Quebec

Quebec City, QC - Grand Théâtre de Québec - Salle Louis-Fréchette

Friday, April 4, 2014 - 20h00

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Montreal, QC - Place des Arts - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 20h00

On April 5, 2014, the Montreal public found Nana after eight years of absence. During two hours, 3,000 spectators gathered at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier and let themselves enchanted by her voice, her presence and her generosity. What a joy to be there and then to write about it!

Just before the concert, a videorama almost identical as the one of the farewell tour recalls the highlights of her career. Impressed and moved, the audience applauds and stands up when she comes on stage. The contact is established and Nana is immediately comfortable. Following the first song, she welcomes everyone and presents her musicians.

An evening filled with anecdotes and songs begins. Nana emphasizes among other the 50 years of Place des Arts. In 1965, she performed with Harry Belafonte. She pays tribute to him by singing "Try to remember" and does the same for the late Amy Winehouse with "Love is a losing game", an unreleased song. As in each city, her international repertoire represents an important part of the program. In Quebec, she performs some of her big French hits like "Le temps qu'il nous reste" and "Je chante avec toi liberté" and two of our songs, "Je reviens chez nous" and "Un Canadien errant". Some new arrangements surprise us and her daughter Lénou sings several duets with her.

Radiant in her scarlet stage dress, Nana gladly jokes and interacts with the audience. Accompanied by four talented musicians, she enjoys sharing the stage with them. Each one showcases at particular times: Philippe gets closer with his saxophone, Luciano plays the piano with more intensity, Pili stirs the strings of his bass and the guitarist Yannick sings a duet with her.

Lénou, dressed in white, returns after 15 years. Again tonight, I'm dazzled by her rendition of "Alfonsina y el mar". This time, knowing the story, I feel more the sadness in her voice and she gives me shivers; that Argentinian writer stricken by an incurable cancer who chose to die like in her poems by drowning in the sea.

The harcore fans point out that Nana is more in voice than at the beginning of the tour. For having seen her live on February 21, I agree. The training and the audience response certainly contributed to it. It is especially noticeable in the second portion of the show as her voice is fully warmed up. She goes through the movie songs, a repertoire in which the interpretation prevails. With the complicity of her pianist, she has a great time. Also, the transition to the classical tone in "Plaisir d'amour" is quite exquisite. Her vocal control is undeniable. The spectators, pleasantly surprised by such a performance, left delighted.

Songs from the concert

01- Intro & Pame mia volta sto fengari
02- La vie, l'amour, la mort
03- Le temps qu'il nous reste
04- Try to remember
05- Aspri mera
06- Ela pare mou ti lipi
07- Love is a losing game
08- Adieu Angelina (Nana and Lénou)
09- Je me souviens de vous (Lénou)
10- Happy girl (Lénou)
11- Alfonsina y el mar (Lénou)
12- Odos oniron (Nana and Lénou)
13- Je chante avec toi liberté
14- Smoke gets in your eyes
15- Schau mich bitte nicht so an
16- Les feuilles mortes
17- Les parapluies de Cherbourg
18- The summer knows
19- Over the rainbow
20- Plaisir d'amour
21- Amazing Grace (Nana and Lénou)
22- Je reviens chez nous (Nana and Lénou)
23- Le tournesol (Nana and Lénou)
24- Weisse Rosen / Roses blanches / The white rose of Athens (Nana and Lénou)
25- Ta pedia tou Pirea (Nana and Lénou)
26- Un Canadien errant (Nana and Lénou)

LE JOURNAL DE MONTRÉAL
(May 31, 2013)