Alitalia

Alitalia was the name of Italy’s premier airline for 75 years. We borrow it here because all three composers on this program owed a creative debt to the culture and vibrancy of that wonderful country. In a letter written to Sibelius in 1901, Baron Carpelan strongly encourages his fellow Finn to go abroad: "You have been sitting at home for quite a while, Mr. Sibelius, it is high time for you to travel. You will spend the winter in Italy, a coun...