Hector Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique /

"'I feel, therefore I am.' For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic movement he personified, those were words to live by. But with the unprecedented outpouring of emotion in his Symphonie fantastique he almost overpowered Paris. This orchestral sonic spectacular, written to win the he...

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Corporate Authors: Independent Communications Associates; San Francisco symphony orchestra; SFS Media Firm
Group Author: Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944; Kennard, David; Saffa, Joan; Halvorson, Gary; Bronson, Michael; Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Published: SFS Media,
Publisher Address: San Francisco, CA :
Publication Dates: [2009]
Literature type: Video DVD
Language: English
Chinese
French
German
Spanish
Series: Keeping score : revealing classical music
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Summary: "'I feel, therefore I am.' For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic movement he personified, those were words to live by. But with the unprecedented outpouring of emotion in his Symphonie fantastique he almost overpowered Paris. This orchestral sonic spectacular, written to win the heart of a beautiful actress, demanded sacrifice from its author and his audience. From romantic daydreams to deadly displays of devotion, the symphony relates an 'episode in the life of an artist, ' that artist being the love-obsessed composer himself. Join Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony as
Item Description: Title on disc surface: Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique.
Special features include: inside the Orchestra video; about Keeping score; about Michael Tilson Thomas; about the San Francisco Symphony; trailers for other episodes in the series.
Carrier Form: 1 videodisc (1 hr., 56 min., 27 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits: Producer/director, David Kennard and Joan Saffa.
Index Number: ML410
CLC: J605
Call Number: #WDVD/190215
Contents: Symphonie fantastique / produced and directed by David Kennard, Joan Saffa -- Symphonie fantastique concert / director, Gary Halvorson ; producer, Michael Bronson -- Special features.