Ode to Napoleon – February 2, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents January 26, 2018 2886 Ode to Napoleon A quartet by Beethoven is preceded by vocal works about Napoleon. Heine’s poem Die beiden Grenadiere, set to music by Reissinger, Schumann, and Wagner, among others, pays tribute to the Emperor; Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon written in 1942 to a poem by Lord Byron, is an impassioned indictment against a tyrant. Artists QUATUOR SAGUENAY (ALCAN) STÉPHANE LEMELIN, piano DIMITRI KATOTAKIS, baritone Program SCHUMANN Lied Die beiden Grenadiere WAGNER Song Les Deux Grenadiers REISSINGER Lied Die zwei Grenadiere SCHOENBERG Ode to Napoleon for String Quartet, Piano, and Reciter, Op. 41 BEETHOVEN Piano Quartet No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 16 bis Friday, February 2nd 2018 at 6:30pm Duration: 2 Hrs For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts 514-285-2000 Bourgie Concert Hall 1339 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 2E8 Related
