current events
Cantatrix welcomes its newest member, Jackie Werner! This semester, we're working on a great selection of new pieces, including several sacred works as well as an assortment of madrigals in various languages. New works include:
This semester's repertoire:
"I Love Alas I Love Thee" by Thomas Morley
"O Domine Jesu Criste" Anonymous
"Perche Fuggi, Anima Mia" by Paolo Bellasio
"O Magnum Mysterium" by Tomas Luis de Victoria
"La Tricotea" by Alonso
"Il Est Bel et Bon"
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~repertoire history~
spring '05
Elizabeth, Finlay, Lauren, Liz, Bill, David, Nathaniel, Thomas
"O Joli Jeu du Pousse Avant" by Janequin
"Oh Lord Please Don't Burn Us"
"I Know A Young Maiden"
"Fine Knacks for Ladies" by John Dowland
"Sicut Locutus Est"
fall '04
Elizabeth, Finlay, Lauren, Liz, Bill, Nathaniel, Thomas
"Matona, Lovely Maiden" by Orlando di Lasso
"Ad Aspersionem Aquae Benedictae"
"Es pochet ein Knabe"
"If Ye Love Me" by Thomas Tallis
fall '01
Anna, Alana, Al, Laura, Louisa
"Laudi alla vergine Maria" Verdi
"Now I Walk in Beauty"
"Turn, Amaryllis"
"Kyrie Eleison" Antonio Lotti
"Vere Languores Nostros" Antonio Lotti
"O Cruor Sanguinis" Hildegard von Bingen
"Lyke Wake Dirge"
Witches Chorus, from Verdi's Macbeth
"April is in my Mistress Face" Thomas Morley
spring '01
Kyla, Xanthi, Anna, Lindsey, Laura, Kara, Alana
"Cantate Domino" Hassler
"Hallowell" Stephen Spitzer
"Jolietement" from the Montpellier Codex
"Adoramus te, Christe" Palestrina
"Hashivenu" anonymous
"Queen Jane" Stephen Hatfield
"Lyke Wake Dirge" anonymous
"Would You Harbor Me?" Sweet Honey in the Rock
fall '00
Kyla, Xanthi, Laura, Nori, Alana
"Castitatis thalamum" 13th century Spanish, anonymous
"A Robyn, Gentil Robyn" William Cornysh
"Audivi Vocem" John Taverner
"The Lily" Supply Belcher (really, that's a name!)
"Ancient Music" traditional melody with lyrics by Ezra Pound
"Though My Soul May Set In Darkness" anonymous
spring '00
Meredith, Massey, Emily, Kyla, Lindsey, Anna, Laura, Nori
"Plus bele que flor" from the Montpellier Codex
"Puisque bele dame m'eime" from the Montpellier Codex
"Ne sai que je die" from the Montpellier Codex
"In May That Lusty Season" traditional
"O Virga, ac diadema purpurerae regis" Hildegard von Bingen
"Tota Pulchra Es" Maurice Durufle
"Weep O Mine Eyes" John Wilbye
"Miserere Mei" Antonio Lotti
"Occhi Miei" Claudio Monteverdi
fall '99
Meredith, Massey, Emily, Kyla, Xanthi, Laura, Lindsey
"Non Nobis Domine" William Byrd
"Et Exultavit" Palestrina
"Alle Psallite" anonymous
"Dancing Song" Zoltan Kodaly
excerpts from Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols
spring '99
Meredith, Kyla, Xanthi, Lindsey, Laura
"O Virga, ac diadema purpurerae regis" Hildegard von Bingen
"Though My Soul May Set in Darkness" anonymous
"Sumer is i-Cumin In" traditional
"Sicut Locutus Est" Palestrina
"Dancing Song" Zoltan Kodaly
"Would You Harbor Me?" Sweet Honey in the Rock
fall '98
Nyssa, Andrea, Sasha, Meredith, Kyla, Xanthi, Lindsey
"Alle Psallite" anonymous
"Oculus Non Vidit" Orlando di Lasso
"Justus Cor Sum" Orlando di Lasso
"A Robyn, Gentil Robyn" William Cornysh
"Non Nobis Domine" William Byrd
"Would you Harbor Me?" Sweet Honey in the Rock
"Et Exultavit" Palestrina
"Pars Mea" Palestrina
"Sicut Locutus Est" Palestrina
"Kyrie Eleison" anonymous
spring '98
Nyssa, Emily, Kyla, Xanthi, Sasha, Polly, Andrea
"Kyrie Eleison" anonymous
"Alle Psallite" anonymous
"A Robyn, Gentil Robyn" William Cornysh
"Oculus Non Vidit" Orlando di Lasso
"Justus Cor Sum" Orlando di Lasso
"Audivi Vocem" John Taverner
"Pars Mea" Palestrina
fall '97
founding members: Nyssa, Emily, Meredith, Kyla, Xanthi, Sasha, Polly
"Kyrie Eleison" anonymous
"Alle Psallite" anonymous
"A Robyn, Gentil Robyn" William Cornysh
"Oculus Non Vidit" Orlando di Lasso
"Pars Mea" Palestrina