Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique - from memory // Aurora Orchestra

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Revisit Aurora’s landmark Orchestral Theatre staging of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique at the 2019 BBC Proms.
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique (from memory)
Mathew Baynton - actor
Nicholas Collon - conductor
Jane Mitchell & James Bonas - directors
Kate Wicks - production designer
Will Reynolds - consultant designer
Cydney Uffindell-Phillips - movement consultant
Concept and script by Jane Mitchell
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches’ sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion in this Orchestral Theatre production of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
Inspired by the composer’s own romantic infatuation with a young actress, this epoch-making work unfolds as a cinematic fantasy full of wild imagination and demonic madness - by turns gorgeous and grotesque.
Aurora Orchestra and actor Mathew Baynton (Horrible Histories, Ghosts) invite you to a creative orchestral journey through Berlioz’s hallucinatory tale of ecstasy and despair, passion and obsession. This unique concert interweaves a memorised performance of the Symphonie fantastique with theatrical design, lighting, movement and Berlioz’s own words about his music, alongside a presentation of the work’s musical ideas with live excerpts.
'The performance was as vivid to the ear as it was to the eye.’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 12 September 2019.
Orchestral Theatre staging concept by Aurora Orchestra.
Footage courtesy of BBC Proms.
To explore more Aurora Play broadcasts and find out more about our memorised performances, visit www.auroraorchestra.com. #AuroraPlay
00:00:00 Introduction with Mathew Baynton and Nicholas Collon
00:23:42 Symphonie fantastique (memorised) I. Rêveries-Passions (Reveries-Passions)
00:39:18 Introduction to Movement II
00:41:04 II. Un Bal (A Ball)
00:47:40 Introduction to Movement III
00:50:59 III.Scène aux champs (Scene in the field)
01:07:33 Introduction to Movement IV
01:08:54 IV. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)
01:15:52 Introduction to Movement V
01:17:10 V. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat (Dream of the Night of the Sabbath)

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@focusflute Жыл бұрын

This entire production is what every Orchestra should be doing!!!!

@kiayayoung6724 4 жыл бұрын

I'm absolutely in love with the twist of comedic affect in there, it was the right choice to pick mathew baynton for this role, it fits him perfectly 😂

@Michael-Oh Жыл бұрын

Nicholas Collon is so bloodly clear with his carving, I'm blown away.

@johnsummers9790 3 жыл бұрын

I attended this concert at the R.A.H. I was completely knocked out by the performance. It was visually interesting and a glorious sonic interpretation. I loved the way the different sections of the orchestra moved around to highlight their contribution. It was my 'Prom' (of the ten that I attended that year) of the year.

@johnsummers9790 29 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, this year, 2024, I have been unable to get into their Prom concert of Beethoven's 9th Symphony - though I was on the booking site as soon as it opened!!!

@imjustanotherjess 2 жыл бұрын

Came for Mat Baynton, stayed for the amazing symphony too! Great job everyone 😊

@crispsanchip Жыл бұрын

omg same

@caginn 3 жыл бұрын

1st mov 23:50 2nd mov 41:04 3rd mov 51:03 4th mov 1:08:55 5th mov 1:17:17

@clivegoodman16 4 жыл бұрын

Although I am familiar with this Symphony, I think that the narration and the other effects greatly enhanced my enjoyment of this performance.

@AuroraOrchestra 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clive! Delighted to hear you enjoyed it and hope you can join us for the next broadcast on Sunday.

@nuttysquirrel8574 4 жыл бұрын

Guys and girls I am in total awe of your musical abilities. I was a reasonably competent player (clarinet) in my youth (nearly 70 now!) and this piece was the most difficult I ever played, at the extreme edges of my limited ability, and that was WITH the music. I have the memory of a goldfish and cannot even play (I am ashamed to admit) Happy Birthday without music so to perform this without the dots...... outstanding. BRAVO!!!!! 👏👏👏

@alastairsmith7261 4 жыл бұрын

This is quite simply brilliant

@continuummusic220 3 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this again and again. My favourite performance of one of my most loved symphonies. I hope the Aurora Orchestra is surviving lockdown and look forward to lots more where this came from 🤎

@irenenunya5662 Жыл бұрын

When that guy from horrible histories just shows up in your music taste.

