A Medici wedding, Texas-style! La Pellegrina was a huge musical production composed for the wedding of Ferdinand de Medici and Christine of Lorraine, which took place in Florence, Italy in 1589. In Sept. 2014, Texas Early Music Project performed the Texas premier of this breathtaking work under the direction of Daniel Johnson. 

Selections from La Pellegrina, including:

• Dalle piu alte sfere (Antonio Archilei) Soloist: Jenifer Thyssen
• Sinfonia a 6, Dolcissime Sirene, A voi reali amanti (Cristofano Malvezzi)
• Belle ne fe natura (Luca Marenzio) Soloists: Ariadne Lih, Meredith Ruduski, Erin Calata.
• O mille volte mille (Marenzio)
• Miseri habitator (Giovanni de' Bardi) Soloist: Mary Springfels
• Io, che l'onde raffreno (Malvezzi) Soloist: Meredith Ruduski
• Dunque fra torbide onde (Jacopo Peri) : Soloist: Ryland Angel, with echoes Temmo Korisheli and Jeffrey Jones-Ragona
• O che nuovo miraculo (Emilio de' Cavalieri)
• Closing music: Ballo del Granduca (Sweelinck) performed by Bob van Asperen, harpsichord.