“Cappella Romana… combines the world première recording of Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation with a piece that has been made available in recorded form before, Ikon of Light by Sir John Tavener (1944-2013).… Although the composers’ treatment of the textual material differs – there are, for example, notable stylistic differences between “He Waters the Mountains” […]
[…] Good Friday In Jerusalem as a part of their “Music for Christian Holy Week” episode, and names it their Featured CD! Listen to the program and find information on all of the tracks at www.indianapublicmedia.org: http://wfiu.indiana.edu/podcasts/audio/harmonia/15/shows/150323-holy-week.mp3 Purchase the Good Friday In Jerusalem Recording: Direct from Cappella Romana Amazon.com Amazon UK iTunes ArkivMusic Stream [soundcloud […]
[…] the release of A Ukrainian Wedding, performed by an all-female cast of Cappella Romana. Ukrainian American folklorist and singer Nadia Tarnawsky leads the women of Cappella Romana with special guest folklorists from Ukraine, Inna Kovtun and Hanna Tishchenko, to perform this unique offering of Ukrainian wedding songs. The songs sung in preparation for the […]
[…] beautiful works” —Grego Applegate-Edwards, Classical-Modern Music Review “distinct from others of Pärt’s music” –David Salazar, Opera Wire “saying that the Cappella Romana presentation of Pärt’s Odes of Repentance seems an ideal merger of composer and performers borders on cliché – which does not make the assertion any less true” –Mark Estren, InfoDad Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance
[…] this GRAMMY®-nominated work LIVE in Seattle, Portland, and Lake Oswego December 3-5, conducted by the GRAMMY®-nominated composer/conductor Benedict Sheehan! In-person in the Northwest, and beginning December 10, video-on-demand worldwide. More information here. “The vision of Cappella Records is to extend our work to peer ensembles that serve our mission,” says Mark Powell, Executive Director of Cappella Records […]
[…] little office, I just worked on learning music. With my dad’s connections, I also took full advantage of the Dartmouth music department. I took theory with a visiting professor from London, Roderick Swanston; I took some history classes with Bill Summers; I sang in the Dartmouth Handel Society under Melinda O’Neal, and in the […]
[…] 1 of the triumphant November 2016 performance at Stanford University’s Bing Hall. This was the first time in the world that a full concert had been produced with the digital auralization of the acoustics of Hagia Sophia. For this concert, consider cooking a Byzantine dish before or after the livestream: Here are some select […]
[…] exilée. Il détourne ainsi l’attention des problèmes majeurs qui minent le pays, jouant sur le nationalisme et l’islamisme de son électorat. Ece Temelkuran, Journalist and essayist: “ With the transformation of the basilica of Hagia Sophia, Erdogan completes his project to establish a Turkey under his control.” The basilica “has always been the favorite […]
[…] New York Times has a new article featuring our Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Re-Imagined project and Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia recording! See the article, filled with interviews with our project partners from Stanford and our own Alexander Lingas on NYTimes.com: “The Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia,” an album that brings to life […]
[…] in Greece.” Its previous release “Music of Byzantium” sold over 14,000 copies. A 1000-year journey from Constantinople to California, ancient Byzantine chants are followed by musical encounters with Crusaders and Venetians, including Greek and Latin polyphony from Renaissance Crete. East meets West again at St. Sophia Cathedral in Los Angeles, where Frank Desby founded […]
[…] liturgical texts, Russian and Greek writers and themes, and the Orthodox tone systems. During this period, Tavener had largely cut himself off from the contemporary music scene, withdrawing into himself and his faith in the hope of achieving a clarity worthy of his preferred subjects. Throughout his life Tavener suffered periodically from extreme ill […]
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