DSO in Frisco: Respighi’s Fountains of Rome

FABIO LUISI conducts

SOPHIA JANI What do flowers do at night? (DSO Premiere)
RESPIGHI Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows)
RESPIGHI Le fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome)

A double helping of Respighi awaits you with music by this orchestrator extraordinaire. In The Fountains of Rome, he focuses on four magnificent aquatic landmarks “contemplated at the hour… in which their beauty appears most impressive to the observer.” Fish and fowl and mythological beings of all kinds are suggested — nymphs, naiads, sea horses, Neptune — with the score suitably splashy and noisy. In the final movement of Church Windows, “Pope Gregory the Great” Respighi pays homage to this powerful figure in the history of church music (i.e. Gregorian chant) and pulls out all the stops, including organ and bells. You’ll also enjoy the DSO premiere of the evocatively named What do flowers do at night? by Composer-in-Residence Sophia Jani.

This community concert will take place at the Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, TX.

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