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Symphonie Fantastique

Date & Time
Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 19:30
Berlioz claimed that his Symphonie fantastique depicted an opium dream, but really he was just high on the sound of a supersized orchestra going for broke.Sex and drugs and symphony orchestras: Hector Berlioz claimed that his Symphonie fantastique depicted an opium dream, but really he was just high on the sound of a supersized orchestra going for broke. Love, witchcraft, severed heads – it’s all here, in psychedelic colours, and you’d better believe that it’s a hard act to follow.... Read full text

Keywords: Symphony Concert, World Premiere

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Musicians

Edward GardnerConductor
Augustin HadelichViolin

Program

Sphinx (world premiere)David Sawer
Violin ConcertoBenjamin Britten
Symphonie fantastiqueHector Berlioz
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