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Looking Back at A Time For Life
As we look forward to our May 2014 performance of Robert Kyr’s A Time For Life with the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, have a look back at an Oregonian review of our world premiere concert: “During an hour of music, the eight excellent voices of Cappella Romana (sopranos DenBeste and Stephanie Kramer, altos Jo
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Stream a track from “A Time For Life”
Robert Kyr: A Time For Life — Part II. Forgetting — xiii. Witness VI: The Sacred Way Pre-Order Today! An environmental oratorio by composer Robert Kyr, commissioned by Cappella Romana in 2007 and now recorded for the first time, this work explores the urgent issue of ecological crisis caused by humanity’s inability to live in
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Take Me Back to Constantinople Auction Items Coming In!
Our Take Me Back to Constantinople Benefit Dinner and Auction is coming up soon (November 1st), and some MAJOR auction items are rolling in! Here’s a look at one of our featured items: One Week in this house on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece in Lindos! This donation comes courtesy of Guy
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On Tour: National Gallery of Art and Richmond, Virginia
The Byzantine Inheritance Saturday 26 October 2013, 7:00 pm — Richmond, VA SS. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral Sunday 27 October 2013, 6:30 pm — Washington, DC National Gallery of Art for the exhibition Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections Cappella Romana, the world’s leading vocal ensemble for the broad exploration
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Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections
The Byzantine Inheritance performances are a part of the National Gallery of Art’s celebrations around the new “Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections” exhibition. From the National Gallery of Art Website: In the first-ever exhibition of Byzantine art at the Gallery, some 170 works of art, many never before lent to the
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Get A Patriarch’s Chants Tickets Today!
A Patriarch’s Chants: Music By +ATHANASIOS V Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Guest Director DR. ACHILLEAS G. CHALDAIAKISΠροσκεκλημένος Διευθυντής ΑΧΙΛΛΕΥΣ Γ. ΧΑΛΔΑΙΆΚΗΣMaestros of the Psaltic Art & The University of Athens The virtuoso Byzantine cantor from Athens, Achilleas Chaldaiakis, returns to direct a program of unusual and never-before-heard Byzantine chants by +ATHANASIOS
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Sheehan’s Vespers is “Stunning”
Music critic Steven A. Kennedy reviews Benedict Sheehan and The Saint Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan’s Vespers on his Cinemusical blog: “Over the last couple of years, Capella Records has released some quite stunning recordings of choral music. They most recently received a Grammy nomination for their recording of the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. …
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A Time for Life — An Introduction
One of the most urgent issues facing the world today is the ecological crisis caused by humanity’s inability to live in harmony with the natural world. My collaboration with Cappella Romana grew out of our mutual concern about this potentially catastrophic situation. After many discussions, I decided to create an environmental oratorio in order to
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The Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom — Liner Notes Part Two
John Sakellarides and Greek American Choral Music for the Divine Liturgy The first notated examples of polyphonic music for the Byzantine rite—that is, music employing more than one vocal part intended for worship by Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic Christians—appeared shortly before 1453 among the works of singers who served at the courts of the
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Timo Nuoranne to Direct Arctic Light in January
Timo Nuoranne from Helsinki Directs Cappella Romana in “Arctic Light: Finnish Orthodox Music” in January 2014 Back by popular demand, this program of sumptuous choral works from the Orthodox Church of Finland was first performed to sold-out audiences in 2008. Timo Nuoranne, a faculty member at the Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki and one
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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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RSVP for FREE Los Angeles Cappella Romana Performance!
Spend an Evening in Los Angeles, California with Cappella Romana! Cappella Romana to perform at the Loyala Marymount University Huffington Ecumenical Institute Loyola Marymount University’s Huffington Ecumenical Institute is hosting a symposium to examine the heritage of East and West liturgical music. Lectures, workshops,worship and fellowship are included in the program. From the Rising of
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