Szymanowski and Symphonie fantastique

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Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom

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Programme

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Le Corsaire, Op.21: Overture
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)	Violin Concerto no. 1, Op.35
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Symphonie fantastique, Op.14

Performers

Sir Antonio Pappano	Conductor
Lisa Batiashvili	Violin
London Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz was always in thrall to one craze or other. His Le corsaire Overture was inspired by a love of Byron, an attraction to piracy, and a failed affair. The result is a suitably colourful experience.

Composed in 1916, Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto is haunting, enigmatic and inspired by an ecstatic poem about a ‘rapturous conflagration’. And Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is a wild ride through a drug-fuelled hallucination, triggered by thwarted love and full of astonishing orchestral effects.

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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.

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 demon symphony: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique

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.

Shimmering Syzmanowski and buccaneering Berlioz from the LSO

Dominic Lowe, 24th May

An exciting programme of Berlioz and Szymanowski makes for a delectable concert under Sir Antonio Pappano with violinist Lisa Batiashvili.

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