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An Interview with Benedict Sheehan on the Premiere Recording of his Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

By Hamilton Provonsha on October 28, 2020
An Interview with Benedict Sheehan on the Premiere Recording of his Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom

This week Cappella Records released the world premiere recording of Benedict Sheehan’s Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. It’s an ambitious and truly incredible setting, full of sweeping melodies and rich deep harmonies. It calls to mind the great concert liturgies and masses by famous composers of the past, and can compare admirably with any of […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Benedict Sheehan, Capella Records, capella romana, Divine Liturgy, Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, saint tikhon choir November 12, 2020

Heaven and Earth: The Psalm 103 Project Comes to Life

By Richard Barrett on August 29, 2018
Heaven and Earth: The Psalm 103 Project Comes to Life

It has been over five years since The Saint John of Damascus Society commissioned The Psalm 103 Project, a big idea that brought together the work of six great composers, Matthew Arndt, John Michael Boyer, Alexander Khalil, Kurt Sander, Richard Toensing (+2014), and Tikey Zes, to create a unique, collaborative choral work that would be a model of […]

Posted in Music | Tagged capella romana, psalm 103 project, richard barrett August 29, 2018

The problem of art in Anglophone Orthodoxy: a review essay

By Richard Barrett on January 24, 2015
The problem of art in Anglophone Orthodoxy: a review essay

Recently, an online exchange about public outreach efforts with respect to various aspects of Orthodox music and music of Orthodox composers led the following comment by a discussant: What exactly is so “Orthodox” about any kind of pure music? […] [T]o associate any composer with the Church is an empty exercise, since music has only […]

Posted in Music | Tagged art, Arvo Pärt, capella romana, church, George Kordis, Ivan Moody, John Taverner, Jonathan Jackson, Mikko Sidoroff, Music, Neil Gaiman, Orthodox, richard barrett January 29, 2015

Lost Russian Passion Week Cycle , Opus 13, by Maximilian Steinberg to debut 90 years after composition

By Lynette Hull on March 24, 2014
Lost Russian Passion Week Cycle , Opus 13, by Maximilian Steinberg to debut 90 years after composition

Living in a University town offers many benefits.  One of the most delightful is meeting Orthodox scholars from all over the world.  It was my pleasure to meet Alexander Lingas, the author of the following article.    Knowing of Father Dan Skvir’s love of music, his discovery of a long forgotten piece of music and […]

Posted in Music | Tagged Alexander Lingas, capella romana, chant, lynette hull, maximilian steiner, Music, Orthodox, passion week, Russia May 13, 2014
 

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