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Passion and Resurrection
Ivan Moody (1964–2024) Passion And Resurrection Cappella Romana+ In MediO+ 45th Parallel Universe Alexander LingasFounder & Director Cappella Romana and In Medio (John Eisemann, director) form a choir of over 40 singers to perform Ivan Moody’s powerful oratorio Passion and Resurrection. English cantillation of Holy Week’s drama mixes with soul-stirring Orthodox hymns sung in Slavonic, Greek, and English, accompanied by
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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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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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25th Anniversary Season Opens This Weekend!
This Weekend: Opening Concerts of Cappella Romana’s 25th Anniversary Season! Orthodox Music: Ancient & Modern A reprise of Cappella Roman’s debut performance, which was given in 1991! The program includes selections from Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, rarely heard Byzantine chants from Constantinople, and Greek American choral works. 25th Anniversary Features in the News! The Oregonian The
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Ivan Moody visits music composition class
In addition to working with the concert choir, Ivan Moody discussed composition with students from Oregon Episcopal School. The visit was hosted by Adam Steele, singer in Cappella Romana and on the music faculty at Oregon Episcopal School.
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Psaltikon: The Day of Resurrection
The Historical Development of Easter The celebration of Easter (i.e., Pascha) for Orthodox Christians commences on Saturday morning with a Vesperal Liturgy that comprises psalms, hymns, and Old Testament readings, followed by the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Pascha is formally inaugurated several hours later, at midnight, in a rush of blazing candles, exuberant
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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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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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Director Update – Associate Music Director John Michael Boyer to conduct Rautavaara All-Night Vigil in Portland and Seattle
John Michael Boyer will conduct Cappella Romana in this week’s performances of the All-Night Vigil by Einojuhani Rautavaara, replacing Timo Nuoranne. Nuoranne’s visa has been held up at the US Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, in part due to a State Department delay in the days leading to the inauguration. Film: John Michael Boyer in rehearsal
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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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Latin Music in Cyprus
Literary witnesses to the cultivation of music by the French kings of Cyprus are found in a variety of sources, but nearly all of the surviving music associated with the Lusignan court is contained in a single manuscript: Torino Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria J.II.9. This remarkable document was, according to Karl Kügle (2012), evidently copied between
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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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