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The Absolute Sound Declares Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia a Triumph
The Absolute Sound magazine’s September 2020 issue features an in-depth look at our Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording and declares it “A triumph of scholarship, musicianship, and technology.” “For many critical listeners, and not just readers of this magazine, the absolute sound—the sound of live, unamplified music in a real space—is a touchstone…The venue…
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They Are At Rest – Program Notes
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an armistice was signed which brought to a close the greatest human conflict so far known to man. What had begun as a border dispute in the Balkan States of South-Eastern Europe in 1914, expected to last but a few weeks,…
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Cappella Romana on Tour!
May 27 and 28, members of Cappella Romana head to Pennsylvania before a four-city European tour highlighted by Cappella Romana’s Hungarian debut on June 2! Full Tour Dates Mark Powell and David Hendrix in Pennsylvania 27 May, 2018 Memorial Day Pilgrimage 28 May, 2018 Cappella Romana in Budapest 2 JUN, 2018 Cappella…
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Cappella Romana presents: The Arvo Pärt Festival
The first-ever festival in North America dedicated to the music of Estonian Orthodox composer Arvo Pärt will take place February 5 – 12, 2017 in Portland, Oregon, presented by the Northwest’s leading professional chamber choir, Cappella Romana. Arvo Pärt is the most performed living composer in the world. Full information. The Arvo Pärt Festival features…
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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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For Your Consideration
Cyprus: Between Greek East & Latin West Cappella Romana Alexander Lingas, artistic Director Produced since 2004 by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Steve Barnett, Cappella Romana performs “music of purity and radiance” (Gramophone) in concerts of “luminous beauty” (Washington Post). Appearances in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Athens, Utrecht, Regensburg, and in the US Northwest all…
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Festival de Namur: Time Travel With Cappella Romana
Many thanks to Kerry McCarthy for translating this wonderful review from Crescendo Magazine! Click here to read the original review. Festival de Namur: Time Travel With Cappella Romana By Aline Giaux, IMEP reporter Cappella Romana: Cyprus, dir. Alexander Lingas Cappella Romana gave an extraordinary concert this Monday, July 4, at the Namur Festival. This chamber…
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Eight Reasons to Subscribe!
Ever wondered why a subscription series to the Cappella Romana season would be beneficial? Here are EIGHT reasons to subscribe to the 24th Annual Northwest Series: Up to 25% off single ticket prices First choice of the best seats—available now, before tickets go on sale to the public 20% off ALL Cappella Romana CDs Bring…
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Orthodox Arts Journal Review for Good Friday
The Orthodox Arts Journal asks “How can music be alive?” in On History and Tradition: A Review of Cappella Romana’s “Good Friday in Jerusalem”. “Good Friday in Jerusalem is no exception to the level of quality that audiences have come to expect from Cappella Romana’s recordings; the singing on the disc is at once rich,…
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Caroling at Pioneer Courthouse Square
Caroling at Pioneer Courthouse Square: Here a Greek carol from Thrace “Christ is born” (sung in Greek and English for the first verse, and in English thereafter in a translation-in-progress by Mark Powell). With thanks to Ioannis Arvanitis for sharing this carol with us.
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BBC Radio 4 Features Alexander Lingas
BBC Radio 4 interviews Cappella Romana artistic director Alexander Lingas in the second episode of the series, Byzantium Unearthed, and Cappella Romana can be heard in the opening of the first episode as well as throughout! Click below to listen to Episode Two; Alexander Lingas comes in around 15:00 mark:
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Cappella Romana Boston-Chicago Tour Photos
Enjoy this photo gallery from our Boston-Chicago Tour!
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