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2012-2013 Season: From Constantinople to California
The Cappella Romana 2012-2013 Season comes full circle in June 2013 with the “From Constantinople to California” concert series! Not only will the season kick off with the release of the LIVE IN GREECE recording featuring the From Constantinople to California program, it will also end with performances of the program both in Portland and…
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LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California – Part One
As we approach the release of LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California, we’ll be sharing some excerpts from the liner notes to give you a bit of background into the programming of this recording. From Constantinople to California: Cappella Romana was founded on the Pacific Coast of the USA in 1991 to explore, through…
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LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California – Part Two
As we approach the release of LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California, we’ll be sharing some excerpts from the liner notes to give you a bit of background into the programming of this recording. I – Greeks and Latins in the Eastern Mediterranean The Crusades transformed the Eastern Mediterranean politically into a patchwork of…
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LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California – Part Four
As we approach the release of LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California, we’ll be sharing some excerpts from the liner notes to give you a bit of background into the programming of this recording. Part One Part Two Part Three III – Liturgical Choral Music in the Greek Orthodox Churches of the western United…
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Release Day!!! Cappella Romana LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California available in stores now!
Cappella Romana LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California Recorded live on Paros, GreeceCR409 Alexander Lingas, Director Ancient Byzantine chants begin this 1,000-year journey from Constantinople to California, followed by musical encounters with Crusaders and Venetians, including Greek and Latin polyphony from Renaissance Crete. East meets West again at St. Sophia Cathedral in Los Angeles,…
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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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Good Seats Still Available for Choral Glory
Good Seats are still available for Cappella Romana’s concert “Choral Glory” with the Portland Baroque Orchestra! PBO and Cappella Romana join forces again under the direction of Monica Huggett with masterpieces for orchestra and voices by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Don’t miss out on this glorious season opening. Get your tickets today! Choral Glory was…
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Cappella Romana Welcomes Marcel Pérès of Ensemble Organum
Mark Powell picking up Marcel Pérèsat the airport Cappella Romana opens its 21st Annual Season with MARCEL PÉRÈS–of France’s world-renowned ENSEMBLE ORGANUM–leading the Byzantine chant ensemble of Cappella Romana in a program drawn from the Codex Calixtinus, the priceless 12th-century manuscript recently stolen and recovered from the Cathedral of St. James in Compostela, Spain. In…
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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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Meet Owen Rees’s ensemble Contrapunctus
Meet upcoming guest conductor Owen Rees’s ensemble Contrapunctus: Coupling powerful interpretations with path-breaking scholarship, Contrapunctus presents music by the best known composers as well as unfamiliar masterpieces. Contrapunctus grew from the vocal ensemble A Capella Portuguesa, in recognition of the group’s broadening repertoire, and its dedication to the music of composers from various nations including…
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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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