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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

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AmsterdamJaap van Zweden & Gautier Capuçon: Dvořák & Berlioz

© Laurent Rouvrais
Dvořák, Berlioz
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Jaap van Zweden; Gautier Capuçon

BelfastSeasons & Splendour

© Olivia de Costa
Boulanger, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns
Ulster Orchestra; Chloé van Soeterstède; Niamh O'Sullivan

OsloTruls Mørk performs Lutosławski's Cello Concerto

Oslo Philharmonic
Nordheim, Lutosławski, Berlioz
Oslo Philharmonic; Aivis Greters; Truls Mørk

TokyoCharles Dutoit / Martha Argerich

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Falla, Ravel, Berlioz
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Charles Dutoit; Martha Argerich

HamburgOrchestre National de France

© Sue Yang
Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Dvořák
Orchestre National de France; Cristian Măcelaru; Julia Fischer
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St Luke’s and French guests summon the spirit of Berlioz

Louis Langrée © Fadi Kheir
At Carnegie Hall, Benjamin Bernheim brings intimacy to Les Nuits d’été, and Louis Langrée conducts an absorbing Symphonie fantastique.
****1
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From chamber intimacy to the edge of chaos: Ehnes and Zhang in Seattle

Xian Zhang conducts the Seattle Symphony © Seattle Symphony | James Holt
James Ehnes brings chamber-like intimacy to Bruch before Xian Zhang drives Symphonie fantastique from private obsession to hallucinatory spectacle.
*****
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Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust diabolically good at the Proms

Gerald Finley and Les Siècles © BBC | Mark Allan
Les Siècles and Jakob Lehmann are joined by four fine soloists for Berlioz’s “dramatic legend” on Goethe's Faust. 
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Rumble! A Berlioz Requiem to shake the soul at the BBC Proms

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra a shattering – but also moving – account of the Grande Messe des morts at the Royal Albert Hall
*****
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Sir Simon Rattle and the OAE make Berlioz sound radically new

Sir Simon Rattle © Mark Stedman for National Concert Hall Ireland
Simon Rattle and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment deliver a revelatory all-Berlioz programme, crowned by a sensational Symphonie Fantastique of rare clarity, colour and imagination.
*****
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