Cappella Romana: Out of the Ashes of Smyrna

November 10-12, 2023, John Michael Boyer leads Cappella Romana in Out of the Ashes of Smyrna: The Legacy of Byzantine Chant from Asia Minor. Tickets and information at cappellaromana.org/concert/ou...
From medieval seeds planted long ago, exuberant traditions of Byzantine chanting in Asia Minor continued to flower during Ottoman rule. With the Asia Minor Disaster-an ethnic cleansing that included the 1922 burning of Smyrna (İzmir)-Greek-speaking refugees fled to Greece and elsewhere around the world. With them they brought their own traditions of Byzantine chanting. Catch a musical glimpse of a city and culture that exists today only in the memory of its diaspora, infused with irrepressible joy and transcendent beauty.

[@moonjustmoon4392]

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[@georgioupeter]

What a beautiful initiative! The Australian Byzantine Choir sends their regards!
We are also preparing for our Asia Minor Catastrophe-inspired mega concert 'An Eastern Odyssey' at the renowned State Theatre in Sydney, Australia in 3 weeks!

[@cappellaromanainc]

Best of luck on your performance!

[@josephjude1290]

Absolutely unique

[@ljss6805]

Damn, I went to school with John. And I'm friends with Alex. Crazy to see them as these important, accomplished figures.