Its first movement recycles themes from the composer's discarded Rob Roy overture and depicts the title character "in the mountains".
In his memoirs, this work's composer complained about the "tepid applause" received by the debut of its first movement, which he attributed to conductor Narcisse Gerard failing to create the necessary accelerando at the end. Its composer also blasted Gerard for fucking up the encore of this work's second movement by skipping fifty bars after the harpist lost his place shortly after playing two tones representing the sound of convent bells. Its third-movement scherzo sees the strings provide the effect of a bagpipe-like musette while the oboe and piccolo represent the other instruments played by folk musicians called pifferari, which this work's composer encountered while travelling in the Abruzzi. Its first movement recycles themes from the composer's discarded Rob Roy overture and depicts the title character "in the mountains". The second movement depicts singing of an evening prayer and is called "Marche des pélerins", while the final movement is the "Orgy of the Brigands". FTP, name this symphony which prominently features a solo viola, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by a Lord Byron poem.
In his memoirs, this work's composer complained about the "tepid applause" received by the debut of its first movement, which he attributed to conductor Narcisse Gerard failing to create the necessary accelerando at the end.
{Harold in Italy} [or {Harold en Italie}; accept Hector {Berlioz}