<P> Tchaikovsky declined the project at first, saying the subject left him cold . Balakirev persisted . "You must, of course, make an effort", Balakirev exhorted, "take a more self - critical approach, don't hurry things". Tchaikovsky's mind was changed two years later, in the Swiss Alps, while tending to his friend Iosif Kotek and after he had re-read Manfred in the milieu in which the poem is set . Once he returned home, Tchaikovsky revised the draft Balakirev had made from Stasov's program and began sketching the first movement . </P> <P> The Manfred Symphony would cost Tchaikovsky more time, effort and soul - searching than anything else he would write, even the Pathetique Symphony . It also became the longest, most complex work he had written up to that point, and though it owes an obvious debt to Berlioz due to its program, Tchaikovsky was still able to make the theme of Manfred his own . Near the end of seven months of intensive effort, in late September 1885, he wrote Balakirev, "Never in my life, believe me, have I labored so long and hard, and felt so drained by my efforts . The Symphony is written in four movements, as per your program, although--forgive me--as much as I wanted to, I have not been able to keep all the keys and modulations you suggested...It is of course dedicated to you". </P> <P> Once he had finished the symphony, Tchaikovsky was reluctant to further tolerate Balakirev's interference, and severed all contact; he told his publisher P. Jurgenson that he considered Balakirev a "madman". Tchaikovsky and Balakirev exchanged only a few formal, not overly friendly letters after this breach . </P> <P> In November 1887, Tchaikovsky arrived in Saint Petersburg in time to hear several of the Russian Symphony Concerts, one of which included the first complete performance of the final version of his First Symphony and another the premiere of the revised version of Rimsky - Korsakov's Third Symphony . Before this visit he had spent much time keeping in touch with Rimsky - Korsakov and those around him . Rimsky - Korsakov, along with Alexander Glazunov, Anatol Lyadov and several other nationalistically - minded composers and musicians, had formed a group called the Belyayev circle . This group was named after timber merchant Mitrofan Belyayev, an amateur musician who became an influential music patron and publisher after he had taken an interest in Glazunov's work . During Tchaikovsky's visit, he spent much time in the company of these men, and his somewhat fraught relationship with The Five would meld into a more harmonious one with the Belyayev circle . This relationship would last until his death in late 1893 . </P>

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