Cappella Romana presents “The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom”

Cappella Romana presents “Greek Liturgy: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom” at 8 p.m. April 29 at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1739 N.W. Couch St., Portland, and at 3 p.m. April 30 at The Madeleine Parish, 3123 N.E. 24th Ave., Portland. Tickets range from $5 to $53, available at cappellaromana.org.

This setting of the Greek Liturgy inscribes Byzantine chants on ethereal clouds of sound. “Greek Liturgy” was commissioned by Dr. Peter Jermihov, who will conduct these Northwest premiere performances. Ivan Moody’s work aligns his deep compositional gifts with the chant traditions that have come before. The priest’s intonations are sung by Eleftherios Chasanidis, new protopsaltis of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York.