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May, 2008 — Hildegard Publishing has taken the "Philadelphia Green Office Pledge"! The Philadelphia Green Office Pledge identifies thirty things that every business can do to help save our earth. Even though Hildegard is a small business, we believe it's everyone's responsibility to help protect the environment. After all, the earth is home to all of us and if she's in trouble, we will all be in trouble. Here are a few ways we at Hildegard Publishing Company are doing our part to help save our precious earth.
 | We recycle all our office paper and reuse the second side wherever possible. We also recycle all cardboard packaging as well as plastics and of course glass containers. Wherever possible, we also purchase office supplies made from recycled materials. |
 | The electricity to our office is partially supplied from wind power and we have installed compact fluorescent bulbs to reduce our energy consumption. |
 | Whenever possible, we make shorter business errands on bicycle rather than by automobile. It saves gas and is much more enjoyable! |
Concert Calendar:
| April 27, 2008 | Visions, Voices and Virtues | |
| Saint Mary's College Women's Choir joins the Opera Workshop in presenting two remarkable musical dramas: the medieval morality play Ordo Virtutum by the 12th-century visionary Hildegard von Bingen, and the one-act opera Suor Angelica by the 19th-century romantic composer Giacomo Puccini.
Professors Laurel Thomas and Nancy Menk received a COSTAR grant from the College to research and prepare for the musical and staging rehearsals of these two widely contrasting works. As far as we know, these two works have never been presented on the same program. Together, they frame the contemplative monastic life across time. The performers singing Ordo Virtutum lived within Hildegard’s order, and the piece reflects her view of the world. It is an allegorical vision of the soul’s striving for heavenly perfection. Puccini’s Suor Angelica, also written for women only, presents a 19th-century view of the ascetic life, one in which the repressive character of the order is finally transformed by the true forgiveness of God.
Ordo Virtutum will be accompanied by a small ensemble made up of organ, harp, viola da gamba, and members of the Saint Mary’s Handbell Choir. Suor Angelica will be accompanied by a professional chamber orchestra.
Both works will have simultaneous projected translations of the Latin and Italian texts. Performers: Saint Mary's College Women's Choir |
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