,,Heroic symphony, composed to celebrate the memory of a great man'. This is the headline to the original score of Ludwig van Beethoven's third symphony. Originally, this symphony was intended as an ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, but when the latter declared himself emperor of France in 1804, Beethoven, in the midst of composing, threw a fit of rage and scratched out Napoleon's name, replacing the original dedication by the sentence mentioned above. Nonetheless, this symphony became a landmark in the history of Western music. Les Dissonances play Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' by Ludwig van Beethoven at the Opéra Dijon in France without a conductor, but with leading violinist David Grimal.