@Opoczynski 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had this video in my Music History class.

@TheDiabeticGameMaster 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. I'm only a few minutes in and already I am amazed. I wish so much that more pieces of music would be performed with accompanying explanation. I knew the basics of the Symphonie Fantastique before but I am sure by the time I am done with this I will be able to appreciate it on a whole other level!

@ardenkirkman8106 4 жыл бұрын

Bravo! Marvelous! Excellent! Thank you!

@kodigoldie 8 ай бұрын

This is my favorite symphony, and this performance is my new favorite performance of it

@lizzielane1979 2 жыл бұрын

The same conductor from the Horrible Histories Prom! 🥰

@warrenaustin5341 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@lindalong5052 4 жыл бұрын

wow. As the music came to a climax the wind started to whip the tree outside my bedroom window into a frenzy. Rather strange

@62MIRON 10 ай бұрын

Wow !

@Douglasmascara 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@marina2836 4 жыл бұрын

So exciting!

@clivegoodman16 4 жыл бұрын

@Caroline Harris . It seems that at present this orchestra is into French themed music. ( I know that Beethoven was born in Bonn and spent most of his life in Vienna, but he was inspired by the French Revolution and supported Napoleon Bonaparte, only to be deeply disappointed when he declared himself Emperor. In fact the Eroica Symphony was initially dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte. However Beethoven changed the dedication when Napoleon became Emperor.)

@AuroraOrchestra 4 жыл бұрын

By a stroke of good luck Eroica is our next stop on the #AuroraPlay journey! We'll be broadcasting our 2017 performance from memory at the Proms - with a presentation from Tom Service - this Sunday here on KZfaq.

@jfk6184 Жыл бұрын

18:38 best viola solo

@est-fm9ui 4 жыл бұрын

I think there were some trumpet parts missing during the first introduction of the dies irae theme in the fifth movement. It didn't sound like it usually does.

@rachellovell7332 Жыл бұрын

Getting Thomas Thorne vibes

@sixidiotssimp5685 2 жыл бұрын

mat!!!!!!!!

@user-dx7uu7oq8u Жыл бұрын

아주 멋지고 환상적임~~~^^너무 좋아요

@JorgeSalgueiro 2 жыл бұрын

bravi!

@josephdavis-rb4zy 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I've always preferred the Seiji Ozawa recording with the Toronto Symphony, but this was superb.

@leonardoiglesias2394 Жыл бұрын

I hope they do once the ninth of Mahler by memory!!!!!

@luisfrodrimaz 2 жыл бұрын

¡Fantástico! !Estos músicos son fantásticos!

@ronaldwilliams9266 9 ай бұрын

I don't know who was directing the orchestra. Could it have been the camera? This ensemble would do well to get a Berlioz specialist whom could transport this playing to a heart feeling and a safe interpretation of this symphony.

@theriddlerfunnyman5864 2 жыл бұрын

im only here for mat

@Grargsnir 8 ай бұрын

how and why did the entire orchestra memorize the entire piece?

@heatherbird6929 3 ай бұрын

Often we memorise whole pieces. It just allows more flexibility in playing and placing of players. It just frees you up from having a stand and the part in your face and to purely think about the music. Hope that helps! 😊

@numestube Ай бұрын

@robertpallett3799 4 жыл бұрын

don't know how or why im watching this but found it quite gripping to be honest, not really my cuppa tea, some parts reminded me of the film eyes wide shut, going back to my world now.

@karllieck9064 Ай бұрын

Again, what is the idea of having the orchestra stand up while performing. Is it just for optics? What?

@detectivehome3318 2 жыл бұрын

Why no vibrato?!?

@karllieck9064 Ай бұрын

Very dead sounding performance. Such a camp perfomance.

@operafan9162 3 жыл бұрын

Bad conductor

@andrewtaylor5695 3 жыл бұрын

Poppycock

@heatherbird6929 3 ай бұрын

Conduct an orchestra in the proms doing it from memory better then we shall see!

@MartyMusic777 3 ай бұрын

I know I wouldn't have any trouble following him - he clearly knows the piece extremely well, and his sense of phrasing and pacing are really quite musical. Are his gestures a bit clumsy at times? Sure, but they didn't take away from the performance.

@TheSantiAcademy2024 3 ай бұрын

How dare you!