Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the...
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at the Paris Conservatoire on 26 May 1828. Berlioz took his inspiration from Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. The instrumentation is two flutes (second...
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Waverley in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waverley may refer to: Waverley (novel), by Sir Walter Scott Waverley Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz...
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The French romantic composer Hector Berlioz produced significant musical and literary works. Berlioz composed mainly in the genres of opera, symphonies...
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notable musical responses include three overtures: Waverley (1828) and Rob Roy (1831) by Berlioz, and The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (1887, alluding...
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to an Italian Comedy Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Le carnaval romain Le corsair Les Francs-Juges King Lear Waverley Leonard Bernstein: Candide Georges...
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composers to write for it, the first three being Chélard (Macbeth, 1827), Berlioz (Waverley Overture, 1827) and Rossini (Guillaume Tell, 1829) (Tarr n.d.). Aged...
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Heike by Eiji Yoshikawa (late 12th) Ivanhoe, The Talisman and others (Waverley Novels) by Sir Walter Scott (late 12th) Insurrection by Robyn Young (13th)...
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of Meyerbeer and Berlioz as "neoromantic": "The Opera, to which we shall now return, has swallowed down the Neoromanticism of Berlioz, too, as a plump...
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the complete Prokofiev symphonies (from the live concerts of 2004) and a Berlioz cycle, are with the London Symphony Orchestra. Gergiev's recording of Prokofiev's...
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Year Various The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2018 Berlioz Harold in Italy, King Lear Overture, Le Corsaire Overture, Les Francs-Juges...
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(LP: 331⁄3 Record) Mozart: Haffner Symphony (No. 35 in D major), Berlioz: Waverley Overture and three excerpts from The Damnation of Faust - Orchestra...
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their length in comparison to traditional overtures. For instance, Berlioz's Waverley Overture is as long as some middle-period Haydn symphonies. One debate...
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Caledonian Sleeper. Class 92s haul it from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley/Glasgow Central. On 31 March 2015, the first Serco Caledonian Sleeper hauled...
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concert of Berlioz's work, on 26 May 1828, the overture was performed along with the Opus 1 Waverley overture, a further indication of Berlioz's debt to...
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first substantially complete professional staging at any opera house of Berlioz's vast opera The Trojans, directed by John Gielgud and conducted by Kubelík...
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Symphony No. 7 – RPO Symphony No. 8– RPO Fidelio Benjamin The Devil Take Her Berlioz La damnation de Faust – RPO Harold in Italy – Riddle/RPO King Lear Overture...
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three movements for string orchestra: BBCSO, BBC, 1966 (live recording) Berlioz Beatrice and Benedict Overture: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Benvenuto Cellini Overture:...
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