Looking Ahead – Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal
Coming next from Cappella Romana: Owen Rees Renaissance Easter In Spain and PortugalDirected by Owen Rees (The Queen’s College Oxford, Contrapuntus) Experience the feast of the Resurrection through the lens of soaring polyphonic motets by the great Spanish and Portuguese composers Francisco Guerrero, Duarte Lobo, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. Dr. Owen Rees, making his…
Friday Night Recap – Cappella Romana Time Travels to Hagia Sophia
“It is impossible to describe the experience objectively; to even attempt to do so would miss the point of a sensual experience meant to induce a transcendent state. Throwing all caution to the winds, as it were, the “performance” was the closest to lift-off I have experienced short of chemically enhanced listening sessions or the…
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 Stanford Residency – This Weekend
This weekend: The Northwest-based vocal ensemble Cappella Romana offers two quite distinct programs and experiences in two venues. At Bing Concert Hall, in collaboration with faculty in Art & Art History and the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Cappella Romana performs Byzantine Chant and contemporary works amid acoustics electronically enhanced to…
Cappella Romana Holy Week in Jerusalem Program
Saturday, February 2nd, the day after our (already sold-out) Bing Concert Hall debut, Cappella Romana will perform music composed for 8th and 9th-century celebrations of Holy Week in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher amid the natural acoustics of the Stanford University Memorial Church. Take a look at what Cappella Romana will be performing: The…
Cappella Romana Holy Week in Jerusalem Program Notes – Part Two
Saturday, February 2nd, the day after our (already sold-out) Bing Concert Hall debut, Cappella Romana will perform music composed for 8th and 9th-century celebrations of Holy Week in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher amid the natural acoustics of the Stanford University Memorial Church. Great and Holy Friday in Jerusalem (Part Two) Stanford Memorial Church…
Cappella Romana Holy Week in Jerusalem Program Notes – Part One
Saturday, February 2nd, after their sold-out Bing Concert Hall debut, amid the natural acoustics of Memorial Church, Cappella Romana will perform music composed for 8th and 9th-century celebrations of Holy Week in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Great and Holy Friday in Jerusalem (Part One) In the year 637 A.D. the orthodox Christian Patriarch…
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…
Get a look at Bing Concert Hall
February 1st, Cappella Romana will perform in Stanford University’s all-new Bing Concert Hall (just opened this past weekend)! 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…
Rachmaninoff: Divine Liturgy Reviews Are In!
Thanks to all who made it out to the concerts this weekend! The reviews are in: From The Oregonian: “Friday night’s performance of the Divine Liturgy at St. Mary’s Cathedral was indeed drenched in sumptuous sonic pleasure. “It was a marathon for the singers, a vast text amounting to nearly 18 program pages of Old…
Rachmaninoff: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
NEW: previews of this weekend’s concerts:Crosscut by Thomas May“the group’s brand of meditative sacred music from the Orthodox tradition is just what the doctor ordered.” The Sun Break by Michael van Baker “their performances of last season’s Vespers (also by Rachmaninoff) sold out, so you may want tickets in advance.” Before the Rachmaninoff Divine Liturgy concerts this…
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!
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