Tag: They are at Rest

  • 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 Oregonian Features “They Are At Rest”

    The Oregonian Features “They Are At Rest”

    The Oregonian interviews Cappella Romana executive director Mark Powell for a feature on our They Are At Rest series: Cappella Romana appears to be the only professional artistic organization in Portland giving a performance commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I’s end. “This is the right thing for us to do,” Mark Powell, Cappella…

  • They Are At Rest – Program Notes

    They Are At Rest – Program Notes

    At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an armistice was signed which brought to a close the greatest human conflict so far known to man. What had begun as a border dispute in the Balkan States of South-Eastern Europe in 1914, expected to last but a few weeks,…

  • KING FM Northwest Focus features They Are At Rest

    KING FM Northwest Focus features They Are At Rest

    In the lead up to our They Are At Rest series, Seattle’s KING FM will be previewing the performance on the Northwest Focus program Monday-Thursday of next week (11/5-8/2018). Date Time Music Monday, November 5 8:08pm Parry: Songs of Farewell – There is an old belief   Tuesday, November 6 8:02pm Parry: Songs of Farewell…

  • The History of the Remembrance Poppy

    The History of the Remembrance Poppy

    During Cappella Romana’s They Are At Rest performances in Seattle (Nov. 9) and Portland (Nov. 11), the singers will be wearing poppies supplied by the American Legion – and will make them available to audience members – so we thought we’d look back at the “History of the Poppy” as set out by the Royal…

  • Ivor Gurney: “Since I Believe”

    Ivor Gurney: “Since I Believe”

    Choir & Organ Magazine has a wonderful feature on the recent publication of Ivor Gurney’s Since I Believe in God the Father Almighty Motet. Cappella Romana is excited to be giving the North American premiere performance on our They Are At Rest series November 9 and 11, 2018: “Composed in June 1925, the motet for…