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Cappella Romana 2012 Highlights
As we get ready for an exciting 2013, we’re taking some time to look back on the highlights of 2012! January – Sold-Out Rachmaninoff Vigil Concerts March – Tour to Metropolitan Museum NY, Boston and environs May – World premieres in “Be Radiant O Peoples!” concert series July – Abbey Bach Festival LIVE IN GREECE:
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Alexander Lingas and the Byzantine Chant Ensemble Make Headlines Around the World
If you weren’t able to watch the Coronation live, or on re-broadcast this weekend, enjoy the clip of Alexander Lingas and the Byzantine Chant Ensemble during the Ceremony: Streaming on Apple Music and more as part of The Official Album of The Coronation: From Greece to the United States and more, Alexander Lingas and the
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The Russian Chant Revival
Major traditions of complex sacred music throughout Europe were shaped during the so-called “long nineteenth century” (the period of relative peace which lasted from the battle of Waterloo to the outbreak of World War I) by movements to recover elements of early traditions for modern use. These efforts, like contemporary “back-to-roots” endeavors in non-musical arts
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Byrd Ensemble – Spanish Music for the House of Habsburg
SPANISH MUSIC FOR THE HOUSE OF HABSBURG A musical exploration of the Habsburg dynasty, featuring Spanish music written for monarchs Charles V and Philip II PROGRAM Tomás Luis de VICTORIA – Requiem Mass Introitus: Requiem aeternam Kyrie Gradual Offertory Sanctus & Benedictus Agnus Dei I, II & III Communion: Lux aeterna Versa est in luctum
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Good Friday In Jerusalem Liner Notes
In the year 637 AD the orthodox Christian Patriarch Sophronios (d. 638) surrendered Byzantine Jerusalem to the Arab Caliph Umar, inaugurating a period of Muslim rule in the Holy City that would last until its conquest by Latin Crusaders in 1099. Although subject to tribute, Jerusalem’s Christian inhabitants retained the right to continue celebrating both
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A “Look” at the Coming Concerts
The scores arrived in the mail today from France for the Vespers of St James program. These photos include the first few bars of the first known composition for three voices, the conductus ‘Congaudeant catholici’ (Let all Catholics rejoice together): All the cool cats (from Greece) are coming to A Taste of Byzantium (this framed
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Win the Trip of a lifetime at A Night on the Aegean
Join us for A Night on the Aegean Cappella Romana’s 25th Anniversary Gala! Seattle: Friday, September 23rd at St. James Cathedral following the Cappella Romana performance Portland: Saturday, September 24th at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral following the Cappella Romana performance The Honorable Charles & Nancy Hales, Chairs Remarks by The Honorable Charles & Nancy Hales (in
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Thanksgiving Sale!
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Echoes of the Renaissance — Program Notes
In his magisterial The Rise of European Music, 1380–1500, Reinhard Strohm traces the development and dissemination of complex styles of music written with multiple voice parts using measured (‘mensural’) notation that enabled precise rhythmic coordination of the voices. By the middle of the fifteenth century the most notable centers for the production of this polyphonic
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The 12 Days of Christmas in the East
The 12 Days of Christmas in the East Tour Cappella Romana Alexander LingasMusic Director and Founder Music director Alexander Lingas leads Cappella Romana in a joyful program of early and contemporary music from the Greek Orthodox tradition sung during the Twelve Days of Christmas. Medieval Byzantine chant, choral works by Greek Americans Frank Desby, Tikey
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Kastalsky Requiem: Program Notes
Vasily Polikarpovich Titov (c.1650–c.1715) – Cherubic Hymn; Megalynarion Vasily Titov was one of two leading composers of Russian Baroque music, the other being Nikolai Diletsky (c. 1630–80). Titov’s life and work mark the mid-point of the process of Russia’s musical Westernization, which gained new momentum during the reign of Tsar Peter the Great (1689 –1725).
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Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure – Program Notes
The genesis of this concert program occurred last season in January 2017 after renowned Finnish choral conductor Timo Nuoranne was slated to appear with Cappella Romana to direct Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Vigilia (All-Night Vigil). Timo Nuoranne has championed that work in particular throughout his career, having performed it with both Finnish and non-Finnish choirs, and made
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