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Singer Spotlight: Catherine van der Salm
Our Singer Spotlight series continues with soprano Catherine van der Salm! What was your first performance with Cappella Romana? I sang my first concerts with Cappella Romana in November 2006, gorgeous Russian music under the direction of Mark Bailey. What Non-Cappella Romana Projects are you excited to share? I love to sing chamber music and new music!…
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Somewhere In Between: Ivan Moody’s Greek Liturgy
For someone familiar with Greek Orthodox liturgy, today’s performance will echo the experience of actual services, with abbreviations appropriate to a concert. At the same time, those new to the form may experience the performance as though it were liturgically complete even with the adjustments made for a concert context. Cappella Romana presents here the…
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Alexander Lingas to Lead Byzantine Chant Ensemble for the Coronation at Westminster Abbey
Dr. Alexander Lingas, founder and music director of Cappella Romana, will lead the Byzantine Chant Ensemble in the Coronation at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 May 2023. Buckingham Palace recently announced that “at the request of His Majesty, in tribute to his late father His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Greek Orthodox…
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Pentecost from the Traditions of Constantinople Program Notes
The J. Paul Getty Villa 17 & 18 May 2014 Cappella Romana Performs Medieval Byzantine Chant Program Pentecost from the Traditions of Constantinople The second part of our program features music for Pentecost, the Sunday fifty days after Easter on which Christians commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. The services for…
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Review of Toensing Kontakion in the Seattle PI
‘Kontakion’ reflects the old, new Full text of the article … The first half of the program was devoted to carols and hymns of all sizes and attitudes. Most were written in the past century, with texts in English and Greek. Although they may be familiar in Orthodox circles, they are not so known outside…
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Kontakion on the Nativity reviewed by a POP MUSIC CRITIC!
Check this out: http://localcut.wweek.com/2009/01/13/furniture-music-2-cappella-romana/ Furniture Music #2: Cappella Romana January 13th, 2009 [6:11PM] Posted by: Robert Ham A cappella music is probably as safe a place as any for me to start my year of classical immersion. We’ve all heard music like this—a precise, polyharmonic choir singing songs of devotion to God—in some form before.…
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Be Radiant, O Peoples!
Working under Muslim rule in and around Jerusalem during the 8th century AD, St. John of Damascus—defender of icons, theologian, poet and musician—composed a radiant hymn for Easter Sunday morning, his Paschal Canon. Over the centuries his joyful verses praising the Resurrection of Christ have been adapted to countless languages and musical styles across a…
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Meet Composer Tikey Zes
May 18-20 during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour, Cappella Romana will premiere a new work by composer Tikey Zes. Cappella Romana has a long history of working with Mr. Zes, including a whole CD of his Choral Works which was one of the ensemble’s earliest releases, and a new work on the Angelic Light…
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Meet John Vergin
May 18-20 during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour, Cappella Romana will premiere a new work by composer John Vergin. John Vergin has more than a history of composition with Cappella Romana — he’s also been a Cappella Romana singer! Cappella Romana’s Christmas recording When Augustus Reigned also featured Cappella Romana performing his music. John…
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Meet Richard Toensing
May 18-20 during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour, Cappella Romana will premiere a new work by composer Richard Toensing. Richard Toensing is not a new composer to Cappella Romana fans, however, as we released the recording Kontakion On The Nativity & Carols By Richard Toensing in 2008. Kontakion On The Nativity & Carols By…
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Peter Michaelides and The Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom
Cappella Romana will be premiering a new work from Peter Michaelides during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour this coming weekend. So in preparation, we wanted to share this review from our 2006 release of Peter Michaelides: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from AllMusic.com: “Cappella Romana’s Peter Michaelides: The Divine Liturgy of St.…
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Meet Robert Kyr
Photo taken from “Peace Work” (Portland Monthly)Photo by Stuart Mullenberg Tomorrow (Friday, May 18th), Cappella Romana will kick off the weekend’s Be Radiant, O Peoples! series, and will be premiering works based around the Easter Canon of St. John of Damascus from contemporary composers. One of these works is by the prolific composer Robert Kyr,…
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