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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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Out of the Ashes of Smyrna
Out of the Ashes of Smyrna Tour Cappella Romana John Michael BoyerAssociate Director The acclaimed ensemble Cappella Romana (“simply beautiful” New York Times) comes to Boston and New Orleans this November. Led by John Michael Boyer, associate music director, they will sing Byzantine Chant at the beautifully renovated Dormition Church in Somerville and one of…
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Women in Sacred Chant: Past and Present
In tandem with the album launch for “Hymns of Kassianí,” this panel highlighted two dimensions of women’s contributions to Christian sacred music: as composers and as performers (singers). This history has been often marginalized or even disregarded in general histories of Christianity, yet it has been – and continues to be– important to the continuing…
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Cappella Romana Invited to Perform at the Utrecht Early Music Festival
CAPPELLA ROMANA Invited to Perform at the Utrecht Early Music Festival Utrecht, Netherlands, September 2014 Cappella Romana is thrilled to announce that the Festival Oudemuziek (Early Music Festival) in Utrecht, Netherlands, has invited Cappella Romana to appear in this year’s festival on September 7, 2014 (oudemuziek.nl). The program will be “The Fall of Constantinople,” directed…
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Bissera Pentcheva Interview on Hagia Sophia in Kathimerini
Greek news outlet Kathimerini has published a new interview with Stanford University’s Bissera Pencheva who has worked with Cappella Romana as part of our Hagia Sophia project and recording. Read the interview in the original Greek at Kathimerini.gr and see the translation below: What distinguishes Hagia Sofia from other churches and monuments of the Christian…
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Medieval Cyprus Between East and West
Located at a strategic point in the Eastern Mediterranean close to the coasts of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and the Middle East, the island of Cyprus has been a site of commercial and cultural interchange since the dawn of civilization. Christianity came to the island with the apostles Paul and Barnabas, the latter of whom…
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Notes for the Utrecht OudeMuziek Festival!
Programme Notes for ‘The Fall of Constantinople’ Cappella Romana – Utrecht Early Music Festival 2014 The creation of a re-imagined ‘Holy Roman Empire’, an entity which centuries later would be ruled by the Hapsburgs, was initially the response of Frankish kings and a resurgent Papacy to the retreat of Roman imperial power to Eastern Mediterranean…
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Utrecht Festival Nearly Sold Out!
Our September 7th concert at the Festival OudeMuziek (Early Music Festival) in Utrecht, Netherlands is nearly sold out! OudeMuziek Tickets The Utrecht Early Music Festival is the world’s biggest festival of historic music, featuring over 120 concerts in 45 venues in the old center of Utrecht. Last year’s festival featured such ensembles as Stile Antico,…
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Cappella Romana at the Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great
Cappella Romana Brings Medieval Byzantine Chant to London Cappella Romana, the world’s leading early music vocal ensemble for the broad exploration of music of the Eastern Orthodox traditions, returns to London for the first time since 2009 when it was engaged by the Royal Academy of Arts for its mega-exhibition ‘Byzantium: 323-1453’. Its founder and…
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Cappella Romana European Tour
Cappella Romana heads “across the pond” this weekend to kick off our 2013 European Tour! Find the Schedule below: Cappella Romana in London May 14 – Mini-Symposium and Recital of Byzantine Chant The Hellenic Centre, MaryleboneInformation May 15 – Desert and City: Mediaeval Byzantine Chant from the Holy Land St Bartholomew-the-Great, Cloth Fair, The City…
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Congratulations Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos
All of us at Cappella Romana wish to congratulate Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos on his being awarded a PhD in Musicology at City University London today. He was advised (with a dissertation on the Byzantine composer and theorist Manuel Chrysaphes) by Cappella Romana’s founder and artistic director Dr. Alexander Lingas, who serves on the faculty at…
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