripts.