Towards the end of the third movement, a recorded nightingale is heard over the trilling strings, which drew a lot of ridicule from the audience who also booed the atonal trumpet blasts at the end of the first movement during the premiere of this piece.
Towards the end of the third movement, a recorded nightingale is heard over the trilling strings, which drew a lot of ridicule from the audience who also booed the atonal trumpet blasts at the end of the first movement during the premiere of this piece. Despite the initial reaction, the audience was won over by the finale's brass depicting a triumphant army. Made up of scenes around the Villa Borghese, the Catacombs, the Janiculum, and the Appian Way, FTP name this Ottorino Respighi composition about trees in the Italian capital.
Towards the end of the third movement, a recorded nightingale is heard over the trilling strings, which drew a lot of ridicule from the audience who also booed the atonal trumpet blasts at the end of the first movement during the premiere of this piece.
The {Pines of Rome}; or {Pini di Roma}