1º Circulation event | Aquileia (Italy)
When?
Sunday, 3 May 2026
Where?
Basilica Patriarcale di Aquileia (Italy)
What?
An interreligious musical experience featuring a
choir performance and a newly created interfaith composition
The Polyverse project is a cross-border initiative to foster interreligious and multicultural dialogue through music.
It brings together five partners in four countries: the Società di Conservazione della Basilica di Aquileia (host of this event), the Jewish Community of Athens, the Evangelical Church and Community of Lehnin Monastery, the Future for Religious Heritage network, and the Islamic Cultural Centre of Italy and Grand Mosque of Rome.
Through this collaboration, Polyverse has created an interreligious choir and an original interfaith musical composition, demonstrating how culture and artistic expression can build bridges across communities and traditions.
We hope you enjoy the event!
Programme
10.00 | Welcoming & Registration
Registration will be done at the conference room of the Municipality
(Piazza Garibaldi, 7 Aquileia)
10.30 | Conference
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Introduction
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Andrea Bellavite - Project manager and Director of the Basilica Patriarcale di Aquileia: “The Polyverse Manifesto: how the project was born and its profound essence".
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Andrea Donda - Project manager and CEO of Argo Progettare l’Europa: “The Role of the Creative Program in EU Funds”
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Rabbi Gabriel Negrin – Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Athens
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Pastor Almuth Wisch – Pastor of the Protestant church of Lehnin (Berlin)
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Imam Nader Akkad – Imam from the Great Mosque of Rome
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Don Franco Gismano Delegate of the Archbishop of Gorizia
Conclusion and sum up of all speeches
12:00 | Guided tour of the Basilica
Offered by Andrea Bellavite, Director of the Basilica Patriarcale di Aquileia.
12.30 | Concert of the Polyverse Choir - Singing across faiths
Concert
SICUT CERVUS
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
UBI CARITAS
Maurice Duruflé
ABENDLIED
Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger
DA PACEM DOMINE
Arvo Pärt
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ADIO QUERIDA
Traditional Sephardic (Arr. S. Negrin)
ADONAI ATA
Traditional Romaniotic (Arr. S. Negrin)
MISMOR LE DAVID
Psalm 92 (Arr. S. Negrin)
ADONAI MALACH
Psalm 93 (Arr. S. Negrin)
TRES HERMANIKAS ERAN
Traditional Sephardic (Arr. S. Negrin)
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JESU MEINE FREUDE BWV 227
Johann Sebastian Bach
POLYVERSE ECHOES
A. Dan - S. Negrin - M.B. Orlando
Polyverse Echoes
The centrepiece of our concert, Polyverse Echoes, is the work of three talented composers - Maria Beatrice Orlando, Sakis Negrin and Aaron Dan - who have masterly blended the musical traditions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The composition will be performed by a multilingual, multicultural and interfaith choir.
Learn more about the composition here, or about the choir here.
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Polyverse Echoes
Aaron Dan, Sakis Negrin, and Maria Beatrice Orlando
וְאָהַבְתָּ֖ אֵ֣ה ׳ְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבַבְךָ ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶך׃
Kαὶ ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δυνάμεώς σου.
Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex tota fortitudine tua.
'Und du sollst den Herrn, deinen Gott, lieben mit deinem ganzen Herzen und mit deiner ganzen Seele und mit deiner ganzen Kraft. '
You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength.
Deuteronomio 6,5
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καὶ δευτέρα ὁμοία, αὕτη· ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. μείζων τούτων ἄλλη ἐντολὴ οὐκ ἔστι.
Secundum autem simile est illi : Diliges proximum tuum tamquam teipsum. Majus horum aliud mandatum non est.
Und das zweite ist ihm gleich: „Du sollst deinen Nächsten lieben wie dich selbst.' Es ist kein anderes Gebot größer als diese. ֶּ
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וְהַֹשֵּנִיָּה הִיא יוְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ בָּמוֹךָ'. אֵין מִצְוָה אַחֶרֶת גְּדוֹלָה מֵאֵלֶּה.
And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Marco 12,31
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َوٱلضحَى
َوٱلِيل َٰإذاَ س
ََما وَدعَكَر ب ّ َك و َما قَ َلىَ
Μα το φως του πρωινού. Και τη νύχτα καθώς απλώνεται. Ο Κύριός σου δεν σε εγκατέλειψε, ούτε σε λησμόνησε.
Per lucem matutinam. Et noctem cum quiescit. Dominus tuus non te reliquit, nec oblitus est tui.
Beim Licht des Morgens. Und bei der Nacht, wenn sie sich senkt. Dein Herr hat dich nicht verlassen, noch hat E r dich vergessen.
.באור הבוקר. ובלילה כאשר הוא שוקע. אלוהיך לא עזב אותך ולא שכח אותך
By the morning light. And the night as it settles. The Lord did not abandon you nor did he forget.
Quran 93,1-3
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