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Wanted in Rome
04 Feb, 2021
Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli makes for a great day trip from Rome.Not many people realise that in the 19th century, Tivoli had a visitor attraction that surpassed Hadrian’s Villa and Villa d’Este.
But when artists, poets and writers of the Romantic era visited the town during the Grand Tour, the first place they wanted to see was another garden – a garden carved out of a chasm that ran down the side of the Great Cascade of the Aniene river.
Villa Gregoriana: waterfalls and woods in TivoliThe Villa Gregoriana was created by Pope Gregory XVI in 1832 as a public park and had all the requisites of the ideal Romantic environment. It was a
How a New Year’s Concert Was Composed
To ring in 2021, the Vienna Philharmonic is drawing on the past and giving fans a chance to be present, if not in person, for waltzes, marches and more.
Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic during the 2018 New Year’s Concert. The latest edition of the traditional concert will be performed under his baton as well.Credit.Hans Punz/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
By Ginanne Brownell
Dec. 23, 2020
While there won’t be an in-house audience for the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert this time around, classical music lovers across the globe will still be able to experience it and applaud the musicians together.