Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique
Sep 28, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 15 segments
Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique by Chicago Symphony
Sep 28, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 15 segments
Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique by Chicago Symphony
It's a hybrid work, part symphony, part viola concerto, part tone poem, in which the solo viola is more a star player than a full-blown soloist.
In four movements, the violist represents Harold, a melancholy dreamer who roams throughout Italy while encountering pilgrims, bandits and revolutionaries.
In the performance you're about to hear, French violist Antoine Tamestie brings an extra theatrical layer to this storyline.
While performing, he strolls around the stage, at times standing near the cellos and horns, as well as the more customary spot beside the conductor.
He's the perfect Harold to play this piece with.
He makes it his own piece as if he writes it himself and the way he phrases how he becomes one member of the orchestra and then again steps up and plays the most beautiful melody.
And I find this music really irresistible.
The joy, the depths of the motions, the incredible colors.
It's a hybrid work, part symphony, part viola concerto, part tone poem, in which the solo viola is more a star player than a full-blown soloist.
In four movements, the violist represents Harold, a melancholy dreamer who roams throughout Italy while encountering pilgrims, bandits and revolutionaries.
In the performance you're about to hear, French violist Antoine Tamestie brings an extra theatrical layer to this storyline.
While performing, he strolls around the stage, at times standing near the cellos and horns, as well as the more customary spot beside the conductor.
He's the perfect Harold to play this piece with.
He makes it his own piece as if he writes it himself and the way he phrases how he becomes one member of the orchestra and then again steps up and plays the most beautiful melody.
And I find this music really irresistible.
The joy, the depths of the motions, the incredible colors.
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