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LIVE IN GREECE: From Constantinople to California – Part Five
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 Part Three Part Four Younger Byzantine Contemporaries Two younger contemporaries of Frank Desby who were strongly…
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Rachmaninoff: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
NEW: previews of this weekend’s concerts:Crosscut by Thomas May“the group’s brand of meditative sacred music from the Orthodox tradition is just what the doctor ordered.” The Sun Break by Michael van Baker “their performances of last season’s Vespers (also by Rachmaninoff) sold out, so you may want tickets in advance.” Before the Rachmaninoff Divine Liturgy concerts this…
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Cappella Romana Brings Byzantine Chant to the Great Hall at the Hellenic Centre
Cappella Romana Brings Medieval Byzantine Chant to London Byzantine Chant Mini-Symposium & Recital at the Hellenic Centre The Hellenic Centre Cappella Romana, in collaboration with the School of Byzantine Music and the Archdiocese of Thyateira, presents a mini-symposium and recital of Byzantine chant. Leading liturgical scholars and musicologists from the UK and US discuss ‘The…
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Fanfare Interviews Robert Kyr
Fanfare Magazine has a grand interview with composer Robert Kyr about his new Cappella Romana CD, A Time For Life. Read an excerpt from the interview, “The Joy of Creation” below and visit the Fanfare Archives for the full piece: Fanfare: A Time for Life is one of a number of your pieces inspired by…
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Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part Two
With this two-fold offering of traditional Byzantine Music, we seek to give the listener two distinct yet complementary experiences: first, that of being in a traditional Orthodox church somewhere in the Middle East, wherein one choir sings in Greek and the other in Arabic; and second: that of being in a traditional Orthodox church in…
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Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part One
With this two-fold offering of traditional Byzantine Music, we seek to give the listener two distinct yet complementary experiences: first, that of being in a traditional Orthodox church somewhere in the Middle East, wherein one choir sings in Greek and the other in Arabic; and second: that of being in a traditional Orthodox church in…
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Cappella Romana Rehearses Arctic Light II
Cappella Romana rehearsing “Psalm 84” by Cyrillus Kreek with renowned Finnish choral director Timo Nuoranne. The Psalms of Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) take a pride of place in “Arctic Light II.” Kreek and his family converted from the Lutheran church to the Orthodox faith in 1896, when Kreek was just seven years old. His…
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Meet Benedict Sheehan
Guest Director October 20-22 Benedict Sheehan is a composer, conductor, arranger, writer about, and teacher of, music. He is Director of Music at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and Monastery; and, since founding the group in 2015, he has served as Artistic Director of the Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon’s Monastery, a professional vocal ensemble.…
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Cyprus — The Ars nova and its Byzantine Counterpart
Latin and Greek sacred music of the Middle Ages shared both roots in the Christian psalmody of Roman Late Antiquity and a common inheritance of Ancient Greek musical theory. Despite centuries of troubled relations between Byzantine Christianity and the Church of Rome that went from bad to worse with the Crusader sack and occupation of…
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Epiphany
Epiphany Mystical Chant from Old and New Rome Cappella Romana John Michael Boyer, Interim Music Director SEATTLE Fri 22 Jan 2027, 7:30 PMSt. James Cathedral804 9th AveSeattle, WA 98104 PORTLAND Sat 23 Jan 2027, 2:00 PMSt. Mary’s Cathedral1739 NW Couch StPortland, OR 97209 Program Old Roman and Medieval Byzantine Chant Reprising Cappella Romana’s first all-chant concert in…
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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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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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