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Listeners can still marvel at the massive spectacle of instruments and the music’s storyline that evolves into crazed, ...
NEW YORK — A most uncommon and exquisite troupe of dancers has returned to New York, to the HERE arts compound in SoHo where they made their debut 20 years ago. And aren’t we glad that these ...
In music, Franz Liszt was the quintessential Byronic Hero. Like his modifying Romantic namesake, George Gordon (Lord Byron), Liszt was a beautiful, talented, and fundamentally flawed artist. Where ...
The title alone of Hector Berlioz’s most famous orchestral work is enough to send a frisson of excitement down the spine. Add to that evocative title the composer's own decadent narrative of an ...
In response to overwhelming demand and near universal critical acclaim, Symphonie Fantastique - the singular creation by designer, director, master puppeteer, and MacArthur "genius" Basil Twist - ...
Hector Berlioz's musical story of unrequited love embodies a sweeping range of emotions that proves a welcome challenge for conductors. “Love is in the air”, as the lyrics of the pop classic profess, ...
If you played the “Symphonie Fantastique” for neophyte listeners and told them it was a shining example of the Romantic period in classical music, they’d immediately understand. Vibrant and headstrong ...
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra two-weekend long Winter Festival kicked off Friday night with a stirring account of Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique." (Courtesy of NJSO) NEWARK -- New Jersey ...