DESCRIPTION:
O virtus sapientiae by 12th century mystic and abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179).
Performed here by Lumina Vocal Ensemble (Director Anna Pope) in the 2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival concert "Mediæval Magic'.
Singers: Rachel Sag (solo), Saam Thorne, Angela Randall, Anna Pope, Renate Fetzner, Rosemary Byron-Scott, Tim Muecke, Bernard Mageean, Matt Winefield, Clive Conway, Kenneth Pope.
Recorded at St John's Anglican Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide by Rod Capon, March 2008.
Photos courtesy of NASA, Robyn Ashworth et al.
lumina.org.au

Text:
O virtus sapientiae,
quae circuiens circuisti
comprehendendo omnia in una via, quae habet vitam,
tres alas habens,
quarum una in altum volat,
et altera de terra su-dat,
et tertia undique volat.
Laus tibi sit, sicut te decet, o sapientia.

English translation:
You, power of wisdom,
that circled circling
and embracing all in a course that is filled with life,
you have three wings,
one soars into the heights,
another has moisture from the earth,
the third flies all around.
All praise to you, wisdom, as is your due.