Saint Agnes Chamber Choir
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.
2007 - 2008 Chamber Choir Program
| October 6, 2007 | 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | G. P. Palestrina, Missa "De Beata Virgine" — Chamber Choir |
| November 3, 2007 | 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | Tomas Luis de Victoria, Missa "O Quam Gloriosum" — Chamber Choir |
| December 1, 2007 | 1st Sunday of Advent (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | Tomas Luis de Victoria, Missa "O Magnum Mysterium" — Chamber Choir |
| January 5, 2008 | Feast of the Epiphany (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | Tomas Luis de Victoria, Missa "O Magnum Mysterium" — Chamber Choir |
| February 2, 2008 | 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | William Byrd, Mass for Four Voices — Chamber Choir |
| March 1, 2008 | Laetare Sunday (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | Orlando de Lasso, Missa "La, la Maistre Pierre" — Chamber Choir |
| March 21, 2008 | Good Friday |
| Friday, 2:00 PM | Gregorio Allegri, Miserere Mei, Deus — Chamber Choir Chant — Schola |
| March 22, 2008 | Holy Saturday |
| Saturday, 7:30 PM | Josquin des Pres, Missa "Pange Lingua" — Chamber Choir Proper of the Mass — Schola |
| April 5, 2008 | 3rd Sunday of Easter (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | G.P. Palestrina, Missa "Aeterna Christi Munera" — Chamber Choir |
| May 3, 2008 | Solemnity of the Ascension (anticipated) |
| Saturday, 5:15 PM | G. P. Palestrina, Missa "Jam Christus Astra Ascenderat" — Chamber Choir |
| 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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