Ensemble VocaMe: Works by Hildegard von Bingen & Kassia
The renowned ensemble VocaMe is dedicated to outstanding women of the Middle Ages - personalities whose art, thought and spirituality continue to have an impact today. The focus of this concert evening is Hildegard von Bingen: The impressive mystic ran a monastery, wrote spiritual texts and composed haunting music. Her chants meet works by the Byzantine abbess Kassia - the first known female composer in Europe.
Four singers with enchanting melodies, a wide range of polyphonic singing and the timbres of the instrumental ensemble form the musical signature of the VocaMe ensemble. As in a laboratory, found objects from the Middle Ages are examined and dusted off - like restorers, the colors are refreshed and experiments are carried out with the uncovered musical frameworks and melodies.
The program series "Women at Court" is a tribute to Princess Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel on her 300th birthday: Who was the woman who was married to the Prussian Prince Heinrich of Rheinsberg? The concerts are an invitation to reflect on female personalities like her while enjoying art - on those who stood in the shadows and yet made their own decisions, took responsibility and left their mark. In this way, Wilhelmine becomes the namesake for the "Wilhelmines" of today: women who seek their way between social expectations and their own voice.
"Women at Court" is a cooperation with the "Conversations at the Rheinsberg Muses Court 2026" of the Rheinsberg Art and Culture Association.
