Interview
Sir Simon Rattle in conversation with Claus Spahn
Simon Rattle conducts the “Symphonie fantastique”
Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique bombarded audiences in 1830 with completely unknown effects and contrasts. “Compared to the Witches Sabbath,” as one critic wrote at the time, “Weber’s Wolf’s Glen is a lullaby”. Simon Rattle presented this seminal work to inaugurate the 2009/2010 season in a programme which also included the premiere of Laterna Magica, a colourfully shimmering work by the Finnish composer Saariaho.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
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