Plainchant – Past Concerts

The men of Cappella Romana perform powerful chants and choral works in Slavonic that inspired the Russian orchestral masters Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Boston-based Psaltikon performs Byzantine chant and traditional Greek carols (kálanda) for the Christmas season, directed by Cappella Romana’s own Dr. Spyridon Antonopoulos.

Journey back in time with transcendent medieval Byzantine chants from Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia.

Sacred choral music featuring Gregorian chant, Anglican chant, and hymns from musical periods spanning many centuries – an ideal setting for meditative contemplation amidst the bustle of our fair city.

Selections from the Rachmaninoff All-Night Vigil, rarely heard Byzantine chants from Constantinople, and Greek-American choral works.

Music and homilies focused on the words of Christ from the cross, including works of di Lasso, Victoria, and other Renaissance composers.

The Cathedral Cantorei sing chants and motets for the Office of Tenebrae, including Gregorio Allegri’s famous Miserere.

A concert of a cappella choral music exploring the deep connections between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Medieval singers interpolated wordless song into their daily devotions, expressing the joys of the divine in language both earthly and heavenly.

Medieval hymns and psalms, including examples of Byzantine chant in Greek from Hagia Sophia and from Palestine, and selections in Latin of Old Roman Chant sung directly from 11th-century manuscripts.