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	Symphonie Fantastique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Symphonie Fantastique (Fantastic Symphony) is a symphony written by Hector Berlioz in 1830.
		The symphony is a piece of program music which tells the story of "an artist gifted with a lively imagination" who has "poisoned himself with opium" in the "depths of despair" because of "hopeless love." There are five movements, which was unconventional for a symphony at the time:
		Leonard Bernstein called this symphony the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature, and because history suggests Berlioz composed at least a portion of it under the influence of opium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Symphonie_Fantastique (1157 words)

	Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
		The Symphonie Fantastique was initially composed in 1830 and first performed in December of the same year under the direction of Habeneck.
		The long third movement is the musical heart of the symphony, as well as the pivotal point in the drama: from the world of imagined reality in the first three movements the music moves to the world of imagined nightmare in the last two.
		The movement recalls the Pastoral Symphony, written in the same luminous key of F major, and there are intentional echoes, notably the discreet allusions to the bird song of the end of the second movement of the Pastoral Symphony in bar 67 and following.
	www.hberlioz.com /Scores/sfantastique.htm (1227 words)

	Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
		The author imagines that a young musician, afflicted by the sickness of spirit which a famous writer has called the vagueness of passions (le vague des passions), sees for the first time a woman who unites all the charms of the ideal person his imagination was dreaming of, and falls desperately in love with her.
		If the symphony is performed on its own as a concert piece this arrangement is no longer necessary: one may even dispense with distributing the programme and keep only the title of the five movements.
		Three movements of the symphony, the Ball, the March to the scaffold and the Witches’ sabbath caused a sensation.
	www.hberlioz.com /Scores/fantas.htm (2051 words)

	Notes on Symphonie Fantastique (Hector Berlioz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The classical symphony, the symphony of Haydn, Mozart and the young Beethoven, with its succession of movements in contrasting moods had always carried with it vague suggestions of narrative content.
		In his Third Symphony, the Eroica, the would-be storyteller can only be embarrassed by Beethoven's decision to mourn and bury his heroic figure in a somewhat premature second-movement funeral march.
		The asymmetrical quality of his melodies is one of the distinctive features of Berlioz's musical imagination; in the Symphonie fantastique, the long-breathed, unpredictable melodic lines give the work a decidedly discursive feel, something of a musical metaphor for the work's literary intentions.
	www.loudounsymphony.org /notes/berlioz-fantastique (710 words)

	Symphonie Fantastique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hector Berlioz's musical embodiment of the supreme love of his life, Harriet Smithson, was the "idee fixe" theme of the autobiographical Symphonie Fantastique.
		More than the sublimation of his obsession with an unattainable woman, the Symphonie fantastique was also Berlioz's attempt to get her attention.
		The Symphonie fantastique received its premiere on Sunday, December 5, 1830 at the Conservatoire, Francois-Antoine Habeneck conducting.
	members.aol.com /fausttiger/fantastique.html (765 words)

	BASIL TWIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Symphonie Fantastique is an intimate show set to the five movements of Hector Berlioz's 19th century classical composition of the same name.
		The hour-long Symphonie is performed entirely in a specially constructed water tank.
		Symphonie Fantastique premiered at HERE Arts Center in April 1998 and ran for 2 years.
	www.basiltwist.com /productions/symphonie.html (154 words)

	Telarc International:
		This is Jä:rvi’s recording debut both with the Cincinnati Symphony and with Telarc.
		Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Love Scene from Romeo et Juliette comprised the first program that the maestro conducted in Cincinnati after being named the music director designate of the orchestra.
		Symphonie fantastique embodies the spirit of Romanticism in its huge emotional landscape, ranging from obsessive passion to frenzied demonic nightmares.
	www.telarc.com /gscripts/title.asp?gsku=0578 (605 words)

	Classical Classics - Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann
		his symphony aimed to describe the tortured dreams of a sensitive artist in lovesick despair who takes an overdose of opium and becomes haunted by visions of an unattainable woman.
		Among fellow composers, the gentle Felix Mendelssohn was appalled at its excesses and dismissed it as “utterly loathsome,” while the free-thinking Franz Liszt was intrigued and hailed it as genius.
		His fourth Fantastique (a 2000 London Symphony concert, LSO 0007), while generally adhering to the dynamics and tempos of the score, derives exquisite subtlety from its emotional reserve and superb playing.
	www.classicalnotes.net /classics/berliozsym.html (1780 words)

	The Symphonie Fantastique
		The Symphonie Fantastique is a truly original idea that has somehow been allowed to flourish.
		For those of you who haven’t seen the media onslaught, the Symphonie Fantastique is basically a puppet show underwater.
		There is something about Symphonie Fantastique that strikes me as acutely pre-turn of the century.
	www.posthoc.com /symphonyfantastique.htm (629 words)

