Berlioz – so British

Berlioz – so British

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norman lebrecht

April 08, 2017

That’s the title of an imaginative little August festival at the composer’s birthplace, La Côte-Saint-André, in the Isère.

It highlights Berlioz’s visit to London in 1851 to report on the Great Exhibition.

Cool idea, especially in this year of Brexit and Le Pen.

Full details here.

Comments

  • DB says:

    Festival Berlioz, a “little” festival? It may not be Salzburg but it’s one of the most important summer festivals in France!

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