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The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Tikey Zes
Dr. Zes first published in 1991 The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom recorded on this disc. In 1996 he reissued it in an expanded edition that he dedicated to Cappella Romana, which had presented the concert premiere of the work in 1992. It is a collection of choral settings intended for Orthodox liturgical use
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Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund to Match Gifts to Cappella Romana through 12/31
Our friends at the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund know that Cappella Romana’s work is vital to our community and, to that end, have committed to MATCH any new or increased gifts to Cappella Romana. Your new gift will be doubled, whether you give regularly or you’re making your first contribution! Cappella Romana’s work is beloved
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Get Arctic Light Tickets Today and Save!
Arctic Light Tickets available NOW! Save 15% on Platinum and Gold seats when you order by January 10th with coupon code FINLANDIA! As an extra bonus, we will be doing a CD pre-release at the concert so you can take home a recording of the works we’ll be performing! Buy Now! And don’t forget that
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Fanfare Interviews Tikey Zes about his new Divine Liturgy Recording
New interview with Divine Liturgy composer, Tikey Zes by Ronald Grames of Fanfare Magazine: “If one composer stands at the forefront of Greek Orthodox music in America, it would likely be Dr. Tikey Zes…” … RG: So, what is it about music for the Greek Orthodox church that especially appeals to you? TZ: It is
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Cappella Romana Invited to Perform at the Utrecht Early Music Festival
CAPPELLA ROMANA Invited to Perform at the Utrecht Early Music Festival Utrecht, Netherlands, September 2014 Cappella Romana is thrilled to announce that the Festival Oudemuziek (Early Music Festival) in Utrecht, Netherlands, has invited Cappella Romana to appear in this year’s festival on September 7, 2014 (oudemuziek.nl). The program will be “The Fall of Constantinople,” directed
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Cappella Romana returns to the recording studio this month!
Heaven and Earth, with John Tavener’s Ikon of Light. Guest post by Richard Barrett, Artistic Director of The Saint John of Damascus Society In July 2012, nine years ago this month, my friend Dr. Harold Sabbagh and I had initial conversations about a spark of an idea. He was infectiously enthusiastic about CERN’s then-recent confirmation
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Letter from Mark Powell, Executive Director
Introduction to Cappella Romana’s 30th Anniversary Season Dear Friends and Supporters, In late winter we usually are ready to share our next season with you, but given how this year has proceeded, we decided to wait until now to make any announcement. Over the last year, we have not lain dormant. Cappella Romana’s recording label
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia in Choir and Organ
The March/April 2021 issue of Choir and Organ Magazine has a review for our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording: “Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia from Cappella Romana, directed by Alexander Lingas, is an extraordinary feat – the first vocal album ever to be recorded in live virtual acoustics. … Stunningly convincing sounds emerge as
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Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom in The Living Church Magazine
Geoffrey Williams reviews Benedict Sheehan and The Saint Tikhon Choir’s recording of Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom for The Living Church Magazine: “Sheehan and his fine singers have brought to life a new piece that bridges the gap both between the centuries and between the traditions of East and West. The choir is
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Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia is a Recommended Recording on MusicWeb International
MusicWeb International critic John Quinn has made Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia one of his Recommended Recordings! “The music itself is astonishing. … I was struck at once by the wonderful overlapping sonorities of the choir. There’s a real depth and richness to the choral sound and here, as elsewhere, the fabulously deep and resonant
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Bissera Pentcheva Interview on Hagia Sophia in Kathimerini
Greek news outlet Kathimerini has published a new interview with Stanford University’s Bissera Pencheva who has worked with Cappella Romana as part of our Hagia Sophia project and recording. Read the interview in the original Greek at Kathimerini.gr and see the translation below: What distinguishes Hagia Sofia from other churches and monuments of the Christian
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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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