Commemoration of the death of Napoleon I: Memorial ceremony on St Helena

Commemoration
05/05/2019
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Commemoration of the death of Napoleon I.

Commemoration of the death of Napoleon I: Memorial ceremony on St Helena
© Domaines français de Saint-Hélène

Programme:

10.15am Gathering at the observation Point
10.30am Beginning of the Ceremony
Prayers led by Father David Musgrave
2 minutes of silence with Last Post & Reveille played by Reverend Graeme Beckett
National Anthems by Professor Peter Hicks
Blessing

From 11am to 3pm At Longwood, free entrance to the Museum, and Picnic in the Longwood House gardens authorised

4pm to 5.15pm Concert at Longwood House
A limited number of 100 tickets can be purchased for the concert from the Tourist Office (£10).

– Ludwig van Beethoven, “Sonate in A flat”, slow mouvement,”“per la morte di un’Eroe”, piano solo
– La reine Hortense, «Partant pour la Syrie », piano / tenor
– Johann Ludwig Dussek, Variations on «Partant pour la Syrie», piano solo
– Giovanni Paisiello, “Felice pastorella”, piano / tenor,  Giovanni Paisiello, Sonate, piano solo
– Rodolphe Kreutzer, “Mon habit”, piano / tenor
– Rodolphe Kreutzer, «Ouverture à Lodoïska – La Marche des Tartares ”, piano solo
– André Grétry, «La Victoire est à nous », piano solo
– Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet- Charpentier, Bataille d’Austerlitz, piano solo 

Full Programme (English/French)

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