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Work: Harold en Italie, Op.16

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ComposerBerlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
PeriodRomantic
Year1834
Work typeOrchestral
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SevilleSinfónico 04: Le Grand Tour

Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
Berlioz, Ravel
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla; Michel Plasson; Lise Berthaud

PragueCzech Philharmonic • Simon Rattle

Czech Philharmonic
Berlioz, Lutosławski, Beethoven
Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle; Amihai Grosz; Czech Philharmonic

AmsterdamKlaus Mäkelä conducts Berlioz and Schumann

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Schumann, Berlioz
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Klaus Mäkelä; Antoine Tamestit
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Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival

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New music, old friends and supercharged Strauss from the Estonian Festival Orchestra.
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Berlioz and Brahms brighten up the Tonhalle

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The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich plays Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet, while Antoine Tamestit joins the orchestra as wandering soloist in Berlioz' Harold in Italy

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The Italian Connection: Nézet-Séguin and OM head south

Three Montreal luminaries of symphonic music, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marina Thibeault and Violet Archer, contributed to a delightful afternoon concert entitled Berlioz in Italy.

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ParisBrahms and Berlioz with the Orchestre National de France

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Brahms, Berlioz
Orchestre National de France; Emmanuel Krivine; Nicolas Bône

ViennaTonhalle Orchester Zürich / Antoine Tamestit / Paavo Järvi

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Berlioz, Brahms
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; Paavo Järvi; Antoine Tamestit

HelsinkiNicholas Collon & Lawrence Power

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Berlioz, Debussy, Respighi
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Nicholas Collon; Lawrence Power
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