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This Weekend through Midnight Dec. 7th — Get FREE SHIPPING ON YOUR ENTIRE ORDER when you add a gift of any size at CappellaRomana.org! (Your gift will be matched by the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund). Add your items and your gift of any size to the shopping cart and use the VOUCHER code: freeship. Order
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Alexander Lingas Performs The Kontakion in Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Sir John Tavener
Μετὰ τῶν Ἁγίων ἀνάπαυσον, Χριστε, τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ δούλου σου, ἔνθα οὐκ ἔστι πόνος, οὐ λύπη, οὐ στεναγμός, ἀλλὰ ζωὴ ἀτελεύτητος. With the Saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of your servant, where there is no toil, nor grief, nor sighing, but everlasting life. Cappella Romana Artistic Director, Alexander Lingas, served as one
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Seattle Times Reviews Northwest Boychoir Stabat Mater
Ahead of their March 18th Portland performance, the Northwest Boychoir performed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with an ensemble of Seattle Symphony musicians under the direction of King’s College Choir director Stephen Cleobury: “The Boychoir, directed for the past 30 years by Joseph Crnko, has become a beloved Northwest fixture…with singing of exceptional clarity and balance, imposing
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Cappella Romana Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Program Notes
Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Our programme presents music appropriate to Easter by some of the foremost composers of the Iberian ‘golden age’, during the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Francisco Guerrero spent almost his entire career in the service of Seville Cathedral, as a singer, assistant chapelmaster, and then chapelmaster. Seville Cathedral
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Pre-Order November Releases Today!
Our two November releases are available for pre-order direct from CappellaRomana.com! Purchase today and orders will ship immediately upon release on November 12th! Tikey Zes: Divine Liturgy Dr. Tikey Zes (b. 1927) is the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox liturgical music in America. This highly original Liturgy, which Zes dedicated to Cappella Romana, bears
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TWO New Cappella Romana CDs in Just FIVE Days!
We are officially FIVE days away from the release of TWO new Cappella Romana recordings! And the best part is, you can purchase BOTH recordings before they are officially released during this weekend’s concerts! Tikey Zes: Divine Liturgy Dr. Tikey Zes (b. 1927) is the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox liturgical music in America.
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Sacred Songs of Serbia — Program Notes: Part Two
Sacred Songs of Serbia Serbian Chant and Church Choral Music Part One Polyphonic singing appeared for the first time in Serbian churches in the 1830s as a result of European and Russian influence. The expansion of newly organized Serbian church choirs was enormous and very soon the main problem was the lack of indigenous sacred
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Singer Spotlight: Meet Kristen Buhler
Our Singer Spotlight series continues with Kristen Buhler! What led you to singing professionally? I’ll never forget watching Choral Cross-Ties sing Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei. I was a senior at Clackamas High School at the time, and heavily involved in choir and theater. I was enthralled with the powerful, emotional singing, and moved to tears. After
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Support Cappella Romana by December 31
“Kassianí’s time-defying flow of melodies imparts serene glimpses into eternity.” —Gramophone Magazine “The most beautiful concert experience in recent memory.” —Cappella Romana Patron Dear friend, I believe you’ve felt it: That moment when the music washes over you and an amazing calmness takes over. Your heartbeat slows. Your breathing gets deeper. You connect with something
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The Russian Chant Revival
Major traditions of complex sacred music throughout Europe were shaped during the so-called “long nineteenth century” (the period of relative peace which lasted from the battle of Waterloo to the outbreak of World War I) by movements to recover elements of early traditions for modern use. These efforts, like contemporary “back-to-roots” endeavors in non-musical arts
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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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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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