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Pre concert speakers
Pre-Concert Talks on CYPRUS | Two speakers: Dr. Harry Anastasiou (Portland); Dr. Alexander Lingas (Seattle) Talks are at 7:00pm, prior to the concerts PORTLAND: Cyprus: a tapestry of culturesBy Dr. Harry Anastasiou Dr. Harry Anastasiou will deliver a presentation focusing on the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus from the perspective of its rich and complex history,…
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Meet Richard Toensing
May 18-20 during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour, Cappella Romana will premiere a new work by composer Richard Toensing. Richard Toensing is not a new composer to Cappella Romana fans, however, as we released the recording Kontakion On The Nativity & Carols By Richard Toensing in 2008. Kontakion On The Nativity & Carols By…
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Cappella Romana in the Stanford Lively Arts Series
Renderings of the new Bing Hall Cappella Romana will be presenting part in two concerts the Stanford Lively Arts Series during a residency at the university. The concert series will help to open Stanford’s new Bing Concert Hall. Cappella Romana will also be joining a collaboration between the Stanford faculty of the Art & Art…
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Rachmaninoff: Divine Liturgy Reviews Are In!
Thanks to all who made it out to the concerts this weekend! The reviews are in: From The Oregonian: “Friday night’s performance of the Divine Liturgy at St. Mary’s Cathedral was indeed drenched in sumptuous sonic pleasure. “It was a marathon for the singers, a vast text amounting to nearly 18 program pages of Old…
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Tage Alter Musik Festival Program
Here’s a look at the Cappella Romana Section of the Tage alter Musik Festival Program (in German): Click for larger images
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Take Me Back to Constantinople Auction Items Coming In!
Our Take Me Back to Constantinople Benefit Dinner and Auction is coming up soon (November 1st), and some MAJOR auction items are rolling in! Here’s a look at one of our featured items: One Week in this house on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece in Lindos! This donation comes courtesy of Guy…
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TWO New Cappella Romana CDs in Just FIVE Days!
We are officially FIVE days away from the release of TWO new Cappella Romana recordings! And the best part is, you can purchase BOTH recordings before they are officially released during this weekend’s concerts! Tikey Zes: Divine Liturgy Dr. Tikey Zes (b. 1927) is the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox liturgical music in America.…
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Preview Arctic Light and Timo Nuoranne
Leading our Arctic Light performances will be director, Timo Nuoranne, a faculty member at the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki and one of the world’s leading experts in the Finnish choral repertoire. The program will include 20th-century works from the Finnish Orthodox Church, including selections of the (in)famous Vigilia by Einojuhani Rautavaara, of which…
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Keeping Up with the Venetians — Part One
Keeping Up with the Venetians Program Notes for Venetian Baroque: Galuppi + Vivaldi + Bortniansky The islands in the Venetian lagoon, which by the 8th century had banded together to ally themselves with the Empire of the Romans governed from Constantinople (Byzantium), quickly became one of the inhabited world’s great centers of power and wealth.…
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Throwback Thursday — Mystical Chant
A little “Throw Back Thursday” look our first all-chant concert that sold out in all venues — Mystical Chant From Old and New Rome!
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Classical-Modern Music Review For Hymns of Kassianí
Grego-Applegate Edwards has a grand new review and recommendation for our Hymns of Kassianí recording: “It is rather exciting to me that the Early Music Cappella Romana has released an entire album of the Hymns of Kassiani (Capella Records CR422 SACD). … This is meant to be a first volume in a series that will record all…
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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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