The Marion Consort gives the world premiere of Zoë’s new choral work, a setting of Hildegard of Bingen’s mysterious “Lingua Ignota” – her “divine language” as part of the 2025 Music at Malling Festival. The concert features music by Saint Hildegard herself, along with other new commissions and arrangements inspired by this extraordinary woman: medieval Benedictine Abbess, scientist, mathematician, herbalist, philosopher, politician, medic, mystic, visionary, artist, cosmologist, artist, geologist, writer – and composer. A polymath of astounding brilliance, many centuries ahead of her time.
Zoë Martlew, Composer
Zoë Martlew
composer