	D O D G E R S T A G E S - Symphonie Fantastique
		Basil Twist and his company made waves throughout the theatre world when Symphonie Fantastique debuted at HERE Arts Center in Soho, and word of this sold-out sensation rippled through the city and then, around the globe.
		As well, 10 very special Backstage Seats - which entitle the ticket holder to sit backstage during the performance to watch Twist and company work their underwater magic throughout the show - are available at each performance at $65.
		SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE will run Tuesdays-Fridays at 8pm; Saturdays at 7and 10 pm; and Sundays at 3 and 7pm at Dodger Stages (340 West 50th Street).
	www.dodgerstages.com /5-symp.htm (291 words)

	Amazon.com: Symphonie Fantastique: Music: Berlioz,Cgc,Jansons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op.
		The Symphonie Fantastique was composed when Berlioz fell in love with Harriet Smithson, a Shakesperean actress famous for her portayal of Ophelia and Juliet.
		The symphony describes the story of an artist who falls for a young lady, her theme is in clarinets (the idee fixe) and when he suspects she is cheating on him, he kills her.
	www.amazon.com /Symphonie-Fantastique-Berlioz/dp/B000083GOU (667 words)

	Classic Records / Jack Pfeiffer's Corner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I never played the result for Stokowski, and even though he was still alive when this recording was released in stereo in 1978, he never commented on it.
		One of Charles Munch's famous performances was Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique, and in November 1954, we recorded it in a double setup.
		Although the official RCA catalog listed the Living Stereo version, no actual record was issued (it is rumored that a New York dealer has a standing offer of $15,000 for a copy of it!) It never made it to Living Stereo, but it was released on Gold Seal.
	www.classicrecs.com /jacktxt9.htm (383 words)

	Milestones of the Millennium: Symphonie Fantastique
		On this edition of Milestones of the Millennium we experience the panoply of emotions of a young, love-struck musician and composer, Hector Berlioz, through his brilliant, semi-autobiographical Symphonie Fantastique of 1830.
		With the “Fantastic Symphony,” Berlioz helped to usher in the Romantic era that would characterize much of 19th-century artistic expression, including the writings of Lord Byron and Honoré de Balzac, and the paintings of Eugene Delacroix.
		In Symphonie Fantastique, his protagonist is as in love with idea of being love as with the woman whose affections he seeks.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/milestones/990716.motm.symphfan.html (494 words)

	Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique - Picture and Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
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		Hector Berlioz wrote his revolutionary Symphonie Fantastique (1831) in reaction to the intense and unreciprocated passion he felt for Irish actress Harriet Smithson.
		Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS-BETTMANN/"Symphonie Fantastique" by Berlioz, from Symphonie Fantastique (Cat.# Naxos 8.550093) (p)1988 Pacific Music Co, Ltd. All rights reserved.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461539355/Berlioz%92s_Symphonie_Fantastique.html (67 words)

	Amazon.com: Symphonie Fantastique: Music: Riccardo Muti,Hector Berlioz,Philadelphia Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Borodin: Symphony No.2/In The Steppes Of Central Asia/Prince Igor ~ Loris Tjeknavorian
		I purchased the Muti/Philadelphia Berlioz "Fantastique" in 1986 on the strength of reviews I read in STEREO REVIEW magazine, and am glad I did, although this is not my only Fantastique recording.
		Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique [Hybrid SACD] ~ Charles Münch
	www.amazon.com /Symphonie-Fantastique-Riccardo-Muti/dp/B00000JQY3 (1819 words)

	Symphonie Fantastique
		SOPHIA MICHAHELLES (Puppeteer) has performed with Symphonie Fantastique since 1999 and is very happy to be back in her amphibian suit.
		Eliza is thrilled to be back with Symphonie Fantastique, having first been part of the show at Lincoln Center.
		Symphonie Fantastique, his earliest and greatest success, premiered when he was 27 years old.
	www.dodgerstages.com /symph/cast.htm (1296 words)

	Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14; Roman Carnival Overture; Marche Hongroise (from The Damnation of Faust) by Berlioz at ...
		Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14; Roman Carnival Overture; Marche Hongroise (from The Damnation of Faust) by Berlioz at Audio Lunchbox
		1: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14; Roman Carnival Overture; Marche Hongroise (from The Damnation of Faust) - Symphonie Fantastique, Op.
		2: Symphonie Fantastique, Opus 14; Roman Carnival Overture; Marche Hongroise (from The Damnation of Faust) - Symphonie Fantastique, Op.
	www.audiolunchbox.com /album?a=3527 (203 words)

	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
		Roméo et Juliette, symphonie dramatique for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, Op.
		The Cincinnati Symphony has always been respected as a solid, second-tier orchestra.
		Symphonie Fantastique doesn't oust such longtime favorites as the Munch, Paray, and Bernstein recordings, it still stands as one of the best recent versions.
	home.earthlink.net /~sandrikasaw/fantastique.html (338 words)

