Tag: Frank Desby

  • The Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom — Liner Notes Part Three

    The Divine Liturgy Of St. John Chrysostom — Liner Notes Part Three

    A Second Generation of Greek American Church Musicians After the Second World War a second generation of Greek American church musicians emerged, some of whom had received training in Western art music at American universities. The composers among them soon began to recast the legacy of Sakellarides by rescoring his harmonized works idiomatically for mixed…

  • LIVE IN GREECE: Apolytikion of the Holy Cross

    LIVE IN GREECE: Apolytikion of the Holy Cross

    Music: Communion for Sundays “Praise the Lord”Composer: Steven CardiasmenosArtists: Cappella RomanaPerformed live in the Church of the Life-Giving SpringAspro Chorio, Paros, GreeceSeptember 2011 Download in iTunes Buy this recording from Amazon June 15-16 Cappella Romana Presents — Live in Greece: From Constantinople to California Join Cappella Romana on a 1,000-year journey from Constantinople to California. Ancient…

  • LIVE IN GREECE Preview

    We’ve got a full preview of a track from our upcoming LIVE IN GREECE recording for you today. Take a listen to Frank Desby’s Apolytikion of the Holy Cross via SoundCloud: LIVE IN GREECE Track 7: Apolytikion of the Holy Cross Frank Desby (1922–92) provided much of the impetus in the mid-twentieth century for the…