Festival Voix sur Berges, le Canal St Martin / le Jardin Villeman, 75010 Paris
JB Meldrum's song "BROTHER, BROTHER" sung by hundreds of singers! Festival de rue avec des chorales de tous les genres, unique et inspirant! An annual street festival with all kinds of choirs, unique and inspiring!
Atla School Woodstock, 11 rue André Antoine, 75018 Paris, France
JB Meldrum, the ATLA singers and the Highlites will perform 3 to 4 songs from PEACE ORATORIO with JB on his Guild acoustic . They will start with new arrangements of Blackbird by the Beatles and Riders On The Storm by the Doors. JB Meldrum, les chanteurs d'ATLA et les Highlites interprètent 3 ou 4 chansons de PEACE ORATORIO avec JB qui jouera sa Guild acoustique. Il y aura aussi Blackbird des Beatles et Riders on the Storm des Doors.
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JB and Sarclo sing and play BOB DYLAN in English and in French in a classy French Bistro in the historic St Germain des Près district... Come along and be ready to stuff the hat with cash for these two night owls who will astound you with poetry in motion! JB et Sarclo chantent et jouent BOB DYLAN en anglais et en français dans un bistrot français classieux au quartier historique de St Germain des Près... Venez nombreux et soyez prêts à remplir le chapeau des billets pour ces deux noctambules qui vous étonneront avec leur poésie en mouvement des chansons du grand DYLAN!
L'école ATLA présente ses élèves de niveau avancé sur la scène du Divan du Monde pour une soirée concert autour de Serge Gainsbourg.
"Two keys, two guitars, sax, trumpet and oboe, drums and bass, four BVs, and Benoit Charron as the shameless shaman conjuring up old Gainsbarre's demons !"
Une version théâtrale de l'opus "L'Homme à Tête de Chou", création de John Meldrum avec ses élèves :
I've just looked at the video taken from a phone during this performance from two years ago, and I'm still really thrilled with this theatrical medley of a concept album from the '70's by the French icon Serge Gainsbourg.
The arrangements that we put together as a band and the phenomenal performance of Benoit Charon make for a spellbinding spectacle. The mask that was created especially for the show is a work of art in and of itself. When Ben reveals it to the rhythm of Ravel's Bolero as the horns climb chromatically up the scale to a beautifully dissonant crescendo, he uses his hands so poetically, so magestically. And finally when he screams "MARILOU!" to finish the piece, there's such a rush of energy between the artists on the stage and the audience at the Divan du Monde, a rush of love and hatred fuelled by the jealousy of the protaganist and his now defunt lover, but also truly a meeting of rock and classical, of high art and low art. I would love to stage this work again someday!
John Meldrum June 11th, 2016.
The whole performance at Divan du Monde (June 24, 2014):
