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Cappella Romana presents: The Arvo Pärt Festival
The first-ever festival in North America dedicated to the music of Estonian Orthodox composer Arvo Pärt will take place February 5 – 12, 2017 in Portland, Oregon, presented by the Northwest’s leading professional chamber choir, Cappella Romana. Arvo Pärt is the most performed living composer in the world. Full information. The Arvo Pärt Festival features
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San Francisco Classical Voice Features A Byzantine Emperor
Emily Wilson interviews Alexander Lingas, Mark Powell, Kerry McCarthy, and more in a wonderful new feature on A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court on San Francisco Classical Voice! Some 20 years ago when reading a biography of Manuel II Palaiologos, Alexander Lingas learned about the Byzantine emperor’s trip to the court of King Henry IV looking
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Peter Michaelides and The Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom
Cappella Romana will be premiering a new work from Peter Michaelides during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour this coming weekend. So in preparation, we wanted to share this review from our 2006 release of Peter Michaelides: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from AllMusic.com: “Cappella Romana’s Peter Michaelides: The Divine Liturgy of St.
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Tchaikovsky’s Divine Liturgy: Program Notes
Russian choral artistry, and especially its sacred choral singing, has long enjoyed the admiration of the Western musical world. After hearing the Choir of the Imperial Chapel of St. Petersburg in 1844, Robert Schumann wrote in his diary that “the Chapel is the most wonderful choir we have ever had the occasion of hearing.” Tchaikovsky
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Caroling at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Caroling at Pioneer Courthouse Square: Here a Greek carol from Thrace “Christ is born” (sung in Greek and English for the first verse, and in English thereafter in a translation-in-progress by Mark Powell). With thanks to Ioannis Arvanitis for sharing this carol with us.
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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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Robert Kyr Discusses His All-Night Vigil
Richard Barrett interviewed composer Robert Kyr about his new “All-Night Vigil” which Cappella Romana will premiere on November 11–13 in Seattle and Portland: Robert kyr: All-Night Vigil in English Seattle Friday 11 November 2022, 7:30 P.M.St. James Cathedral Portland Saturday 12 November 2022, 8:00 P.M.St. Mary’s Cathedral Portland Sunday 13 November 2022, 3:00 P.M.Our Lady
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Singing Divine Liturgy at St. George’s Antiochian Orthodox Church, Portland (A report)
Cappella Romana members John S. Boyer, David Krueger, Les Green, Mark Powell, John Michael Boyer, LeaAnne DenBeste, Catherine van der Salm, Christina Abdul-Karim, and Jo Routh sang the service of the Divine Liturgy at St. George’s Antiochian Orthodox Church, Portland, Oregon, on October 5, 2008. Byzantine chant in English formed the basis for the service
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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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The Tallis Scholars: Metamorphosis
METAMORPHOSIS H. Praetorius: Magnificat IV Gibbons: Magnificat (‘Short’) Pärt: Magnificat Sheppard: Our father Tavener: Our father (1999 version) Stravinsky: Otche nash Palestrina: Pater noster (a5) Gallus: Pater noster (a8) Interval Chant: Ave Maria Mouton: Ave Maria – virgo serena Stravinsky: Bogoroditse devo Pärt: Bogoroditse devo Gibbons: Nunc dimittis (‘Short’) Eccard: Maria wallt zum Heiligtum Pärt:
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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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Ivan Moody: From Darkness to Light
The From Darkness to Light programme is a journey in more than one sense. Firstly, it takes us from spiritual darkness (the condition which is cured, according to Orthodox Christian tradition, by metanoia, a change of heart) to light, the radiance of the Resurrection of Christ, by which mankind is made new. Secondly, it takes
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