Respighi - Pines of Rome | Stéphane Denève | New World Symphony (2018)

Respighi - Pines of Rome | Stéphane Denève | New World Symphony (2018)
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Ottorino Resphigi, a native of Bologna, Italy, will forever be linked to his adopted city of Rome. After studying violin and composition in his hometown, he set out for Russia, where he spent two seasons playing viola in an orchestra and taking lessons from master orchestrator Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Further time abroad in Berlin, studying with Max Bruch, helped hone Respighi’s voice. A teaching position brought him to Rome in 1913 and he soon made his first big splash with Fountains of Rome in 1916. He eventually expanded his tribute into a trilogy, adding Pines of Rome in 1924 and Roman Festivals in 1928.

The trees that Respighi referenced were stone pines or “umbrella” pines, a common sight in Rome with their broad, umbrella-shaped canopies rising over bare trunks. (These trees also produce the pine nuts that are a staple of Italian cuisine.) He crafted the score as four connected vignettes, beginning with a sparkling scene meant to evoke children playing at the Villa Borghese, Rome’s large park occupying the former gardens of the wealthy Borghese family. -- Copyright © 2018 Aaron Grad

In this stirring performance from 2018, Stéphane Denève leads the New World Symphony in this emotionally and pictorially diverse work.

Originally performed April 17, 2018.

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