How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition Season 1 Episode 36 The Program Symphony—Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Part 2

Hector Berlioz's Symphony Fantastique combines his four great loves: the drama of Shakespeare, the musical storytelling of opera, the symphonic genre of Beethoven, and himself. We examine the gestation of the symphony, the fixed melodic idea that is heard in each movement and that represents the "beloved image," and the final two movements.