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Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis Sings “The only son, Constantis”
Get a “taste” of Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis performing Constantinopolitan works in the folks song The only son, Constantins below from a reception at The International Society for Orthodox Church Music Conference in Finland: Dr. Achilleas Chaldaiakis will be performing many of these Constantinopolitan Songs from the Dawn of the Modern Age during our Take Me
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Benedict Sheehan Brings the Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom to Life
“While listening, I closed my eyes and just let the voices of the Saint Tikhon Choir bring the liturgy alive in music. … In all honesty, the voices of the choir performing Sheehan’s setting gave me chills. This is an album I’ll be listening to often. I highly recommend this album to those who enjoy
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Ave Maria: Program Notes
Josquin des Prez and Heinrich Isaac were two Renaissance composers with two quite different characters, in music and in life. We know what Isaac’s signature looked like because he dutifully signed the account books as a musical servant of the Emperor Maximilian. We know what Josquin’s signature looked like because he carved it (not at
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Oregon ArtsWatch Review for The Vigil
Oregon ArtsWatch contributor Friderike Heuer shares a review from our Sunday performance of The Vigil at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland: “I cannot even remember the last time I had goosebumps like this while listening to live music.…I sat on a Sunday afternoon in a church attempting to hold back tears and racking my
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The Tallis Scholars: Metamorphosis
METAMORPHOSIS H. Praetorius: Magnificat IV Gibbons: Magnificat (‘Short’) Pärt: Magnificat Sheppard: Our father Tavener: Our father (1999 version) Stravinsky: Otche nash Palestrina: Pater noster (a5) Gallus: Pater noster (a8) Interval Chant: Ave Maria Mouton: Ave Maria – virgo serena Stravinsky: Bogoroditse devo Pärt: Bogoroditse devo Gibbons: Nunc dimittis (‘Short’) Eccard: Maria wallt zum Heiligtum Pärt:
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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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Steinberg: Passion Week a Recording of the Year!
MusicWeb International has released their 2015 Recordings of the Year, and we’re happy to report that our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording has been named a Recording of the Year by two MusicWeb critics! “One of the big choral rediscoveries of recent years combined with a stunning performance and recording, Steinberg’s sublime and eloquently moving
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Benjamin Tissell Reviews Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil
A wonderful heartfelt review of our Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil concert from artist Benjamin Tissell: “…it was with great relish that I spent last Saturday night trying to finagle my way into a choir concert for the student price. The choir was Cappella Romana, one of the best around. The piece was Rachmaninoff’s “All Night Vigil”
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Support What You Love
In our final day (June 30), we have less than $5000 left to reach our fiscal year-end goal. Will you make a gift today to support the music you love? Beginning this year, we have a set of new benefits for all donors. Give $100, for example, and receive two passes to our new behind-the-scenes
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Planet Hugill Reviews Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week
Robert Hugill has a new review for our “Remarkable re-discovery” of Maximilian Steinberg’s Passion Week: “Musically it is very much in the same genre as Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil (Vespers), the chant in Steinberg’s work has similar recognisable outlines. Steinberg’s harmony is more classical…and the chants stand out more in Steinberg. …Quite romantic in texture,
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Arstlandia Interviews Ivan Moody Before From Darkness To Light
Arstlandia hosts a Q&A with From Darkness To Light guest conductor Ivan Moody and includes this preview of the performance: This coming weekend, May 16 and 17, classical choir Cappella Romana will bring star composer and conductor Ivan Moody to Portland to conduct From Darkness to Light, an intense program featuring the rarely-performed Choir Concerto
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