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URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/kassia/
SUMMARY:Kassia
DESCRIPTION:Kassia the Nun - The Hymn of Kassianí\, Odes for Holy Saturday
 \nBorn in ninth-century Constantinople\, Kassia the Nun was a precocious s
 cholar\, defender of icons\, abbess\, poet\, and composer. She stands as t
 he preeminent woman hymnographer of the Byzantine tradition. Her hymns—c
 omposed three centuries before Hildegard—still resound in Orthodox worsh
 ip today\, her voice especially echoing through Lent and Holy Week.\nHer m
 ost famous work\, known popularly as “The Hymn of Kassianí\,” is a ha
 untingly beautiful lament of the anonymous woman who anointed Jesus’s fe
 et before his crucifixion. Startlingly direct and deeply emotional\, it ha
 s inspired countless settings over the centuries\, which can last over fou
 r times the length of the medieval melody!\nHer odes for Holy Saturday ext
 ol Christ’s descent into hell and liberation of captive souls\; these hy
 mns were later suppressed in favor of texts by male poets\, restored here 
 by Cappella Romana.\nDiscover Kassia’s medieval melodies as she herself 
 sang them—before centuries of tradition shaped them into the versions Or
 thodox faithful know today.
CATEGORIES:Concerts
LOCATION:St. Mary’s Cathedral\, 1739 NW Couch St\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\
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