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Melos Presents:

ANCESTRAL HARMONIES

Andrea Gerhardt & Irshad Khan

AUGUST 26, 2023, 7:00 PM

St. George’s Cathedral, Kingston

Melos is pleased to host Hildegard specialist, Andrea Gerhardt, along with Maestro Irshad Khan, virtuoso sitar player, in a gorgeous program of chants and ragas, accompanied by Celtic Harp and Sitar.

Tickets are $25 cash at the door, or can be purchased via interac/credit card at Ticketleap (see button).

Contact info:

Email: agerhardt@sympatico.ca

Phone: 613 767 7245

Tickets available now!

Iberian Triptych (Digital Download)

CA$8.00

Also available on all major streaming platforms

Three haunting Medieval tunes from the Iberian Peninsula

Showing shared riches from Jewish, Muslim & Christian cultures

With Melos singers, strings, santur, oud and percussion.

Played by: Sadaf Amini, Iranian santur; Fahd Abou Zainedin, Arabic oud and voice; Holly Gwynne-Timothy and Ariel Zaichick, voices; Joseph Haskour, percussion and voice; Eileen Beaudette, viola; Jeff Hamacher, cello; Daniel Chalmers, percussion.

Medieval songs: Sephardic romance: La Rosa Enflorece; Andalusian muwashah: Jadaka al Ghaythu; Gallician Cantiga: Ben pode Santa Maria.

(14 minutes in length)

Available for single Digital Download (link valid for 24 hours)

Generously supported by The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Ballytobin Foundation, Estate Of Larry Gibson, F K Morrow Foundation