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First picture of the "Genesis" trilogy dedicated to the Unesco world heritage site which includes the archaeological area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia, the piece for male choir and piano borrows a text from the Sermons of San Cromazio, archbishop of Aquileia and Roman writer defined by St. Jerome as «the holiest and most learned of all», to weave a sound dramaturgy of great polyphony inspired by the discants of the patriarchal heritage. The mastery of the Friulian composer Miani is thus able to give shape to the "dew", to the "heavenly rain" by elevating the act of apostolic preaching in a contemporary key in an exaltation of the spirit through the sound of the word.

Light of God, as the American Eric Whitacre subtitles this choral piece, inspired by a poem by Edward Esch and translated into Latin by Anthony Silvestri. A refined song, with restricted and balanced harmonic conduct, in a low voice and almost spoken, gathered in a celestial intimacy that opens up to a high song of spirituality. Light, warm and heavy like pure gold, so the angels sing sweetly to the newborn.

Il Signore è mio pastore, non manco di nulla. Franz Schubert's chamber Adagio in the version for male choir and piano is an invitation to divine communion that soars in the melodic freshness and subtle modulations of the master of lieder. The piece is covered by an aura of modesty, reinvigorated by harmonic riches and piano expressiveness called to enhance the meanings of the text in German.

It is the Awakening by the Japanese composer Kentaro Sato, author of the music and text, translated into Latin to faithfully restore the sacred effect of this initiatory song of rebirth. The peace of dawn, the breath of nature, the singing of birds at sunrise, are some of the evocative moments of a rediscovered Eden. A secular elevation that unfolds in the universal vaults of peace and brotherhood.

It is the most beautiful song of the Sardinian tradition, expressed here by virile voices supported by the cello on long notes, until the opening of a real countermelody. A version that gives "A diosa" (To the goddess), this is the original title from the verses of Salvatore Sini, a sacral elevation. A love poem that has entered the ranks of the best-known arias in minority-language musical literature, rendered in a special arrangement that enhances its deep feelings

The hymn attributed to the Patriarch Paolino of Aquileia, used as an antiphon for the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday, rediscovers the essence of the meanings of humility and hospitality in Manolo Da Rold's version. They are dedications and practices typical of the ancient world, returned through music with feeling to the expectations of today's life. Where there is charity and love, God is there. The song soars in expressive crescendos, to invoke a universal peace that can be said to be eternal.

Freely inspired by Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms", the sixth movement of Sollima's suite is a real attack on man's stupidity. The question was strong: "Why don't they stop fighting?", between sirens, obsessive declamations, marked positions of a declared repudiation of every war, past and present.