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One Night Only — Cappella Romana Presents The Tudor Choir
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. Enjoy a Tudor Choir #ThrowbackThursday Video: Get your tickets today! PORTLAND ONLY: Sat., Jul. 26, 2014, 8pm
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Busy Memorial Day Weekend — Art Beat and Oregon Coast!
Cappella Romana has a busy Memorial Day weekend with a Saturday concert in Portland and a Sunday concert in Lincoln City! Oregon Art Beat Exhibition Oregon Art Beat and the People’s Gallery present Cappella Romana in a special exhibition of artists who have appeared on the program over the past fifteen years. OPB’s “State of
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Soma Christou Virtual Choir
Here is the Greek-American answer to Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir, presenting the Communion Verse for Pascha (Easter) sung by members of Greek Orthodox church choirs from around the country, “virtually conducted” by the composer of this setting, Dr. Tikey Zes. Cappella Romana has long been a champion of Dr. Zes’ work, including his 1991 Divine
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Meet Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller is well known for his unique basso profundo voice. His singing career includes numerous performances and recordings as a member of Conspirare, Robert Shaw Festival Singers, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Choir of Men and Boys, Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral London, New York Choral Artists, and Vox Early Music Ensemble in Ann
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Cappella Romana Rehearses Passion Week!
Cappella Romana rehearses an excerpt from PASSION WEEK by Maximilian Steinberg, directed by Dr. Alexander Lingas. The final refrain from the 10th movement, “Arise, O God” “Voskrеsñí Bózhe, sudí zemlí, yáko tï naslédishï vo fséh yazítseh” “Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall have an inheritance among the nations.” From the Vespers of
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Cappella Romana presents a free open rehearsal for donors and subscribers, completes recording of Music for Christmas by Richard Toensing
For this remarkable project, Richard Toensing composed an ambitious new a cappella work for Cappella Romana, requiring two choirs (24 singers), three male soloists (the Magi), treble and baritone duet (Christ), and soprano soloist (the Mother of God). Entitled “The Kontakion of the Nativity of Christ,” Toensing set an English translation of the majority of
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Tudor Choir receives rave review
Tudor Choir’s performance in Portland was attended by over 550 people. Here is the first review to appear: On Northwest Reverb. Sunday, March 30, 2008Review: Tudor Choir reaches for the sublime in concert of early music The Tudor Choir gave an outstanding concert of sacred music from Tudor England and the Sistine Chapel on Saturday
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Cappella Romana Postpones January 2022 Concerts and Recording
Due to mounting public health concerns regarding COVID-19 and the increased prevalence of the omicron variant, Cappella Romana’s January performances of A Byzantine Emperor at King Henry’s Court have been postponed.
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New Release — A Time For Life
Now Available! A Time for Life: An Environmental Oratorio Robert Kyr Cappella Romana Third Angle New Music Commissioned by Cappella Romana and inspired by the initiatives of His All-Holiness +BARTHOLOMEW Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Robert Kyr’s A Time for Life explores the urgent issue of ecological crisis through texts from the Greek Orthodox Service of
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Early Music America Reviews Mt. Sinai Frontier of Byzantium
Early Music America magazine has a new review for our recent Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium recording: “The music speaks to a higher self: its target is the divine and focuses on the soul in direct union with God. One of its hallmarks is the luxurious usage of time. The repetitions of notes have an
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Ivan Moody Talks Arctic Light with Fanfare
Ivan Moody talks about Cappella Romana’s latest release, Arctic Light with Fanfare Magazine‘s James Altena. Read a couple of the questions below and find the full interview on the Fanfare website Fanfare: How did your particular association with the Cappella Romana come about, and what led to the recording of your Arctic Light CD with
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American Record Guide Reviews Hymns of Kassianí
The July/August 2021 issue of American Record Guide features a review of Cappella Romana’s new Hymns of Kassianí recording: “This is a recording I have long awaited. While the name of the Orthodox nun Kassia (or Kassiani, c.810-c.895) has slowly entered scholarly studies of music in the Middle Ages, her reputation has suffered from the
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