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The Orchestre National d'Île-de-France and Lambert Wilson present two major works from the German repertoire.<div> Performed by more than 70 musicians from the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, under the direction of Nicolò Umberto Foron and accompanied by narration by Lambert Wilson, this program brings together two major works from the German repertoire around the same question: destiny and the figures of heroism.</div><div><br></div><div> With "Death and Transfiguration", Richard Strauss unfolds an orchestral fresco that accompanies the last moments of a man, between struggle, appeasement and elevation.</div><div><br></div><div> Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony, "Eroica," was inspired by the hopes placed in Napoleon Bonaparte. But the revolutionary disappointed the composer when he proclaimed himself Emperor. Enraged, Beethoven changed his plans and dedicated his symphony not to Bonaparte, but "in memory of a great man."</div>