It’s going to be a big, big concert, with literally hundreds of singers onstage. The UC Davis University Chorus will be joined by the orchestra from the University of the Pacific, as well as five ...

He revived interest in a “problem child” in the pantheon of high romantic composers, bringing Berlioz overdue recognition as one of France’s greatest composers. By Adam Nossiter The Romantic-era ...

For sheer musical fearlessness - the willingness to explode the traditional boundaries of form and harmony, the eagerness to make a huge impact through innovative approaches - Hector Berlioz is your ...

Berlioz’s four symphonies could hardly be more contrasted, ranging from the crazed imaginings of the Symphonie Fantastique to the enraptured drama of Roméo Et Juliette. Some of Berlioz’s most striking ...

Critics bayed for Hector Berlioz’s blood whenever his music was played but happily for the composer, today it’s their reputations and not his in the guillotine Hector Berlioz was a one-off – a genius ...