The aim of this musical journey - an expedition that reaches back from the present to the Renaissance - is to reconstruct the overarching strands that encompass and unite five centuries of music from a "Roman school" famous for its contrapuntal rigor, melodic flair and popular roots. The label "Romano", which many musicians of past eras proudly wore behind their name, is a sure sign of belonging to a school, to a particular style. The setting for this excursion into the past is Rome, which in the jubilee year 2025 is the destination of millions of pilgrims from all over the world, each bringing their own history and culture with them. And the various stops on the journey present the music of the eternal city, a music that - whether sacred or secular or whatever type of work - is capable of moving, delighting and nourishing the soul of every human being, today as in the past. After exploring the personality of Giovanni Zamboni (L'ultimo romano, 2016) and the subtleties of the French repertoire (Méditation, 2022), Simone Vallerotonda tackles contemporary and early music on this, his third solo album for Arcana, expanding the horizons of the lute with a confidence and sense of novelty that fascinates and surprises.