MUSICAL COMPOSITION AND MYSTICAL SPIRITUALITY

By Brian Inglis

 

This book chapter in Enlivening Faith draws comparisons between aspects of mystical spirituality and compositional procedures and outputs. It discusses a number of compositions utilising spiritual intentions, processes or potential by Hildegard von Bingen, François Couperin, Arvo Pärt, Peter Maxwell Davies and Inglis himself.

 

A companion playlist is available on Spotify entitled Mysticism and Ecstasy:

 

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Audio recordings of other pieces/movements mentioned in the chapter are available here. 

 

Video recording of The Song of Margery Kempe (2008) Scene 2

(featuring Loré Lixenberg performing at the 2009 Tête-à-Tête opera festival):