Event listing: Boston Symphony Orchestra | Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium | Wed 7 Mar 2012 at 20:00

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Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage57th Street and, 7th Ave, New York City, New York, 10019, United States

Dates/times in New York time zone

Programme

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Piano Concerto in G major
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) (encore)

Performers

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach	Conductor
Cédric Tiberghien	Piano

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Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique: The demon symphony

Bachtrack, 16th April

Gareth Davies, Principal Flute of the London Symphony Orchestra, talks about the furious scramble to keep up with Colin Davis performing Berlioz’s great hallucinatory symphony.

Berlioz 150: The Amazing Fantastique

Sir Roger Norrington, 4th February

Sir Roger Norrington explores the history of “the first truly Romantic score in history” and recounts his experiences performing it.

The story of Symphonie Fantastique

Danny Riley, 4th September

Berlioz had a rather trying time while he was composing Symphonie fantastique. Here, we take a look at his amorous obsessions.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra Revive the French Masters at Carnegie Hall

Kay Kempin, 7th March

The first thing that caught my eye Wednesday night was the sheer size of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; they took up every inch of free space atop the Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. So when the first note from Hector Berlioz’s Overture to Benvenuto Cellini rang out, the sound enveloped the hall, inserting itself into every nook and cranny.

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