Cappella Romana
While they perform and record music from every era, Cappella Romana also perform and record traditional Eastern Orthodox chant. Yes this is the same
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Its performances “like jeweled light flooding the space” (Los Angeles
Times), Cappella Romana is a vocal chamber ensemble dedicated to
combining passion with scholarship in its exploration of the musical
traditions of the Christian East and West, with emphasis on early and
contemporary music. Founded in 1991, Cappella Romana’s name refers to
the medieval Greek concept of the Roman oikoumene (inhabited
world), which embraced Rome and Western Europe, as well as the
Byzantine Empire of Constantinople ("New Rome") and its Slavic
commonwealth. Each program in some way reflects the musical, cultural
and spiritual heritage of this ecumenical vision.
Flexible in size according to the demands of the repertory,
Cappella Romana is one of the Pacific Northwest’s few professional
chamber vocal ensembles. It has a special commitment to mastering the
Slavic and Byzantine repertories in their original languages, thereby
making accessible to the general public two great musical traditions
that are little known in the West. Leading scholars have supplied the
group with their latest discoveries, while its music director has
prepared a number of the ensemble’s performing editions from original
sources. In the field of contemporary music, Cappella Romana has taken
a leading role in bringing to West Coast audiences the works of such
European composers as Michael Adamis, Ivan Moody, Arvo Pärt, and John
Tavener, as well as promoting the work of North Americans such as Fr.
Sergei Glagolev, Christos Hatzis, Peter Michaelides, and Tikey Zes.
photo courtesy Cappella Romana
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