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Vision - London
Vision - London

Tue 23 Sept

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St Martin-in-the-Fields

Vision - London

The imagined testimony of Hildegard von Bingen alongside her haunting chant

Time & Location

23 Sept 2025, 19:00 – 20:00

St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ, UK

About the event

The music of the extraordinary medieval Abbess, Hildegard of Bingen echoes down a thousand years. Hear her testimony in this "mesmerising" (The Guardian) concertplay (where music and theatre collide) by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and directed by BAFTA-nominated director, Nicholas Renton.


Amid the darkness of the Middle Ages, Abbess Hildegard of Bingen saw the universe in a dazzling light and spoke with an insight and a genius that makes her music and poetry resound down the centuries. Vision explores Hildegard’s extraordinary life as she relives her painful and visceral visionary experiences alongside her extraordinary music, haunting and distinctive chant, performed and acted live.


"a beautiful piece … it really is wonderful, so do try and catch it." - The Guardian


“It was the overlap of, interaction between, and communication of the music of Hildegard — two voices and medieval harp — and her spoken word . . . which made the show such a unified, deep telling . . . if a moment for reflection is needed, or the desire to understand more of Hildegard is to be fulfilled, it is well worth making the time for this.”  - Church Times


The performance lasts one hour with no interval.


This performance is supported by Souter Charitable Trust, The Golsoncott Foundation and The Foyle Foundation.

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