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Nico Muhly Talks about Setting Text to Music
March 2-4, The Tudor Choir will perform the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Small Raine, inspired by the same English tune as John Tavener used in his 16th-century Western Wind Mass. After watching the video, explore the text of Small Raine and get your CR Presents: The Tudor Choir tickets today! Small Raine Westron wynde,…
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Seattle Machaut Review
“The most visceral part of the recital was simply the experience of hearing this music in a close approximation to its original acoustical and architectural context. What’s more, partaking in Machaut’s Messe reinforces why Medieval music is so fascinating to contemporary composers. Listening to it is rather like listening to a 20th century landmark composition…
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12 Days of Christmas on Northwest Focus
In the lead-up to our 12 Days of Christmas in the East series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance with Cappella Romana recordings on the Northwest Focus program! See the schedule: Date Time Music Mon, Jan 1 9:00pm Zes: Cherubic Hymn Tues, Jan 2 8:08pm Zes: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom…
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Sun of Justice on Ancient Faith Radio
John Michael Boyer and John El Massih join the Ancient Faith Radio podcast to talk about the debut PRÓTO release, Sun of Justice! Listen and subscribe at AncientFaith.com http://audio.ancientfaith.com/interviews/afp_2017-12-06.mp3 Order Now Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early…
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Now Available — Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English
Order Now Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. A Holiday Record Unlike Any Other Disc 1: Traditional Chants in Greek and Arabic Disc 2: Traditional Chants in English…
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Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part One
With this two-fold offering of traditional Byzantine Music, we seek to give the listener two distinct yet complementary experiences: first, that of being in a traditional Orthodox church somewhere in the Middle East, wherein one choir sings in Greek and the other in Arabic; and second: that of being in a traditional Orthodox church in…
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Why “Sun of Justice”?
John Michael Boyer explains the meaning behind the name of our Sun of Justice concert series and the new PRÓTO ensemble recording: The ecclesiastical feast day celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ—which came to be called simply “Christ’s Mass,” or “Christmas” in English—was added to the calendar in the Eastern Church somewhat later than were…
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The Sun Break Review for Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure
“St. James Cathedral is the perfect space in which to hear Cappella Romana. The sonorities of the deep voices and the pure quality of all the voices in this unaccompanied choir make harmonies as clean as they can be, sometimes creating overtones if you listen carefully, and enhanced by the acoustics of the setting, as…
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Pre-Order Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas!
Order Now Sun of Justic: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English OPEN FOR PRE-ORDERS! SHIPS ON RELEASE DAY DECEMBER 8, 2017 Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. A Holiday Record Unlike Any Other Disc 1: Traditional Chants…
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Fall Festival Sneak Peek
Our Sunday matinée performance at St. Matthew’s in Hillsboro will be presented as part of the church’s Fall Festival. Here’s a preview of Tchaikovsky’s All-Night Vigil on YouTube: Translation Hail, gladdening Light, of his pure glory poured, Who is the immortal Father, heavenly, blest, Holiest of holies, Jesus Christ our Lord! Now we are come…
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Gramophone Review of The Akáthistos Hymn
Looking forward to our upcoming performances of Ivan Moody’s Akáthistos Hymn in Seattle and Portland, as well as the re-release of our original recording, we’re looking back at Gramophone Magazine’s 2003 review of our recording of the work: “The Byzantine Akáthistos Hymn probably dates from the early 6th century and comprises 24 stanzas, one for…
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Cappella Romana at the Portland Middle East Festival
Sunday, August 27th, Cappella Romana will present selections of Orthodox Music from the upcoming season at 2 and 4pm during the 40th Annual Middle East Festival at the St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Portland! See Event Details on Facebook
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