Sign up here for the private reception with Rev. Dr. Ivan Moody, in support of Cappella Romana's recording of Arctic Light: Finnish Orthodox Music. $40 per person/limit 50 guests. Held at Portland's historic Cicero Hunt Lewis Family Estate, Thursday, February 11, 2010, 7:30pm. Invitation | Register
Next Concerts: Hristic Requiem with Fr. Ivan Moody
Its performances “like jeweled light flooding the space” (Los Angeles Times), Cappella Romana is a vocal chamber ensemble dedicated to combining passion with scholarship in its exploration of the musical traditions of the Christian East and West, with emphasis on early and contemporary music. Founded in 1991, Cappella Romana’s name refers to the medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited world), which embraced Rome and Western Europe, as well as the Byzantine Empire of Constantinople ("New Rome") and its Slavic commonwealth. Each program in some way reflects the musical, cultural and spiritual heritage of this ecumenical vision.
New CD Release: Divine Liturgy by Peter Michaelides
NEW RELEASE: Completed in 1960, this outstanding choral setting of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy is also one of the first to have been written in English. Greek-American composer Peter Michaelides perceptively combines elements of Byzantine chant with modern neo-classicism to create unaccompanied liturgical music of uncommon elegance and spiritual depth.
Includes the Christmas favorite "H Parthenos Simeron" (Today the Virgin) for the Forefeast of the Nativity in Greek, and selections of the Antiphons in Arabic.
The CD comes with a deluxe 20-page booklet with extensive essays and full color photography of the stunning St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in Santa Barbara, California, for whose choir Dr. Michaelides wrote several liturgical works, including the Apolytikion in honor of St. Barbara included on this present recording. The priest's part is sung by the Very Rev. Archpriest George A. Gray III, pastor of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Portland, Oregon.
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Portland series concerts are held at St. Mary's Cathedral in Northwest Portland; Seattle series concerts are held at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Montlake, Seattle. (August concerts at at St. Philip Neri, Portland; and at Holy Rosary Church, Seattle).
You may browse individual concerts of this year's season "The Byzantine Commonwealth" by browsing on the concerts link above.
Cappella Romana on tour at Stanford Memorial Church
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Cappella Romana Vocal Ensemble
Cappella Romana is a vocal chamber ensemble dedicated to combining passion with scholarship in its exploration of the musical traditions of the Christian East and West, with emphasis on early and contemporary music. Click here for more information about Cappella Romana.
NEW RELEASE: Completed in 1960, this outstanding choral setting of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy is also one of the first to have been written in English. Greek-American composer Peter Michaelides perceptively combines elements of Byzantine chant with modern neo-classicism to create unaccompanied liturgical music of uncommon elegance and spiritual depth.
Subscribers receive 15% off all series prices and preferred reserved seating for all concerts. Click on the "SUBSCRIPTIONS" link on the left to subscribe.
