Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus Martyred Virgins CD

This stirring new CD sets Gregorian, Ambrosian chant and two episodes from the life of St Agnes, creating a musical memorial to female victims of violence and abuse, raising a plea for freedom, respect and peace to be established in today's world. Poems and texts by Tehlia Lieberman and Marthe Link, read in English, punctuate the chants, and there are moving accounts by women raped in Central Africa and girls forced to enter homes for single mothers and give up their children. - Recording made in 2011, A moving and powerful program of the old and new, dealing with an important and shocking issue that is still with us in the 21st century.

1. Litany: Part I 2. Tertio Decimo [Antiphonale Missarum Juxta Ritum Sanctae Ecclesiae Mediolanensis 434] 3. De Virginibus (1) [Lho Liturgia Horarum III 1072] 4. Agnes Beatae Virginis [Liber Hymnarius 341] 5. 2 Samuel: 13, Amnon and Tamar 6. Psalm 43, Iudica Me Deus [Psalterium Monasticum 137] 7. Excerpt from Jours de Famine Et de Detresse 8. Psalm 147:16, Ingressa Agnes [Antiphonale Monasticum 6] 9. Excerpts from the Men Who Killed Me: Rwandansurvivors of Sexual Violence 10. Improperium [Graduale Triplex 148] 11. The Magdalen 12. Psalm 79: 1, Vox in Rama [Graduale Triplex 638] 13. Agnes Famula [Liber Vesperalis Juxta Ritum Sanctae Ecclesiae 567] 14. De Virginibus (2) [Liturgia Horarum III 1072] 15. Igne Divini [Liber Hymnarius 340] 16. Christus Factus Est [Graduale Novum 108] 17. The Holy Text of Naeeda: Aurangzeb 1 18. Ave Verum [Cantus Selecti 10] 19. The Holy Text of Naeeda: Aurangzeb 2 20. Psalm 37:1, Beati Mundo Corde [Graduale Novum 237] 21. Forgive Us Our Trespasses 22. Magnificat: Stans Beata Agnes [Antiphonale Monasticum 1 789] 23. Litany: Part II