Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique

This week, Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä returns to Symphony Center with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy with viola soloist Antoine Tamestit. The broadcast concludes with a London recording of Berlioz’s Les-francs-juges Overture led by eighth music director Sir Georg Solti.

Broadcast available through March 8, 2029.

Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16
Antoine Tamestit viola
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
October 2025

Hector Berlioz Les francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1973-1974 (London)

Production
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post music producer and audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host

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