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Excitement Building for Hagia Sophia Virtual Performance
The excitement is building for our Hagia Sophia recreation concert at Stanford this season. So much so, that just this week, two different publications have featured it. Stanford Magazine goes into detail of how the concert came to be and how it works: “The first step to recreating the auditory experience of Hagia Sophia was
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Rachmaninoff: Divine Liturgy Reviews Are In!
Thanks to all who made it out to the concerts this weekend! The reviews are in: From The Oregonian: “Friday night’s performance of the Divine Liturgy at St. Mary’s Cathedral was indeed drenched in sumptuous sonic pleasure. “It was a marathon for the singers, a vast text amounting to nearly 18 program pages of Old
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Portland Monthly Picks Live In Greece
We aren’t the only ones excited about next weekend’s Live In Greece performances. Portland Monthly has chosen next Sunday’s concert at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral as an “Editor’s Pick!” June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California Join Cappella Romana on a 1,000-year journey from Constantinople to California.
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LIVE IN GREECE: First Ode of the Canon Video
Music: First Ode of the Canon (From the Great Supplicatory Service to the Mother of God)Composer: Michael AdamisArtists: Cappella RomanaPerformed in the 6th-century baptistery of the Church of 100 Doors (The Ekatontapiliani on the Island of Paros) Download in iTunes Buy this recording from Amazon June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople
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LIVE IN GREECE: Communion for Sundays
Music: Communion for Sundays “Praise the Lord”Composer: Steven CardiasmenosArtists: Cappella RomanaPerformed live in the Church of the Life-Giving SpringAspro Chorio, Paros, GreeceSeptember 2011 Download in iTunes Buy this recording from Amazon June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California Join Cappella Romana on a 1,000-year journey from Constantinople to California. Ancient
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LIVE IN GREECE: Apolytikion of the Holy Cross
Music: Communion for Sundays “Praise the Lord”Composer: Steven CardiasmenosArtists: Cappella RomanaPerformed live in the Church of the Life-Giving SpringAspro Chorio, Paros, GreeceSeptember 2011 Download in iTunes Buy this recording from Amazon June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California Join Cappella Romana on a 1,000-year journey from Constantinople to California. Ancient
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Sheehan’s Vespers is “Stunning”
Music critic Steven A. Kennedy reviews Benedict Sheehan and The Saint Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan’s Vespers on his Cinemusical blog: “Over the last couple of years, Capella Records has released some quite stunning recordings of choral music. They most recently received a Grammy nomination for their recording of the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. …
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A Time for Life — An Introduction
One of the most urgent issues facing the world today is the ecological crisis caused by humanity’s inability to live in harmony with the natural world. My collaboration with Cappella Romana grew out of our mutual concern about this potentially catastrophic situation. After many discussions, I decided to create an environmental oratorio in order to
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Five Stars for Hymns of Kassianí
HRAudio.net gives Hymns of Kassianí a five-star rating in both performance and sonics! “The importance of this new release is to allow us to go back in time to discover more about the origins of sacred choral music, and – perhaps a revelation for uninitiated – that Hildegard von Bingen wasn’t the first female composer.
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First Reviews for Hymns of Kassianí!
Cappella Romana’s new recording, Hymns of Kassianí comes out the 16th April, and reviewers are already excited: “Cappella Romana are specialists in Byzantine chant, and this album is a stunner. The release is an SACD hybrid multichannel recording. If possible, opt for the physical disc rather than the digital download for this one. The release
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Cappella Romana Awarded Major Grant
Cappella Romana is pleased to announce the award of a major grant from the State of Oregon’s Coronavirus Relief Fund Cultural Support program. “Music Director Alexander Lingas and I are thrilled with this award,” says Executive Director Mark Powell. “We are planning in earnest to produce artistic programming that we can now consider during COVID,
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Early Music America Reviews Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
Karen Cook reviews our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording for Early Music America: “Thanks to the wonders of modern technology and painstaking work of two college professors, however, it is possible to imagine what a medieval Byzantine service might have sounded like. … The prolonged phrases flow over each other in layers and waves,
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