Byzantium in Rome (Stanford) Sunday, May 3, 2009 Medieval Byzantine Chant from Grottaferrata The Founders of Grottaferrata: St. Neilos and St. Bartholomew The Feast of Pentecost: Selections from the feast, including the ecstatic Teleutaion of the Kneeling Vespers Buy This Performance Cappella Romana Vocal Ensemble, Byzantine chant soloists Alexander Lingas, Artistic Director A breathtaking presentation of Medieval Byzantine Chant sung from manuscripts produced at the Abbey of Grottaferrata in the suburban hills of Rome, which has operated continuously in the Byzantine rite since its founding in 1004, fifty years before the Great Schism. This presentation also bears unique witness to music sung in Constantinople before the Crusader sack of 1204.

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Sunday, May 3
7:00 pm
Stanford Memorial Church

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Pre-concert Talk
Stanford Pre-concert Talk: 4:00pm This concert and pre-concert talk are free-of-charge and are sponsored by Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts, the Center for Russian and East European Studies, and Medieval Studies at Stanford University.