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Choral Glory Featured in Portland Monthly
Upcoming Cappella Romana concert with the Portland Baroque Orchestra gets a wonderful feature in Portland Monthly, and highlights conductor Monica Huggett and Catherine van der Salm. “There was a moment during soprano Catherine van der Salm’s early 2011 performance of Bach’s The St. John Passion that was so beautiful, she started to choke up. The
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Gapplegate Classical-Modern Reviews LIVE IN GREECE
Grego Applegate Edwards Classical-Modern Music Review Blog features new Cappella Romana release LIVE IN GREECE, and ends with quite the statement: “This is music of endless fascination, performed with impeccable attention to detail. Cappella Romana live up to their reputation as the foremost representatives of the Byzantine choral tradition.” Read the full review on classicalmodernmusic.blogspot.ca
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More on Ensemble Organum and Marcel Peres
About Ensemble Organum’s last record: Requiem of Divitis (16th century) For thirty years now, the vocal ensemble Organum has slowly but surely, far from the eye of the public at large, pieced together a veritable history of the singing of sacred music. With this new disc, Organum adds yet another layer to the knowledge of
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The Oregonian Reviews Santiago de Compostela Concert
The reviews are in! James McQuillen of The Oregonian reviews our Santiago de Compostela concert with Marcel Pérès: “An iconoclastic musicologist with an intimate knowledge of a vast range of early liturgical song, Pérès joined Portland’s Cappella Romana at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Friday night for a concert that should rank among the ensemble’s many
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Rachmaninoff: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
NEW: previews of this weekend’s concerts:Crosscut by Thomas May“the group’s brand of meditative sacred music from the Orthodox tradition is just what the doctor ordered.” The Sun Break by Michael van Baker “their performances of last season’s Vespers (also by Rachmaninoff) sold out, so you may want tickets in advance.” Before the Rachmaninoff Divine Liturgy concerts this
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Resonance Ensemble Offers Discount to Cappella Romana Patrons
Special offer for Cappella Romana patrons from the Resonance Ensemble Cappella Romana patrons are eligible for DISCOUNT TICKETS to this weekend’s Resonance Ensemble “Back in the U.S.S.R.” concerts. You can receive tickets for just $15 ($7 off the general admission price). This program explores the wild strands of music from the Soviet era, ranging from
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Cappella Romana Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Program Notes
Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Our programme presents music appropriate to Easter by some of the foremost composers of the Iberian ‘golden age’, during the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Francisco Guerrero spent almost his entire career in the service of Seville Cathedral, as a singer, assistant chapelmaster, and then chapelmaster. Seville Cathedral
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Cappella Romana European Tour Goes To Greece
After stops in England and Germany, the Cappella Romana European Tour heads to Greece! Schedule: May 19 (Patras) Holy Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation Ιερός Μητροπολιτικός Ναός Ευαγγελιστρίας 20:00 May 20 (Athens) Master class at The American College of Greece Monday, 20 May 16:00 “Cotsen Hall” – The American School of Classical Studies “Cotsen Hall” –
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London Review
via the Londinoupolis Blog Our first review is in from our London Residency via Londinoupolis: “The concert, entitled “Desert and City: Medieval Byzantine Chant”, was an intriguing and beautiful performance of a collection of hymns from Great and Holy Friday in Jerusalem and the Vespers of St. Catherine, transporting us to an ancient time, where
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Cappella Romana Father’s Day Weekend Special!
Celebrate Father’s Day With Cappella Romana! FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL: Fathers of all kinds receive a free CD of the Live In Greece: From Constantinople to California program when you attend a full Cappella Romana concert. June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California Join Cappella Romana on a 1,000-year
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Portland Monthly Picks Live In Greece
We aren’t the only ones excited about next weekend’s Live In Greece performances. Portland Monthly has chosen next Sunday’s concert at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral as an “Editor’s Pick!” June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California Join Cappella Romana on a 1,000-year journey from Constantinople to California.
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LIVE IN GREECE: First Ode of the Canon Video
Music: First Ode of the Canon (From the Great Supplicatory Service to the Mother of God)Composer: Michael AdamisArtists: Cappella RomanaPerformed in the 6th-century baptistery of the Church of 100 Doors (The Ekatontapiliani on the Island of Paros) Download in iTunes Buy this recording from Amazon June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople
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