City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics

The Chamber Orchestra of New York with Music Director Salvatore Di Vittorio perform a musical program inspired by works in the exhibition City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics.

Rameau, Castor et Pollux Suite
Respighi, Ancient Airs and Dances N. 3 for strings
Di Vittorio/Liszt, Villa d’Este at Tivoli (world premiere)
Mozart, Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 “Jupiter”

The exhibition City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics will be open at 6:30 pm for concert attendees.

John Pinto, Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Professor of Art and Archaeology Emeritus, Princeton University

John Pinto, Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Professor of Art and Archaeology Emeritus, Princeton University

In one of the most widely seen and acclaimed European movies of the 1960s, Federico Fellini featured Marcello Mastrioanni as gossip columnist Marcello Rubini. Having left his dreary provincial existence behind, Marcello wanders through an ultra-modern, ultra-sophisticated, ultra-decadent Rome. A huge worldwide success, La Dolce Vita won several awards, including a New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Film and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The short film Trevi (Corey Shaff and Richard P.

Filmed on location in Rome, Roman Holiday garnered an Academy Award for the 24-year-old Audrey Hepburn. On a diplomatic visit to Rome, Princess Anne (Hepburn) escapes her royal retainers and scampers incognito through the Eternal City. She meets American journalist Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck), who, recognizing a hot news story, pretends that he doesn’t recognize her and offers to give her a guided tour of Rome.

The short film Trevi (Corey Shaff and Richard P. Rogers, 1988, 17 minutes) precedes the screening.

In 1849, Rome was under siege. Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers rallied to the defense of the newly proclaimed Roman Republic, while a French expeditionary force fought to restore the pope. As the battle raged, the American correspondent Margaret Fuller was present in Rome and chronicled the dramatic events in her letters and dispatches.