Byzantine Chant's Reforms and Revivals with John Michael Boyer - Epic Conversations

On this episode, I'm honoured to be joined by the esteemed John Michael Boyer, director of Capella Romana, Protopsáltis of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, Founder and Director of the St. John Koukouzelis Institute of Liturgical Arts, and one of the most talented vocalists in today's landscape of Byzantine Chant. 00:00 Intro 08:08 Interpreting the Medieval repertoire 25:14 Westernisation in Modern Greece 37:56 Historical reconstructions 51:46 The Kalophonic repertoire 59:04 The Chrysanthine reforms 1:19:20 The "right sound" 1:28:00 Western harmonic influences?