Fact file
| Composer | Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Orchestral |
Try it!
Watch this on-demand
The Metropolitan Opera, the Berliner Philharmoniker and a growing band of others are making great performances available at the click of a mouse, many of them in superb HD video. Try them out – you'll be amazed.
Upcoming eventsSee more...
SantiagoLondon Symphony Orchestra on tour
Dvořák, Berlioz
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle
ParisFantastique
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Orchestre national d'Île-de-France; Eugene Tzigane
BarcelonaSinfonía fantástica de Berlioz
Poulenc, Berlioz
Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès; Víctor Pablo Pérez; Cor de Noies del Orfeó Català; Morgan Crea
MontrealHector Berlioz: Closing concert of the 85th season
Berlioz
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal; Kent Nagano; Lambert Wilson; Frédéric Antoun; OSM Chorus; Andrew Megill
Latest reviewsSee more...
A disappointing Symphonie fantastique to finish the SCO's season
The SCO finishes their season by returning to the Symphonie fantastique, but it's left in the dust by a lovely Fauré Requiem.
Razzle-dazzle from Rattle and the LSO
Seriously impressive music-making from the LSO and its Music Director in Adams’ Harmonielehre and Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique.
An auspicious alignment of stars at Carnegie Hall
A sprightly MTT seemed to be in the right place among the fellows of the New World Symphony, his brainchild, in a program where youth was prevalent.
Day trips: Beethoven and Berlioz from Herbert Blomstedt
The veteran Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt proved an illuminating tour guide through a pair of early 19th-century programmatic symphonies.
Cambreling's farewell: a programme of French connections in Tokyo
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra's Sunday matinee, which was the final concert for its outgoing Principal Conductor Sylvain Cambreling, had many French connections.
