Hector Berlioz — more formally, Louis-Hector Berlioz — was born in 1803. It’s amazing to think of this, given the nature of his music. That birth year seems so early! Berlioz was born just ...
This past weekend, it was a 200-year-old overture. Hector Berlioz’s music is most often heard at Davies Symphony Hall in repeat performances of his “Symphonie Fantastique,” a piece that took ...
Berlioz's second wife Marie Recio Images 2 and 4 reproduced with permission of the Hector Berlioz website Image 5 reproduced with permission of the Musée Hector-Berlioz ...
Watch Romantics of Paris (2/4) A Life Like a Novel (1833-1848) 46 min Watch the programme Whilst the upheaval of revolution transforms France, young idealistic romantics in Paris such as Alexandre ...