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Tage Alter Musik Festival Program
Here’s a look at the Cappella Romana Section of the Tage alter Musik Festival Program (in German): Click for larger images
Previewing the London Residency – Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium
During the upcoming London Residency, Cappella Romana will be performing excerpts from The Vespers of St. Catherine as recorded on the Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium recording. Take a listen to the Proemium: from Psalm 103 below: More information on the Cappella Romana London Residency
Cappella Romana Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Program Notes
Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Our programme presents music appropriate to Easter by some of the foremost composers of the Iberian ‘golden age’, during the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Francisco Guerrero spent almost his entire career in the service of Seville Cathedral, as a singer, assistant chapelmaster, and then chapelmaster. Seville Cathedral…
Owen Rees Conducts Music for Holy Week – Christ Rising
Get a preview of upcoming Eastertide guest-conductor Owen Rees in the following recording of Easter and Holy Week Music he recorded with the Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford: Renaissance Easter In Spain and PortugalDirected by Owen Rees (The Queen’s College Oxford, Contrapuntus) Portland:8pm, Friday, April 12, St. Mary’s CathedralTickets Seattle:8pm, Saturday, April 13, Holy…
Ross Ritterman Guest Blogs on preparing the CCRMA for Tonight’s Concert
Guest blog from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church’s Ross Ritterman: The CCRMA Crew working to hang the 24 speakers for tonight’s performance My name is Ross Ritterman and I am one of a group of about 10 people who help lead many of the services at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Belmont, California. In…
Cappella Romana and CCRMA Time Travel to Hagia Sophia
Stanford Live Magazine has a fantastic article chronicling the process of re-creating the Hagia Sophia in our upcoming “From Constantinople to California” performance. Read the introduction by author Jason Victor Serinus here, and then find the full article at www.livelyarts.stanford.edu! Total Sacred Immersion: Cappella Romana and CCRMA Time Travel to Hagia Sophia The universe may…
Rachmaninoff: Divine Liturgy – This Weekend!
Following three sold-out performances last season of Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (“Vespers”), this weekend Cappella Romana presents Rachmaninoff’s Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom! Get your tickets today!
Coming Next Week…
Enjoy this setting of Our Father from the Rachmaninoff Divine Liturgy as a teaser of what to expect next weekend: Purchase Tickets Today Portland8pm, Fri., Jan. 11, St. Mary’s CathedralSeattle8pm, Sat., Jan. 12, Holy Rosary Church, West SeattlePortland (matinée)3pm, Sun., Jan. 13, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Free pre-concert talks one hour prior to each performance.
Cappella Romana 2012 Highlights
As we get ready for an exciting 2013, we’re taking some time to look back on the highlights of 2012! January – Sold-Out Rachmaninoff Vigil Concerts March – Tour to Metropolitan Museum NY, Boston and environs May – World premieres in “Be Radiant O Peoples!” concert series July – Abbey Bach Festival LIVE IN GREECE:…
Mark Powell Talks LIVE IN GREECE
Cappella Romana Executive Director, Mark Powell, joined the Everyday Opera Network’s “New Classical Order” podcast to talk about the contemporary works on LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California. Click to listen to the podcast on EverydayOpera.com. Or download the podcast in iTunes Purchase Cappella Romana LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California: Amazon.com Allegro…
Get A Look Inside Bing Concert Hall
February 1st, Cappella Romana will perform in Stanford University’s new Bing Concert Hall which opens in January! Cappella Romana will perform the “From Constantinople to California” program amid acoustics electronically enhanced to simulate the lush resonances of the ancient Hagia Sophia cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey in collaboration with faculty in Art & Art History and the Center…
Looking Back to January
As we get closer to our 2013 Rachmaninoff Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom concerts, we wanted to take a look back at our Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil performances from this January! Here’s a feature of our dress rehearsal on OPB: “With 26 voices including an augmented bass section to anchor Rachmaninoff’s dark, almost subterranean sound,…
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