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Sun of Justice on Ancient Faith Radio
John Michael Boyer and John El Massih join the Ancient Faith Radio podcast to talk about the debut PRÓTO release, Sun of Justice! Listen and subscribe at AncientFaith.com http://audio.ancientfaith.com/interviews/afp_2017-12-06.mp3 Order Now Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early
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National Endowment for the Humanities awards major grant to Cappella Romana
In tandem with unprecedented support for Cappella Romana from individual donors this spring, the National Endowment for the Humanities has announced a $67,951 grant to support Cappella Romana’s essential operations during the COVID pandemic. The award is one of 317 grants made out of over 2,300 applications, and only one of six made in the discipline of
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5-Star Blu-Ray Review for Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
Blu-Ray.com gives our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia Blu-Ray/CD a Five-Star Rating in a review by Jeffrey Kauffman: I’m fortunate to live in Portland, Oregon, where Cappella Romana is based, and I can tell you from personal experience their live concerts are often amazing, even if they’re not, as in this instance, absolutely drenched in
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Medieval Cyprus Between East and West
Located at a strategic point in the Eastern Mediterranean close to the coasts of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and the Middle East, the island of Cyprus has been a site of commercial and cultural interchange since the dawn of civilization. Christianity came to the island with the apostles Paul and Barnabas, the latter of whom
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Quick LIVE IN GREECE Review from Eugene Weekly
LIVE IN GREECE gets a quick feature/review on EugeneWeekly.com: “One splendid new disc arrived just too late to make my last column of CD reviews of new releases by Oregon musicians. The Portland-based choir Cappella Romana is not only one of the finest vocal ensembles in the West, it’s also renowned for being the world’s
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Pre-Order November Releases Today!
Our two November releases are available for pre-order direct from CappellaRomana.com! Purchase today and orders will ship immediately upon release on November 12th! Tikey Zes: Divine Liturgy Dr. Tikey Zes (b. 1927) is the most prolific composer of Greek Orthodox liturgical music in America. This highly original Liturgy, which Zes dedicated to Cappella Romana, bears
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: More Relevant Than Ever
This week media outlets across the world thrust Hagia Sophia into the limelight, reporting the action by current authorities to clear the way for the UNESCO World Heritage Site to be changed from a museum to a mosque. Cappella Romana’s Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia is more relevant than ever: to shine a light on Hagia
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Venice in the East is Available Today!
Venice in the East: Renaissance Crete & Cyprus is out now on all of your favorite music outlets – and currently a Spotify New Release Top Pick and Apple Music featured new album! Get it Today! Amazon Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify YouTube Music Cappella Romana About Venice in the East: Rennaisance Crete & Cyprus This
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Psaltikon: The Day of Resurrection
The Historical Development of Easter The celebration of Easter (i.e., Pascha) for Orthodox Christians commences on Saturday morning with a Vesperal Liturgy that comprises psalms, hymns, and Old Testament readings, followed by the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Pascha is formally inaugurated several hours later, at midnight, in a rush of blazing candles, exuberant
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They Are At Rest – Program Notes
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an armistice was signed which brought to a close the greatest human conflict so far known to man. What had begun as a border dispute in the Balkan States of South-Eastern Europe in 1914, expected to last but a few weeks,
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Cappella Romana on Tour in Romania at the Iași Byzantine Music Festival
The Iași Byzantine Music Festival in Romania will present Cappella Romana, the world’s leading proponent of scholarship and performance of Medieval Byzantine Chant, in a concert on September 28, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., in the “Vasile Alecsandri” National Theatre. More information . Music director Dr. Alexander Lingas will lead a mixed ensemble of men and
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Make a Gift Today to Cappella Romana’s Annual Fund
Dear friend, Your very own Cappella Romana has had a very good 25th Anniversary year: three European tours (including visits to the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany), a week-long residency at Stanford University in the Bay Area with recording sessions of medieval chant from Hagia Sophia, the Arvo Pärt Festival, and the group’s most
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