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Receive “Byzantium 300-1453” FREE when you buy 2 or more CDs
Your FREE gift with 2 or more With your order of 2 or more CDs, we will send you a FREE GIFT: a copy of our latest title, “Byzantium: 330-1453,” a compilation of Cappella’s “Greatest Hits” of Byzantine music. CDs by Cappella Romana make great gifts. Choose from among our growing discography, from our latest
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Fall of Constantinople Reviewed in Gramophone
The CD of Cappella Romana’s most popular and critically acclaimed program, The Fall of Constantinople, has received a review in the April 2009 edition of Gramophone magazine. [Link to Cappella Romana’s CD Store] The review hasn’t yet appeared in the Gramophone online reviews, but do find it in print at your local music or magazine
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Be Radiant, O Peoples!
Working under Muslim rule in and around Jerusalem during the 8th century AD, St. John of Damascus—defender of icons, theologian, poet and musician—composed a radiant hymn for Easter Sunday morning, his Paschal Canon. Over the centuries his joyful verses praising the Resurrection of Christ have been adapted to countless languages and musical styles across a
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“Live In Greece” is getting closer!
Upcoming release Live in Greece has made it to the factory stage. So keep on the lookout as we inch ever-closer to release day! Check out a video from the Greek tour: And make sure to watch this video and more on the new Cappella Romana YouTube Channel!
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Meet John Vergin
May 18-20 during the Be Radiant, O Peoples! tour, Cappella Romana will premiere a new work by composer John Vergin. John Vergin has more than a history of composition with Cappella Romana — he’s also been a Cappella Romana singer! Cappella Romana’s Christmas recording When Augustus Reigned also featured Cappella Romana performing his music. John
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Meet Robert Kyr
Photo taken from “Peace Work” (Portland Monthly)Photo by Stuart Mullenberg Tomorrow (Friday, May 18th), Cappella Romana will kick off the weekend’s Be Radiant, O Peoples! series, and will be premiering works based around the Easter Canon of St. John of Damascus from contemporary composers. One of these works is by the prolific composer Robert Kyr,
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From Constantinople to California
Cappella Romana presents their upcoming LIVE IN GREECE recording program in a Memorial Day Weekend Series: Friday, May 25 – 7pmEncino Presbyterian ChurchLos Angeles, CAhttp://firstpresencino.org Saturday, May 26 – 4pmSt. Sophia Greek Orthodox CathedralLos Angeles, CAhttp://dacamera.org Program: PART I Hierarchical Entrance Rite for a Byzantine Divine Liturgy Anon. (c. 1450)1. Introit for Sundays2. Hymn of
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Concert Program Notes for “From Constantinople to California” Concert Series – Part One
The Eastern Roman Empire—commonly called “Byzantium” after the ancient name of its capital Constantinople — not only survived the downfall of Rome by a millennium, but also created a musical tradition that remains both alive and influential today. In From Constantinople to California Cappella Romana will follow this tradition from its medieval origins to contemporary Los
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From Constantinople to California – Program Notes Part Two
The Eastern Roman Empire—commonly called “Byzantium” after the ancient name of its capital Constantinople — not only survived the downfall of Rome by a millennium, but also created a musical tradition that remains both alive and influential today. In From Constantinople to California Cappella Romana will follow this tradition from its medieval origins to contemporary Los
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Looking Ahead to the 2012-2013 Cappella Romana Season
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be bringing you information on all of the major concerts during Cappella Romana’s 21st Season! Cappella Romana: 21st Season — 2012-2013 November 2012: Santiago de Compostela – Medieval Latin Chant for St. James featuring guest director Marcel Pérès January 2013: Sergei Rachmaninoff – The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
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Live In Greece has a Release Day!
We released our 2012-2013 schedule earlier this week, but perhaps the most exciting part of the 2012-2013 year is the release of our new CD LIVE IN GREECE! And we can finally let you know when you’ll be able to purchase it — August 1, 2012. So save the date, pre-order on Amazon (soon), etc.!
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Cappella Romana 21st Season Opener – Santiago De Compostela
Santiago De Compostela: Medieval Latin Chant for St. James Marcel Pèrés Directed by Marcel Pèrés (Ensemble Organum. Moissac, France) Marcel Pèrés makes his Cappella Romana début directing an all-male chant ensemble in a program of medieval Latin hymnody for St. James. The ensemble will sing directly from facsimiles of the Codex Calixtinus, the medieval manuscript
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