Posts Categorized: Media

A beautifully captured video of the live concert Roots of Strings: Music of Syria featuring the greatest oudist of our time from Syria, Nazih Borish, the Canadian bassist Roberto Occhipinti, Paul Halley on organ, and Nick Halley on percussion. The live performance took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 21, 2023, and is now available in… Read more »

NOW LIVE! For All The City 2023 featuring Gabriel Fauré’s iconic Requiem. Streaming free on YouTube through May 31,2024. With Capella Regalis Choirs – Nick Halley, Director – Ensemble Regale orchestra – Alex Dobson, baritone – Paul Halley, organ.  

“Home Is Where The Heart Is” – The Lakeville Journal, published November 21, 2023. “In each piece, the music flowed into the room like ocean waves, rhythmic and soothing, Wijeratne played piano with crystalline precision and emotion, the bass of Suters poured through the notes like honey. Halley’s wild percussions, played mostly with his fingers… Read more »

Help us raise $20,000 through our Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign during the month of July 2022 and offer a free music education to girls ages 7-13!   Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir was founded by director Nick Halley in 2010 as a free, mentor-based music training program for boys. Capella Regalis is now fulfilling a long-time… Read more »

Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir is pleased to present “Christ lag in Todesbanden” by J.S. Bach in an online video broadcast this Eastertide! Composed by Bach in 1707 at the age of 22, the cantata is based on the eponymous Lutheran chorale, which is in turn based on the Gregorian chant Victimae Paschali. The… Read more »

As part of the inaugural Creative Campuses Nova Scotia arts festival, the University of King’s College Chapel Choir is joined by a hand-picked chamber orchestra in a video-recorded performance of the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé (1948). A ‘Requiem’ is a Mass for the dead, named for the first words of the ancient funeral liturgy, “Requiem… Read more »

Evensong for The Eve of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, sung by the University of King’s College Chapel Choir, directed by Paul Halley. The anthem is “Annunciation”, a newly composed piece by Paul Halley based on the poem by Marie Howe (commissioned in honour of The Reverend Dr Gary Thorne on the 40th… Read more »

Introit: Hear My Prayer by H. PurcellMagnificat & Nunc Dimittis: The Evening Service in Ab by E. RubbraAnthem: Salvator Mundi, Salva Nos by J. BlowOrgan Voluntary: Outer Hebrides by P. Halley Recorded in the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax

The University of King’s College Chapel Choir broadcasts Evensong from the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax. Nick Halley plays the organ voluntary, Psalm Prelude (Set I No. 3) by Herbert Howells, at the end of the service! Other featured music includes Hide Not Thy Face by R. Farrant, The Collegium Regale Service by H…. Read more »

The University of King’s College Chapel Choir (Halifax, NS) continues to broadcast Evensong on Wednesdays during Lent. This week’s broadcast features music by de la Rue, Arvo Pärt and Poulenc.