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Symfonie fantastique

Symphonic17 Oct '25 - 19 Oct '25

Love and heartbreak as musical inspiration: from Saint-Saëns’ romance to Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, which ends in a sublime nightmare.

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2hours
85-90musicians
1interval
1free drink

“Love makes the world go round,” says an old French proverb. A love song inspired Saint-Saëns to compose his Fifth Piano Concerto. But it is unrequited love that truly gives rise to great music. Rejected by the woman of his dreams, Berlioz wrote his Symphonie fantastique—music that blossoms like a budding romance, only to end in a sublime nightmare. Long live heartbreak.

Programme & performers

Takemitsu
How Slow the Wind

Saint-Saëns
Fifth Piano Concerto ‘Egyptian’

Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique

ConductorKazuki Yamada
PianoAlexandre Kantorow
Unrequited Love,
the source of great music.
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I watched one of the most charismatic conductors I’ve seen all year
The Washington Poston Kazuki Yamada
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All play dates of Symfonie fantastique

Friday 17 Oct 20258:15 PM
Rotterdamde Doelen (Grand Hall)
Sale starts: May 20st 10:00 AM
Sunday 19 Oct 20252:15 PM
Rotterdamde Doelen (Grand Hall)
Sale starts: May 20st 10:00 AM
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