Concert | Cappella Romana: Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia

Medieval Byzantine Chant from Hagia Sophia, the Great Church of Christ, Constantinople

Alexander Leonidas Lingas, Music Director and Founder

Pre-concert talk with Dr. Alexander Lingas at 3 PM in Wallace Hall, presented with the Ignatian Interfaith Ministry.

For a thousand years, Hagia Sophia was the largest domed interior in the world. Its stunning reverberation—of over 11 seconds—informs how this music is performed in the live acoustics of St. Ignatius, which is, perhaps, only slightly less reverberant than Hagia Sophia!

Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia will transport you back in time to medieval sound and ritual in Constantinople. The program features medieval Byzantine chant in Greek for the Elevation of the Holy Cross, celebrated on September 14th every year in both East and West.

Tickets are available now at http://ignatius.nyc/concerts/cappella-romana.