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Tomas Luis de Victoria – Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal
Cappella Romana performs the polyphonic motets of Tomás Luis de Victoria in the April concert series Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal. Read a little background on this influential Spanish Renaissance composer: Owen Rees – guest conductor & author “Victoria was the greatest Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also one of the finest European…
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Francisco Guerrero – Rennaisance Easter in Spain & Portugal
Cappella Romana performs the polyphonic motets of Francisco Guerrero in the April concert series Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal. Read a little background on this influential Spanish Renaissance composer: Considered second only to Tomás Luis de Victoria as a Spanish composer of Renaissance church music, Francisco Guerrero published over 150 liturgical pieces and motets…
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Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Program
Take a listen to some recordings of music on our upcoming Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal Program via Spotify: And these are just scratching the surface! Get your tickets today! Portland:8pm, Friday, April 12, St. Mary’s CathedralTickets Seattle:8pm, Saturday, April 13, Holy Rosary Church – West SeattleTickets Free pre-performance talks one hour prior to…
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Renaissance Easter on YouTube
Follow along as we collect videos on YouTube featuring Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal guest conductor Owen Rees and works from the program! Check out the playlist on our YouTube Channel below: Watch on YouTube Dr. Rees will conduct Cappella Romana in the Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal program. Get your tickets today!…
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Meet Owen Rees’s ensemble Contrapunctus
Meet upcoming guest conductor Owen Rees’s ensemble Contrapunctus: Coupling powerful interpretations with path-breaking scholarship, Contrapunctus presents music by the best known composers as well as unfamiliar masterpieces. Contrapunctus grew from the vocal ensemble A Capella Portuguesa, in recognition of the group’s broadening repertoire, and its dedication to the music of composers from various nations including…
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Owen Rees Conducts David Bednall’s “Welcome All Wonders”
Get a preview of upcoming Eastertide guest-conductor Owen Rees from his recording of composer David Bednall’s new work Welcome All Wonders with The Choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford: Renaissance Easter In Spain and PortugalDirected by Owen Rees (The Queen’s College Oxford, Contrapuntus) Portland:8pm, Friday, April 12, St. Mary’s CathedralTickets Seattle:8pm, Saturday, April 13, Holy…
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Owen Rees Conducts Music for Holy Week – Christ Rising
Get a preview of upcoming Eastertide guest-conductor Owen Rees in the following recording of Easter and Holy Week Music he recorded with the Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford: Renaissance Easter In Spain and PortugalDirected by Owen Rees (The Queen’s College Oxford, Contrapuntus) Portland:8pm, Friday, April 12, St. Mary’s CathedralTickets Seattle:8pm, Saturday, April 13, Holy…
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Looking Ahead – Renaissance Easter in Spain and Portugal
Coming next from Cappella Romana: Owen Rees Renaissance Easter In Spain and PortugalDirected by Owen Rees (The Queen’s College Oxford, Contrapuntus) Experience the feast of the Resurrection through the lens of soaring polyphonic motets by the great Spanish and Portuguese composers Francisco Guerrero, Duarte Lobo, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. Dr. Owen Rees, making his…
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About Eastertide guest conductor Owen Rees
Monday, we featured our 2013 Eastertide concert series featuring guest conductor Owen Rees, and today we’d like to share more about this exciting guest! Owen Rees: Owen Rees is both performer and scholar, his scholarship consistently informing his performances. Through his extensive work as a choral director, he has brought to the concert hall and…
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2012-2013 Season: Renaissance Easter in Spain & Portugal
Owen Rees EASTERTIDE: RENAISSANCE EASTER IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL Directed by Owen Rees (The Queen’s College Oxford, Contrapunctus) Experience the feast of the Resurrection through the lens of soaring polyphonic motets by the great Spanish and Portuguese composers Francisco Guerrero, Duarte Lobo, and Tomás Luis de Victoria. Dr. Owen Rees is both a performer and…
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