Symphonie fantastique

Symphonie Fantastique, composed by Hector Berlioz in 1830, is a groundbreaking orchestral work that narrates a vivid, autobiographical story through music. It depicts an artist’s obsessive love, dreams, hallucinations, and despair, culminating in a haunting vision of his own death. The piece features innovative orchestrations and thematic transformations, using musical motifs to represent characters and emotions. It’s considered a pioneering example of program music, where the composer’s storytelling is conveyed purely through orchestral sound, making it a powerful and imaginative journey into the composer’s inner world.