January 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini, who was renowned for his brilliant intensity, restless perfectionism and phenomenal ear for orchestral detail and sonority. The Toscanini Foundation will commemorate the occasion with a tour that recreates one of the highlights of the composer’s musical life -— the 1920–21 tour of the U.S. by Toscanini as the conductor of the Toscanini Philharmonic. The orchestra will perform Rossini’s Overture to Barber of Seville; Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 in A major (Italian); Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Respighi ’s Pines of Rome.
