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Empowered Women

Lucie Skeaping chats to Clare Norburn, from The Telling, whose recent projects have focused on the stories of musical women including Hildegard of Bingen and Beatritz de Dia.

As part of Radio 3's programming for International Women's Day, Lucie Skeaping chats to Clare Norburn, director of the group The Telling. These musical storytellers celebrate their 15th anniversary in 2024, and there's a particular focus on their recent projects celebrating three astounding musical women.

This first is the medieval German nun, mystic and composer Hildegard of Bingen.

Then, there's Beatritz de Dia - a female troubadour, whose melodies and lyrics in the Occitan language have come down to us from 13th Century France.

And finally, there's an imagined Jewish woman on her final night in Seville as the Spanish Reconquista looms over the Kingdom of Al-Andalus. She is being forced to leave Spain and set sail for an uncertain future. Her story echoes down the ages to the personal stories of people affected by politics and war today. She tunes into the voices of a community of Jewish, Christian and Muslim women from across the Spanish peninsula.

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Sun 3 Mar 2024 14:00
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Music Played

  • Anonymous

    Estampie Royal No.7

    Ensemble: The Telling.
    • Vision & Unsung Heroine (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks).
    • First Hand Records.
    • 15.

  • Blanche de Castille

    Amors, u trop tart me sui pris

    Ensemble: The Telling.
    • Vision & Unsung Heroine (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks).
    • First Hand Records.
    • 22.

  • Comtessa de Dia

    A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu non volria

    Ensemble: The Telling.
    • Vision & Unsung Heroine (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks).
    • First Hand Records.
    • 25.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O frondens virga

    Ensemble: The Telling.
    • Vision & Unsung Heroine (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks).
    • First Hand Records.
    • 9.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo Virtutum (Processional)

    Ensemble: The Telling.
    • Gardens Of Delight: Roses, Lilies & Other Flowers In Medieval Song.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 15.

  • Traditional Sephardic

    Morena Me Llaman

    Ensemble: The Telling.

  • Traditional Sephardic

    Siete hijos

    Ensemble: The Telling. Singer: Maya Levy.

  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    A madre de Jesu Criste (Cantiga 302)

    Ensemble: The Telling.

  • John Dowland

    Time Stands Still

    Performer: Jamie Akers. Singer: Clare Norburn.

  • Trad.

    Lullay, lullay, als I lie on Yoolis nicht

    Ensemble: The Telling.
    • The Secret Life Of Carols: 800 Years Of Christmas Music.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 7.

  • Traditional Sephardic

    Mui grandes

    Ensemble: The Telling.

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  • Sun 3 Mar 2024 14:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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