Long Live the Emperor – May 2, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents April 26, 2018 1769 LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR! Revolutionary and Imperial Music To mark the various feast days, ceremonies, and military victories of the Revolution and the French Empire, composers Gossec, Méhul, and Le Sueur wrote patriotic music for special occasions, hymns, marches, and songs. These works were composed mainly for reed and brass instruments, which entwine perfectly with the voices, whose main objective was to broadcast political messages to the French citizens, caught up as they were in a great whirlwind of change. Artists LES JACOBINS Instrumental and Vocal Ensemble Mathieu Lussier, direction and bassoon Catherine St-Arnaud, soprano Amelia Keenan, mezzo-soprano Jacques-Olivier Chartier, tenor François-Nicolas Guertin, baritone Martin Carpentier, clarinet Stéphane Fontaine, clarinet Jocelyn Veilleux, horn Alice Lane-Lépine, horn Mary Chalk, bassoon Program LE SUEUR Marche du Sacre de sa Majesté l’Empereur ROUGET DE LISLE La Marseillaise MÉHUL Le Chant du Départ CATEL La Bataille de Fleurus GOSSEC La Bataille and Suite d’airs révolutionnaires MÉHUL Messe solennelle à quatre voix, composed for the consecration of Napoleon the 1st (excerpts) Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 at 7:30pm Duration: 2 Hrs with intermission For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts 514-285-2000