Tag: The Sun Break

  • The SunBreak Reviews “They Are At Rest”

    The SunBreak Reviews “They Are At Rest”

    Portland’s Cappella Romana stepped away from its usual programming of Orthodox chant Friday night to sing a concert of music remembering the Armistice of 1918 and what it meant to the survivors. This was not by any means a rejoicing for the Armistice, but nor was it one of sorrow and anguish for the dead and wounded…Rather it was…

  • The SunBreak Reviews “Venice in the East”

    The SunBreak Reviews “Venice in the East”

    Seattle’s The SunBreak reviews Cappella Romana’s April 27, 2018 Venice in the East performance: “Hearing Cappella Romana singing in St. James Cathedral is to hear a slice of heaven. … As always, the presentation was scholarly, as accurate a portrayal of the music as it would have been performed as can be ascertained through diligent…

  • The Sun Break Review for Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure

    The Sun Break Review for Arctic Light II: Northern Exposure

    “St. James Cathedral is the perfect space in which to hear Cappella Romana. The sonorities of the deep voices and the pure quality of all the voices in this unaccompanied choir make harmonies as clean as they can be, sometimes creating overtones if you listen carefully, and enhanced by the acoustics of the setting, as…