Bonjour Chanson Series 3, Episode 12

From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson: Series 3
Length: 28:29

Wonderful French Language Songs for English Speaking Audiences. Episode 12. Read the full description.

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Playing: Bonjour Chanson Series 3, Episode 12
From: Charles Spira

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Half an hour of wonderful French Language Songs by a variety of Artists. French Language Popular Music reinvents itself constantly. We bring you the artists who are in demand today, but we also revisit songs from the past that have retained their magic. We'll tell you about each artist and his/her song in English. When you'll hear the song in its original French you will know what it is about and you'll feel the emotion. This episode features the following artists and songs:
Stanislas Renoult, (France) La Belle de Mai
Elsa Lunghini, (France), Oser
Jacques Brel, (Belgium), Marieke
Liane Foly, (France), Deracinee
Maxime le Forestier, (France), Comme un Arbre
Diane Tell, (USA), On a Beau

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Piece Description

Half an hour of wonderful French Language Songs by a variety of Artists. French Language Popular Music reinvents itself constantly. We bring you the artists who are in demand today, but we also revisit songs from the past that have retained their magic. We'll tell you about each artist and his/her song in English. When you'll hear the song in its original French you will know what it is about and you'll feel the emotion. This episode features the following artists and songs:
Stanislas Renoult, (France) La Belle de Mai
Elsa Lunghini, (France), Oser
Jacques Brel, (Belgium), Marieke
Liane Foly, (France), Deracinee
Maxime le Forestier, (France), Comme un Arbre
Diane Tell, (USA), On a Beau

We wish to thank members of l’Alliance Française de Washington for using Bonjour Chanson!

Broadcast History

10/26/2008, Station KUT, KUT2, Austin, TX.
03/29/2010, Station CJUM-FM, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Transcript

Bonjour Chanson Series 3, Episode 12.

Play Track 01 seconds 37 to 1:12  ?La Belle de Mai?.

Start text segment 1  Welcome to ?Bonjour Chanson?. We bring you beautiful French language melodies and tell you what they are about, so you may enjoy them even more. My name is Charles Spira and I?ll be your host.
You heard an excerpt from the song ?The May Beauty? by Stanislas Renoult. More about Stanislas at the end of the show when we?ll play the entire song.

Our first song is by Elsa Lunghini who as a child and teenager led a frantic life, first as a child star in French movies, then as a singer on the French Music scene.
She was born in 1973. Her Father was a musician and her mother a painter. As a child Elsa enjoyed the company of artists and spent time on film sets. It did not take long before she was offered a part in a movie alongside Romy Schneider.at age 6. Movi...
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Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
La Belle de Mai	Stanislas Renoult	L'equilibre Instable.	Polydor	2008	04:18
Oser	Elsa Lunghini	Elsa Lunghini.	Mercury	2008	03:28
Marieke	Jacques Brel	Infiniment.	Universal France	2004	02:46
Deracinee	Liane Foly	La Chanteuse de Bal.	Warner	2004	03:44
Maxime le Forestier	Maxime Le Forestier	Maxime le Forestier, Essentiels.	Polydor	2008	03:09
On a Beau	Diane Tell	Tout de Diane.	Bmg	2003	04:36