09/11/2026
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Hector Berlioz-"Symphonie Fantastique"
II-UN BAL
Composer
• Berlioz, Hector
Arranger
• Rogers, R. Mark
Detailed Instrumentation: Concert Band
Description: Three of the movements of "Symphonie Fantastique" have been transcribed for band and are available from the publisher: Movement II- "Un Bal", Movement IV- "March to the Scaffold", and Movement V- "Dream of a Witches Sabbath".
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IV-MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD
Composer
• Berlioz, Hector
Arranger
• Rogers, R. Mark
Detailed Instrumentation: Concert Band
Duration: 7 minutes
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Description: The best-known work by Berlioz, "Symphonie Fantastique" for orchestra is a well-regarded example of programmatic music. This transcription for band of the 4th movement, "March to the Scaffold", depicts the following scene of a young, dreaming musician: "He dreams that he has killed his beloved, that he is condemned to death and led to the scaffold. The procession moves forward to the sounds of a march that is now somber and fierce, now brilliant and solemn, in which the muffled sound of heavy steps gives way without transition to the noisiest clamor. At the end, the idee fixe returns for a moment, like a last thought of love interrupted by the fatal blow." This transcription by R Mark Rogers carefully adapts the orchestral version in such a way as to best match the intent of the original, and is meant to set the standard by which all other scores of this sort may be measured. Three of the movements of "Symphonie Fantastique" have been transcribed for band and are available from the publisher: Movement II- "Un Bal", Movement IV- "March to the Scaffold", and Movement V- "Dream of a Witches Sabbath".
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V-DREAM OF A WITCHES SABBATH
Composer
• Berlioz, Hector
Arranger
• Rogers, R. Mark
Detailed Instrumentation: Concert Band
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Duration: 9 minutes
Description: Berlioz considered it very important that listeners should understand the program of the cycle of five movements which made make up his most famous "Symphonie Fantastique", so he insisted that audience members be issued a copy of the detailed program he had written for this work. The program for movement five read as such: "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath." He sees himself at the sabbath, in the midst of a frightful troop of ghosts, sorcerers, monsters of every kind, come together for his funeral. Strange noises, groans, bursts of laughter, distant cries with other cries seem to answer. The beloved melody appears again, but it has lost its character of nobility and shyness; it is no more than a dance tune, mean, trivial, and grotesque: it is she, coming to join the sabbath. This transcription by R Mark Rogers preserves every possible aspect of Berlioz' orchestration with its startling originality and brilliant instrumental effect, with the parts for orchestral woodwinds, brass, and timpani instruments entirely intact, affording aspiring young players the opportunity to experience the full riches of Berlioz' extraordinary writing. Three of the movements of "Symphonie Fantastique" have been transcribed for band and are available from he publisher: Movement II- "Un Bal", Movement IV- "March To The Scaffold", and Movement V- "Dream of a Witches Sabbath".
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