Napoleon Part 5: Downfall in Russia

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Napoleon’s blockade of Britain begins. Amidst the fall-out, France launches an invasion of Spain. The Duke of Wellington arrives on the scene. After another dispute with Russia, Bonaparte assembles his biggest ever army. It will do the unthinkable and march on Moscow... A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. This is Part 5 of 6. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's August the 20th, 1882.
0:05.2	We're in Moscow.
0:07.2	By the banks of the Moscow River stands a huge pavilion.
0:11.2	Inside, 500 guests in their dinner suits and fine dresses sit in eager anticipation.
0:20.2	They're gathered to enjoy a performance by the orchestra of the Russian musical society.
0:26.2	To polite applause in walks the conductor, he pull it al-Tani.
0:31.4	He used to premiere a work scored especially for the occasion.
0:35.4	It's been dashed off in a mere six weeks by one of the greatest composers of the age.
0:41.4	Chakowsky, best known for his ballet, swan lake.
0:48.4	Al-Tani taps the button.
0:50.4	The audience comes to a harsh.
0:52.4	As he waves his arms, soft strings begin the piece.
0:59.6	One which will rise over 15 minutes to a bombastic brass crescendo.
1:04.6	It's quite the production.
1:07.6	A slice of prog virtuosity, he is splittingly loud.
1:11.6	Chakowsky has somehow worked in an orthodox hymn, church bells, Russian folk songs,
1:18.6	even a snippet of the masayas.
1:21.6	For sheer pyrotechnic majesty, it was meant to have actual canon going off on cue outside,
1:27.8	triggered by electric switches.
1:30.8	But there have been some technical issues.
1:33.6	Kettle drums will have to suffice.
1:40.4	The work, Opus 49 in E-flat major, will become one of the most recognizable compositions in the history of music.
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