All four drummers are instructed to use sponge-headed drumsticks at the end of this piece's third movement, a passage for four solo timpani that depicts distant thunder.
All four drummers are instructed to use sponge-headed drumsticks at the end of this piece's third movement, a passage for four solo timpani that depicts distant thunder. In the fifth and final movement, a prominent theme returns as a shrill solo for E-flat clarinet. That theme is derived from the composer's earlier cantata Herminie. The third movement uses an oboe and an English horn to depict a duet between two shepherds, and the last movement quotes the Dies irae melody. Featuring movements such as "A Ball,"  "Reveries – Passions," and "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath," all five movements use a tune depicting the actress Harriet Smithson. Featuring the idée fixe, for 10 points,  identify this programmatic symphony by Hector Berlioz.
All four drummers are instructed to use sponge-headed drumsticks at the end of this piece's third movement, a passage for four solo timpani that depicts distant thunder.
Symphonie fantastique  3