"Underneath all the text, all the sacred psalms and canticles, these watery varieties of sounds and silences, terrifying, mysterious, whirling and sometimes gestating and gentle must somehow be felt in the pulse, ebb, and flow of the music that sings in me. My new song must float like a feather on the breath of God"

Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179) "Vision" c. 1995 Angel Records (EMI?)
A selection of the 77 liturgical songs she composed

Played this full blast on occasions when our home (then) was under siege on all sides from local troglodytes on a hooligan rampage .. it seemed to literally hurt them as they promptly scuttled back off to their own gloomy dwellings holding their heads. It was a brilliant uplifting moment, like the sun breaking through the clouds of an apocalyptic storm ..