Ensemble Contraste

Musical programme (order not defined, concert presented)
Barbara - Ma plus grande histoire d'amour

Barbara - La Solitude
Barbara - Nantes
Barbara - Dis quand reviendras-tu ?
Barbara - Toi
Barbara - Le mal de vivre
Barbara - Parce que
Barbara - Göttingen
Barbara - My childhood
Carlos Eleta Almarán/Francis Blanche- Story of a Love
Lichel Vaucaire/Charles Dumont - Mon Dieu (Charles Dumont)  
Léo Ferré - Jolie Môme 
Serge Rezvani - The whirlwind of life 
Léon Agel/Émile Carrara - Mon amant de Saint-Jean 
Brel - Franz's waltz
Barbara - l'Aigle noir

"It was November 1963. In her dressing room at the Théâtre des Capucines, Barbara was scribbling the last words of a song on a piece of paper. Trembling, dressed all in black, the 33-year-old took to the stage. Despite the emotion, the singer took off and finished the text that had taken her four years to write. The audience was overwhelmed. Record company executives were won over. Barbara's career began. The song is called Nantes. Barbare sings of unhappy love affairs, missed appointments and the ghosts of the past. People found her strange and mysterious, this "long brunette lady", as some described her, with her tragic allure. Yet her success has been immense. She has become an icon.

Cast

Albane Carrère, vocals 
Arnaud Thorette, viola 
Rémy Poulakis, accordion
Alix Merckx, double bass
Johan Farjot, piano & arrangements