It was only three years between Beethoven's last piece to Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique, but in many ways they were light years in mood, tempo, and technique. This coffee break explores Berlioz' free-flowing and emotional music. We follow his recurrent theme, his idée fixe that represented his love, into the fields to the guillotine to a witches' sabbath in this large orchestral piece which challenged the more conservative listener, but thrilled Franz List and other brilliant musicians.

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