Arndt/ Cappella Romana - Heaven & EarthDiscover here a performance unlike any other of John Tavener's Ikon of Light, his landmark setting of the Prayer to the Holy Spirit by the great medieval mystic St. Symeon the New Theologian. Scored for choir and string trio, it is a radiant meditation on the Uncreated Light. Six Orthodox composers collaborated to create Heaven and Earth: A Song of Creation, written for Cappella Romana and it's unique musical capacities. Each section of this ecstatic

the river Tiber and the embodiment of Glory

It's been a little over ten years since Hailu Mergia re-emerged on the international music scene

The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix would eventually shape the singer/songwriter we know today

every song is a group songwriting effort

and the arrangements are similarly bold and cinematic

"Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes"

and all tracks have been remastered for the best sound your ears can hear

his three-part setting of Clorinda's death scene from Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata (Amico hai vinto) predates by several years that of his contemporary Monteverdi: the revolutionary Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

the story on which it was based had no appeal for the audience at that time

an outdoor art gallery in rural Ontario hosting residencies for contemporary sculptors over the past 20 years

We crafted this vision with Clara Schumann scholar Julie Pedneault-Deslauriers

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