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When Verdi died, 200,000 people turned up at his funeral and sang ‘Va, pensiero’ (from Nabucco) as if it were an anthem of Italian unification; he was a national icon. Respighi continued his legacy in the orchestral sphere with an epic tone poem inspired by ancient Rome. We’ll get into the Romantic, expressive language of both composers and uncover the sounds of Italian patriotism.

Pan fu farw Verdi, daeth 200,000 o bobl i’w angladd a chanu 'Va, pensiero' (o Nabucco) fel pe bai'n anthem uniad yr Eidal. Roedd yn eicon cenedlaethol. Parhaodd Respighi â'i waddol yn y byd cerddorfaol gyda thrioleg epig wedi'i hysbrydoli gan Rufain hynafol. Byddwn yn ymgolli yn iaith fynegiadol, Ramantus y ddau gyfansoddwr ac yn datgelu synau gwladgarol Eidalaidd.