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Cappella Romana on KING FM Northwest Focus
We are pleased to share that KING FM’s Sean MacLean has chosen to feature Cappella Romana and our Fall of Constantinople concert series from August 25th through the 28th! Make sure to tune in to KING FM and hear the following works before our Friday night Seattle concert: Cappella Romana on KING FM Schedule: Monday,
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Alexander Lingas Gives Presentations at Yale and King’s College
Alexander Lingas gives academic presentations at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University and the Institute of Classical Studies at King’s College London: King’s College London Eastern-Western Motet: Liturgical Music in Byzantium and the West The Musical Codification of Byzantine Hymnody See the Full Two-Day Colloquium Schedule Here Yale University Institute of Sacred Music
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Preview A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court
January 19–22, Cappella Romana performs “A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court” live in Eugene, Seattle, and Portland. January 20, Cappella Records releases the premiere recording of the program, and you can preview both today! Listen to three of the works from the concert and recording on Apple Music and More: “Cappella Romana’s founder and
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Latin Music in Cyprus
Literary witnesses to the cultivation of music by the French kings of Cyprus are found in a variety of sources, but nearly all of the surviving music associated with the Lusignan court is contained in a single manuscript: Torino Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria J.II.9. This remarkable document was, according to Karl Kügle (2012), evidently copied between
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After 35 years, founder Alexander Lingas retires as Music Director of celebrated vocal ensemble Cappella Romana
Founder and Music Director Alexander Lingas will move into a new role as Music Director Emeritus this spring, passing the baton to a new generation while redirecting his focus towards academic work. Dr. Lingas will conduct the final concerts of Cappella Romana’s current season on March 6 and 7, 2026, featuring Maximilian Steinberg’s extraordinary Passion
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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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Cappella Romana on King FM This Week!
Seattle’s Classical King FM 98.1 will feature Cappella Romana recordings this week in the lead up to our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week concert series in Seattle and Portland! Broadcast Schedule: 8:06pm — Monday, Feb 8: Sticheron (Medieval Byzantine Chant) 8:08pm — Tuesday, Feb 9: Tikey Zes: Introit of Pentecost Tune in at www.king.org Passion Week
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Dr. Alexander Lingas and Dr. Siren Çelik discuss A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court
Dr. Alexander Lingas and Dr. Siren Çelik discuss Emperor Manuel II, the Emperor in A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court: Siren Çelik is Assistant Professor in the History Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Marmara University, Istanbul. She obtained her Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham. Her main research interests are Late Byzantine
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Kastalsky Requiem: Program Notes
Vasily Polikarpovich Titov (c.1650–c.1715) – Cherubic Hymn; Megalynarion Vasily Titov was one of two leading composers of Russian Baroque music, the other being Nikolai Diletsky (c. 1630–80). Titov’s life and work mark the mid-point of the process of Russia’s musical Westernization, which gained new momentum during the reign of Tsar Peter the Great (1689 –1725).
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Ivan Moody Talks Akáthistos Hymn With iClassics
“The harmonies are lush and dark in Russian style, though periodically the shadows disperse as in a cloud-break and the sound brightens. The effect over the whole hymn is of a slow revelation of light and warmth over an ancient musical ground.” (Willamette Week) “Something new, substantial, and profound” (Sunday Oregonian) Standing Room Only — Ivan
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Handel’s Messiah — Notes by John Butt
Messiah The libretto that the irascible Charles Jennens sent to Handel at some point in the summer of 1741 was not in itself an extraordinary document within the Christian tradition. After all, the Gospels and Epistles already made ample reference to the way in which the New Testament was foretold in the Old, and this tradition
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Requiem for the Forgotten, Cantus Missae (Program Notes by Mark Powell and Frank La Rocca)
Requiem for the Forgotten, Cantus Missae Program Notes by Mark Powell and Frank La Rocca Josef Rheinberger: Cantus Missae in E-flat major, Op. 109 SEATTLE Friday, March 28 @ 7:30pmSt. James Cathedral PORTLAND Saturday, March 29 @ 2:00pmSt. Mary’s Cathedral LAKE OSWEGO Sunday, March 30 @ 3pmOur Lady of the Lake Parish Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

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