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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Holy Week 2
Welcome to the third in a new series of playlists from the archives of Cappella Romana, featuring hymns selected from the Byzantine services of Holy Thursday and Holy Friday. Next week I will be back with Easter music from the archives of Cappella Romana. Meanwhile, please remember that streaming services return very little to their
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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Holy Week 1
Welcome to the second episode in this new series of playlists from the archives of Cappella Romana. During this week and the next in 2020, Western and Eastern Christians are journeying through Holy Week – the devotionally intense period from Palm Sunday through Good Friday to Easter Sunday. This year instead of attending or, more
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Tchaikovsky’s Divine Liturgy: Program Notes
Russian choral artistry, and especially its sacred choral singing, has long enjoyed the admiration of the Western musical world. After hearing the Choir of the Imperial Chapel of St. Petersburg in 1844, Robert Schumann wrote in his diary that “the Chapel is the most wonderful choir we have ever had the occasion of hearing.” Tchaikovsky
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Cappella Romana BOGO Recording Sale
Give the gift of music with Cappella Romana’s acclaimed recordings. With every CD you’ll receive full texts and translations, biographies, and program notes to deepen your understanding and enjoyment of the music. Now through December 16, buy one CD and get the second CD FREE! Offer Ends December 16, 2018 at 11:59pm – so ORDER
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Alexander Lingas on BBC Radio 3
A clip from the BBC Radio 3 program “Private Passions” with celebrated historian Bettany Hughes (author of Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities), who is a great fan of Alexander Lingas and Cappella Romana. This clip features the ensemble singing the Hymn for Holy Wednesday by Kassia. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/330224554″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Preview A Byzantine Christmas
This weekend, Boston-based Psaltikon performs Byzantine chant and traditional Greek carols (kálanda) for the Christmas season, directed by Cappella Romana’s own Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos. Presented in collaboration with the Greek Institute of Cambridge, Mass. Preview the performance via SoundCloud: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/282902821″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Seattle Friday 16 December, 7:30pm St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox
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Subscribe To Our 25th Anniversary Season Today!
Why should you become a subscriber for our 25th Anniversary Season? Check out our subscriber benefits: Up to 25% Off Single Ticket Prices First Choice for the Best Seats First Chance for our Arvo Pärt Festival All-Festival Passes (Portland only) First Chance at tickets to hear the Tallis Scholars in PDX & Seattle First Chance
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Cappella Romana Moving Sale!
Cappella Romana’s office has moved! We’re celebrating with a 50% OFF sale on all of our CDs and Vinyl! Shop Now & Save! BONUS: When you buy two or more recordings, we’ll send you a FREE copy of LIVE IN GREECE! ALL THIS MONTH: Sale ends April 30th! New office address: 620 SW Main St,
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Oregon Arts Watch Reviews Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
Oregon ArtsWatch critic Bob Hicks attended Sunday’s All-Night Vigil concert at St. Mary’s Cathedral and took a visit to an undiscovered country: “And that, it struck me, gets to the true meaning of “classic”: not a time period or a signifier of something ancient and therefore not quite relevant, but something that remains young and
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Happy Birthday Guillaume Dufay!
Happy 618th birthday to Guillaume Dufay! Celebrate with his Ecclesia militantis from The Fall of Constantinople: Buy The Recording Now
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Now Playing on YouTube — Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week
Listen to our new Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording on YouTube! Buy The CD & The VINYL Today! Guarantee Tickets to Next Season’s Passion Week Performance: Seattle Subscription Portland Subscription All 2015-2016 Series Concerts: Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil — September 11-12-13, 2015 Cyprus: Greek East & Latin West — November 13-14-15, 2015 Epiphany: Medieval Byzantine &
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Radiant Cloud in April
RADIANT CLOUDAlexander Lingas, dir. Luminous choral music by contemporary composers steeped in the Byzantine tradition. Featured works include: Radiant Cloud and the World Premiere of A Woman Clothed with the Sun, a setting from the Book of Revelation, by Michael Adamis and the “Benedictions” from the Requiem by Mikis Theodorakis, best known worldwide for his
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