Berlioz composed his revolutionary masterpiece Symphonie fantastique a mere three years after his hero Beethoven’s death. The ultimate musical statement of the Romantic movement, it depicts “An Episode in the Life of an Artist”, Berlioz himself, in 5 parts, and describes a series of increasingly lurid and violent hallucinatory visions experienced by the artist under the influence of opium. In this evening’s concert it is conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy and paired with Beethoven’s own Violin Concerto, regarded by many as the first great Romantic work for the instrument, performed by Valeriy Sokolov.
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More concerts with Vladimir Ashkenazy:
Ashkenazy conducts in Cardiff
May 22 2012, 19:30 - St David's Hall, Cardiff
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Symphonie fantastique and the Overture to Béatrice and Bénédict by Berlioz, and Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 performed by Alina Pogostkina
Ashkenazy conducts in Brighton
May 23 2012, 19:30 - Brighton Dome
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Shostakovich's Babi Yar Symphony, an epic piece of powerful criticism. Also performed is Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, performed by Nobuyuki Tsujii








