symphonie fantastique 4th mvt

this movement starts out eerily with a roll in the timpani and a short horn line, but the piece immediately changes its attitude in the 11th measure with a FF hit. the main melody comes in around measure 62--it is very fanfare like, a tutti winds section filled with dotted eighth sixteenth notes. there is an incredible trombone note that truly penetrates the motivic line. the introduction and the melody are repeated. In the 78th measure, a new introductory motive is heard before the return of the main melody. the moods shift frequently--as heard in measure 164, when the idee fixe fromt he first movement is heard in the clarinet. following this solo, there is an orchestral hit and there are pizzicato notes in the cellos and basses. this resembles a head being chopped off by a guillotine and then bouncing on the ground after it had been completely sliced. hate to be graphic and all, but it's kind of nifty I think. thanks, Dr. B.