Respighi: Roman Trilogy

Featuring

JoAnn Falletta
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Ottorino Respighi

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Performer Biography

JoAnn Falletta, the conductor, became the first female conductor to lead a major American ensemble upon her appointment as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in 1999.

Compositional Technique

Respighi's tone-poems, including the Roman Trilogy, are known for their tonal-chromatic palette, ranging from subtle to fluorescent timbres, and incorporate provocative harmonies and suggestive rhythms.

Composer Biography

At age 21, Respighi served as principal violist of the Russian Imperial Theatre Orchestra in Saint Petersburg, where he studied with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who greatly influenced his orchestral craft.

Composer Biography

Ottorino Respighi, the composer, began his musical life taking piano and violin lessons from his father and later studied composition at the Liceo Musicale Lucio Dalla in Bologna.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Respighi, along with other influential musicians, issued a manifesto in 1932 against art that lacked human content and was merely a 'mechanical, intellectual puzzle,' advocating for a connection between past and future Romanticism.

Performer Biography

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, under music director JoAnn Falletta, is a GRAMMY® Award-winning ensemble that presents over 120 concerts annually and has released 46 new albums of diverse repertoire.