Performers
- Les Itinérantes
- Manon Cousin
- Pauline Langlois de Swarte
- Élodie Pont
Programme
Dream A Little Dream Of Me (mus. Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, lyr. Gus Kahn, arr. Manon Cousin) [2’]
The Green Moss (mus./lyr. Philip Barkhudarov) [3’]
Bel astre que j’adore (anonymous, 15th c., arr. Manon Cousin) [2’]
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the ballet Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (lyr./trb. Pauline Langlois de Swarte) [2’]
Khamei (anonymous medieval theme, lyr./arr. Élodie Pont) [3’]
Durme, durme, mi linda donzella (Sephardic chant, arr. Manon Cousin) [4’]
Lakota Lullaby (mus. Robert “Tree” Cody, arr. Élodie Pont) [5’]
Bejeht mima jeîs (mus./lyr. Manon Cousin) [2’]
Lorelei (mus./lyr. Manon Cousin after Heinrich Heine) [2’]
Sama Yoon, main theme from the film Unpredictable Nature of the River (Les Caprices d’un fleuve, mus. René-Marc Bini, lyr. Pape Dieye, René-Marc Bini, arr. Pauline Langlois de Swarte) [2’]
Clair de Lune from 2 Songs, Op. 46 No. 2 (mus. Gabriel Fauré, lyr. Paul Verlaine, arr. Pauline Langlois de Swarte) [3’]
La reine de cœur (mus. Francis Poulenc, lyr. Maurice Carême, arr. Pauline Langlois de Swarte) [3’]
Les moulins de mon cœur (mus. Michel Legrand, lyr. Eddy Marnay, arr. Élodie Pont) [3’]
Concert description
Programs like this one are hard to come across. In a way, it is a journey through music, both in space and in time. Our guides on that journey will be the Les Itinérantes vocal trio: Manon Cousin, Pauline Langlois de Swarte, and Élodie Pont. Its members met while studying musical theatre, but they came from slightly different backgrounds – jazz, world music, and early music.
Generally, the trio does not perform music as it came to as through original sources. They opt for rearrangements and pair the music with their own lyrics. Sometimes, it is not out of choice but necessity: after all, Les Itinérantes often use ancient, medieval or traditional sources, many of which are incomplete. On other occasions, the reason behind the rework is to make a piece work for a trio, on yet another: to give the music a personal touch.
In their programs, the artists juxtapose numerous kinds of music from different ages: folk and early music, popular compositions, musical pieces, film scores… On top of that, they are in many different languages: French and English, but also Gaelic, Sephardic Ladino, or Georgian. The audience is in for a true day-and-night journey!
Dominika Micał, “Ruch Muzyczny”