	SoundStage! Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
		Symphonie Fantastique has been at the top of my list for some time.
		Be that as it may, sometimes he’s just too subtle for me. Symphonie Fantastique is a symphony of the demented and I think it sometimes benefits from a conductor who is a little more … frenzied.
		So it's no coincidence that I loved this performance by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, led by Paavo Järvi, a former student, not so coincidentally, of Leonard Bernstein.
	www.soundstage.com /music/reviews/rev380.htm (444 words)

	Hector Berlioz \| Symphonie Fantastique
		Liszt used the Symphonie Fantastique as a vehicle for his keen virtuosity.
		The Liszt transcription of the Symphonie Fantastique is highly technical and orchestral.
		Idil Biret's Symphonie Fantastique was issued prior to the advent of the Naxos Liszt Piano Series.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=11795 (659 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique: Music: Paul Paray,Hector Berlioz,Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I happen to own at least 15 recordings of Berlioz' "Symphonie Fantastique" and most are very good to excellent (the Norrington, Gardiner, and Davis versions are especially fine).
		One truly hears and feels the unbalanced nature of the artist that Berlioz is portraying in his five movement masterpiece, which was way ahead of it's time when written.
		If I could only own one recording of the Symphonie Fantastique, this would be the one.
	amazon.co.uk /Berlioz-Symphonie-fantastique-Paul-Paray/dp/B000AC5B02 (381 words)

	Playbill News: Symphonie Fantastique Comes Up for Air as Off-Broadway Show Sets Jan. 2 Closing
		Basil Twist's underwater puppet spectacle Symphonie Fantastique has announced it will end its Off-Broadway run at the Dodger Stages complex Jan. 2, 2005.
		Now, for its new run, Symphonie Fantastique, which "combines the magic of puppetry with the powerful suggestions of dance, film and art, set to the five movements of Hector Berlioz's hour-long 19th-century classic composition," will be performed in a 1,000 gallon water tank.
		For tickets to Symphonie Fantastique at the Dodger Stages (at Worldwide Plaza), 340 West 50th Street (between Eighth and Ninth Ave.), call (212) 239-6200.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/90018.html (642 words)

	Symphonie fantastique, La (1942) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In this age, the French movie studios produced a lot of low-budget biographical movies, most of which are very bad.
		La Symphonie Fantastique, about composer Hector Berlioz, is no exception: bad acting, sloppy backgrounds, pseudo-drama, and worst of all total inaccuracy.
		Persons that never existed play a lead role, and important people are never mentioned at all.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0035403 (269 words)

	Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, etc / Norrington, et al CD () - SHOP.COM
		Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, etc / Norrington, et al CD ()
		Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, etc / Norrington, et al Tracks: Les francs-juges, Op.
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	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p37176889 (196 words)

	Charles Munch - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Hybrid Multichannel SACD
		Charles Munch - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Hybrid Multichannel SACD
		His overwhelming natural affinity for French music made Charles Munch an ideal conductor for Berlioz's swirling tour de force Symphonie Fantastique.
		Perfectly capturing the drama, romance and philosophical angst in which this masterpiece is marinated, Munch takes the Boston Symphony Orchestra on an epic journey of proportions only possible in the human heart and mind.
	store.acousticsounds.com /browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=17164 (147 words)

	Symphonie Fantastique, a CurtainUp review
		The way he sees it a puppet is "something animated" and "the trick of puppetry is making something seem alive or calling the life out of something."
		According to Twist's definition, Symphonie Fantastique is indeed a puppet show.
		A rather abstract one to be sure with its 180 puppets or animated "things" (fabrics, feathers, glitter, vinyl, plastic dyes, etc.) manipulated by Twist and four other puppeteers through a 1,000 gallon water tank to illustrate Hector Berlioz's fevered five-part symphony inspired by his obsessive pursuit of the woman he eventually married.
	www.curtainup.com /symphoniefantastique.html (551 words)

	Paul Paray - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Hybrid Multichannel SACD
		Paul Paray - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Hybrid Multichannel SACD
		As more of Paul Paray's Living Presence recordings are made available, the numbers and enthusiasm of his many fans grows rapidly.
		Prices and availability are subject to change without notice.
	store.acousticsounds.com /browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=16728 (151 words)

	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Harold en Italie, etc by Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse / Pretre CD
		Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Harold en Italie, etc by Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse / Pretre CD Composer
		Remember to focus your comments on Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Harold en Italie, etc - Import CD.
		Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 / Svetlanov, et al
	cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/5433591/a/...+en+Italie,+etc.htm (278 words)

	Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique/Les Nuits d'Ete - Compare Best Prices & Reviews at PriceRunner US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	www.pricerunner.com /dvd/427818/prices (191 words)

	Symphonie Fantastique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Artists: John Alldis Choir, Sir Colin Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra/London Symphony Orchestra
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		Title: The 6 "Name" Symphonies from the "London" Symphonies (2 CDs)
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