Happiness as Anarchy #118: Berlioz

2019-09-17T23:21:58+10:00September 17th, 2019|Happiness as Anarchy, music, Things That Make Me Happy|

Opium fuelled orchestral music at it's finest! Un Bal from Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique is one of my favourite pieces of all time. It is pure escapism to turn it up and wallow in the decadent romanticism of 1830. As Bernstein said, "Berlioz tells it like it is. You take a trip, you wind up screaming at