The composer's follow-up to this work begins with a fisherman's song and ends with an overture to Shakespeare's The Tempest.
The composer's follow-up to this work begins with a fisherman's song and ends with an overture to Shakespeare's The Tempest. The third movement begins with an oboe and an English horn in the distance, representing two shepherds in dialogue. Movement five ends with a parody of the Dies Irae, while movement one, entitled "Reveries, Passions," introduces the protagonist, who in movement four takes an opium overdose when he believes his love is unrequited and "Marches to the Scaffold." For 10 points, name this masterwork of Hector Berlioz.
The composer's follow-up to this work begins with a fisherman's song and ends with an overture to Shakespeare's The Tempest.
{Symphonie Fantastique}