Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphonic Poem Op. 58

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Symphony in Four Tableaux After the Dramatic Poem of Byron, Op. 58
Lord Byron wrote his dramatic poem Manfred in 1816-17. The first two acts were written during his travels in Switzer- land, and the third act in Venice. After its completion, the latter was extensively revised at the suggestion of Byron’s pub- lisher. To that publisher he wrote on February 15, 1817: “I forgot to mention to you that a kind of poem in dialogue (in blank verse) or drama, ...begun last summer in Switzerland, is finished; it is in three acts, but of a very wild, metaphysical and inexplicable kind. Almost all the persons— but two or three —are spirits of the earth and air, or the waters; the scene is in the Alps; the hero a kind of magician, who is tor- mented by a species of remorse, the cause of which is left half unexplained. He wanders about invoking these spirits, which appear to him, and are of no use; he at last goes to the very abode of the Evil Principle, in propria persona, to evocate a ghost, which appears and gives him an ambiguous and dis- agreeable answer; and in the third act he is found dying ina tower where he had studied his art. You may perceive by this outline that I have no great opinion of this piece of phantasy.”

Byron may have had a low opinion of his poem, but that opinion was not shared by others. Whereas he felt it was not at all suitable for stage representation, it was ultimately pro- duced as a drama in 1834 and many times thereafter. It was for such a performance that Robert Schumann composed his overture and incidental music to Manfred in 1848. Manfred has even been called “a sort of nineteenth century Faust;” there are, in fact, a number of close spiritual relationships between these two figures, each of whom is willing to sell his soul to the Devil in exchange for certain supernatural powers.

We owe the existence of Tchaikovsky Manfred to Mily
Sir Eugene Goossens; The London Symphony Orchestra
1. Manfred (Symphony In Four Tableaux After The Dramatic Poem Of Byron, Op. 58): 1st Movement - Lento Lugubre 00:00
2. Manfred (Symphony In Four Tableaux After The Dramatic Poem Of Byron, Op. 58): 2nd Movement - Vivace Con Spirito 12:53
3. Manfred (Symphony In Four Tableaux After The Dramatic Poem Of Byron, Op. 58): 3rd Movement - Andante Con Moto 22:00
4. Manfred (Symphony In Four Tableaux After The Dramatic Poem Of Byron, Op. 58): 4th Movement - Allegro Con Fuoco 32:02
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