Tonight is our final performance of our Pines of Rome concert—a spectacular evening of music, featuring a world premiere you won’t hear anywhere else. 🎹 Pianist Jeffrey Biegel joins us this weekend to perform “The Way Things Really Are,” a powerful new work by acclaimed composer Adolphus Hailstork, commissioned by Pacific Symphony. Be part of history and experience this unforgettable night of music! Last minute tickets – pacificsymphony.org/show-details/2025/02/pines_of_rome | Pacific Symphony

Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in an excerpt from Mvt. IV “The Pines of the Appian Way” of Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Video by Todd Rosenberg | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Make a pilgrimage through history along Italy’s Appian Way, Europe’s ancient 360-mile “superhighway." Explore more places where culture and heritage rule in our #BestOfTheWorld 2023 destination list: https://on.natgeo.com/3feHcOj | National Geographic

🌲 On this day in 1924, Respighi’s “Pines of Rome” premiered in Rome, earning immediate acclaim. This tribute to the Eternal City’s natural and historic beauty later permeated pop culture, appearing in Disney’s “Fantasia 2000” with visuals of flying whales. 🐋 | The United States Army Band