2. Philharmonisches Konzert: Roma aeterna – Ewiges Rom

In the organizer's words:

Ottorino Respighi Fontane di Roma | Feste Romane | Pini di Roma

February 11, 1918 has gone down in music history as a milestone: The triumphant performance of Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome) under the baton of Arturo Toscanini brought the name of composer Ottorino Respighi into the music world and at the same time proved that Italians could indeed compose orchestral music after all. Until then, it had been an iron law that Italian music of importance could not do without singing. With Respighi, there was now once again a creator of orchestral works of European standing - for the first time since the Baroque era!