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Symphonic fantastique

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Hector Berlioz wrote his Symphonie Fantastique about his tempestuous love for an Irish actress, Harriet Smithson , the rage of Paris for her Shakespearean performances.
As well as writing the symphony he married Harriet. The symphony was a triumph, the marriage a tragic failure.
Valentine Dyall tells the story in Berlioz's own words with JOHN FORREST as narrator Other parts by CLIVE SWIFT and DIANA BISHOP The programme written by ]AN HORSBRUGH
Producer ROBERT CRADOCK
A performance of the symphony: Wed 8.20 pm Radio 3 stereo

Contributors

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Hector Berlioz
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Harriet Smithson
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John Forrest
Producer:
Robert Cradock
Source: Radio Times

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