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Soma Christou Virtual Choir
Here is the Greek-American answer to Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir, presenting the Communion Verse for Pascha (Easter) sung by members of Greek Orthodox church choirs from around the country, “virtually conducted” by the composer of this setting, Dr. Tikey Zes. Cappella Romana has long been a champion of Dr. Zes’ work, including his 1991 Divine
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The Wall Street Journal Reviews Passion Week!
The first review for the world premiere performance of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week comes from The Wall Street Journal: “At St. Mary’s, the opening verses of the alleluia of ‘Passion Week,’ intoned in Church Slavonic by one of Cappella’s stentorian bass voices, seemed to portend another dose of the ensemble’s usual hieratic Byzantine and Russian
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Maximilian Steinberg, “Passion Week”, Op. 13 — Notes
Historians of Orthodox Christianity have charted the emergence of a ‘Russian Religious Renaissance’ out of the so-called ‘Silver Age’ of Russia, the culturally fruitful but politically turbulent decades immediately prior to the Bolshevik takeover in 1917. This movement encompassed a broad range of efforts aimed at various forms of spiritual, ecclesial, cultural, and national renewal
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Meet Vladimir Morosan
Meet our Passion Week, pre-concert lecturer, Vladimir Morosan courtesy of the Orthodox Arts Journal: Dr. Vladimir Morosan, Founder and President of Musica Russica, is one of the leading experts outside Russia in the fields of Russian choral music and Orthodox liturgical music. After completing his undergraduate degree in music at Occidental College, in Los Angeles,
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Alexander Lingas talks about Passion Week on OPB’s State of Wonder
Alexander Lingas gave an interview with April Baer of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s State of Wonder show about the re-discovery of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week Cycle, Op. 13. Listen here to the story of how Dr. Lingas rediscovered and is now premiering the work with Cappella Romana. Read it Here! Passion Week Portland 8:30pm, Fri., Apr.
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OregonLive Review: Re-creation of 12th century vespers service is a milestone
By James McQuillen, Special to The Oregonian on November 17, 2012 at 2:05 PM, updated November 17, 2012 at 2:10 PM The sound of medieval chant prevalent in the modern imagination — limpid and ethereal, with barely a suggestion of rhythm or of the physical presence of the people who sing it — is a
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With Anonymous 4, Concord Ensemble at Pepperdine University in Malibu
Cappella Romana has been invited to perform as one of three headliner groups in the festival “The Ascending Voice” this June at Pepperdine University, an international symposium of sacred a cappella music. Representing the Orthodox a cappella tradition in Byzantine chant, Cappella Romana will be featured alongside Concord Ensemble (singing Latin polyphony) and Anonymous 4
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Cappella Romana Remembers September 11 – Lament for the Fall of Constantinople
Cappella Romana remembers September 11th From the Seattle Post-Intelligncer in January 2002: Alexander Lingas, founder and music director of Cappella Romana, has a keen ear for music and its historical and cultural context. Over the past decade, that kind of approach has taken the small vocal ensemble, and its growing audience, over many centuries and
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Coming Soon – Santiago De Compostela
We’re only a month away from the start of the 2012-2013 Season as Marcel Pérès makes his Northwest and Cappella Romana debut directing an all-male chant ensemble in a program of medieval latin hymnody for St. James, sung directly from facsimilies of the Codex Calixtinus. This is the medieval manuscript that was only recently recovered
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Oregon Arts Watch Reviews Choral Glory
Photo courtesy of Oregon ArtsWatch Oregon ArtsWatch with a review of our recent collaboration with the Portland Baroque Orchestra — Choral Glory! “It didn’t take long for this new Oregon classical music season to produce the first truly great performance I’ve heard this fall. Friday night’s concert featuring the superb Portland choir Cappella Romana and
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About Ensemble Organum
We are very excited about our upcoming concert featuring Marcel Pérès, so we wanted to share a little about his own ensemble — Ensemble Organum! The Organum Ensemble was founded in 1982 by Marcel Pérès at Sénanque Abbay (France) and has been supported since 1984 by the Fondation Royaumont. The Ensemble develops programmes which combine
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