Tag: Venice in the East

  • Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Music for Easter Sunday

    Alexander Lingas’s Cappella Romana Playlist: Music for Easter Sunday

    Welcome to the fourth playlist from the archives of Cappella Romana, we turn to music celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday, a feast called ‘Pascha’ in Greek and Slavonic. As a way of offering you my own seasonal greetings, I am concluding this week’s list with a choral setting of this hymn that…

  • Venice in the East Debuts at in the Top 10 on the Billboard Chart!

    Venice in the East Debuts at in the Top 10 on the Billboard Chart!

    Our new Venice in the East: Renaissance Crete and Cyprus recording has debuted at #10 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums chart! Thank you to all of you who pre-ordered, purchased, streamed, and shared this recording! Get it Today! Amazon Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify YouTube Music Cappella Romana

  • Venice in the East is Available Today!

    Venice in the East is Available Today!

    Venice in the East: Renaissance Crete & Cyprus is out now on all of your favorite music outlets – and currently a Spotify New Release Top Pick and Apple Music featured new album! Get it Today! Amazon Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify YouTube Music Cappella Romana About Venice in the East: Rennaisance Crete & Cyprus This…

  • Pre-Order Our Venice in the East Recording Today!

    Pre-Order Our Venice in the East Recording Today!

    Cappella Romana’s next recording Venice in the East will be released on August 30! Pre-order your copy today, and help put this record on the Billboard Classical Charts. You can also add the recording to your Wishlist, and make sure to share it with your friends! Pre-Order and Help Put us on the Charts! Venice…

  • ArtsWatch Reviews Venice In The East

    ArtsWatch Reviews Venice In The East

    Bruce Browne reviewed Cappella Romana’s Saturday, April 28, 2018 performance of Venice in the East for Oregon ArtsWatch: Present were exquisite moments of choral artistry, impeccable tuning, bravura singing by all and thoughtful phrasing, especially by John Michael Boyer and Mark Powell, who together stood at the pinnacle of the solo work, especially many of…

  • 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…

  • Venice in the East Recording Sessions Video

    Venice in the East Recording Sessions Video

    Watch Cappella Romana performing the Christos anesti from the Faenza Codex during the Venice in the East recording sessions: April 27-29, 2018, Italy meets Greece in Venice in the East, a sonic exploration of the Greek Islands when they were ruled by the Venetian empire. Cappella Romana is reviving Renaissance music from Crete, celebrating the…

  • Venice in the East

    Venice in the East

    Venice In The East: April 27-29, 2018 Program Notes by Alexander Lingas From its emergence as a significant political entity in the sixth century under the rule of the Eastern Roman (“Byzantine”) Empire to the dissolution of the Republic by Napoleon in 1797, the city of Venice remained closely tied to the Greek East. Following…

  • Watch “Venice in the East” at the Utrecht Early Music Festival

    Watch “Venice in the East” at the Utrecht Early Music Festival

    Watch a video from Cappella Romana’s 2016 Venice in the East performance at the Utrecht Early Music Festival! April 27-29, 2018, Italy meets Greece in Venice in the East, a sonic exploration of the Greek Islands when they were ruled by the Venetian empire. Cappella Romana is reviving Renaissance music from Crete, celebrating the island’s…