Melos Choir & Period Instruments
Next in our 2025-26 season:
Of Love, Loss & Longing
East & West, 12th-19th C.
Saturday, June 13, 2026, 7:30 pm
St. John the Apostle, 88 Patrick St.
Melos explores great poetic and musical traditions of Europe, Persia, Syria and Al-Andalus, showing the power of love and the pain of its loss. Music of Isaac, Monteverdi, Ibn Al Khatib, Darwish and more.
With guests: Sadaf Amini, Santur; Arzhang Rafii, Tar; and Aram Abou Zainedin, Darbuka.
Voces Feminarum OUT NOW!
A moving array of early music by, about, and for women from Europe to Persia. Melos is joined by guest santur virtuoso Sadaf Amini, medieval lutenist Bryan Martin, and members of Kingston’s Navaa Band. From Hildegard of Bingen to women composers of the Baroque era, we highlight Europe’s undersung musical heroines. We also present music of Persia, Armenia, and the Sephardic tradition.
A moving array of early music by, about, and for women from Europe to Persia. Melos is joined by guest santur virtuoso Sadaf Amini, medieval lutenist Bryan Martin, and members of Kingston’s Navaa Band. From Hildegard of Bingen to women composers of the Baroque era, we highlight Europe’s undersung musical heroines. We also present music of Persia, Armenia, and the Sephardic tradition. Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/c2QbSxbmg5I