Symphonie Fantastique

Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz (arr. Akira Yodo)

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Subtitle: V. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat

General Info

Year:1830 / 2011
Duration: c. 9:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Wind Gallery
Cost: Score and Parts - 30,800 yen

Instrumentation

Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinets Solo-I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano (optional)
Timpani (2 players)
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Chime
• Glockenspiel
• Suspended Cymbal
• Xylophone
• Marimba

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Berlioz’s 1830 Symphonie Fantastique is a piece of program music that, according to the composer’s notes, tells the story of “an artist gifted with a lively imagination who has poisoned himself with opium in the depths of despair because of hopeless love.” In this fifth and final movement, the protagonist of the story sees himself at a witches’ sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of sorcerers and monsters of every kind who have come together for his funeral.

The Symphonie, in whole or in part, is seldom heard in a wind band transcription, and Akira Yodo’s outstanding arrangement will help fill that void.

-Program Note by the Kagoshima Joho High School Wind Orchestra

Media

• Audio: Tokai University Takanawadai Senior High School Wind Orchestra (Takao Hatakeda, conductor)
• Audio MP3: Kagoshima Joho High School Wind Orchestra (Isao Yabiku, conductor) - 2014

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Kagoshima Joho High School (Kawanabe, Japan) Wind Orchestra (Isao Yabiku, conductor) – 19 December 2013 (2013 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

• Apothéose from "Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale" (tr. McMahan) (1840/2014)
• A Ball. See: Un Bal
• Benvenut Cellini (arr. Henning) (1937)
• Overture to "Béatrice et Bénédict" (trans. Henning) (1862/1937)
• Damnation of Faust (arr. Smith) (1957)
• Dream of a Witches' Sabbath (tr. Patterson) (1830)
• Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from "Symphonie Fantastique" (arr. Rogers) (1830/1995)
• Le Carnaval Romain (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1844/?)
• Le Carnaval Romain (arr. Van Mever) (1844/1961)
• Le Corsaire (tr. Schuller) (1856/1971)
• Le Corsaire Overture (tr. Beeler) (1856/)
• Les Francs-juges, Opus 3 (arr. Knox)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (1840)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (ed. Dondeyne) (1840)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (ed. Elkus) (1840)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (tr. Inkster) (1840/2015)
• Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale (arr. Whitwell) (1840/1973)
• March to the Scaffold (arr. Brown and Foulds) (1830/1937)
• March to the Scaffold (arr. Custer) (1830/1996)
• March to the Scaffold (tr. Gardner) (1830/1963)
• March to the Scaffold (tr. Leidzén) (1830/1937)
• March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie Fantastique" (tr. Patterson) (1830/2005)
• March to the Scaffold from "Symphonie Fantastique" (tr. Rogers) (1830/1995)
• Marche Hongroise (arr. Goto) (1820/1846/1986)
• Marche Hongroise (arr. Smith) (1820/1846/1961)
• Ouverture du Carnaval Romain (tr. Nefs) (1838/1844/2013)
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Godfrey) (1838/1844/1962)
• Roman Carnival Overture (tr. Kreines) (1838/1844/)
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Van Grevenbroek). See: Le Carnaval Romain
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Van Mever). See: Le Carnaval Romain
• Roman Carnival Overture (tr. Nefs). See: Ouverture du Carnaval Romain
• Roman Carnival Overture (tr. Patterson) (1838/1844/)
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Safranek) (1838/1844/1962)
• Roman Carnival Overture (arr. Singleton) (1838/1844/2000)
• Royal Hunt and Storm (arr. Boyd) (1966)
• Scaff! (arr. Wheeler) (2016)
• Suite from "Symphonie Fantastique" (arr. Story) (1830/2016)
• Symphonie Fantastique (arr. Foulds) (1830/1937)
• Symphonie Fantastique (tr. Parès) (1830/)
• Symphonie Fantastique: IV. March to the Scaffold (tr. VanDoren) (1830/2021)
• Symphonie Fantastique (arr. Yodo) (1830)
• Trojan March (arr. Erickson) (1971)
• Un Bal (arr. Rogers) (1830/1995)

Resources

None discovered thus far.