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Living Memories
Introduction: Modern Greek Poetry and Memory Living Memories SEATTLE Fri 14 Nov 2O25, 7:3O PMSt. James CathedralFirst Hill, Seattle PORTLAND Sat 15 Nov 2O25, 2:OO PMHoly Trinity Greek Orthodox ChurchLaurelhurst, Portland “Eternal memory” is the final chant of funeral and memorial services in the Byzantine rite of Christian liturgy. Ancient in origin, this simple exclamation…
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Marcel Pérès offers program notes for Codex Calixtinus Concert
Ibi barbare gentesomnium mundi climatumcatervatim occurrunt,munera laudis Domino deferentes, Alleluia Foreign nations hasten therefrom all over the world,bringing with them gifts of praiseto the Lord. Alleluia!(First antiphon, Vespers of St James) Since the ninth century the apostle St James has been the object of great faith and fervour in the Western Christian world. Even today…
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The Oregonian Names “A Time For Life” A Portland Best
The Oregonian‘s David Stabler released a list of top spring arts events for Portland, and next weekend’s performance of Robert Kyr’s A Time For Life is a “second season” best! “Kyr’s environmental oratorio weeps for the earth. In our vast and seemingly hopeless effort to save the planet, ‘A Time for Life’ is a note…
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Fanfare Interviews Robert Kyr
Fanfare Magazine has a grand interview with composer Robert Kyr about his new Cappella Romana CD, A Time For Life. Read an excerpt from the interview, “The Joy of Creation” below and visit the Fanfare Archives for the full piece: Fanfare: A Time for Life is one of a number of your pieces inspired by…
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Alexander Lingas and the Byzantine Chant Ensemble Make Headlines Around the World
If you weren’t able to watch the Coronation live, or on re-broadcast this weekend, enjoy the clip of Alexander Lingas and the Byzantine Chant Ensemble during the Ceremony: Streaming on Apple Music and more as part of The Official Album of The Coronation: From Greece to the United States and more, Alexander Lingas and the…
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Byrd Ensemble – Spanish Music for the House of Habsburg
SPANISH MUSIC FOR THE HOUSE OF HABSBURG A musical exploration of the Habsburg dynasty, featuring Spanish music written for monarchs Charles V and Philip II PROGRAM Tomás Luis de VICTORIA – Requiem Mass Introitus: Requiem aeternam Kyrie Gradual Offertory Sanctus & Benedictus Agnus Dei I, II & III Communion: Lux aeterna Versa est in luctum…
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Win the Trip of a lifetime at A Night on the Aegean
Join us for A Night on the Aegean Cappella Romana’s 25th Anniversary Gala! Seattle: Friday, September 23rd at St. James Cathedral following the Cappella Romana performance Portland: Saturday, September 24th at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral following the Cappella Romana performance The Honorable Charles & Nancy Hales, Chairs Remarks by The Honorable Charles & Nancy Hales (in…
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A “Look” at the Coming Concerts
The scores arrived in the mail today from France for the Vespers of St James program. These photos include the first few bars of the first known composition for three voices, the conductus ‘Congaudeant catholici’ (Let all Catholics rejoice together): All the cool cats (from Greece) are coming to A Taste of Byzantium (this framed…
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MusicWeb International Reviews A Time For Life
Brian Reinhart of MusicWeb International reviews the new Cappella Romana release, A Time For Life: “There can be no questioning Kyr’s skill as a composer. Just listen to the first five minutes, as singers enter one-by-one — there are only eight — to the accompaniment of a single solitary cello. Many writers would need half…
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Oregon Arts Watch Reviews A Time for Life
Oregon Arts Watch with a review from our A Time For Life concert in Portland: “… Kyr’s work really shines in the atmosphere it creates. The very beginning is understated, with strings alone. But as the voices come in, starting with the low tenor, the string harmony starts to take flight. A haunting spirituality arises,…
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Classical Net Raves about A Time For Life
Classical Net‘s Brian Wigman has a wonderful new review for our A Time For Life recording: “I am contending that great religious music, really great religious music, touches us all through beauty, musical thought, and sincerity of purpose. Therefore, this project is not only a major statement of ecumenical ideals, but also a major musical…
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Throwback Thursday — A Time for Life a Best of 2007
A little “Throwback Thursday” post — The Oregonian world premiere performance of Robert Kyr’s A Time for Life named a “Best of 2007” by critic David Stabler: “Robert Kyr, among the country’s more socially active composers, mourned our planet with a gorgeous environmental oratorio that flooded St. Mary’s Cathedral with rapturous lyricism and a whiff…
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