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LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California – Part Three
As we approach the release of LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California, we’ll be sharing some excerpts from the liner notes to give you a bit of background into the programming of this recording. Part One Part Two II – Modern Choral Settings of Byzantine Chant Under Venetian and later British rule the Ionian…
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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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Cappella Romana presents: The Arvo Pärt Festival
The first-ever festival in North America dedicated to the music of Estonian Orthodox composer Arvo Pärt will take place February 5 – 12, 2017 in Portland, Oregon, presented by the Northwest’s leading professional chamber choir, Cappella Romana. Arvo Pärt is the most performed living composer in the world. Full information. The Arvo Pärt Festival features…
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OPB features Frozen Music
Read the OPB Feature on our upcoming “Frozen Music” concert with Third Angle! “Music ensemble Third Angle will team up with choir group Cappella Romana for a new project, “Frozen,” on Oct. 3-4. They’re giving a voice to one of Oregon’s most famous buildings — one you likely didn’t even know exists…” Frozen Music Sat…
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Cappella Romana’s 2015-2016 Season Now Online!
2015-2016 Season – 24th Annual Northwest Series Single tickets for individual concerts go on sale August 1st, 2015. Season Subscriptions available now. Seattle Concerts Portland Concerts Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil [toggle title=”Learn More”]Cappella Romana’s 24th Annual Season opens with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s monumental All-Night Vigil (also known as the Vespers), in celebration of the 100th anniversary of…
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San Francisco 2026–27 Series
Chant Encounters The 2026–27 San Francisco Season October 18, 2026 RACHMANINOFF: ALL NIGHT VIGIL DECEMBER 6, 2026 OLD SAINT NICK MAY 16, 2027 TONGUES OF FIRE Cappella Romana Returns to its Spiritual Birthplace For 35 years, Cappella Romana has sung the ancient chant traditions of the Christian East and West — from Byzantine and Old…
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Cappella Romana 2026–27 Season
chant encounters The 2026–27 Season october 16 & 17, 2026 NOVEMBER 13 & 14, 2026 DECEMBER 4 & 5, 2026 JANUARY 22 & 23, 2027 MARCH 5 & 6, 2027 MAY 14 & 15, 2027 ALL NIGHT VIGIL THE TUDOR CHOIR OLD SAINT NICK EPIPHANY KASSIA TONGUES OF FIRE For 35 years, Cappella Romana has…
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Old Saint Nick
Old Saint Nick Saint Nicholas in the East and West Cappella Romana John Michael Boyer, Interim Music Director SEATTLE Fri 4 Dec 2026, 7:30 PMHoly Rosary Catholic Church4210 SW Genesee StSeattle, WA 98116 PORTLAND Sat 5 Dec 2026, 2:00 PMSt. Mary’s Cathedral1739 NW Couch StPortland, OR 97209 San Francisco Sun 6 Dec 2026, 3:00 PMHoly…
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Good Friday In Jerusalem Liner Notes
In the year 637 AD the orthodox Christian Patriarch Sophronios (d. 638) surrendered Byzantine Jerusalem to the Arab Caliph Umar, inaugurating a period of Muslim rule in the Holy City that would last until its conquest by Latin Crusaders in 1099. Although subject to tribute, Jerusalem’s Christian inhabitants retained the right to continue celebrating both…
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San Francisco 2O25-26 Series
San Francisco 2025-26 Series Christmas With Cappella Cappella RomanaAlexander Lingas, music director Sun 4 Jan 2O26, 3:OO PM Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco Let your holiday spirit soar with Cappella Romana’s beloved Christmas concert, featuring selections of Richard Toensing’s moving Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ and music by Kassianí, the earliest female…
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Echoes of the Renaissance — Program Notes
In his magisterial The Rise of European Music, 1380–1500, Reinhard Strohm traces the development and dissemination of complex styles of music written with multiple voice parts using measured (‘mensural’) notation that enabled precise rhythmic coordination of the voices. By the middle of the fifteenth century the most notable centers for the production of this polyphonic…
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Cappella Romana 2025–26 Season
Save 30% with coupon code ITSTIME when you purchase tickets to three or more concerts this Season! It’s About Time The 2025–26 Season october 24 & 26, 2025 NOVEMBER 14 & 15, 2025 JANUARY 2 & 3, 2026 FEBRUARY 6 & 7, 2026 MARCH 6 & 7, 2026 APRIL 22 & 23, 2026 MASS APPEAL LIVING MEMORIES…
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