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Out of the Ashes of Smyrna
Out of the Ashes of Smyrna Tour Cappella Romana John Michael BoyerAssociate Director The acclaimed ensemble Cappella Romana (“simply beautiful” New York Times) comes to Boston and New Orleans this November. Led by John Michael Boyer, associate music director, they will sing Byzantine Chant at the beautifully renovated Dormition Church in Somerville and one of…
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Agreement between User and cappellaromana.org Welcome to cappellaromana.org. The cappellaromana.org website (the “Site”) is comprised of various web pages operated by Cappella Romana (“Cappella Romana”). cappellaromana.org is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use of cappellaromana.org constitutes your agreement to all…
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Musical Style and Tradition in American Orthodox Churches: Chant and Polyphony
This webinar, “Musical Style and Tradition in American Orthodox Churches,” was hosted by Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center in a co-presentation with Cappella Romana. For centuries differences in musical style – especially the distinction between chant (unadorned melody) and polyphony (music sung in multiple parts) – have served Orthodox Christians as aural badges of…
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Hope and Light
Hope and Light Mystical Chamber Music by Arvo Pärt, Tikey Zes, and More Cappella Romana Soloists45th Parallel UniverseAlexander Lingas, music director In Arvo Pärt’s transcendent Stabat Mater and Tikey Zes’s luminous Hymn of Kassianí, voices and strings are united in their mystical vision of compassion and redemption. Other works open a window into the eternal, including…
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Requiem for the Forgotten
Frank La Rocca (b. 1951) Requiem For The Forgotten with Josef Rheinberger’s Mass for Double Choir DIGITAL PREMIERE Available on-demand now Cappella Romana+ 45th Parallel Universe Richard SparksGuest Conductor Requiem for the Forgotten by Frank La Rocca for choir, organ, and strings commemorates the displaced and the homeless, championing the inherent dignity of every person. The…
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Canon for Racial Reconciliation
Isaac Cates & Nicholas Reeves Canon for Racial Reconciliation Cappella Romana Isaac Cates & Anthony MaglioneGuest Conductors Experience a groundbreaking fusion of traditions with the Pacific Northwest première of the complete Canon for Racial Reconciliation for choir and gospel instrument ensemble. Isaac Cates (Gospel music) and Nicholas Reeves (Orthodox music) co-composed an unforgettable score to African American…
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Lusitano: Black Composers of the Renaissance
Marian Consort Sings Lusitano: Black Composer of the Renaissance The Marian Consort United Kingdom Rory McCleeryFounder & Director Embark on a journey to 16th-century Portugal with music by Vicente Lusitano (1520–1561), the first published Black composer. The Marian Consort (UK) is the world’s leading ensemble for the music of Lusitano, led by Alexander Lingas’s good friend Rory…
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Christmas in Ukraine
Holiday Concert Christmas in Ukraine Digital On Demand Purchase on-demand access through our premieres program Cappella Romana Marika KuzmaGuest Director Get ready to immerse yourself in the enchanting melodies of Ukraine this holiday season! A world of tradition and celebration awaits, including music by the renowned Ukrainian composer Dmitry Bortniansky, the Palestrina of the Slavic…
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Cappella Romana Premieres
Access Cappella Romana’s Premieres Program! Discover “a sound world of unique beauty” (Gramophone) with Cappella Romana: music of transcendence. Through our “Premieres Program”, live-recorded videos of Cappella Romana’s 2025-26 Pacific Northwest Season Concerts will be made available for purchase for your on-demand enjoyment. Hope and Light Mystical Chamber Music by Arvo Pärt, Tikey Zes, and…
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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:…
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Traveling with Alexander Lingas!
Cappella Romana artistic director Alexander Lingas has been traveling abroad. Take a look at some of the wonderful sights! Holy Sepulcher – The view from the balcony where Alexander Lingaswas singing for the service Iconostasis of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where Alexander Lingas received gracious hospitality and helped chant hierarchical vespers of…
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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Music for Easter Sunday
Welcome to the fourth playlist from the archives of Cappella Romana, we turn to music celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, a feast called ‘Pascha’ in Greek and Slavonic. As a way of offering you my own seasonal greetings, I am concluding this week’s list with a choral setting of this hymn that…
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