Edward MacDowell (Lamia - Symphonic Poem)

The music of Edward MacDowell is firmly rooted in 19th-century Romanticism. While his works for orchestra are not abundant, the symphonic music he has composed is grand, moving, and top-notch. Here we have Lamia, a tone poem based on John Keats narrative poem bearing the same title. The thirteen-minute work, written in 1889, seeks to portray the ultimately tragic circumstances following a meeting between Hermes and the half-serpentine woman called Lamia. A small excerpt of the poem fades in and out of