The Saint Agnes Chamber Choir, a group dedicated to singing the masterpieces of the High Renaissance, performed for the first time in 1986. Jenny Geach organized a group of women to join the Schola Cantorum and sing William Byrd's Mass for Three Voices. Mary Le Voir directed the newly formed group. The Chamber Choir continued to sing on a regular basis but not on a set schedule. In 1991 Donna May became the director of the Choir, and in 1993 the Chamber Choir began to sing the anticipatory Mass of the 1st Sunday of each month during the regular Twin Cities Catholic Chorale season (Oct. - June). The Choir's repertoire includes more than a dozen Renaissance Masses and scores of polyphonic motets, both of Renaissance and contemporary composers.

The Chamber Choir is listed on Brad Leissa's List of Early Music Vocal Ensemble.


2009 - 2010 Chamber Choir Program
 
October 3, 2009 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM Josquin des Pres, Missa “Ave Maris Stella”
 
November 7, 2009 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM Tomas Luis de Victoria, Missa “O Quam Gloriosum est Regnum”
 
December 5, 2009 2nd Sunday of Advent (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM Josquin des Pres, Missa “Ave Maris Stella”
 
January 2, 2010 Feast of the Epiphany (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM Tomas Luis de Victoria, Missa “ O Magnum Mysterium”
 
February 6, 2010 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM Hans Leo Hassler, Missa Secunda
 
March 6, 2010 3rd Sunday in Lent (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM G.P. Palestrina, Missa Brevis
 
April 2, 2010 Good Friday
Friday, 1:00 PM

Gregorio Allegri, Miserere Mei

 
April 3, 2010 Holy Saturday
Saturday, 7:30 PM Josquin des Prez, Missa “Pange Lingua”
 
May 1, 2010 5th Sunday of Easter (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM

G. P. Palestrina, Missa “Jam Christus Astra Ascenderat”

 
June 5, 2010 Corpus Christi (anticipated)
Saturday, 5:15 PM Josquin des Prez, Missa “Pange Lingua”
 


Saint Agnes Chamber Choir Repertoire
Gregorio Allegri Miserere Mei
Blasius Amon Missa super Pour ung plaisir
Felice Anerio Angelus autem Domini
Giovanni Francesco Anerio Requiem Aeternam
Jacob Arcadelt Ave Maria
Guiseppe Bernabei Alleluia
Franz Biebl Ave Maria
Anton Bruckner Locus iste
William Byrd Mass for 3 voices
Mass for 4 voices
Ave Verum Corpus
Cibavit Eos
Alleluia
O Magnum Mysterium
S. Calvisius Veni sancti Spiritus
Giovanni Croce O Sacrum Convivium
Josquin Des Prez Missa Pange Lingua
Tu Solus Qui Facis Mirablia
Ave Maria
Dubois Adoramus te Christe
Juan Esquivel Ego Sum Panis Vivus
Francisco Guerrero Canite Tuba
Rorate Caeli
O Domine Jesu Christe
Hans Leo Hassler Cantate Domino
Dixit Maria
Marc Antonio Ingegneri Tenebrae factae sunt
O bone Jesu
Henrich Isaac Jerusalem surge
Gustate Et Videte
Orlando de Lassus Missa La, La, Meistre Pierre
Inimici autem
Exaudi Deus
Jubilate deo
Luca Marenzio O Rex Gloriae
Sean McDermott Missa Brevis
Tantum Ergo
Regina Mundi
Cristobal Morales Missa Pro Defunctis
Peccantem Me Quotidie
Thomas Mosser Adoramus Te
Ave Maria Stella
O sacrum convivium
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Magnificat from Vespers
Montani Nicola Mother of Christ
Giavanni Maris Nanino Diffusa est gratia
Diego Ortiz Janitor Caeli
Giovanni da Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi Munera
Missa Brevis
Missa De Beata Virgine
Missa Iste Confessor
Missa Jam Christus Astra Ascenderat
Adoramus te, Christe
Miserere Nostri, Domine
Sicut Cervus
O Domine Jesu Christe (attrib)
O Rex Gloria
Ego Sum Panis Vivus
Alma Redemptoris
Lauda Sion
Jesu Rex admirabilis
Clement non Papa Magi Veniunt Ab Oriente
Adoramus te
D. L. Perosi O Sacrum Convivium
Pitoni Cantate Domino
Michael Praetorius Salve rex noster
Jacenti in Praesepio
Es ist ein' Ros' Entsprungen
R. Remondi O Sacrum Convivium
Martin de Rivafrecha Anima Mea
Francesco Soriano Regina Caeli
Thomas Tallis If ye love me
Euge Caeli
Ludovico da Viadana Exsultate Justi
Jacob Vaet O Quam Gloriosum
Thomas Luis de Victoria Missa O Magnum Mysterium
Missa O Quam Gloriosum
Missa Simile est Regnum Caelorum
Jesu dulcis memoria
Nobis datus
O vos omnes
Vere languores nostros
Ave Maria (4 voices)
O Magnum Mysterium
Popule Meus
O Magnum Mysterium
O Quam Gloriosum
Ne Timeas Maria
Recessit Pastor
Tantum Ergo






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