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Oregon Arts Watch Autumn Preview
Oregon Arts Watch has published its Autumn 2022 Choral Preview, and we are thrilled to see our two upcoming performances included! “Cappella Romana‘s season premiere concert stands alone. The title piece, Heaven and Earth, was written by six composers, CR Associate Conductor John Michael Boyer among them – a unique collaborative effort premiered by Cappella Romana in
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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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Music from Mt. Sinai: Recorded!
Cappella Romana’s program “Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium” was recorded last week, from August 20 through August 25, in the extraordinary acoustics of Holy Rosary Church in West Seattle. Alexander Lingas (center) led a nine-member ensemble in chants from the monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai in Egypt, featuring music for St. Catherine followed
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NEW Double CD | BYZANTIUM IN ROME: Medieval Byzantine Chant from Grottaferrata
NEW Double CDBYZANTIUM IN ROME: Medieval Byzantine Chant from Grottaferrata Click here to order. Sound samples: Teleutaion Alleluia | Prosomoia for St. Benedict | Kontakion for St. Bartholomew | Communion for Pentecost This release by Cappella Romana is a breathtaking collection of Medieval Byzantine Chant sung from manuscripts made at the Abbey of Grottaferrata in
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Receive “Byzantium 300-1453” FREE when you buy 2 or more CDs
Your FREE gift with 2 or more With your order of 2 or more CDs, we will send you a FREE GIFT: a copy of our latest title, “Byzantium: 330-1453,” a compilation of Cappella’s “Greatest Hits” of Byzantine music. CDs by Cappella Romana make great gifts. Choose from among our growing discography, from our latest
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Meet Composer Tikey Zes
May 18-20 during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour, Cappella Romana will premiere a new work by composer Tikey Zes. Cappella Romana has a long history of working with Mr. Zes, including a whole CD of his Choral Works which was one of the ensemble’s earliest releases, and a new work on the Angelic Light
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Ivan Moody Guestblog: The Paschal Canon of St. John of Damascus
Composer, Ivan Moody The Paschal Canon of St John of Damascus encapsulates the theology, and the joy, of the Resurrection of Christ, the most important day of the Orthodox liturgical year. As the text has it in Fr Ephrem Lash’s translation, “This chosen and holy day is the first of Sabbaths, the Queen and Lady,
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From Constantinople to California – Program Notes Part Two
The Eastern Roman Empire—commonly called “Byzantium” after the ancient name of its capital Constantinople — not only survived the downfall of Rome by a millennium, but also created a musical tradition that remains both alive and influential today. In From Constantinople to California Cappella Romana will follow this tradition from its medieval origins to contemporary Los
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About Eastertide guest conductor Owen Rees
Monday, we featured our 2013 Eastertide concert series featuring guest conductor Owen Rees, and today we’d like to share more about this exciting guest! Owen Rees: Owen Rees is both performer and scholar, his scholarship consistently informing his performances. Through his extensive work as a choral director, he has brought to the concert hall and
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LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California – Part Five
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 Part Four Younger Byzantine Contemporaries Two younger contemporaries of Frank Desby who were strongly
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Cappella Romana Brings Byzantine Chant to the Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre
Cappella Romana Brings Medieval Byzantine Chant to London Byzantine Chant Mini-Symposium & Recital at the Hellenic Centre The Hellenic Centre Cappella Romana, in collaboration with the School of Byzantine Music and the Archdiocese of Thyateira, presents a mini-symposium and recital of Byzantine chant. Leading liturgical scholars and musicologists from the UK and US discuss ‘The
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Free Season Preview!
Free Season Preview Concerts This Sunday, September 8! Season Previews at at Middle Eastern Festival, St. George Orthodox Church This Sunday, 8 September at 2:00pm and 4:30pm Selections from and related to Cappella Romana’s 2013-14 Season: Byzantine Chant Music of Orthodox Finland Russian Orthodox choral works Music for the Environment Also includes selections from the
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