The 19^thcentury is often named the "Romantic century" in the specialized literature because most of the composers we associate with romantic music were active during that time. Among the tendencies particular for that century, one can notice the attempt of self-defining of the national identity, especially in central and Eastern Europe - especially in the second half of the century, with arguments visible since 1848; these attitudes are also visible in the Romantic music: it was often the case that the composers tried to encompass the character or the style of a geographical area, or of a musical tradition, in pieces that they defined according to these characteristics. We can notice two great examples in the concert proposed by Andrés Orozco-Estradaand the RAI National Symphony Orchestra for April 10th, at the "Arturo Toscanini" Auditoriumin Turin - a concert that we will broadcast live on Radio România Muzical.

Édouard Lalois a well-known name to the instrumentalists for the first work of the evening, among other things, work that will have MaríaDueñasas a soloist - Spanish Symphony Op. 21 in D minor for violin and orchestra. Alongside the Concert for cello and orchestra, it is one of the most important works, which the French composer, born in 1823, has signed. The French musical society has enjoyed in the second half of the 19^th century, the presence of Pablo de Sarasate at Paris. The violinist and composer has brought, through his works, the Spanish music to the French composers' attention. The acknowledgment of this fact is observable through the fact that the Spanish Symphony by Lalo is dedicated to Sarasate.

Felix Mendelssohn visited the British Isles several times - but the first of these visits remained inside the composer's memory, which led to the moment when the second work of the evening was composed: the Symphony III Op. 56 in A minor "The Scottish", as the composer's himself confessed in a letter to his family: "In the profound twilight I went today to the palace where Queen Mary Stuart lived and loved…the chapel has now lost its roof. Grass and ivy is prosperous thereand alsoat the broken altar, where Mary was crowned Queen of Scotland. Everything is now ruined and decayed, and the clear sky pours in. I believe there is where I have found the beginning of the Scottish Symphony."

As you can see, it is about Romantic music, proposed by some of the most important young musicians nowadays, together with a great European Orchestra - all these in a concert that we will broadcast live, on Radio România Muzical, on Thursday, April 10th, starting at 21:30.