Proms 2017 Proms Extra: Talk

Novelist Ben Markovits, the academic Anna Camilleri and Samuel West look at Lord Byron and his poem ‘Manfred’, the story of a Faustian nobleman living in the Bernese Alps who summons seven spirits to help him forget the death of his beloved Astarte.

Edited version broadcast on BBC Radio 3 during tonight's interval.

Booking is not required for this event. Entry is on a first-come-first-served basis (doors open from 30 minutes before the event begins; capacity is limited).

Image: Benjamin Markovits © Caroline Maclean