Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique

Thursday 15 April 2010

Symphony Hall

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Symphonie Fantastique dramatises unrequited love. In this colourful score Berlioz depicted the fantasies of a spurned lover, ranging through a glittering ball, love in a meadow during the drowsy heat of the afternoon, an execution and a supernatural encounter in a churchyard at night.

Classic FM’s Anne-Marie Minhall, says of tonight’s recommended concert: “Every year Classic FM asks you to vote for your favourite classical works in our Hall of Fame. One of the works I like to vote for each year is the Grieg Piano Concerto and one of my favourite recordings of it is by tonight’s soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.”

Berlioz Overture, Roman Carnival 8’
Grieg Piano Concerto 28’
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique 50’

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano

£5 – £37.50

Symphony Hall

  • 32 Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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