Pines of Rome

The San Francisco Symphony writes:

Esa-Pekka Salonen takes the podium for Ottorino Respighi’s beautiful <em>The Pines of Rome</em> where the rambunctiousness of a modern city communes with echoes of Roman glory. Past and present also come together in Luciano Berio’s imaginative arrangement of a work by Classical composer Luigi Boccherini, while Jessie Montgomery’s <em>Strum</em> dances and moves across the orchestra. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard alternates performances of Béla Bartók’s First and Third piano concertos, taking aud ...