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New CD release from the Royal Academy in London
Our Third CD release since July, a “Greatest Hits” compilation Byzantium: 330-1453Cappella Romana announces the release of its 11th recording, the official companion CD commissioned for the exhibition, BYZANTIUM: 330-1453, at London’s Royal Academy of Arts (25 October ’08 to 22 March ’08. www.royalacademy.org.uk). Order the disc here. Receive this disc as a free gift
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Meet Robert Kyr
Photo taken from “Peace Work” (Portland Monthly)Photo by Stuart Mullenberg Tomorrow (Friday, May 18th), Cappella Romana will kick off the weekend’s Be Radiant, O Peoples! series, and will be premiering works based around the Easter Canon of St. John of Damascus from contemporary composers. One of these works is by the prolific composer Robert Kyr,
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From Constantinople to California
Cappella Romana presents their upcoming LIVE IN GREECE recording program in a Memorial Day Weekend Series: Friday, May 25 – 7pmEncino Presbyterian ChurchLos Angeles, CAhttp://firstpresencino.org Saturday, May 26 – 4pmSt. Sophia Greek Orthodox CathedralLos Angeles, CAhttp://dacamera.org Program: PART I Hierarchical Entrance Rite for a Byzantine Divine Liturgy Anon. (c. 1450)1. Introit for Sundays2. Hymn of
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Pre-Order LIVE IN GREECE on Amazon!
Cappella Romana: LIVE IN GREECE is less than three weeks from its release! And now you can pre-order it on Amazon.com (click the image below to pre-order today)!
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LIVE IN GREECE Featured by Allegro Classical
LIVE IN GREECE is a “Featured Release” on the Allegro Classical website! Take a look: Preview Track 7: Apolytikion of the Holy Cross via SoundCloud Order today via: Amazon.com Allegro Classics CappellaRomana.org
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In Communion Features Angelic Light as Recommended Reading
In Communion, a site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, has published a 2012 list of “Recommended Reading” and included our recent release “Angelic Light.” “The famous line from the first Blues Brothers movie: AWe have both kinds of music”—in that case, Country and West-ern—could also apply to Capella Romana. Under the leadership of founder and
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Oregon Arts Watch Reviews Choral Glory
Photo courtesy of Oregon ArtsWatch Oregon ArtsWatch with a review of our recent collaboration with the Portland Baroque Orchestra — Choral Glory! “It didn’t take long for this new Oregon classical music season to produce the first truly great performance I’ve heard this fall. Friday night’s concert featuring the superb Portland choir Cappella Romana and
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Taste of Byzantium Sold Out!
Saturday’s fundraiser concert A Taste of Byzantium has officially sold out, so we wanted to let you know and give you a hearty THANK YOU! For those that are coming, we’re featuring some of the silent auction items on our Facebook Page, so make sure to check back all week! Here are links to a
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Cyber Monday on CappellaRomana.Org
Capella Romana launches Cyber Monday Sale – for the entire week! Order Two or More CDs and get 50% Off your Entire Order on CappellaRomana.org! Add your items to the cart and use promo code “2for1“ Offer ends Friday, November 30th at Midnight This includes our two recent releases Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium and
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A look at Cardoso’s Sitivit anima mea
There’s a familiar name on this edition fo the Cardoso Sitivit anima mea we’ll be performing during our Renaissance Easter in Spain & Portugal concert… 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 each performance
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ClassicalNet Review of Angelic Light
We stumbled across this older review of our Angelic Light: Music from Eastern Cathedrals compilation on the Classical review site, Classical.net, and wanted to share a few wonderful quotes from reviewer Robert Cummings: “Serenity, peace and an ecstatic religious sense permeate almost every number. … The Cappella Romana sing admirably throughout, capturing the Byzantine style
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Blu-Ray Review of Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy
Blu-Ray.com reviews Cappella Records’ new release of the Saint Tikhon Choir and Benedict Sheehan‘s recording, Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: “Sheehan’s approach certainly harkens back to longstanding choral traditions in Russia and environs, and as such, there’s often a dark, almost foreboding, ambience to some of the massed lower sonorities he exploits. … If

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