[…] RG: So, what is it about music for the Greek Orthodox church that especially appeals to you? TZ: It is the distinctively beautiful melodies of the post -Byzantine chant of the 19th and early 20th centuries and the harmonizations and arrangements/compositions that can be made from them. … RG: This 1991/1996 Liturgy is Tikey […]
A double -feature Fanfare review by J.F. Weber features our LIVE IN GREECE and Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium recordings. Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium “The chants for these two services come from a variety of sources in or close to the 14th century, including works by such well–known composers as John Koukouzeles and […]
Portland Monthly Magazine has published a list of Portland arts groups that Portlanders might take for granted, but are “beloved around the world,” and Cappella Romana is included in the list of five artists and ensembles: “Traveling more than any classical group in the region, Cappella Romana takes to the road for as many […]
Listen to a performance of Се, Жених грядет в полунощи (Behold, the Bridegroom cometh at Midnight) from the Maximilian Steinberg recording sessions at Stephan Roman Catholic Church: —UPDATE—- Buy The CD & The VINYL Today!
[…] music for Good Friday in Jerusalem THIS WEEKEND. Directed by Alexander Lingas featuring solo psaltis Stelios Kontakiotis. This film features the performance at London’s oldest church, St -Bartholomew–the–Great in the City of London. Pre–Order Good Friday in Jerusalem on Amazon Today! Good Friday in Jerusalem — Portland & Seattle Hear Medieval Byzantine chant, the […]
[…] holy building’s acoustics, and performed medieval church music in the university’s Bing Concert Hall as if it was Hagia Sophia. Their efforts are part of a multi -year collaboration between departments at Stanford that asks the question: can modern technology help us go back in time? … The music that Cappella Romana performs is […]
[…] Ashgate), 311–58. Lingas, Alexander (2007), ‘How Musical was the “Sung Office”? Some Observations on the Ethos of the Byzantine Cathedral Rite’, in Ivan Moody and Maria Takala -Rozsczenko (eds.), The Traditions of Orthodox Music. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Orthodox Church Music, University of Joensuu, Finland 13–19 June 2005 (Joensuu), 217–34. Lingas, Alexander (1997), […]
This new Cappella Romana offering should be a welcome addition for collectors who, like me, thrill to lossless audio, especially when it’s of such evocative music with such a stunning sonic “backdrop”. This is a stellar release all around, and Cappella Romana: Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia comes Highly recommended
Since forming in 2015, the Houston -based conduc– torless ensemble KINETIC has been gaining in– creasing momentum as an innovative and dynamic force in the classical music scene, and an important advocate for rarely–performed music in the clas– sical repertoire. The ensemble has been described as “Houston’s Indie, Conductorless Orchestra” that has “found its niche in […]
FOR A LIMITED TIME: Order the physical Super Audio CD (with full booklet) and receive a link for a free download of the whole album. Cappella Records is proud to present the world première recording of DANIEL KNAGGS’ TWO STREAMS, performed by the GRAMMY® Award-winning Houston Chamber Choir led by Robert Simpson, with […]
Cappella Romana’s presents its two -CD release of the Divine Liturgy in English set to Byzantine Chant. A male ensemble led by Alexander Lingas chants the service’s hymns, psalms, and responses in a resonant natural acoustic according to the most authoritative Byzantine traditions, including works adapted from Petros Peloponnesios ( 1778), Nileus Kamarados ( […]
[…] Berkeley (MA, PhD), where he earned his doctorate “with distinction,” the first time such an honor was conferred on a music composition graduate at Berkeley. His 36 -year teaching career included positions at the University of California campuses at Berkeley and Santa Cruz, and at the California State University, East Bay (Hayward), where he […]
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