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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: Die Großartige Fantastique

Sir Roger Norrington, 4th February

Sir Roger Norrington erforscht die Geschichte „die erste wahre romantische Partitur der Geschichte” und erzählt von seinen Erfahrungen mit der Symphonie.

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.

bassoons grumped and growled with menace and the strings’ spiccato in the finale spat with venom

Video-on-Demand: Prom 72: Symphonie Fantastique