Legendary early-music icon and viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall returns with the musicians of Hespèrion XXI (from Turkey, Israel, Greece, Morocco, Spain and Armenia) for a breathtaking musical exploration of intermingling cultural influences in 17th-century Istanbul. The famed city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia was home to a diverse population where Sephardic Jewish and Armenian traditions met with those of the Ottoman rulers — and music knew no bounds.