HRCM:
An Introduction

The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, a student-run organization at Harvard College, is a select ensemble of musicians and students dedicated to the highest caliber of both a cappella and choral-orchestral masterworks performances. Spanning nearly five octaves and six centuries, our diverse repertoire has delighted audiences around the world, most recently in Australia, where the Collegium spent its 35th anniversary tour.

Singers in HRCM are also given the opportunity to perform with our two subset ensembles, the Chamber Singers, a smaller ensemble that specializes in Renaissance works, and the Collegium Underground, focusing on a cappella classics.

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Chamber Singers Repertoire

Fall 2007

O sacrum convivium

Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Vigilate

William Byrd (1540-1623)
If Ye Love Me

Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Lamentations I

Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Ye Sacred Muses

William Byrd (1540-1623)
Agnus Dei

William Byrd (1540-1623)
Come againe

John Dowland (1563-1626)
Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis

John Wilbye (1574-1638)
Ne irascaris Domine

William Byrd (1540-1623)
The silver Swanne

Orlando Gibbons (bap. 1583-1625)
Media vita

Peter Philips (c. 1560-1628)
 

Spring 2007

Missa: O Rex Gloriae

G.P. da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
Nigra sum sed formosa

Jean L'Heritier (c. 1480-1552)
Ave Christe

Josquin des Prés (c. 1450/55-1521)
Benedicta es caelorum regina

Josquin des Prés (c. 1450/55-1521)
 

Fall 2006

Mort tu as navré/Miserere

Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1435-1497)
Kyrie from Messe de Nostre Dame

Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377)
Musae Iovis/Circumdederunt
me gemitus mortis


Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-1560)
Armes, amours/O flour des flours

F. Andrieu (late 14th century)
S'elle m'amera/Petite camusete

Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1435-1497)
La déploration de Johan. Okeghem

Josquin des Prés (c. 1450/55-1521)
In hydraulis

Antoine Busnoys (c. 1430-1492)
O Nata Lux

Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
Malheur me bat

Johannes Martini (c. 1425-1496)
Kyrie from Missa Malheur me bat

Josquin des Prés (c. 1450/55-1521)
Agnus Dei, Missa Dum sacrum
mysterium/L'homme armé


Johannes Regis (c. 1430/40-1497)
Ma bouche rit

Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1435-1497)
Tant que vivray

Claudin de Sermisy (15th century)
Emendemus in melius

William Byrd (1540-1623)
 

Spring 2006

Gloria from Missa Malheur me bat

Jacob Obrecht (c. 1457-1505)
La bonté du Saint Esperit

Johannes Puyllois (mid 15th century)
Credo from Missa La belle se siet

Marbriano de Orto (1460-1529)
Au vert boys je m'en ira

Clement Janequin (c. 1480-1558)
À la mort

Josquin des Prés (c. 1450/55-1521)
Sanctus from Missa Au travail suis

Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1435-1497)