Cappella Romana

“From Constantinople to California”

Friday, February 1, 2013 | 8:00 pm
Bing Concert Hall

$34.00 (Adult) | $10.00 (Stanford Student)
$30.60 (Other Student)
$17.00 (Youth Under 18)
General Admission

Stanford Faculty/Staff Final-Week Discount is not available for this performance.

The Northwest-based vocal ensemble Cappella Romana offers two quite distinct programs and experiences in two venues. At Bing Concert Hall, in collaboration with faculty in Art & Art History and the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Cappella Romana performs Byzantine Chant and contemporary works amid acoustics electronically enhanced to simulate the lush resonances of the ancient Hagia Sophia cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey. Then, amid the natural acoustics of Memorial Church, the ensemble features music composed for 8th and 9th-century celebrations of Holy Week in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Program

Opening Act curated by Stanford student Kasiemobie Udo-okoye. The Indian classical dance troupe Noopur will perform.

Dancers:
Aparna Ananthasubramaniam
Maya Balakrishnan
Archana Nair
Devika Patel
Nitya Rajeshuni
Shree Sundaresh

Musicians:
Sruti Sarathy, violin
Anirudh Venkatesh, vocal
Vikas Yendluri, tabla

DISCUSSION

POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION with Alexander Lingas (Cappella Romana), Bissera Pentcheva (Dept. of Art & Art History), and Jonathan Abel (CRRMA) immediately following the concert.