Fact file
| Composer | Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1834 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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SevilleEl peregrinaje de Byron
Buide del Real, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla; Rossen Milanov; Maxim Rysanov
LondonArtist Portrait: Daniil Trifonov
Beethoven, Shostakovich, Berlioz
London Symphony Orchestra; Gianandrea Noseda; Daniil Trifonov; Philip Cobb; Antoine Tamestit
WarsawSymphonic Concert
Rachmaninov, Chopin, Berlioz
Sinfonia Varsovia; Tatsuya Shimono; Nelson Goerner; Piotr Alexewicz; Ryszard Groblewski
BerlinLes Siècles & François-Xavier Roth
Rameau, Lachenmann, Berlioz
Les Siècles; François-Xavier Roth; Tabea Zimmermann
AmsterdamNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra: Berlioz Harold in Italy
Wagenaar, Berlioz
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic; Alexander Vedernikov; Alexander Zemtsov
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Byron's Harold the unlikely star in Gardiner's Berlioz Prom
Antoine Tamestit takes a peripatetic approach to Byron's brooding hero, while Joyce DiDonato dies – twice – as Cleopatra and Dido.
Literary influences in music in São Paulo
Jaime Martín conducts Antoine Tamestit and the OSESP in a night of literary inspired music by Berlioz, Turina and De Falla.
Mediterranean delights from the CBSO
Fellow Frenchmen Alain Altinoglu and Renaud Capuçon make for fine partners in a rare outing for Berlioz's Harold in Italy.
Antoine Tamestit stars in the LSO's Harold in Italy
Violist Antoine Tamestit didn’t seem like much a soloist at the opening of Berlioz’s Harold in Italy on Tuesday night, in Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra’s second performance of this programme at the Barbican. His viola lolling casually at his side, Tamestit gazed pleasantly at the orchestra, nodding along with them from time to time.
Fireworks and Fantasy from the Sydney Symphony
Friday's concert from the Sydney Symphony, "Fireworks and Fantasy", most certainly lived up to its title.
