Ozawa conducts Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - First Movement [Part 1/7]

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

I. Rêveries - Passions

Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Toronto Symphony

Written in 1830.

Recorded in 1967.

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[kevinhc628]

The tune at 4:37 is the idée fixe. The tune represents the beloved (Harriot Smithson), whom the song was based on. Each movement is a different theme, and by the end, he "takes opium" and hallucinates of killing the beloved. Each movement, the theme returns but in a progressively transforming state.

[KiyoKenshin]

We're going to have a marching band show based off of this symphony... its going to be epic.

[AerithFFVIIroxs1]

i like the idee fixe in the 4th movement with the lone clarinet playing it

[AAwildeone]

Program notes have nothing to to do with the music - then or now.

[yesterdayismyday]

This is incredibly beautiful.

[duhhh86]

@BlahBlahYouWho wait, are u guys talking about ozawa or berlioz?

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@gregplaysviola

I think it's the hair that does it.

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@luchalmon

Idee Fixe? Oh! I believe he works at Seven-Eleven.

[vivimaze]

@luchalmon its the solo line that represents his love.

[Larzuk19]

based on a fixed idea, which basically means an idea which reoccurs but is treated differently each time it is played