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Look in on “A Ukrainian Wedding” Rehearsals!
Nadia Tarnawsky leads the women of Cappella Romana in rehearsals for A Ukrainian Wedding! Hear it this weekend, May 19–21, in Seattle, Portland, and Milwaukie (OR)! Богородице Діво / Bohorodytse Divo / Hail, MaryYakiv Yatsynevych (1869-1945) Богородице Діво, радуйся, Благодатная Маріє, Господь з Тобою; Благословенна Ти між жонами І благословен плід утроби Твоєї, Бо Ти…
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Utrecht Festival Nearly Sold Out!
Our September 7th concert at the Festival OudeMuziek (Early Music Festival) in Utrecht, Netherlands is nearly sold out! OudeMuziek Tickets The Utrecht Early Music Festival is the world’s biggest festival of historic music, featuring over 120 concerts in 45 venues in the old center of Utrecht. Last year’s festival featured such ensembles as Stile Antico,…
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Alexander Lingas to Lead Byzantine Chant Ensemble for the Coronation at Westminster Abbey
Dr. Alexander Lingas, founder and music director of Cappella Romana, will lead the Byzantine Chant Ensemble in the Coronation at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 May 2023. Buckingham Palace recently announced that “at the request of His Majesty, in tribute to his late father His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Greek Orthodox…
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A Note from the Executive Director
Dear friends, Cappella Romana just successfully completed one of its largest seasons ever. Last month the ensemble recorded Steinberg’s Passion Week, the remarkable work performed complete for the first time in April, with Grammy-award winning producer Steve Barnett. This coming season is the ensemble’s most ambitious, with 13 performances in the Pacific Northwest series: 5…
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Preview A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court
January 19–22, Cappella Romana performs “A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court” live in Eugene, Seattle, and Portland. January 20, Cappella Records releases the premiere recording of the program, and you can preview both today! Listen to three of the works from the concert and recording on Apple Music and More: “Cappella Romana’s founder and…
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From the Maximilian Steinberg Recording Sessions
Listen to a performance of Се, Жених грядет в полунощи (Behold, the Bridegroom cometh at Midnight) from the Maximilian Steinberg recording sessions at Stephan Roman Catholic Church: —UPDATE—- Buy The CD & The VINYL Today!
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Alexander Lingas Gives Presentations at Yale and King’s College
Alexander Lingas gives academic presentations at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University and the Institute of Classical Studies at King’s College London: King’s College London Eastern-Western Motet: Liturgical Music in Byzantium and the West The Musical Codification of Byzantine Hymnody See the Full Two-Day Colloquium Schedule Here Yale University Institute of Sacred Music…
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Alexander Lingas Performs The Kontakion in Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Sir John Tavener
Μετὰ τῶν Ἁγίων ἀνάπαυσον, Χριστε, τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ δούλου σου, ἔνθα οὐκ ἔστι πόνος, οὐ λύπη, οὐ στεναγμός, ἀλλὰ ζωὴ ἀτελεύτητος. With the Saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of your servant, where there is no toil, nor grief, nor sighing, but everlasting life. Cappella Romana Artistic Director, Alexander Lingas, served as one…
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The Tudor Choir Performs “Alma redemptoris mater” by Tomás Luis de Victoria
Stream one of the pieces that will be performed by The Tudor Choir during the July 26th Concert at St. Mary’s Cathedral: “Alma redemptoris mater” by Tomás Luis de Victoria! More Info & Tickets
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Pentecost from the Traditions of Constantinople Program Notes
The J. Paul Getty Villa 17 & 18 May 2014 Cappella Romana Performs Medieval Byzantine Chant Program Pentecost from the Traditions of Constantinople The second part of our program features music for Pentecost, the Sunday fifty days after Easter on which Christians commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. The services for…
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Catholic Insight Reviews Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium
On their new CD, Cappella Romana performs Byzantine musical treasures from the cathedrals and monasteries of the Eastern Roman Empire which were preserved from destruction in the Egyptian desert at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai.… This music speaks to a higher self: its target is the divine and focuses the…
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From His All-Holiness +BARTHOLOMEW Patriarch of Constantinople and New Rome: A Time for Life
A letter of commendation from His All-Holiness +BARTHOLOMEW Ecumenical Patriarch and of Constantinople and New Rome For the work “A Time for Life” by Robert Kyr in concert this May 2 and 3 To Dr. Alexander Lingas, Artistic Director of Cappella Romana, our beloved son in the Lord: grace and peace from on high. It…
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