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Oregon ArtsWatch Reviews Arctic Light Concert
Oregon ArtsWatch was tempted to “proclaim Cappella Romana as the best choral group in Portland” after our Arctic Light concert! Read a few quotes below and then check out the full review at orartswatch.org. If you weren’t able to attend, don’t forget you can pre-order the CD the recording today! “The blockbuster of the evening…
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InfoDad review for Hymns of Kassianí
Family-focused review site, InfoDad, reviews our Hymns of Kassianí as a “revelatory” release: “The excellent and expressive voices of Cappella Romana are ideally suited to introduce the music of Kassianí to a wider audience, which is just what they do in a new recording on the ensemble’s own label. Under the sensitive and knowing direction…
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia in Choir and Organ
The March/April 2021 issue of Choir and Organ Magazine has a review for our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording: “Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia from Cappella Romana, directed by Alexander Lingas, is an extraordinary feat – the first vocal album ever to be recorded in live virtual acoustics. … Stunningly convincing sounds emerge as…
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Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom in The Living Church Magazine
Geoffrey Williams reviews Benedict Sheehan and The Saint Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom for The Living Church Magazine: “Sheehan and his fine singers have brought to life a new piece that bridges the gap both between the centuries and between the traditions of East and West. The choir is…
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National Endowment for the Humanities awards major grant to Cappella Romana
In tandem with unprecedented support for Cappella Romana from individual donors this spring, the National Endowment for the Humanities has announced a $67,951 grant to support Cappella Romana’s essential operations during the COVID pandemic. The award is one of 317 grants made out of over 2,300 applications, and only one of six made in the discipline of…
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia at Bing Hall – Livestream
Now by livestream — Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined! Cappella Romana livestreams Part 1 of the triumphant November 2016 performance at Stanford University’s Bing Hall. This was the first time in the world that a full concert had been produced with the digital auralization of the acoustics of Hagia Sophia. For this concert, consider…
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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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