Tag: Christmas

  • Christmas with Cappella Romana

    Christmas with Cappella Romana

    We have a pre-Christmas gift for you! Before Thanksgiving, we created a COVID-free “bubble” in which the singers were tested twice and quarantined for two weeks. After rehearsals, the day before Thanksgiving we recorded a recital of Christmas music in Greek, English, and Slavonic. The singers were so happy to sing together again safely! On Saturday,…

  • Now Available — Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English

    Now Available — Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English

    Order Now Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English Cappella Romana Media combines passion with scholarship in its exploration of early and contemporary music of the Christian East and West. A Holiday Record Unlike Any Other Disc 1: Traditional Chants in Greek and Arabic Disc 2: Traditional Chants in English…

  • Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part One

    Sun of Justice: A Two-Fold Offering – Part One

    With this two-fold offering of traditional Byzantine Music, we seek to give the listener two distinct yet complementary experiences: first, that of being in a traditional Orthodox church somewhere in the Middle East, wherein one choir sings in Greek and the other in Arabic; and second: that of being in a traditional Orthodox church in…

  • Why “Sun of Justice”?

    Why “Sun of Justice”?

    John Michael Boyer explains the meaning behind the name of our Sun of Justice concert series and the new PRÓTO ensemble recording: The ecclesiastical feast day celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ—which came to be called simply “Christ’s Mass,” or “Christmas” in English—was added to the calendar in the Eastern Church somewhat later than were…

  • Cappella Romana Christmas

    Cappella Romana Christmas

    Merry Christmas from Cappella Romana! With so many Cappella Romana “stars” we couldn’t decide on just one tree-topper this year! (And yes, we “Put a bird on it” – several, in fact) ??

  • Cappella Romana sings Christmas Carols at Pioneer Courthouse Square

    Cappella Romana sings Christmas Carols at Pioneer Courthouse Square

    Christmas Carols on Wednesday, 10 December Cappella Romana sings at Pioneer Courthouse Square Wednesday, 10 December, 5:00pm Pioneer Courthouse Square: SW 6th & Yamhill FREE Stop by Pioneer Courthouse Square to enjoy a selection of Christmas carols, featuring especially selections by the late Orthodox composer Richard Toensing (recorded on the CD “Kontakion on the Nativity”).…