The coda to this symphony’s finale begins with an harmonium entrance on a massive C major climax, which is usually played on organ. The lento lugubre first movement of this symphony opens with a bass clarinet and two bassoons playing the brooding unison fortissimo theme [read slowly] long E, B C D, A B C. The composer of this symphony indicated that a bell should be placed in an adjacent room for its third movement pastorale, which begins with a siciliana and is punctuated by a three-note hunter’s call. Both Berlioz and Balakirev declined to write this symphony when they were sent its program, which Vladimir Stasov wrote after he watched a performance of Harold in Italy. The final movement of this symphony depicts an infernal orgy and contains a D-flat major theme depicting Astarte (“uh-star-tee”). For 10 points, name this “symphony in four scenes” based on a Lord Byron poem, composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. ■END■
ANSWER: Manfred Symphony [or Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Op. 58; accept Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in place of “Pyotr Tchaikovsky”]
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