Griffiths has also written original texts for non-operatic settings , including '' The General '' , which premiered in Montreal on 16 January 2007 , with Kent Nagano conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra . '' The General '' , a concert piece for symphony orchestra , narrator , soprano and chorus was conceived by Nagano as a tribute the Canadian General Roméo Dallaire . Griffiths 's narrative texts , inspired by Dallaire 's attempts to stop the Rwandan genocide , are interwoven with the music from Beethoven 's complete Egmont score , other theatre music and '' Opferlied '' ( '' Song of Sacrifice '' )
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Paul Griffiths (writer)