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Symphonie Fantastique learn more about the music

It may not be quite bells and whistles, but there will definitely be bells in this unmissable Saturday night concert at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Wagner, Shostakovich and Berlioz combine in one thrilling evening.

You can learn more about it in our programme notes which this year are being presented in a new and accessible way.

And in addition, this companion page draws together a range of complementary content which we hope will help shine additional light on the pieces, the people who composed them and the performers bringing them to life here in Hope Street.

Domingo Hindoyan

“It’s a crazy symphony with plenty of emotions every two bars, and changes of moods,” says the Liverpool Philharmonic’s new chief conductor of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.

So expect fireworks when Domingo Hindoyan walks out in front of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in this latest performance in the city.

Hindoyan started his tenure at Hope Street in September and is already attracting headlines for his performances, including a ‘spine-tingling’ Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony last month.

Watch Domingo Hindoyan talk about five of his favourite symphonies

The bells

The bells! The bells!

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is in the unique position of owning the largest collection of church bells of any UK orchestra.

The set of 14 bells has been brought together as part of our Forever Bells project and with the generous support of Liverpool Philharmonic donors.

They were made in the Netherlands at the Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry at Asten, founded in 1872, and each bell features the Liver Birds and the official flower of Liverpool – Sea Holly – cast in bronze relief.

Watch percussion section leader Graham Johns talk about the bells.

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