Event listing: Festival de Santander: BBC Philharmonic, Mena, Floristán | Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria: Sala Argenta | Sat 5 Aug 2017 at 20:30

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Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria: Sala ArgentaC/ Gamazo s/n, Santander, Cantabria, 39004, Spain

Dates/times in Madrid time zone

Programme

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Egmont, Op.84: Overture
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Symphonie fantastique, Op.14

Performers

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Juanjo Mena	Conductor
Juan Pérez Floristán	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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Mena y la BBC Phil inauguran el Festival de Santander

Ramón del Buey Cañas, 5th August

Con el empaste orgánico y la complicidad construida concierto a concierto desde 2011, el tándem BBC-Mena vibró, bailó y estremeció. El torrente sonoro cuidó hasta el menor recoveco de pentagrama, cuajando el mejor de los augurios para lo que resta de festival.

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