Given the breadth of her musical journey, it would be hard to guess just who has most inspired Siri Vik...but for those of us who have long known and loved her work one artist in particular comes immediately to mind: la môme piaf, "The Little Sparrow". In 2010 we presented Siri's first study of the legendary French chanteuse, simply called, La Vie en rose and have revisited that project twice since.
La vie en rose is one of 4 OFAM 2018 concerts presented twice:
Matinee: Fri, Aug 3 - 1:30 pm
Evening: Thu, Aug 9 - 8;00 pm
"As I’ve continued to perform these heart-anthems over the years," Siri muses, "time and again, I’ve been struck by how powerfully listeners of our day and age respond to the music--in particular how ardently they love the voice and the memory, the idea, of Édith Piaf. Like a splash of red paint against a clean white wall, Édith Piaf’s voice leaves a singularly vivid impression--it is the impression the world holds of all of France and its music. Her voice is not only a sound, but a vessel which carries in its strain the echoes of loves, losses, the quiet desperations, the boundless passions, the stories of a people. Her voice has reached through the last century into the 21st with a reverberation and a power to haunt and grip. Like many great artists, Piaf paid a price for her bright star; she carried a burden of sorts, the burden of possessing the voice who sang--who spoke--for every human heart: 'It’s not only my voice which sings, it is a crowd of voices...'" With great pleasure we present Siri's evolving tribute to Édith Piaf to the audiences of OFAM 2018.
| Event Personnel | | | | | Vocalists | | | | Musicians | | |
| Milord (1959) Words by Georges Moustaki - Music by Marguerite Monnot |
| Madiana (1933) Words & music by Maïotte Almaby |
|  | Mon Homme (1920) Casino de Paris 1920 Paris qui Jazz Words by Jacques Charles (fr), Channing Pollock (en), Albert Willemetz (fr) - Music by Maurice Yvain |
| Le Tango Stupéfiant (1936) Words by Phillipe Olive, Henry Cor - Music by Ralph Carcel |
| L'Accordéoniste (1940) Words & music by Michel Emer |
| Padam Padam (1953) Words by Henri Contet - Music by Norbert Glanzberg |
| Tous les visages de l'amour (1974) Words by Herbert Kretzmer - Music by Charles Aznavour |
|  | C'est Mon Gigolo (1929) Words by Julius Brammer (ge), André Mauprey (fr) - Music by Leonello Casucci adaptation of Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo |
|  | La Mer (1945) Words by Charles Trénet - Music by Charles Trénet, Léo Chauliac |
| Les Moulins de mon cœur (1968) Words by Eddy Marnay (fr), Alan Bergman (en), Marilyn Bergman (en) - Music by Michel Legrand |
| Au suivant (1964) Words & music by Jacques Brel |
| Ne me quitte pas (1959) Words & music by Jacques Brel |
| La Vie en rose (1946) Words by Édith Piaf, Mack David - Music by Louiguy |
| Non, je ne regrette rien (1956) Words by Michel Vaucaire - Music by Charles Dumont |
| La Valse à mille temps (1959) Words & music by Jacques Brel |
| Featured composers, lyricists, creators | | | Maïotte Almaby, - Charles Aznavour, 1924- Alan Bergman, - Marilyn Bergman, - Julius Brammer, 1877-1943 Jacques Brel, 1929-1978 Ralph Carcel, - Leonello Casucci, - Jacques Charles, - Léo Chauliac, - Jean Constantin, 1928-2010 Henri Contet, 1904-1998 Henry Cor, - Mack David, 1912-1993 Charles Dumont, - Michel Emer, 1906-1984 Norbert Glanzberg, 1910-2001 Joseph Kosma, 1905-1969 Herbert Kretzmer, 1925- Michel Legrand, 1932- Louiguy, 1916-1991 Eddy Marnay, 1920-2003 André Mauprey, 1881-1939 Marguerite Monnot, 1903-1961 Georges Moustaki, 1934-2013 Phillipe Olive, - Édith Piaf, 1915-1963 Channing Pollock, 1880-1946 Jacques Prévert, 1900-1977 Charles Trénet, 1913-2001 Michel Vaucaire, - Albert Willemetz, 1887-1964 Maurice Yvain, 1891-1965
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La Vie en rose Ticket Prices |
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AA | 39.00 | 35.25 | 33.25 | 31.25 | 19.50 | A | 35.00 | 31.50 | 29.75 | 28.00 | 17.50 | B | 30.00 | 27.00 | 25.50 | 24.00 | 15.00 | C | 25.00 | 22.50 | 21.25 | 20.00 | 12.50 |
 | Jaqua Concert Hall The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts 285 E Broadway Eugene, Oregon 541-434-7000 |
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