Sunday, April 8, 2012

Berlioz, "Symphonie Fantastique"

The symphony's program can be found here
Or here

The idee fixe:


Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique," conducted by Leonard Bernstein:
1st Mvt., Pt. 1:
1st Mvt., Pt. 2:
2nd Mvt.:
3rd Mvt., Pt. 1:
3rd Mvt., Pt. 2:
4th Mvt.:
5th Mvt.:


Two Sonatas

Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K 330 (1783):

Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 (1839):

Dancing!

First, the country dance, a la Jane Austen in the BBC P&P:
Or if you prefer Keira et al:

And then there was the waltz!!!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Lord Byron

A portrait of Lord Byron, which gets at the adventurous, roguish side of his character. The Albanian dress also shows how exotic his audience found him to be. If only he had spent more time writing poetry and less time fighting revolutions!