Melos presents heavenly music of mourning spanning 14 centuries. Excerpts from Victoria’s 16th c. haunting Lamentations of Jeremiah, and Bach’s expressive Trauer Ode BWV 198; plus Purcell’s Funeral Music for Queen Mary with period winds & brass and Duruflé’s Requiem with organ, strings, brass and harp. 

Melos brass players Jennifer Day and Lorenzo Sivilotti and guest trombonist, Paul Tarussov will render Purcell's stirring funeral brass on Renaissance Sackbuts along with guest Paul Sanvidotti on a 17th c. Flatt Trumpet. Jin Cho and Emily Richardson on Baroque Flutes, and Chris Alfano and Walter Kipp on Baroque Oboes will enhance the range of emotions conveyed by Melos Choir and Baroque players in our excerpts from Bach's Trauer Ode. 

In the second half of the program we will perform Duruflé's celestial Requiem for Choir, Organ, Harp, three Trumpets, Strings and Timpani. Brent Nuevo on the Cathedral Organ will be joined by Alanna Ellison, Harp; Trumpeters, Paul Sanvidotti, Jennifer Day and Phillip Wendt; and Melos players on Violins, Violas, Cellos and Timpani.

This program is generously sponsored by:

Photo credit: Paul Malo