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The Tempest (Burya) Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare Op. 18 is a symphonic poem in F minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed in 1873. It was premiered in December 1873 conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein.It is based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Similar in structure to Tchaikovsky’s better-known Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture it contains themes depicting the stillness of the ship at sea the grotesque nature of Caliban and the love between Ferdinand and Miranda.