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Symphonie Fantastique

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[san-faw-nee fahn-tas-teek] / sɛ̃ fɔ ni fɑ̃ tasˈtik /

noun

  1. a programmatic symphony (1830–31) in five movements by Hector Berlioz.


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Phil play Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, “I played timpani on the Berlioz piece in high school,” and as Dudamel told him, “Juan, Mahler is heavy metal, si?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2021

The program ended with Bringuier's electrifying, all but gravity-defying performance of Berlioz's psychedelic "Symphonie Fantastique."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2014

The next night, he performs a Liszt-heavy program, including a Liszt transcription of Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique," as part of the UW President's Piano Series.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2013

When Berlioz premiered his revolutionary Symphonie Fantastique in 1830, Beethoven had been dead for only three years and Schubert for two.

From Time Magazine Archive

He revised his "Symphonie Fantastique," and wrote its sequel, "Lelio," a lyrical monologue, in which he aimed to express the memories of his passion for the beautiful Miss Smithson.

From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

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