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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Op. 14)
Stephen Johnson considers the different components that make up Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique assisted by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier.
Virtually everything that Hector Berlioz composed was inspired by a literary or theatrical idea. Even when he came to write his first symphony, he wrote it with a sub-text - "An Episode in the Life of an Artist". Stephen Johnson considers the different components that make up the Symphonie Fantastique assisted by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier.
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Sat 3 Jun 200614:00
BBC Radio 3
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Duration: 46:01
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique (Op. 14)
Performers: BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
Broadcasts
- Sat 6 Dec 200314:00BBC Radio 3
- Sat 11 Feb 200614:00BBC Radio 3
- Sat 3 Jun 200614:00BBC Radio 3
