Witches take over the Houston Symphony this weekend. Classical fans can guess what that means: the return of Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique," a sound spectacular, and no more so than in its ...

The guitar is the epicentre of so much contemporary music, and not just in the West; in classical music, however, if not quite marginal, it’s no rival for the piano and the violin. Still, there are ...

A work of opulent orchestral colors and effects that tells a “fantastic” story, starring Hector Berlioz himself, besotted with a Shakespearian actress. His passion-propelled Symphonie Fantastique ...