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Free Book When You Order Two or More CDs!
Special Offer for Cappella Romana Fans: FREE BOOK on Byzantine Hmnography with your order of 2 CDs or more! Sacred Songs: Studies in Byzantine Hymnography by Eva Catafygiotu Topping LOOK INSIDE the book (PDF of sample pages) “Eva Topping’s book brings together seventeen important studies which examine in careful detail the rich bounty of Byzantine…
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Cappella Romana Seeking Operations Coordinator
Operations Coordinator Sought By Cappella Romana Cappella Romana seeks part-time Operations Coordinator The Operations Coordinator will assist the Executive Director in the day-to-day coordination and management of business and operational activities of Cappella Romana, including Artistic Administration, Box office assistance, Bookkeeping and general office management and administration. The Operations Coordinator must be able to work…
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Free Season Preview!
Free Season Preview Concerts This Sunday, September 8! Season Previews at at Middle Eastern Festival, St. George Orthodox Church This Sunday, 8 September at 2:00pm and 4:30pm Selections from and related to Cappella Romana’s 2013-14 Season: Byzantine Chant Music of Orthodox Finland Russian Orthodox choral works Music for the Environment Also includes selections from the…
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Take Me back to Constantinople!
Take Me Back to Constantinople — Benefit Dinner & Auction The University Club of Portland — November 1 Presenting Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis from Athens performing Constantinopolitan Songs from the Dawn of the Modern Age! Request Your Invitation Today! The University Club of Portland1225 SW 6th Avenue at JeffersonCocktail Attire
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A Big Thank You To the Regional Arts and Culture Council
A sincere thank you to the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Work for Art program for your commitment to the arts in our region. The general operating support provided by the public and granted through RACC provides essential funds for Cappella Romana (and the nearly 50 other organizations in our region) to make…
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Stream the Trisagion from The Divine Liturgy
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom — Trisagion Pre-Order Today! The Divine Liturgy is the principal Eucharistic service in the Orthodox Church, somewhat analogous to the Roman Catholic Mass. Dr. Tikey Zes (b. 1927) is the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox liturgical music in America. This highly original choral setting of the Liturgy,…
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Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections
The Byzantine Inheritance performances are a part of the National Gallery of Art’s celebrations around the new “Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections” exhibition. From the National Gallery of Art Website: In the first-ever exhibition of Byzantine art at the Gallery, some 170 works of art, many never before lent to the…
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Get A Patriarch’s Chants Tickets Today!
A Patriarch’s Chants: Music By +ATHANASIOS V Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Guest Director DR. ACHILLEAS G. CHALDAIAKISΠροσκεκλημένος Διευθυντής ΑΧΙΛΛΕΥΣ Γ. ΧΑΛΔΑΙΆΚΗΣMaestros of the Psaltic Art & The University of Athens The virtuoso Byzantine cantor from Athens, Achilleas Chaldaiakis, returns to direct a program of unusual and never-before-heard Byzantine chants by +ATHANASIOS…
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Dr. Achilleas G. Chaldaiakis Leads Cappella Romana in A Patriarch’s Chants This Weekend
This Weekend: A Patriarch’s Chants: Music By +Athanasios V Virtuoso Byzantine cantor from Athens, Dr. Achilleas G. Chaldaiakis returns to conduct Cappella Romana in a program of unusual and never-before-heard Byzantine chants. Dr. Chaldaiakis is associate professor of Byzantine Musicology at the University of Athens and director of the Maestros of the Psaltic Art), an…
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A Patriarch’s Chant: Athanasios V
The following is taken from guest-artist Achilleas Chaldaiakis’ fantastic program notes available for this weekend’s performances. A Patriarch’s Chant: Athanasios V The Patriarch of Constantinople Athanasios V is an exceptionally important Church figure, widely renowned in the relevant historical research. He was a Cretan; through historians he is described as “a wise man, whose outstanding prosperity…
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A Time for Life — An Introduction
One of the most urgent issues facing the world today is the ecological crisis caused by humanity’s inability to live in harmony with the natural world. My collaboration with Cappella Romana grew out of our mutual concern about this potentially catastrophic situation. After many discussions, I decided to create an environmental oratorio in order to…
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Early Music America Reviews Mt. Sinai Frontier of Byzantium
Early Music America magazine has a new review for our recent Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium recording: “The music speaks to a higher self: its target is the divine and focuses on the soul in direct union with God. One of its hallmarks is the luxurious usage of time. The repetitions of notes have an…
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