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As in a game of cards, four queens have reigned over the life of Berlioz and inflamed fhe heart of the artist. With four parties, the piano suite to 6 hands "Queens of Heart" gives us some thoughts and secrets of the Master, for each of them.
- Estelle FORNIER, a girl of 18 years old, met on holiday, while Berlioz was only 12 years old, deeply subvert his heart... He wrote for her a romance, which later became the main theme of the "Fantastic symphony".
- Harriet SMITHSON, actress and Shakespearean heroine brings madness of the student Berlioz who marry her. Like the hero from his symphony "Romeo and Juliet", Berlioz in this work reveals her heart.
- Camille MOKE, pianist, causes a sensual storm in the heart of the winner at the "Grand Prix de Rome" which, from the "Villa Medicis" wrote "Harold in Italy" illustrating his passionate thoughts.
- Marie RECIO, chanteuse, was loved by Berlioz in a consuming passion. The serenade of "Mephistopheles" extracted from "Damnation de Faust" evokes this new passion with frenzy. Widower of Harriet Smithson, Marie Recio disappeared, Berlioz, 45 years after his first idyll tried to reconnect with Estelle, a love that remains unresolved. He succeeds in meet her, and it is a very worthy lady who thanked him for the feelings he has devoted for fer. He then returned to his dream that brings him the first notes of the "Fantastic symphony".
