Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia

Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia
Medieval Byzantine Chant Sung in the Virtual Acoustics of Hagia Sophia
Cappella Romana - Alexander Lingas, dir.
Cappella Romana CR-420 [CD / Blu-ray]

Contents:

    The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Constantinople

    From the Office of Sung Vespers
  1. Final (Teleutaion) Antiphon before the Entrance, (Ps. 98:9), Mode Plagal 2 (MS Athens 2062 )
  2. Psalm 140 with Refrain (Kekragarion) (MS Athens 2062)

    3. From the Office of Sung Matins
    Antiphon 7
  3. Small litany and Old Kalophonic Antiphon, Mode Plagal 4 (MSS Athens 2601)
  4. Choral stichologia (selected verses of Ps. 109-112, "Palaion") (After MS Athens 2061)
  5. Ode 4 of the Canon of the Precious Cross (Mt. Athos Iveron 470)

    6. From the Ceremony of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
    Troparion: "Lord, save your people"
  6. Syllabic melody (After MS Athens 2062)
  7. Asmatikon melody (Mt. Athos Lavra G 3 & Kastoria 8)
  8. Kontakion: "Lifted Up on the Cross," short melody, Mode 4 (St. Petersburg NLR gr. 674)
  9. Sticheron, for the Adoration of the Cross by Emperor Leo VI "The Wise": "Come believers, let us worship the Life-giving Cross," Mode 2 (MS Vienna Theol. Gr. 181)

    10. Selections from the Divine Liturgy
  10. Troparion instead of the Trisagion "Your Cross we Worship" (MSS Athens 2061, 2062, and 2458; Mt. Athos Lavra G 3;and Vienna Theol. gr. 185)
  11. Prokeimenon: (Gradual, Ps. 98:9, 1-2), Barys Mode (MSS Patmos 221 and Sinai gr. 1280)
  12. Asmatikon Cherubic Hymn
    Part 1: Choir (MS Grott. G.?.1)
    Part 4: Solo (Asma, excerpt) (MS Messina gr. 161)
    Part 5: Choir (MS Grott. G.?.1)
  13. [Also included on the Blu-ray disc:]
    Communion Verse, "The Light of your Countenance," Mode 4 (MS Grott. G.?.1)

Documentary film:
The Voice of Hagia Sophia
Directed, Edited, and Co-produced by Duygu Eruçman; Produced by Bissera V. Pentcheva
Cinematography by Meryem Yavuz, Michael Seely, and Ben Wu

Performers:
Cappella Romana
Alexander Lingas, dir.
Singers:
Spyridon Antonopoulos, John Michael Boyer, Kristen Buhler, Aaron Cain, Photini Downie Robinson, Constantine Kokenes, Stelios Kontakiotis, David Krueger, Emily Lau, Kerry McCarthy, Mark Powell, Catherine van der Salm, David Stutz

Playing times: 76' 50" (CD) - 23' 43" (Blue-ray)

Recording site and date:
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, Stanford, CA [November 7-9, 2016];
Rel.: November 15, 2019

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Jorge Salazar