-
Artslandia Sings Praises for The Messiah Performances with Portland Baroque Orchestra
Artslandia has a new review from last weekend’s Messiah concerts with Portland Baroque Orchestra: “PBOs partnership with Cappella Romana is now in its seventh year and the professional chorus of 24 singers makes all the difference. The familiar choruses were accurate and compelling, bringing out the brightness and optimism of the Old Testament prophecies and
-
The Oregonian Gives a Rave over the Messiah Performance
The Oregonian has a rave review for our Messiah performance with Portland Baroque Orchestra: “At the end of the evening, the loudest cheers went for the Portland choir Cappella Romana, which has done choral duties for PBO’s “Messiah” for the past several years. Well-blended, confident and informed by long experience of the piece, they cruised
-
Timo Nuoranne to Direct Arctic Light in January
Timo Nuoranne from Helsinki Directs Cappella Romana in “Arctic Light: Finnish Orthodox Music” in January 2014 Back by popular demand, this program of sumptuous choral works from the Orthodox Church of Finland was first performed to sold-out audiences in 2008. Timo Nuoranne, a faculty member at the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki and one
-
Still Time for Free Shipping!
This Weekend through Midnight Dec. 7th — Get FREE SHIPPING ON YOUR ENTIRE ORDER when you add a gift of any size at CappellaRomana.org! (Your gift will be matched by the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund). Add your items and your gift of any size to the shopping cart and use the VOUCHER code: freeship. Order
-
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund to Match Gifts to Cappella Romana through 12/31
Our friends at the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund know that Cappella Romana’s work is vital to our community and, to that end, have committed to MATCH any new or increased gifts to Cappella Romana. Your new gift will be doubled, whether you give regularly or you’re making your first contribution! Cappella Romana’s work is beloved
-
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Tikey Zes
Dr. Zes first published in 1991 The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom recorded on this disc. In 1996 he reissued it in an expanded edition that he dedicated to Cappella Romana, which had presented the concert premiere of the work in 1992. It is a collection of choral settings intended for Orthodox liturgical use
-
Save on Messiah Tickets with the PBO!
Save 15% on Messiah Tickets Today! Handel’s Messiah Cappella Romana and Portland Baroque Orchestra Some Sections Nearly Sold Out, So Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late! Use the coupon code “CAPPELLA” and receive 15% Off Sections A or B! Buy Now! Hear Julian Wachner from New York direct this year’s performances of Handel’s Messiah with
-
The Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom — Liner Notes Part Three
A Second Generation of Greek American Church Musicians After the Second World War a second generation of Greek American church musicians emerged, some of whom had received training in Western art music at American universities. The composers among them soon began to recast the legacy of Sakellarides by rescoring his harmonized works idiomatically for mixed
-
The Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom — Liner Notes Part Two
John Sakellarides and Greek American Choral Music for the Divine Liturgy The first notated examples of polyphonic music for the Byzantine rite—that is, music employing more than one vocal part intended for worship by Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic Christians—appeared shortly before 1453 among the works of singers who served at the courts of the
-
“The Green Patriarch,” Cappella Romana, And a Time For life
Before climate change became a pressing item on the global agenda, signs of human abuse of the natural environment had prompted efforts in religious communities throughout the world to recover spiritually grounded notions of human stewardship within creation. For Orthodox Christianity, this process began in earnest during the second half of the tenure of His
-
A Time For Life — Conclusion
The final phase of the journey (Part III: Remembering) moves towards a hopeful future in which humanity serves as a responsible steward of the earth and thus realigns itself with the creative forces of existence. This journey is a spiritual one in which we remember our true responsibility of stewardship for the earth, and through
You must be logged in to post a comment.