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Keeping Score: Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique | SFS Media 821936002391

Keeping Score: Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

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Label: SFS Media

Cat No: 821936002391

Barcode: 0821936002391

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 1st February 2010

Contents

Artists

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas

Works

Berlioz, Hector

Symphonie fantastique, op.14 H48

Artists

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas

About

Following the success of the enlightening first series of Keeping Score, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra return with a second series that combine one-hour documentaries with live concert performances. The new programmes explore the music and stories behind the music.

Each of the DVDs in Keeping Score Series 2 features a documentary episode - with Michael Tilson Thomas guiding us through the composers’ perspectives and influences - coupled with a live concert performance of each work. The programmes are designed to engage and entertain viewers of all levels of musical background. With outstanding production values, they are released on DVD and Blu-Ray HD formats, making the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra the first orchestra to distribute its product on Blu-Ray disc.


Was Hector Berlioz writing music to get over his obsession with his distant love, Harriet Smithson? Was this symphony his way of saying goodbye, or even seeking revenge? Or was it instead his impassioned valentine to a woman he could not forget?

In 1827, Berlioz saw Harriet Smithson for the first time, playing Ophelia in a production of Hamlet. Hopelessly smitten, he turned his entire life upside down to meet her. Frantic months turned into years when he suddenly heard rumours about Harriet and another man. Believing himself cured, he wrote a ‘fantastic’ symphony complete with a special theme, the idée fixe, to represent his former obsession.

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