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Help Us Reach Our Goal!
Cappella Romana changes lives through music. I really believe that, especially in our world today where beauty, truth, and goodness seem to be in short supply. You’ve experienced the music of Cappella Romana. And you know its capacity to reach deep into your soul. That’s why I’m writing to ask you to make a special
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The SunBreak Reviews “Venice in the East”
Seattle’s The SunBreak reviews Cappella Romana’s April 27, 2018 Venice in the East performance: “Hearing Cappella Romana singing in St. James Cathedral is to hear a slice of heaven. … As always, the presentation was scholarly, as accurate a portrayal of the music as it would have been performed as can be ascertained through diligent
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Venice in the East
Venice In The East: April 27-29, 2018 Program Notes by Alexander Lingas From its emergence as a significant political entity in the sixth century under the rule of the Eastern Roman (“Byzantine”) Empire to the dissolution of the Republic by Napoleon in 1797, the city of Venice remained closely tied to the Greek East. Following
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Oregon ArtsWatch on The Tudor Choir
“The Tudor Choir re-opened for business this month. On hiatus since 2015, the ensemble presented one concert in their hometown of Seattle and two more in the Portland Metro area, at St. Mary’s Cathedral and in Hillsboro’s St. Matthew’s Church. The latter is a wonderfully accessible venue with a reverberant acoustic, challenging but with potential
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Northwest Focus features Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame
In the lead-up to our Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance with Cappella Romana recordings on the Northwest Focus program! See the schedule: Date Time Music Mon, Jan 29 9:00pm Byzas: Sticheron Apostichon Idiomelon for St. Basil Tues, Jan 30 9:21pm Dufay: Lamentatio Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinpolitanae
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12 Days of Christmas on Northwest Focus
In the lead-up to our 12 Days of Christmas in the East series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance with Cappella Romana recordings on the Northwest Focus program! See the schedule: Date Time Music Mon, Jan 1 9:00pm Zes: Cherubic Hymn Tues, Jan 2 8:08pm Zes: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
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Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part One
With this two-fold offering of traditional Byzantine Music, we seek to give the listener two distinct yet complementary experiences: first, that of being in a traditional Orthodox church somewhere in the Middle East, wherein one choir sings in Greek and the other in Arabic; and second: that of being in a traditional Orthodox church in
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Spyridon Antonopoulos on Medieval Church Acoustics
The Red Bull Music Academy features an interview with Cappella Romana’s own Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos and Emma Warren for an exploration of the transcendent impact and contemporary relevance of medieval acoustics: “‘Kalophonic music was more embellished and abstract,’ explains Antonopoulos. ‘There are entire compositions of just syllables. It’s an evolution where music seems to usurp
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Fanfare Magazine Review for Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West
New Fanfare Magazine review for our Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West recording! “Musicologist Alexander Lingas continues his mesmerizing exploration of the music of both traditions with a release that offers, as he states in his extensive notes, ‘a sampling of the Byzantine and Latin sacred music that someone could have encountered during the
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Seattle Russian Chant Revival Preview
Seattle audiences have the exciting chance to preview our Russian Chant Revival program on Thursday, March 30th during a pre-concert session with the Seattle Symphony in their night devoted to Rachmaninov and his Russian influences! The preview is FREE with a Seattle Symphony ticket. Then, experience the full Russian Chant Revival performance at 7:30pm on
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Early Music America: Reveling in Byzantine Chant
Philippa Kiraly has published a wonderful feature including reviews and interviews with Mark Powell and Alexander Lingas in honor of our 25th Season, as well as a preview of our upcoming Hagia Sophia “Icons of Sound” recording: “Cappella Romana opened its 25th season in October in Seattle and Portland with “Icons of Sound: Byzantine Chant
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Utrecht Early Music Festival Review
“For centuries Venice was politically and economically one of the most important centers of Europe, which led to a multitude of relations, for instance to the East and its dominant Byzantine culture. Due to political developments residents of eastern areas also settled in Venice, including Greeks who took their own version of the Christian faith
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