February 23rd, 2010

Notes on Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique

I. Reveries, passions

New city – Expectation, hopes, opportunities
new start.

celebration overexcitement

theme emerges from chaos

optomistic

(settling? becoming familiar)

ending

last 30 seconds

calm

at peace

II. Ballroom

Dream like, (obsession?), distracted
playful, light

turns darker

theme isolated. becomes more energetic. waltz, sweeps up
everything else

left alone, dive back into (fantasy)

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