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Announcing Robert Kyr: All-Night Vigil
Cappella Records is pleased to announce the November 11, 2022 release of the ALL-NIGHT VIGIL by award-winning American composer ROBERT KYR. Performed by Cappella Romana and directed by its founder and music director Alexander Lingas, this is Cappella Romana’s 29th recording release. Cappella Romana launches this world premiere recording with the world premiere performances in Seattle and Portland,…
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Cappella Records Announces “Heaven and Earth” Release on October 14, 2022
Cappella Records is pleased to announce the October 14, 2022, two-disc release of Heaven and Earth, with Cappella Romana’s Associate Music Director John Michael Boyer leading the ensemble along with 45th Parallel Universe in John Tavener’s masterpiece for choir and string trio, Ikon of Light. The release also features the world premiere of Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation, a unique collaborative setting…
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The Akáthistos Hymn Recording Available Now
The Akáthistos Hymn to the Virgin Mary, set by Ivan Moody. This lyrical masterpiece in 24 stanzas has been treasured for nearly 1,500 years by Eastern Christians. Father Moody’s 1998 setting, composed specially for the ensemble, weaves beloved Greek melodies into Russian choral textures as it progresses from reverent contemplation to ecstatic transcendence. This second…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Pre-Order Sun of Justice: Byzantine Chant for Christmas!
Order Now Sun of Justic: Byzantine Chant for Christmas in Greek, Arabic, and English OPEN FOR PRE-ORDERS! SHIPS ON RELEASE DAY DECEMBER 8, 2017 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…
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Cyprus First Listen
Get a first listen to our new Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West recording today! Pre-Order Now!
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Cyprus Recording Rehearsals
Enjoy some photos from our rehearsals as we prepare to record our Cyprus: Greek East & Latin West program this week: Also, enjoy a look back at our 2008 Cyprus rehearsals: Cyprus: Greek East & Latin West To this day, the island of Cyprus stands at a crossroads between East and West. Alexander Lingas leads…
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