La Symphonie de Poche

Cast (15 artists)

Marie Perbost, soprano
La Symphonie de Poche
Nicolas Simon,conductor

Cast

La Symphonie de Poche
Nicolas Simon, conductor
Marie Perbost or Stéphanie Varnerin, soprano
Robin Melchior and Lucas Henri, arrangements
14 musicians (1 singer, string quintet, accordion, harp, flute, 2 clarinets, baritone saxhorn, marimba and other percussion instruments, conductor)

“Paris at night” tells the story of a fruitful friendship between two geniuses of words, film and song: Jacques Prévert and Joseph Kosma, against the backdrop of Paris, City of Light, where their shared passion for the silver screen is embodied.

“Paris at night” is the second part of a triptych devoted to three major literary and musical figures of Paris in the 1950s: Boris Vian, Jacques Prévert and Raymond Queneau.

An idea of the program:

Directly related to cinema, 20' :

*Les enfants qui s'aiment (Marcel Carné's Les Portes de la nuit)
*La pêche à la baleine (short film of the same name by LouTchimoukow)
*Chanson des enfants d'Aubervilliers (Aubervilliers by Eli Lotar)
*Song of the water (Aubervilliers by Eli Lotar)
*Song of the Seine (Aubervilliers by Eli Lotar)
*À la belle étoile (The Crime of Mr. Lange by Jean Renoir)
*Chanson du moi de mai (The King and the Bird by Paul Grimault)
*Le monde est une merveille (Le Roi et l'Oiseau by Paul Grimault)
*Les feuilles mortes (Marcel Carné's Les Portes de la nuit)

Original music, 20 ':

*Les enfants du paradis (Marcel Carné)
*Les amants de Vérone (André Cayatte)

In connection with Paris, 20 ':

*Paris at night
*The Taxi Driver's Nightmare
*Inventory
*Two snails go to the funeral
*Song in the blood
*La grasse matinée
*La belle saison

Running time
70 minutes without intermission