Suite from Symphonie Fantastique: Timpani

Including three movements from Berlioz's five-movement Symphonie Fantastique, originally composed in 1830---"A Ball," "March to the Scaffold," and "A Witches' Sabbath"---this masterwork is revered as one of the most vivid program pieces in classical music, and remains to this day one of the most popular works of the Romantic period. Carefully scored for the contemporary concert band. (6:45)