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ArtsWatch Reviews Venice In The East
Bruce Browne reviewed Cappella Romana’s Saturday, April 28, 2018 performance of Venice in the East for Oregon ArtsWatch: Present were exquisite moments of choral artistry, impeccable tuning, bravura singing by all and thoughtful phrasing, especially by John Michael Boyer and Mark Powell, who together stood at the pinnacle of the solo work, especially many of
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Cappella Romana Awarded New Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an ArtWorks grant of $10,000 to Cappella Romana to launch a new three-concert series in San Francisco. The ArtWorks category is the
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Venice in the East
Venice In The East: April 27-29, 2018 Program Notes by Alexander Lingas From its emergence as a significant political entity in the sixth century under the rule of the Eastern Roman (“Byzantine”) Empire to the dissolution of the Republic by Napoleon in 1797, the city of Venice remained closely tied to the Greek East. Following
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Oregon ArtsWatch on The Tudor Choir
“The Tudor Choir re-opened for business this month. On hiatus since 2015, the ensemble presented one concert in their hometown of Seattle and two more in the Portland Metro area, at St. Mary’s Cathedral and in Hillsboro’s St. Matthew’s Church. The latter is a wonderfully accessible venue with a reverberant acoustic, challenging but with potential
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Northwest Focus features Ivan Moody: Akáthistos Hymn
In the lead-up to our Ivan Moody: The Akáthistos Hymn series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program on Monday, March 12! Tune in at 8:30pm for a broadcast from the upcoming recording re-release! Rev’d Dr. Ivan Moody, British composer, conductor, and Orthodox priest, returns to direct his stunning
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The Hillsboro Tribune Previews The Tudor Choir
The Hillsboro Tribune previews this weekend’s presentation of The Tudor Choir: World-class musicians will grace St. Matthew Catholic Church with choral music when Cappella Romana presents “The Tudor Choir: Music of John Taverner and Nico Muhly.” Under the direction of founder Doug Fullington, Seattle’s Tudor Choir will come to the concert stage for the first
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Alexander Lingas and Arvo Pärt!
Many, many thanks to the gracious staff of the Arvo Pärt Centre for making a hastily arranged research trip turn out to be a visit full of human warmth, productive study, and spiritual reflection. Special thanks to Arvo and Nora Pärt, who gave selflessly of their time to enrich my understanding and experience. I leave
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12 Days of Christmas on Northwest Focus
In the lead-up to our 12 Days of Christmas in the East series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance with Cappella Romana recordings on the Northwest Focus program! See the schedule: Date Time Music Mon, Jan 1 9:00pm Zes: Cherubic Hymn Tues, Jan 2 8:08pm Zes: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
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Now Available — Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English
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 and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. A Holiday Record Unlike Any Other Disc 1: Traditional Chants in Greek and Arabic Disc 2: Traditional Chants in English
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Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part Two
With this two-fold offering of traditional Byzantine Music, we seek to give the listener two distinct yet complementary experiences: first, that of being in a traditional Orthodox church somewhere in the Middle East, wherein one choir sings in Greek and the other in Arabic; and second: that of being in a traditional Orthodox church in
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Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part One
With this two-fold offering of traditional Byzantine Music, we seek to give the listener two distinct yet complementary experiences: first, that of being in a traditional Orthodox church somewhere in the Middle East, wherein one choir sings in Greek and the other in Arabic; and second: that of being in a traditional Orthodox church in
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Why “Sun of Justice”?
John Michael Boyer explains the meaning behind the name of our Sun of Justice concert series and the new PRÓTO ensemble recording: The ecclesiastical feast day celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ—which came to be called simply “Christ’s Mass,” or “Christmas” in English—was added to the calendar in the Eastern Church somewhat later than were
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