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Donald Macleod pulls back the curtain on Berlioz鈥檚 greatest obsession

Donald Macleod explores the women who shaped Hector Berlioz鈥檚 life and work

Hector Berlioz was one the most innovative and rebellious musicians of 19th century France. He was a man of unwaveringly high expectations, in his wider life as well as his music. As the quintessential Romantic, one friend said that love was the 鈥渁lpha and omega of his existence鈥�. This week Donald Macleod looks at Berlioz through the passions and relationships that shaped who he was and what he created, exploring the romantic obsessions of an especially obsessive man. We鈥檒l also hear a movement of his Symphonie Fantastique each day 鈥� Berlioz鈥檚 best known work, and the musical embodiment of his most powerful infatuation.

Music Featured:

Marche Fun猫bre pour la derni猫re sc猫ne d鈥楬amlet (Tristia, Op 18)
Irlande (La belle voyageuse)
Romeo et Juliette 鈥� Sc猫ne d鈥檃mour
Lelio 鈥� Choeur d鈥檕mbres
Symphonie Fantastique (1st movement 鈥� Reveries 鈥� Passions)
Fleuve du Tage
Tempest Fantasy
Symphonie Fantastique, arr. Liszt for piano (2nd movement)
Harold in Italy (1st movement - 鈥淗arold aux montagnes鈥�)
Requiem: Lacrimosa
Chanson de Brigands (Lelio)
Symphonie Fantastique (3rd movement - Scene aux champs)
Benvenuto Cellini: Overture
La Mort d鈥橭ph茅lie
Marche Hongroise
Nuits d鈥櫭﹖茅 (1. Villanelle, 5. Absence)
Symphonie Fantastique (4th movement 鈥� Marche au supplice)
L鈥橢nfance du Christ, Part II : La fuite en Egypte
B茅atrice et B茅nedict, Act II No 10 : 鈥淒ieu, que viens j鈥檈ntendre?....Il m鈥檈n souvient 鈥�
Au Cimeti猫re (Nuits d鈥櫭﹖茅)
R锚verie et caprice for violin
Les Troyens : Act IV, Nos 34b-37 ("O blonde Ceres鈥�Nuit d鈥檌vresse")
Le d茅pit de la berg猫re, H. 7
Symphonie Fantastique (5th movement 鈥� Songe d鈥檜ne nuit de sabbat)

Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced in Cardiff by Amelia Parker

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) /programmes/m000xlhc

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

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