Archive: Do you love Respighi
Wien Musikverein Großer Saal Musikverein | Großer Saal
© Tey Tat Keng
© Nancy Horowitz
Wien Musikverein Großer Saal Musikverein | Großer Saal
© Tey Tat Keng
© Nancy Horowitz
Children cavorting in the park of the Villa Borghese, Christian choral song echoing from a catacomb, summer night magic on the Gianicolo, and finally the glory and pounding violence of a triumphal procession on the Via Appia – and everywhere pine trees as silent witnesses: in his «Pini di Roma» of 1924, Ottorino Respighi clothed the past and present of his hometown in brilliant colours. Summoning a nightingale, Josef Strauss lets «village swallows from Austria» chirrup. He airs a few secrets that transform the sounds of nature into fascinating music.
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