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Venice in the North
Following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the peoples of Russia and Ukraine began to look to the West not only for trading partners, but also for political, intellectual and artistic models. The Westernization of northern Slavic societies rooted in Byzantine traditions of governance and religion accelerated during the tumultuous seventeenth century, which saw
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Hagia Sophia: A Space In Between Heaven and Earth
Professor Bissera Pentcheva presents Hagia Sophia: A Space In Between Heaven and Earth at Reed College Tuesday, November 15, 2016 – 4:45pm Eliot Hall 314 Free and open to the public More Information ** This event follows Cappella Romana’s residency with Dr. Pentcheva at Stanford, where the ensemble performed medieval Byzantine chant from Hagia Sophia
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Steinberg: Passion Week a Gramophone Recording of the Year
Gramophone Magazine released their 2015 Recordings of the Year issue and included our Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording! “This important and exciting release from the Portland, Oregon-based 26-strong chamber choir is a notable successor to their ‘Good Friday in Jerusalem’ disc (5/15). … This recording closely followed what is believed to have been the premiere
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Gramophone Magazine Names Steinberg: Passion Week An Editor’s Choice!
Gramophone Magazine names our new Maximilian Steinberg: Passion Week recording an August Editor’s Choice! “This important and exciting release from the Portland, Oregon-based 26-strong chamber choir is a notable successor to their ‘Good Friday in Jerusalem’ disc (5/15). … This recording closely followed what is believed to have been the premiere complete performance by these
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Seattle First-Time Donor Contest
Seattle First-Time Donor Contest! For Seattle-area only: All gifts from first-time donors will be matched by a grant from the Herbert A. Templeton Foundation (up to $5000). First-time gifts of $100 or more, or $10/month or more, will be entered into a drawing to win a weekend getaway in Portland. Getaway package includes the following
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Cappella Romana To Perform Rachmaninoff’s Concerto for Choir!
Guest Director Ivan Moody adds Rachmaninoff’s Concerto for Choir to the program From Darkness to Light! “Rachmaninoff’s wonderful choir concerto is the perfect work to anchor this program. His music was both a culmination of a great tradition and a starting point for so much of what followed in Russia. In many ways it is,
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Good Friday In Jerusalem: Musical Time Travel
Oregon Artswatch breaks down our Good Friday In Jerusalem Concert saying, “Vocal ensemble’s Passion performance transports listeners to millennium-old sacred service”: “On a strictly sonic level, the concert at Portland’s Trinity Episcopal Cathedral was magnificent … As with last year’s concerts of Finnish Orthodox music, it was especially satisfying to hear the singers perform music
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Alexander Lingas: Music, Acoustics, and Ritual in Byzantium
Enjoy the following video from an Alexander Lingas presentation in the Stanford Seminar Series “Aural Architecture” given in 2013: http://youtu.be/F_QzG6TpXZk
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You can help us reach our $25K goal: Just $3K left to go!
As a student in 1991, I gathered a group of friends to share the beautiful and transformative musical inheritance of Byzantium. Today, over three decades later, Cappella Romana fulfills this mission on a global scale through performances, recordings, publications, and educational initiatives. None of this would have been possible without the generous financial support of
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There is a Place in Cappella Romana For YOU
For nearly 30 years I have been associated with Cappella Romana, and I am so passionate about what Cappella Romana does that I have made it my life’s work. There is also a place in Cappella Romana for you. This transcendent, beautiful, soul-touching music would not be possible without your support. This month our $25,000
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Cappella Romana on KING FM Northwest Focus
We are pleased to share that KING FM’s Sean MacLean has chosen to feature Cappella Romana and our Fall of Constantinople concert series from August 25th through the 28th! Make sure to tune in to KING FM and hear the following works before our Friday night Seattle concert: Cappella Romana on KING FM Schedule: Monday,
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Coming Soon — The Fall of Constantinople
The start of the 2014-2015 season kicks off with The Fall of Constantinople on Labor Day Weekend! Get Tickets: Subscribe Today! Majestic ceremonies for the cathedral of Hagia Sophia, triumphant assertions of superiority by Westerners, and fervent prayers for the healing of political and religious divisions are followed by two poignant laments for the Fall
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