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Pre-Order Arctic Light
If you missed our Arctic Light concerts this weekend, have no fear, the recording is almost here! Pre-Order on Amazon today! Amazon.com
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Thank You City of Portland and RACC!
Thanks to a new level of public support for arts and arts education in Portland, Cappella Romana is one of the 44 arts organizations to receive an additional grant towards its arts and education programming. Thank you City of Portland and RACC! “The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) today announced it has awarded 44
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InfoDad review for Hymns of Kassianí
Family-focused review site, InfoDad, reviews our Hymns of Kassianí as a “revelatory” release: “The excellent and expressive voices of Cappella Romana are ideally suited to introduce the music of Kassianí to a wider audience, which is just what they do in a new recording on the ensemble’s own label. Under the sensitive and knowing direction
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Psaltikon Sings the 9th Ode of the Paschal Canon
Psaltikon is presented by Cappella Romana this May. Click here for more information. Psaltikon: The Day of Resurrection Cappella Romana presents Psaltikon, the Boston-based Byzantine chant ensemble directed by Spyridon Antonopoulos, for a program of celebratory Byzantine chants for Pascha from Medieval Byzantium. Experience the Eastern sibling of Gregorian Chant: Medieval Byzantine Chant, for Easter (Pascha).
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Christmas in Ukraine is “a breath of life”
Oregon ArtsWatch‘s Friderike Heuer reviewed the Portland performance of Christmas in Ukraine. “The superb vocal ensemble’s ‘Christmas in Ukraine’ was ancient and modern and a breath of life… Cappella Romana opened its 2018/19 season announcement with the words, “Prepare to be engaged, moved, and inspired.” Consider it done. You could add “an occasional “made breathless” by the sheer beauty of the
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Cappella Romana Joins PBO for Handel’s Messiah
December 7-10, 2018, Cappella Romana joins Portland Baroque Orchestra in Portland’s only annual production of Handel’s Messiah on period instruments. The performance will feature guest-director and harpsichordist Desmond Earley, soprano Miriam Allan, mezzo-soprano Laura Beckel Thoreson, tenor Nils Neubert, and bass-baritone William Gaunt. Learn more at PBO.org
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Cappella Romana Videos from IBMF!
Doxologia has a new series of videos from Cappella Romana’s performances at the Iași Byzantine Music Festival in 2017:
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Nico Muhly Talks about Setting Text to Music
March 2-4, The Tudor Choir will perform the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Small Raine, inspired by the same English tune as John Tavener used in his 16th-century Western Wind Mass. After watching the video, explore the text of Small Raine and get your CR Presents: The Tudor Choir tickets today! Small Raine Westron wynde,
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The Sun Break Review for Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure
“St. James Cathedral is the perfect space in which to hear Cappella Romana. The sonorities of the deep voices and the pure quality of all the voices in this unaccompanied choir make harmonies as clean as they can be, sometimes creating overtones if you listen carefully, and enhanced by the acoustics of the setting, as
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IBMF Concert Video and Photos!
Enjoy the full concert video of Thursday night’s Cappella Romana concert in the Iași Byzantine Music Festival, at the Teatrul National „Vasile Alecsandri” Iași. Check out our new photo albums as well, with concert images and scenes around Iași, Romania. Full Concert Video (Cappella Romana begins about 30 minutes in) Program Notes Concert Photos Romania
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SunBreak Review of Venice in the North
“Russian music for most of us tends to be romantic, often orchestral, always rich; or else, as sung by Cappella Romana, chant sung in distinctive style, often monophonic, serious church music. Last Friday night’s concert at St. Mark’s Cathedral was a complete change from what we have come to expect from this group. … Baroque
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A Tallis Scholars Preview
The Tallis Scholars director, Peter Phillips, offers a fantastic introduction to the ensemble in this video they created before their Australian tour. You don’t want miss the “rock stars of Renaissance vocal music” (The New York Times) in Portland and Seattle this April! Portland Tuesday 4 April, 8:00pm St. Mary’s Cathedral TICKETS Seattle Wednesday 5
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