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Cappella Romana returns to the recording studio this month!
Heaven and Earth, with John Tavener’s Ikon of Light. Guest post by Richard Barrett, Artistic Director of The Saint John of Damascus Society In July 2012, nine years ago this month, my friend Dr. Harold Sabbagh and I had initial conversations about a spark of an idea. He was infectiously enthusiastic about CERN’s then-recent confirmation
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First Reviews for Hymns of Kassianí!
Cappella Romana’s new recording, Hymns of Kassianí comes out the 16th April, and reviewers are already excited: “Cappella Romana are specialists in Byzantine chant, and this album is a stunner. The release is an SACD hybrid multichannel recording. If possible, opt for the physical disc rather than the digital download for this one. The release
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MusicWeb International Recommends Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
MusicWeb International critic John Quinn gives the Recommended distinction to St. Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: “Sheehan’s music is very beautiful and inventive. … Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom is best heard as an uninterrupted sequence; such listening does full justice to his conception. However, if I were asked to
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Cappella Romana to Premiere “The Voice of Hagia Sophia”
This Saturday, June 6, at 6 pm (PDT), Cappella Romana will premiere the 24-minute documentary, The Voice of Hagia Sophia, about the project and “making of” Cappella Romana’s Billboard Chart-topping recording, The Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia, on Facebook. The documentary includes interviews with Cappella Romana members John Boyer, Catherine van der Salm, Alexander Lingas,
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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Holy Week 2
Welcome to the third in a new series of playlists from the archives of Cappella Romana, featuring hymns selected from the Byzantine services of Holy Thursday and Holy Friday. Next week I will be back with Easter music from the archives of Cappella Romana. Meanwhile, please remember that streaming services return very little to their
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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Holy Week 1
Welcome to the second episode in this new series of playlists from the archives of Cappella Romana. During this week and the next in 2020, Western and Eastern Christians are journeying through Holy Week – the devotionally intense period from Palm Sunday through Good Friday to Easter Sunday. This year instead of attending or, more
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Alexander Lingas on BBC Radio 3
A clip from the BBC Radio 3 program “Private Passions” with celebrated historian Bettany Hughes (author of Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities), who is a great fan of Alexander Lingas and Cappella Romana. This clip features the ensemble singing the Hymn for Holy Wednesday by Kassia. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/330224554″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Preview A Byzantine Christmas
This weekend, Boston-based Psaltikon performs Byzantine chant and traditional Greek carols (kálanda) for the Christmas season, directed by Cappella Romana’s own Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos. Presented in collaboration with the Greek Institute of Cambridge, Mass. Preview the performance via SoundCloud: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/282902821″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Seattle Friday 16 December, 7:30pm St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox
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Ten Days Till The Tudor Choir
Coming in just TEN DAYS (July 26, 2014): [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/42111481″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”600″ iframe=”true” /] Cappella Romana presents a festive summer concert celebrating Bach and his predecessors of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque, featuring one of Seattle’s premier vocal ensembles, The Tudor Choir. The program includes works by Palestrina, Praetorius, Schutz, and J.S. Bach. Saturday, 26
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The Tudor Choir Performs Palestrina’s Alma redemptoris mater
Stream a performance of Palestrina’s “Alma redemptoris mater” by The Tudor Choir and get your tickets to the July 26th Portland performance today! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/157817524″ params=”color=a02d2d&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Cappella Romana presents a festive summer concert celebrating Bach and his predecessors of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque, featuring one of Seattle’s premier vocal ensembles, The
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OregonLive Review: Re-creation of 12th century vespers service is a milestone
By James McQuillen, Special to The Oregonian on November 17, 2012 at 2:05 PM, updated November 17, 2012 at 2:10 PM The sound of medieval chant prevalent in the modern imagination — limpid and ethereal, with barely a suggestion of rhythm or of the physical presence of the people who sing it — is a
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Looking Back at Last Year’s Sellout Rachmaninoff Concerts
We posted earlier this week about our 2013 Rachmaninoff Liturgy concerts, so today we thought it would be fun to look back at some great pictures from our 2012 Rachmaninoff Concerts! Photos by Tori Ava Photography (www.toriavaphotography.com): Loading…
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