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Meet Richard Toensing
May 18-20 during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour, Cappella Romana will premiere a new work by composer Richard Toensing. Richard Toensing is not a new composer to Cappella Romana fans, however, as we released the recording Kontakion On The Nativity & Carols By Richard Toensing in 2008. Kontakion On The Nativity & Carols By
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Leitourgeia ka Qurbana review of Angelic Light: Music from Eastern Cathedrals
Richard Barrett of the Leitourgeia ka Qurbana: Contra den Zeitgeist reviews Angelic Light: Music from Eastern Cathedrals: “The compilation Angelic Light: Music from Eastern Cathedrals is … a demonstration that you actually can just write gorgeouspsounding Western music for Orthodox texts… “There’s an awful lot to like about this recording; it’s a great sampling of
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Meet Marcel Pérès
2012-2013 Season opener features guest conductor Marcel Pérès conducting “Santiago De Compostela: Medieval Latin Chant for St. James” in his Cappella Romana debut. Meet this celebrated conductor: “Marcel Pérès, perhaps the greatest iconoclast among the early music performers of his generation, challenges his audience to rethink how we hear musical repertories from the tenth to
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Cappella Romana in the Stanford Lively Arts Series
Renderings of the new Bing Hall Cappella Romana will be presenting part in two concerts the Stanford Lively Arts Series during a residency at the university. The concert series will help to open Stanford’s new Bing Concert Hall. Cappella Romana will also be joining a collaboration between the Stanford faculty of the Art & Art
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Cappella Romana in concert this weekend!
Cappella Romana in concert July 26-28! Cappella Romana at the Abbey Bach Festival, Mt. Angel in the beautiful Willamette Valley Thursday, July 26, 6pmFriday, July 27, 6pm Two programs of Russian Orthodox choral works from Titov to Bortniansky, in up to 12 individual parts Cappella Romana will present an historic review of Baroque and Classical
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Looking Ahead to the New Year!
The New Year is upon us, and it’s set to be an exciting one for Cappella Romana! Take a look at some upcoming highlights: Rachmaninoff Liturgy Cappella Romana presents Rachmaninoff’s first major a cappella work, his 1910 Divine Liturgy. Read Fr. Ivan Moody’s notes on this wonderful work! Purchase Tickets Today Portland8pm, Fri., Jan. 11,
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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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Tage Alter Musik Festival Program
Here’s a look at the Cappella Romana Section of the Tage alter Musik Festival Program (in German): Click for larger images
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Take Me Back to Constantinople Auction Items Coming In!
Our Take Me Back to Constantinople Benefit Dinner and Auction is coming up soon (November 1st), and some MAJOR auction items are rolling in! Here’s a look at one of our featured items: One Week in this house on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece in Lindos! This donation comes courtesy of Guy
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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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Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund to Match Gifts to Cappella Romana through 12/31
Our friends at the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund know that Cappella Romana’s work is vital to our community and, to that end, have committed to MATCH any new or increased gifts to Cappella Romana. Your new gift will be doubled, whether you give regularly or you’re making your first contribution! Cappella Romana’s work is beloved
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Leitourgeia ka Qurbana reviews The Divine Liturgy
Richard Barrett’s Leitourgeia kai Qurbana: Contra den Zeitgeist blog has a thorough review of our new Tikey Zes: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom recording: “Zes’ score is a remarkable piece of sacred choral composition on its own terms, and Cappella Romana is up to its usual high standards in terms of presentation of
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