2024-2025 Season
LIGHT IN THE DARK II
From Europe to Persia, 6th-19th c.
Friday, December 13, 2024, 7:30 PM
St. George's Cathedral
Contemplative music for the darkest season; and celebrations of returning light, love & hope, performed by Melos Choir & Period Instruments, with guest santur virtuoso, Sadaf Amini; Vagho Adamyan, Duduk; David Roth, baritone; and members of Kingston's Navaa Ensemble. Includes Advent chants; traditional Arabic and Hebrew songs of the Levant; Persian love songs for Yalda; Early Christmas music from England to Armenia by Gibbons, Lassus, Schein, Bach and Arakelian.
This program is generously sponsored by:
Melos Choir Carol Sing
with Light in the Dark excerpts
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 3:00 PM
St. John the Apostle, 88 Patrick Street
Melos Choir presents Advent & Christmas music, 6th-19th c, from England to Armenia, accompanied by a quartet of Melos' talented period instrumentalists. We will intersperse the program with audience carol singing. Tickets $20 or free-will offering, as able.
CHANTUARY
Open Chant Sessions - West and East
Saturdays, Jan. 4, 11, 18, & 25, 7:30-9:00 p.m.
St. John the Apostle Church, 88 Patrick Street, Kingston.
Join us as we explore Gregorian, Byzantine, Sufi chants and more.
All singers, choristers welcome to join. Cost: $10.
Drop by to listen - Free-will offering.
Register in-person 7:00 same day; or online (coming soon!)
MELOS FUNDRAISING RECITAL AND TEA
With Silent Auction of Talents & Experiences
Saturday, February 22, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Melos musicians & friends present a virtuosic array of Early Music, West & East; with a unique and uplifting Silent Auction of Talents & Experiences, all drawn from the gifts and associations of our Early Music community! Cooking and music lessons; books, art and concert tickets of local talents; restaurants, gift baskets and more!
LAMENTATIONS
Moving Music of Mourning, 6th - 20th c.
Friday, June 6, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
St. George’s Cathedral
Melos presents music of the past 14 centuries honouring those who have passed. Gregorian chant, motets and instrumental music of the Medieval and Renaissance eras are complemented by two major choral works: Bach’s Trauer Ode - a tapestry of expressive melodies and rich Baroque orchestration - and Duruflé’s Requiem, a fascinating exploration of Gregorian themes in a 20th-century context, performed in the composer’s own version for chamber orchestra (organ, brass and strings).