Conducted by Mikko Franck, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs the "Symphonie fantastique" op.14 by Hector Berlioz. Concert recorded live on 2 May at the Radio France Auditorium in Paris.
Symphonie fantastique op. 14 or An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts:
I. Rêveries - Passions
II. Un bal
III. Scène aux champs
IV. Marche au supplice
V. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat
Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un artiste... en cinq parties (Symphonie Fantastique: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts) was first performed on 5 December 1830, days before Berlioz's 27th birthday, in the legendary hall of the Conservatoire de Paris (today the Conservatoire d'art dramatique), a model hall in terms of proportions and acoustics according to the composer, an opinion he held until the end of his life. The expression "symphonie fantastique" was until then but a subtitle inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann, whose Phantasiestücke were baptised in French Contes fantastiques. Over the years and after countless performances, the title Symphonie Fantastique gradually became the work's official title: Berlioz therefore used the expression An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts to designate the combined works of the Symphonie followed by Le Retour à la vie (premiered in Paris in 1832, changed and corrected in Weimar in 1855 with the title Lélio, ou le retour à la vie).
A coming-of-age work for the composer, the Symphonie fantastique marks an important point in the composer's life and development: after various attempts with different forms (mass, opera, overture, mélodie...), Berlioz had finally composed a work of which he was particularly satisfied: the Huit Scènes de Faust (1828-1829). However, his enthusiasm for the work quickly dissipated and, "still under the influence of Goethe's poem," he began writing a "descriptive symphony of Faust" to illustrate the "expressive instrumental genre." This was to become the Symphonie Fantastique, allowing the theatre, albeit an imaginary theatre, to burst into the concert hall: "We will stage the symphony as we do a great opera," wrote Berlioz.
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22 авг 2024
