The concert presents previously unknown Byzantine compositions from the archives of Cypriot monasteries, as well as Czech premieres of polyphonic Western motets from the Ars nova and Ars subtilior periods—drawn, among others, from the Turin Codex J. II. 9. The programme brings together works from two distinct musical traditions that historically coexisted in medieval Cyprus, often in churches located only a few dozen metres apart.
The concert is held on the occasion of the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union under the auspices of Ota Klempíř, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Vasiliki Kassianidou, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, and H.E. Aliki Pascali, Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus.
