By 1848 he was in London, playing as a member of Berlioz's orchestra at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, but he reputedly did not play the solo in the middle movement of the composer's Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale because it was supremely taxing for the technique of the day.
By 1848 he was in London, performing as a member of Berlioz's orchestra at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, but he reportedly did not play the solo in the middle movement of the composer's Funeral and Triumphant Symphony because it was extremely demanding for the technical capabilities of the time.