Essentials: Symphonie fantastique
with an imaginative introduction
Essentials introduces you to Hector Berlioz’s frenzied Symphonie fantastique, performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Sir Antonio Pappano.
The Symphonie fantastique is not only groundbreaking, but also irresistible.
Concert programme
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Performers
About this concert
The Essentials series introduces you to the masterpieces you will be happy to know, performed by the world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra and complete with a lively introduction by the incomparable Thomas Vanderveken. At Essentials we welcome a new generation of music lovers, and the concerts typically have a pleasant informal atmosphere.
Hector Berlioz’s passions ran high. Indeed, he turned his obsessive infatuation into a musical vision, the artist descending into a series of increasingly hallucinatory dreams, culminating in a maniacal nightmare. Sound strange? The work would become a huge success, and has remained so for 200 years. The Symphonie fantastique is not only groundbreaking, but also irresistible. Sir Antonio Pappano is the perfect conductor for such theatrical music.
Essentials starts at 9 p.m. with an imaginative introduction to the programme (in Dutch).
Dates and tickets
About this concert
The Essentials series introduces you to the masterpieces you will be happy to know, performed by the world-famous Concertgebouw Orchestra and complete with a lively introduction by the incomparable Thomas Vanderveken. At Essentials we welcome a new generation of music lovers, and the concerts typically have a pleasant informal atmosphere.
Hector Berlioz’s passions ran high. Indeed, he turned his obsessive infatuation into a musical vision, the artist descending into a series of increasingly hallucinatory dreams, culminating in a maniacal nightmare. Sound strange? The work would become a huge success, and has remained so for 200 years. The Symphonie fantastique is not only groundbreaking, but also irresistible. Sir Antonio Pappano is the perfect conductor for such theatrical music.
Essentials starts at 9 p.m. with an imaginative introduction to the programme (in Dutch).