Pines of Rome
Pini di Roma, dt Pines of Rome, is a symphonic poem in four sets by Ottorino Respighi from the year 1924., You, together with Fontane di Roma ( Fountains of Rome) and Feste Romane ( Roman Festivals ), the Roman trilogy, to the best-known legacies of composers counts. The work was premiered under the baton of Bernardino Molinari on 14 December 1924 Teatro Augusteo in Rome by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
Phrases and programmatic
The work consists of four movements:
- I pini di Villa Borghese ( The pines of the Villa Borghese)
- Pini presso una catacomb ( pine in a catacomb )
- I pini del Gianicolo ( The pines on the Janiculum )
- I pini della Via Appia ( Appian Way of The pine )
The composer presented the following program ahead score:
" I. The pine trees of Villa Borghese. Between the pine trees of Villa Borghese, the children play. They dance Ring Around the Rosy, lead military marches and battles on and get drunk with their own cries like swallows in the evening; then they run away. Unexpectedly, the scene changes ... II pine in a catacomb. In the shade of the pine trees around the entrance to a catacomb, from whose depth penetrates a wistful song to us. It rises to a solemn hymn, and then fades away again. III. The pine trees on the Janiculum. A shiver goes through the air: in a clear full moon sway gently their tops of the pine Janiculums. In the branches of a nightingale sings. IV The pines of the Appian Way. Morning mist over the Via Appia: Lonely pine stand guard in the tragic landscape of the Roman Campagna. Vaguely, but again, you think you hear the rhythm of countless steps. The poet sees in the spirit ancient fame revived. Among the blare of Buccinen approaching a consul with his army to draw in the splendor of the new sun to the Via Sacra and the triumph 's Capitol "
Use in the film
An abridged version of this work without the second set was used to accompany frolicking forming Humpback whales in the animated film Fantasia 2000.