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New CD release from the Royal Academy in London
Our Third CD release since July, a “Greatest Hits” compilation Byzantium: 330-1453Cappella Romana announces the release of its 11th recording, the official companion CD commissioned for the exhibition, BYZANTIUM: 330-1453, at London’s Royal Academy of Arts (25 October ’08 to 22 March ’08. www.royalacademy.org.uk). Order the disc here. Receive this disc as a free gift
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Pre-Order LIVE IN GREECE on Amazon!
Cappella Romana: LIVE IN GREECE is less than three weeks from its release! And now you can pre-order it on Amazon.com (click the image below to pre-order today)!
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LIVE IN GREECE Featured by Allegro Classical
LIVE IN GREECE is a “Featured Release” on the Allegro Classical website! Take a look: Preview Track 7: Apolytikion of the Holy Cross via SoundCloud Order today via: Amazon.com Allegro Classics CappellaRomana.org
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Taste of Byzantium Sold Out!
Saturday’s fundraiser concert A Taste of Byzantium has officially sold out, so we wanted to let you know and give you a hearty THANK YOU! For those that are coming, we’re featuring some of the silent auction items on our Facebook Page, so make sure to check back all week! Here are links to a
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Blu-Ray Review of Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy
Blu-Ray.com reviews Cappella Records’ new release of the Saint Tikhon Choir and Benedict Sheehan‘s recording, Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: “Sheehan’s approach certainly harkens back to longstanding choral traditions in Russia and environs, and as such, there’s often a dark, almost foreboding, ambience to some of the massed lower sonorities he exploits. … If
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Byzantine Cooking Resources
Coming this weekend by livestream — Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined! For Saturday’s concert, consider cooking a Byzantine dish for before or after the livestream. Enjoy these select Byzantine cooking resources: What did Byzantine food taste like? (Getty Museum) Byzantine cuisine (Wikipedia) Select Byzantine and Byzantine-inspired Recipes godecookery.com And the excellent cookbook by Andrew
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia is Out TODAY!
Amazon Apple Music Spotify YouTube Music Qobuz Primephonic ArkivMusic Cappella Romana Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: Medieval Byzantine Chant Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia is the first vocal album in the world to be recorded entirely in live virtual acoustics. It brings together art history, music history, performance, and technology to re-create medieval sacred sound in
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Meet Blake Applegate, guest conductor of “Ave Maria”
Blake Applegate is one of Cappella Romana’s original singers, having taken part in the ensemble’s first concert in 1991. He is Director of Cantores in Ecclesia, assuming leadership of the organization upon the retirement of his father, Dean Applegate, in the spring of 2010. Prior to his appointment as Director, Blake served as Assistant Director,
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The SunBreak Reviews “They Are At Rest”
Portland’s Cappella Romana stepped away from its usual programming of Orthodox chant Friday night to sing a concert of music remembering the Armistice of 1918 and what it meant to the survivors. This was not by any means a rejoicing for the Armistice, but nor was it one of sorrow and anguish for the dead and wounded…Rather it was
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The Oregonian Features “They Are At Rest”
The Oregonian interviews Cappella Romana executive director Mark Powell for a feature on our They Are At Rest series: Cappella Romana appears to be the only professional artistic organization in Portland giving a performance commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I’s end. “This is the right thing for us to do,” Mark Powell, Cappella
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The Psalm 103 Project
Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation 12-14 Oct, 2018 TICKETS & INFO Cappella Romana’s Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation Series (October 12-14, 2018) is a collaboration with the Saint John of Damascus Society. A musical meditation on Psalm 103 (“Bless the Lord, O my soul”), the Orthodox Vesperal Psalm, the program premieres
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The SunBreak Reviews “Venice in the East”
Seattle’s The SunBreak reviews Cappella Romana’s April 27, 2018 Venice in the East performance: “Hearing Cappella Romana singing in St. James Cathedral is to hear a slice of heaven. … As always, the presentation was scholarly, as accurate a portrayal of the music as it would have been performed as can be ascertained through diligent
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