London Philharmonic Orchestra: Symphonie fantastique

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London
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Admission
£9 - £65*
*Transaction fees apply £2.75 (phone) and £1.75 (online)
Venue Information
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Waterloo 0.17 miles

Dvořák Cello Concerto
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Giancarlo Guerrero conductor
Narek Hakhnazaryan cello
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Hector Berlioz was prone to overreaction, but when he saw the Irish actress Harriet Smithson playing the role of Ophelia in a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 1827, he believed his life had changed forever. Berlioz fell madly in love with Smithson, and with Shakespeare too. He set about proving it in a symphony that would give birth to his own unique and uncompromising musical language: passionate, witty, enraged, high-spirited, sardonic, tormented and proud. The Symphonie fantastique was born, and it eventually won Hector Berlioz the heart of Harriet Smithson as well.

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