Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Thomas Oliemans

French chansons and more

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FB Oranjewoud Pavilion
FB Oranjewoud Pavilion

In the final concert, baritone Thomas Oliemans and Amsterdam Sinfonietta will travel through France in Formidable!, alternating chansons with classical works by French grandmasters.

As a boy, baritone Thomas Oliemans already sang with the stars of French chanson, thanks to his father's LP collection. Now a celebrated opera singer, performing at major opera houses around the world, he and Amsterdam Sinfonietta return to his early passion: French chanson.

Popular and lesser-known works ranging from Jacques Brel to Barbara and from Charles Trenet to Stromae are interspersed with classical works for strings by Ravel, Rameau, Debussy and Fauré. They illustrate the unmistakable and enduring French sound idiom in both "high" and "low" art forms over the centuries.

Read the interview with Thomas Oliemans

Program

César Franck – Variations symphoniques
Hubert Giraud – Sous le ciel de Paris
Charles Trenet – Boum!
Aznavour & Stromae – For me formidable – Formidable
Léo Ferré – Avec le temps
Maurice Ravel – Blues uit vioolsonate
Serge Reggiani – Il suffirait de presque rien
Michel Legrand – Paris violon
Maurice Ravel – Assez vif, très rhythmé, uit strijkkwartet in F
Yves Montand – À bicyclette
Jean Philippe Rameau – Les fêtes d’Hébé
Mika – C’est la Vie
Edith Piaf – La vie en rose
Claude Debussy – Beau soir
Barbara – L’île aux mimosas
Gilbert Bécaud – Et maintenant
Jacques Brel – Mathilde

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