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