2nd Philharmonic Concert: Roma aeterna – Eternal Rome

February 11, 1918 went down in music history as a milestone: the triumphant performance of the Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome) under the conductor Arturo Toscanini brought the name of the composer Ottorino Respighi into the music world and at the same time proved that Italians could actually compose orchestral music. Until then, it had been an iron law that important Italian music could not exist without singing. With Respighi, there was ...