The Naghash Ensemble performs “Songs of Exile”
The Naghash Ensemble's signature project, “Songs of Exile,” features three extraordinary female singers and some of Armenia's finest instrumentalists performing new music based on sacred poetry by mystic Armenian poet and priest Mkrtich Naghash, who spent many years in exile.
The Naghash Ensemble live at Festival Agapé in Geneva, Switzerland:
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“Agahootyan” is a sermon on the perils of greed by the 15th-century poet and priest, Mkrtich Naghash, set to new music by John Hodian:
"Lamentations on the Death of Youth" is based on a heartbreakingly beautiful poem from the 15th century on the death of the poet's son, who is killed in battle:
The Naghash Ensemble live at KEXP at Les Trans Musicales in France:
“Songs of Wisdom”
The Naghash Ensemble's latest project, “Songs of Wisdom,” based on medieval Armenian poetry by Kostandin Erznkatsi and set to new music by John Hodian, delivers a bold vision with an even wider palette of musical colors and instruments.
The Naghash Ensemble plays “Another Answer,” a piece from their “Songs of Wisdom,” recorded live at NOSPR in Katowice, Poland:
The Naghash Ensemble plays excerpts of “The Work of Darkness” a piece from their “Songs of Wisdom,” recorded live at NOSPR in Katowice, Poland:
The Naghash Ensemble plays “Agvor Es” by John Hodian.
This piece is loosely based on an Armenian folk lullaby:
The Naghash Ensemble: “Light the Candle”
Drawing on two millennia of Armenian poetry on the birth and life of Christ, Armenian-American composer John Hodian has written a new Armenian Christmas oratorio — a strikingly beautiful celebration of faith and hope.
This video shows excerpts of The Naghash Ensemble’s “Light the Candle,” recorded in Vilnius, Lithuania:
The Naghash Ensemble performs “Khorurd Metz / Great Mystery” live in Dortmund, Germany:
The Naghash Ensemble performs “The Voice of the Father” live in Dortmund, Germany.
