No piece of music ends as impressively as “Pines of Rome.” The score portrays ancient Roman legions returning to the Eternal City, marching closer down the Appian Way, complete with a huge orchestra, ...
How utter can perfection get? The moonlight gleams, the nightingale sings, and Respighi’s ghostly Roman legionaries come up the ancient Appian Way in a thudding, clanging quickstep that will make your ...
The Appian Way, begun in 312 BC, was the engineering wonder of its day. It connected Rome with Capua (near Naples), ignoring natural contours and running in a straight line for much of the way.