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Looking Ahead…
The next Cappella Romana performance features Rachmaninoff’s 1910 a cappella work Divine Liturgy – The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. “Not for a long time…have I written anything with such pleasure.” —Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1910 Come and hear Rachmaninoff’s setting as it might have been sung in an actual service! Purchase Tickets Today Portland8pm, Fri., Jan. 11,…
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LIVE IN GREECE: First Ode of the Canon Video
Music: First Ode of the Canon (From the Great Supplicatory Service to the Mother of God)Composer: Michael AdamisArtists: Cappella RomanaPerformed in the 6th-century baptistery of the Church of 100 Doors (The Ekatontapiliani on the Island of Paros) Download in iTunes Buy this recording from Amazon June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople…
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Stream the Trisagion from The Divine Liturgy
The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom — Trisagion Pre-Order Today! The Divine Liturgy is the principal Eucharistic service in the Orthodox Church, somewhat analogous to the Roman Catholic Mass. Dr. Tikey Zes (b. 1927) is the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox liturgical music in America. This highly original choral setting of the Liturgy,…
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New Release — A Time For Life
Now Available! A Time for Life: An Environmental Oratorio Robert Kyr Cappella Romana Third Angle New Music Commissioned by Cappella Romana and inspired by the initiatives of His All-Holiness +BARTHOLOMEW Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Robert Kyr’s A Time for Life explores the urgent issue of ecological crisis through texts from the Greek Orthodox Service of…
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Fanfare Magazine reviews Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium and Live in Greece!
A double-feature Fanfare review by J.F. Weber features our LIVE IN GREECE and Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium recordings. Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium “The chants for these two services come from a variety of sources in or close to the 14th century, including works by such well-known composers as John Koukouzeles and Manuel Chrysaphes.…
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Audiophile Audition Gives Five Stars to Hymns of Kassianí
Audiophile Audition gives a five-star review to Cappella Romana’s Hymns of Kassianí recording: “Kassia is especially known for one particular piece, the Hymn of Kassiani, so-called because of its placement in the orthros (matins) service of Holy Wednesday. It is a masterly composition of great pathos, commemorating the harlot who anointed the feet of Jesus and…
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Early Music America Reviews Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
Karen Cook reviews our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording for Early Music America: “Thanks to the wonders of modern technology and painstaking work of two college professors, however, it is possible to imagine what a medieval Byzantine service might have sounded like. … The prolonged phrases flow over each other in layers and waves,…
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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: The Akáthistos & Great Lent
Although the Coronavirus crisis is temporarily preventing our wonderful artists from gathering to sing for you, I will be creating a series of playlists featuring music taken not only from Cappella Romana’s commercially released CDs, but also from our archive of live recordings. This, my first playlist, features selections from two services of the Byzantine…
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Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame
Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) Guillaume de Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame (c. 1360-65) began to attract great interest during the 20th century. It is the first mass composed for four voices with a known composer, and as such, it is widely considered to mark the beginning of a new musical era. In addition, Machaut himself…
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Cappella Romana seeks an Operations Manager
Job Title: Operations Manager Reports to: Executive Director Status: Full-time, exempt Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience Cappella Romana seeks bright, dynamic, and creative candidates from diverse backgrounds for the position of Operations Manager. The Operations Manager (OM) serves as a creative lead for managing the day-to-day operations of Cappella Romana, including an array of activities…
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Cappella Romana on Tour in Romania at the Iași Byzantine Music Festival
The Iași Byzantine Music Festival in Romania will present Cappella Romana, the world’s leading proponent of scholarship and performance of Medieval Byzantine Chant, in a concert on September 28, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., in the “Vasile Alecsandri” National Theatre. More information . Music director Dr. Alexander Lingas will lead a mixed ensemble of men and…
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From The Desk of Mark Powell
Dear friend, Your very own Cappella Romana has had a very good 25th Anniversary year: three European tours (including visits to the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany), a week-long residency at Stanford University in the Bay Area with recording sessions of medieval chant from Hagia Sophia, the Arvo Pärt Festival, and the group’s most…
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