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Messiah performances sell out
Portland Baroque Orchestra’s performances of Handel’s Messiah, with Cappella Romana as the chorus, have all sold out (four performances). The first two performances on Thursday and Friday included Russian Orthodox music by Titov and Bortniansky. Limited seats are available at the door. More information may be found at http://www.pbo.org.
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Tickets going fast for ARCTIC LIGHT
There are still a few of the best seats still available for the concerts of Arctic Light: Finnish Orthodox Music, but they are selling quickly. Order your tickets to ARCTIC LIGHT today at Brown Paper Tickets, 800-838-3006, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com. More information about Arctic Light.
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Arctic Light on Performance Today
Before we send out our next e-newsletter (about our next live concerts of music from Cyprus), I wanted to let you know that part of our recent program Arctic Light (January 2008) will be broadcast this Friday on the nationally syndicated radio program Performance Today, in honor of Orthodox Holy Week (Orthodox Pascha, or Easter,
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Cappella Romana completes Finnish Recording sessions
Cappella Romana has completed another set of sessions for a future CD release, this time of music from the Finnish Orthodox Church. The photo here is from a free recital presented in advance of the sessions on Sunday, September 7, at St. Agatha’s Church in Sellwood, Portland.
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Cappella Romana to sing Divine Liturgy at St. George’s Orthodox Church, Portland
Cappella Romana, Portland’s professional vocal ensemble of international acclaim specializing in music of the Orthodox Church, will sing the Divine Liturgy at St. George’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Portland, Oregon, this Sunday, October 5, at 10:00am. The ensemble will be led by John Michael Boyer, Protopsaltis (Chief Cantor) of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San
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Receive “Byzantium 300-1453” FREE when you buy 2 or more CDs
Your FREE gift with 2 or more With your order of 2 or more CDs, we will send you a FREE GIFT: a copy of our latest title, “Byzantium: 330-1453,” a compilation of Cappella’s “Greatest Hits” of Byzantine music. CDs by Cappella Romana make great gifts. Choose from among our growing discography, from our latest
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Program for the Concord Ensemble
Music for Holy Week from the New World I.Vexilla RegisGaspar Fernandes after Rodrigo de Ceballos(Portugal, ca.1565-ca. 1629) and (Spain, c.1525-1581) respectively Memento Mei DeusHernando Franco(Guatemala and Mexico, 1532-1585)Peccantem me quotidie II. Lamentatio Hieremiae ProphetaeFrancisco Lopéz y Capillas(b. Mexico City, c. 1605-8; d. 1674) III.MissaAnonymous(Brazil, 16th c.) Kyrie Sanctus (Benedictus from T.L. de Victoria’s Missa Quarti
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Review of the Concord Ensemble
The Concord Ensemble’s February 28 concert has been reviewed on Portland’s Classical Music Blog, Northwest Reverb. Click here to join the grass-roots campaign to support Cappella Romana’s guest presentations (the gift amount doesn’t matter; like Obama’s campaign, we are looking for high participation with any size gift!)
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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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Cappella Romana Members to Perform A Byzantine Christmas
Cappella Romana members Spyridon Antonopoulos and John Michael Boyer to perform A Byzantine Christmas: A Concert of Byzantine Chants and Greek Carols as presented by The Greek Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Greek Institute invites you to its third annual Byzantine Christmas. Music Director Spyridon Antonopoulos is joined by acclaimed chanters and world musicians from Boston and beyond in a
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Cappella Romana Holy Week in Jerusalem Program
Saturday, February 2nd, the day after our (already sold-out) Bing Concert Hall debut, Cappella Romana will perform music composed for 8th and 9th-century celebrations of Holy Week in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher amid the natural acoustics of the Stanford University Memorial Church. Take a look at what Cappella Romana will be performing: The
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Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Program
Take a listen to some recordings of music on our upcoming Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Program via Spotify: And these are just scratching the surface! Get your tickets today! Portland:8pm, Friday, April 12, St. Mary’s CathedralTickets Seattle:8pm, Saturday, April 13, Holy Rosary Church – West SeattleTickets Free pre-performance talks one hour prior to
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