One For The Birds
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Ottorino Respighi loved to dress up old music in new clothes; his "Ancient Airs and Dances" suites were a huge success — and are still often heard today. Tonight we'll hear his treatment of Baroque pieces that imitate birdsong, in the appropriately titled "Gli ucelli" (The Birds).
In a similar vein, the La Scala Philharmonic perform Nino Rota's delightful dance suite from his score to Luchino Visconti's 1963 film, "Il Gattopardo" (The Leopard). Things really get moving later on as Benjamin Luxon serves up a robust account of Ralph Vaughan Williams's "Songs of Travel" and Rachel Barton Pine offers a "Medley of Scots Tunes." Bringing the evening to a sweeping close are Dag Achatz and Yukie Nagai in the two-piano version of Debussy's lush tone poem, "La mer" (The Sea).
In a similar vein, the La Scala Philharmonic perform Nino Rota's delightful dance suite from his score to Luchino Visconti's 1963 film, "Il Gattopardo" (The Leopard). Things really get moving later on as Benjamin Luxon serves up a robust account of Ralph Vaughan Williams's "Songs of Travel" and Rachel Barton Pine offers a "Medley of Scots Tunes." Bringing the evening to a sweeping close are Dag Achatz and Yukie Nagai in the two-piano version of Debussy's lush tone poem, "La mer" (The Sea).
