A story of the city--: Constantinople, Istanbul

Prologue (Dünya New Music Ensemble): Byzantium (instrumental) / Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

Part I, Constantinople. Byzantine music (Schola Cantorum): Soson Kyrie ton laon sou / anonymous. Kyrie ekekraksa pros se eisakouson mou (Psalm 140, 1-3) / Petros Peloponesios ; arr. Protopsaltis Thrasivoulos Stanitsas. Douloi Kyrion, Alleluia (Psalm 134, 1-3) / Petros Bereketis

The Byzantine palace (Dünya İnce Saz Ensemble): Phos hilaron (instrumental) / anonymous ; arr. Ioannis Sakellarides. Kontakion (instrumental) / Romanos the melodist

Crusaders (Ensemble Trinitas): Redit etas aurea (instrumental) / 12th c. conductus. A vous amant, plus qu'a nul autre gent ; Li nouviauz tanz et mais et violette (instrumental) / Châtelain de Coucy. Chanterai pour mon courage / attr. to Guiot de Dijon

The 14th and the 15th centuries (Dünya Anadolu Folk Ensemble, Schola Cantorum, Ensemble Trinitas and the New England Drum and Winds Mehterhane): Akritis kastro ehtise / anonymous. Mandilatos (instrumental) / anonymous. Kyrie soson tous euseveis / anonymous. Dynamis, trisagion ; Kratima / Xenos Koronis. Mon stilte gramma stin Frankia / anonymous. Kyrie eleison / Petros Peloponesios. Lamentatio Sanctae Matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae / Guillaume Du Fay. Çeng-i harbi / anonymous ; transcribed by Ali Ufki

Part II, Istanbul. The arrival of the Turks: Yörükler, Bektaşiler (Dünya Anadolu Folk Ensemble): Dirmilcik'ten gelir / anonymous. Ardıç arasında biten naneler / anonymous. Saz açış (instrumental improvisation). Uşşak nefes: Noldu bu gönlüm / music, anonymous ; text, Hacı Bayram Veli

The Ottoman palace (Dünya İnce Saz Ensemble): Çeng geçiş taksim from Uşşak Makam to Buselik Aşiran Makam (instrumental improvisation). Buselik Aşiran peşrev (instrumental) / anonymous ; transcribed by Ali Ufki. Buselik Aşiran beste: Lal'in emdir hikmetin sorma / Zaharya

Greeks, Armenians and Jews (Dünya Fasıl Ensemble): Ud geçiş taksim from Buselik Aşiran Makam to Karcığar Makam (instrumental improvisation). Bu gece çamlarda kalsak ne olur/Apopse / Artaki Candan ; Turkish text, Avram Naum ; Greek text, Dimitris Semsis and Agapios Tomboulis. Kara kız / Dramalı Hasan Hasgüler. San pas sta ksena / anonymous. La rosa enfloresse / anonymous

Mevleviler (Dünya İnce Saz Ensemble): Ney taksim (instrumental improvisation). Yeheme levavi / music, Neyzen Yusuf Paşa. Salat-ı Ümmiye / Buhurizade Itri. Niyaz ayini Güfte: Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi / music from Segah Ayin of Buhurizade Itri and Müstear Ayin by Zekaizade Hafiz Ahmet Irsoy. Segah kaside / text, Yunus Emre

Fasıl (Dünya Fasıl Ensemble): Segah şarkı: Olmaz ilaç / text, Namık Kemal ; music, Hacı Arif Bey. Suznak saz semaisi (instrumental) / Kemençeci Nikolaki Efendi

Epilogue (Dünya Arabesk Ensemble): Dergah Senden (An uzum have: improvised song in Eastern Anatolian style) / text, anonymous. Felekten Beter Vurdu / Orhan Gencebay.