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Lusitano: Black Composers of the Renaissance
Marian Consort Sings Lusitano: Black Composer of the Renaissance The Marian Consort United Kingdom Rory McCleeryFounder & Director Embark on a journey to 16th-century Portugal with music by Vicente Lusitano (1520–1561), the first published Black composer. The Marian Consort (UK) is the world’s leading ensemble for the music of Lusitano, led by Alexander Lingas’s good friend Rory…
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In the Footsteps of St. Demetrios
World première program In the Footsteps of St. Demetrios Cappella Romana Alexander LingasFounder & Director Cappella Romana brings to life the vibrant soundscape of medieval Thessaloniki. Hear ancient hymns honoring the city’s patron: the ever-popular St. Demetrios, sung on the weekend of his annual feast day. Experience ecstatic Byzantine chants for the saint adorning the…
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Out of the Ashes of Smyrna
Out of the Ashes of Smyrna Tour Cappella Romana John Michael BoyerAssociate Director The acclaimed ensemble Cappella Romana (“simply beautiful” New York Times) comes to Boston and New Orleans this November. Led by John Michael Boyer, associate music director, they will sing Byzantine Chant at the beautifully renovated Dormition Church in Somerville and one of…
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Single Tickets Now Available — Celebrate With A Sale!
Single Tickets for 2014-2015 Season Concerts Are Now Available! Celebrate with a Sale on “The Fall of Constantinople” Concert Tickets! Get 35% Off Section A Tickets THIS WEEK ONLY with coupon code KICKOFF! Join Cappella Romana on Labor Day weekend (August 29-30) just before its European tour as it explores the musical legacy of the…
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Cyber Week Sale Ends Tonight!
Our Cyber Monday, week-long Sale ends TONIGHT at Midnight! Get in on the savings while you still can! Purchase two or more CDs and get 50% off your entire order with promo code “2for1”! You can get a head start to your Christmas music listening by purchasing one of our Christmas CDs like Kontakion on…
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Ukrainian-American Artist Mary Chomenko Hinckley to Display Artworks at Portland Concert
Mary Chomenko Hinckley, a first generation Ukranian-American, works in bronze, resin, glass, paint and photography. Her investigations create a colorful dialogue between nature and civilization and time and place. She is Portland-based. At the Portland concert of Christmas in Ukraine, you’ll have the chance to see three of her works up-close, including life-size urban coyotes…
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The Oregonian Explores Cappella Romana’s History
Brett Campbell explores Cappella Romana’s history in The Oregonian before this weekend’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations: “When Alexander Lingas moved to San Francisco in 1990, the Greek Orthodox cathedral where he’d just been appointed associate cantor lay in ruins, devastated by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Lingas wanted to help the church rebuild – and the…
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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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Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Music for Easter Sunday
Welcome to the fourth playlist from the archives of Cappella Romana, we turn to music celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, a feast called ‘Pascha’ in Greek and Slavonic. As a way of offering you my own seasonal greetings, I am concluding this week’s list with a choral setting of this hymn that…
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Cappella Romana Moving Sale!
Cappella Romana’s office has moved! We’re celebrating with a 50% OFF sale on all of our CDs and Vinyl! Shop Now & Save! BONUS: When you buy two or more recordings, we’ll send you a FREE copy of LIVE IN GREECE! ALL THIS MONTH: Sale ends April 30th! New office address: 620 SW Main St,…
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Peter Michaelides and The Divine Liturgy of John Chrysostom
Cappella Romana will be premiering a new work from Peter Michaelides during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour this coming weekend. So in preparation, we wanted to share this review from our 2006 release of Peter Michaelides: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom from AllMusic.com: “Cappella Romana’s Peter Michaelides: The Divine Liturgy of St.…
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Ivor Gurney: “Since I Believe”
Choir & Organ Magazine has a wonderful feature on the recent publication of Ivor Gurney’s Since I Believe in God the Father Almighty Motet. Cappella Romana is excited to be giving the North American premiere performance on our They Are At Rest series November 9 and 11, 2018: “Composed in June 1925, the motet for…
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