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Harmonia Early Music Features Good Friday in Jerusalem
Indiana Public Media’s Harmonia Early Music program features Good Friday In Jerusalem as a part of their “Music for Christian Holy Week” episode, and names it their Featured CD! Listen to the program and find information on all of the tracks at www.indianapublicmedia.org: http://wfiu.indiana.edu/podcasts/audio/harmonia/15/shows/150323-holy-week.mp3 Purchase the Good Friday In Jerusalem Recording: Direct from Cappella Romana
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Good Friday in Jerusalem “in hand”
Stock of our February Good Friday in Jerusalem CD is now in hand! Street date for this release is February 10, but you can pre-order on Amazon NOW! Pre-Order on Amazon NOW! Cappella Romana’s latest release is in conjunction with our Good Friday in Jerusalem Concert Series in Seattle and Portland, February 6-8! Hear Medieval
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Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame
Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) Guillaume de Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame (c. 1360-65) began to attract great interest during the 20th century. It is the first mass composed for four voices with a known composer, and as such, it is widely considered to mark the beginning of a new musical era. In addition, Machaut himself
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The Oregonian Explores Cappella Romana’s History
Brett Campbell explores Cappella Romana’s history in The Oregonian before this weekend’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations: “When Alexander Lingas moved to San Francisco in 1990, the Greek Orthodox cathedral where he’d just been appointed associate cantor lay in ruins, devastated by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Lingas wanted to help the church rebuild – and the
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Portland Gala Speakers Announced!
RSVP today for A Night on the Aegean! Purchase tickets online or call 503.236.8202 RSVPs welcome as long as space is available or until Sept. 19th Portland Gala Guest Speakers: Fr. John Bakas Dean of the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Los Angeles, CA Founder of Camp AGAPE ‘Kids ‘n Cancer’ program President of the
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Cappella Romana Holy Week in Jerusalem Program Notes – Part Two
Saturday, February 2nd, the day after our (already sold-out) Bing Concert Hall debut, Cappella Romana will perform music composed for 8th and 9th-century celebrations of Holy Week in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher amid the natural acoustics of the Stanford University Memorial Church. Great and Holy Friday in Jerusalem (Part Two) Stanford Memorial Church
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“Lovely becomes transcendent” – Cappella Romana in Playbill
“Dust particles pumped onto the stage swirl in golden light. The choir intakes breath again, but this time, the reverberation transports the entire audience to Turkey. They sing and it’s 537 A.D. This is what it must have felt like—nearly. Lovely becomes transcendent.” Read the whole review of Cappella Romana in Pop-Up Magazine here. CAPPELLA
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Ukrainian-American Artist Mary Chomenko Hinckley to Display Artworks at Portland Concert
Mary Chomenko Hinckley, a first generation Ukranian-American, works in bronze, resin, glass, paint and photography. Her investigations create a colorful dialogue between nature and civilization and time and place. She is Portland-based. At the Portland concert of Christmas in Ukraine, you’ll have the chance to see three of her works up-close, including life-size urban coyotes
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Alexander Lingas Receives New Title
Cappella Romana artistic director Alexander Lingas has received the title of Archon Mousikodidaskalos (Music Teacher) of the Great Church of Christ on behalf of His All-Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. Dr. Lingas said “I am humbled to receive this title from His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. I am also
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Byzantine Christmas: Sun of Justice – Taking the Journey
The ecclesiastical feast day celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ – which came to be called simply “Christ’s Mass,” or “Christmas” in English – was added to the calendar in the Eastern Church somewhat later than other major feasts. Originally, Christ’s Nativity and Baptism were celebrated on the same day: Epiphany (January 6). Much has
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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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