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Spyridon Antonopoulos on Medieval Church Acoustics
The Red Bull Music Academy features an interview with Cappella Romana’s own Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos and Emma Warren for an exploration of the transcendent impact and contemporary relevance of medieval acoustics: “‘Kalophonic music was more embellished and abstract,’ explains Antonopoulos. ‘There are entire compositions of just syllables. It’s an evolution where music seems to usurp…
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Fanfare Magazine Review for Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West
New Fanfare Magazine review for our Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West recording! “Musicologist Alexander Lingas continues his mesmerizing exploration of the music of both traditions with a release that offers, as he states in his extensive notes, ‘a sampling of the Byzantine and Latin sacred music that someone could have encountered during the…
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Help Support a New Arvo Pärt Recording
After multiple performances, and rave reviews of Arvo Pärt’s Odes of Repentance, Cappella is preparing to make a recording of this work — but in order to make it a reality, we’ll need your support! Give Today
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A Tallis Scholars Preview
The Tallis Scholars director, Peter Phillips, offers a fantastic introduction to the ensemble in this video they created before their Australian tour. You don’t want miss the “rock stars of Renaissance vocal music” (The New York Times) in Portland and Seattle this April! Portland Tuesday 4 April, 8:00pm St. Mary’s Cathedral TICKETS Seattle Wednesday 5…
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Meet The Tallis Scholars
Tickets SeattleSaturday, 6 April, 8:00pmSt. James Cathedral TICKETS PortlandSunday, 7 April, 2:00pmSt. Mary’s Cathedral TICKETS …The rock stars of Renaissance vocal music… —The New York Times …one of the UK’s greatest cultural exports —BBC Radio 3 The Tallis Scholars were founded in 1973 by their director, Peter Phillips. Through their recordings and concert performances, they…
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Arvo Pärt Festival Program Book
Get ready for the first festival in North America celebrating the music of Arvo Pärt Browse the complete Festival Program Book here For more info and tickets, go to apfest.org or call 503-236-8202
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Early Music America: Reveling in Byzantine Chant
Philippa Kiraly has published a wonderful feature including reviews and interviews with Mark Powell and Alexander Lingas in honor of our 25th Season, as well as a preview of our upcoming Hagia Sophia “Icons of Sound” recording: “Cappella Romana opened its 25th season in October in Seattle and Portland with “Icons of Sound: Byzantine Chant…
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Smithsonian Magazine Features Icons of Sound
Our “Icons of Sound” concert and collaboration with Stanford University gets a fantastic feature in the Smithsonian Magazine: “Hagia Sophia, a former church and mosque, is an important part of Istanbul’s long history. Who knew its sublime sound could be transferred to Stanford? Twice in the past few years, Stanford scholars and scientists have worked…
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Liège Performance On Demand!
Cappella Romana’s 3 September concert in Liège of cultural encounters between Venice and its Greek colonies is now available courtesy of Belgian Radio’s on-demand Musiq3 Service: Listen
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Il Giornale Della Musica Reviews Utrecht Early Music Festival
An Utrecht Early Music Festival mention for Cappella Romana in the Italian outlet Il Giornale Della Musica: “The connection of the Republic of Venice with the Adriatic, and more generally, Mediterranean, world was well represented by an interesting concert of the ensemble Cappella Romana, directed by Alexander Lingas, centered on the presence of the liturgical…
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Utrecht Early Music Festival Review
“For centuries Venice was politically and economically one of the most important centers of Europe, which led to a multitude of relations, for instance to the East and its dominant Byzantine culture. Due to political developments residents of eastern areas also settled in Venice, including Greeks who took their own version of the Christian faith…
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Watch “Venice in the East” at the Utrecht Early Music Festival
Watch a video from Cappella Romana’s 2016 Venice in the East performance at the Utrecht Early Music Festival! April 27-29, 2018, Italy meets Greece in Venice in the East, a sonic exploration of the Greek Islands when they were ruled by the Venetian empire. Cappella Romana is reviving Renaissance music from Crete, celebrating the island’s…
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