Hector Berlioz ~ Rob Roy Overture

Hector Berlioz- Rob Roy Overture 1831 Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was an early French Romantic-era composer. He used huge orchestras for many of his works, giving way to the term &Romantic&a style which influenced later Romantic composers such as Richard Strauss, Wagner and Mahler. His most popular work was probably &Fantastique&and even many non-Classical music fans would be familiar with the 4th movement of this symphony- &to the Scaffold&His &works are, of course, a matter of opinion, but the melodious "Harold in Italy" symphony would be a good place to start. For those who enjoy marching/funeral style pieces, "Symphonie Funebre and Triomphale" is very impressive. Some of his more popular overtures are "King Lear", Le Corsaire", Beatrice and Benedict" and "Le Carnavale Romain" Not very well known, and even disliked by Berlioz himself, is the &Roy Overture&which no one has even bothered to post on youtube yet. Berlioz composed this in 1831, performed it for the first time in 1833, "was not happy with it and &it after the premiere." The work was inspired by Sir Walter Scott&novel, "Rob Roy". Tremsfan became familiar with Berlioz in an odd way- in a rock and roll record catalogue from the west coast in the early 1970&he read a review for the Pink Floyd album, "Atom Heart Mother", where the Suite from that album was compared to Berlioz. Tremsfan still does not see the connection, but we would be interested if anyone else does ! Our clip of "Rob Roy" is...