Napoleon and the Musical World

SATURDAY 16 JULY, 7.30pm
Chapel, Downing College, Cambridge CB2 1DQ
** Please note change of venue**

It is now over 200 years since Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France and still the “Corsican Ogre” both horrifies and fascinates us in equal measure. This ambivalence was also felt during his reign with some artists, such as Goethe, admiring Napoleon, others, were revolted by him, and some revised their opinions as history took it’s course.  One of the most famous volta-face has to be that of Ludwig van Beethoven and his violent re-dedication of this 3rd Symphony – “The Eroica”.

Anneke Scott (natural horn) and Geoffrey Govier (fortepiano) perform a programme bringing together works by composers whose lives were turned upside down by Napoleon’s advancing armies, including music by Ries, Kuhlau and Krufft alongside Beethoven's magnificent Variations on a theme from the Eroica Symphony.

This concert is proudly supported by The Howard Foundation.

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PROGRAMME:
Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832) - Andante e Polacca

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) - Sonata for fortepiano and horn in F Op. 17
i) Allegro moderato
ii) Poco adagio, quasi andante
iii) Rondo, Allegro moderato

Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) - Grande Sonata in F for fortepiano and horn, Op. 34
i) Larghetto, Allegro moderato
ii) Andante
iii) Rondo Allegro

INTERVAL

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) - Variations and Fugue in Eb Op. 35

Nikolaus von Krufft (1779–1818) Sonata for fortepiano and horn in E major.
i) Allegro moderato
ii) Andante espressivo
iii) Rondo “alla Polacca”