I’ve been reading the memoirs of Hector Berlioz lately, having come to the odd and surprising realization that even though he is my favorite classical composer, I’ve never read his memoirs all the way through! The strength of his opinions is amazing–Berlioz was not a man to ever entertain feelings of ‘meh’.
I’ll have more to say about the Memoirs another time, but for now, here is Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture.