Francois-Antoine Habeneck first conducted the prem
Francois-Antoine Habeneck first conducted the premier of this musical work, for which the composer recycled his Marche des Gardes from his ill-fated opera Les Francs Juges and placed it in the penultimate movement.  The solo cornet is the highlight of the second movement, entitled A Ball, while the final movement portrays an orgiastic festival and is called Dream of a Witches' Sabbath.  The first movement is Reveries and Passions, though it is the fourth movement, March to the Scaffold, that best develops this symphony's id? fixe.  Dedicated to Harriet Smithson, FTP, identify this most famous work of Hector Berlioz.
Francois-Antoine Habeneck first conducted the premier of this musical work, for which the composer recycled his Marche des Gardes from his ill-fated opera Les Francs Juges and placed it in the penultimate movement.  
Symphonie Fantastique