A musically impressive mix of two French songs... this piece was arranged by Emmanuel Touchard, who also wrote and conceived the whole musical show ("Swing! Swing! Swing!") The two well-known songs, "Nous les Nanas"(sung by the girls) and "Ah! Si vous connaissez ma poule" (sung by the boys) are melded together in a fantastic arrangement which is both comical and touching.
The cohesion of the choir is such that the choir master (Scott Alan Prouty) can totally trust them performing the double tempo, and can just watch and smile from the side of the stage...
Salle Gaveau, Paris, May 2009. Two other pieces from this musical can be found on YT (see my favourites for the link, and a dvd has been released (postal order form at www.sottovoce.fr)
c'est un choeur a plein temps?Je veux dire, comme une maitrise?Ils sont scolarisés comment ces enfants?Je les trouve incroyables!!!
papillondenuit1970 11 months ago
Une pièce d'une écriture musicale étonnante dans laquelle deux thèmes de chansons françaises (respectivement binaire et ternaire) s'exposent, s'entrelacent et se superposent élégamment.
Avec aisance, les interprètes naviguent d'un monde à l'autre portés par un accompagnement piano brillant.
Maîtrise, énergie, présence, humour et séduction, les jeunes du choeur Sotto Voce nous ravissent une fois de plus.
MsDominog 1 year ago
Delightful - would be very happy if that was just part of an evening with more to follow !
Clivejvaughan 2 years ago