Hamlet, Fantasy-Overture in F minor, Op. 67
This guide follows Tchaikovsky’s Hamlet, Fantasy-Overture in F minor, Op. 67 (1888) in one part (sonata form).
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Follow all 8 sections as they play
The slow begins with a brooding for violas and cellos. Horns then toll twelve times, the ghost appears, and the breaks in with hammer-blow chords that set off a frenzy tied to Hamlet's plotting. The brings the lyrical contrast. An leads to the of the first and then the second, and the dies away, with drums that listeners hear as Fortinbras.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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