Journey to the World of Wonders - Concert and CD release

In the vast expanse of time and space, two iconic figures of exploration will unite their destinies to prepare an unprecedented journey: Egeria, the intrepid fourth-century pilgrim, and Marco Polo, the Venetian adventurer. In a legendary encounter, these two exploratory spirits now set out together on a shared mission: to discover the enigmatic and fantastical World of Wonders, a realm where reality intertwines with the imaginary. This programme brings together a miscellany of heterogeneous repertoires (Spanish, Italian, Maronite, and Chinese) and is composed largely of “wandering” pieces, music that has travelled through time and space, finding its home in distant, sometimes unexpected places, crossing cultural and geographical boundaries to take refuge in lands other than those in which it was created, carrying with it stories of exchange, encounter, and convergence.

Orientis partibus. E-Mn 289, f. 147 
主矜憐我等 - Kyrie 
Dies ista gaudium. E-Mn 289, f. 148 
Quando i oselli canta. Codex Rossi 215, f. 2v-3 
Salve Virgo regia. F-Pnm Latin 5132, f. 108v 
Bo'ooto dmor ya'qoob. Hymne maronite 
Venite a laudare. I-CT MS 91, f. 1-3v 

凡⾃婦⼈⽣者 - Inter natos mulierum 
Natus est, natus est. E-Mn 289, f. 144v-145 
Gaiete dolce parolete. Codex Rossi 215, f. 4v-5 
Ave virgo gloriosa. F-Pnm Latin 5132, f. 105v 
Laudar vollio per amore. I-CT MS 91, f. 90-93v 

祈主 - Da pacem Domine 
Dei patris unice. E-Mn 289, f. 146v 
Che pena e questa. BNF. NAF 4917, f. 19v-20 
Vox clarescat mens purgetur. F-Pnm Latin 5132, f. 107v 
O divina virgo, flore. I-CT MS 91, f. 32v-34v 

天上永王 - Rex sempiterne coelitum 
Omnis mundus iocundetur. E-Mn 289, f. 144v 
Hwaow sohdeh sghooleh. Hymne maronite 
Io son'un pellegrin. F-Pnm Italien 568, f. 42v 
Lauda novella sia cantata. I-CT MS 91, f. 3v-5