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 legend 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. "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...'"
It is with great pleasure that we present Siri's evolving tribute to Édith Piaf to the audiences of OFAM 2018.
This show is offered twice the Festival, on Friday August 3rd at 1:30 pm (matinee) and Thursday August 9th at 8 pm.
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| Milord (1959) Words by Georges Moustaki Music by Marguerite Monnot |
| Cri du coeur (1960) Words by Jacques Prévert Music by Henri Crolla |
| Les Filles qui la nuit (1931) Words by Jean Boyer Music by Léo Lelièvre, Maurice Aubret |
| Le Tango Stupéfiant (1936) Words by Phillipe Olive, Henry Cor Music by Ralph Carcel |
| Mon légionnaire (1936) Words by Raymond Asso Music by Marguerite Monnot |
| L'Accordéoniste (1940) Words & music by Michel Emer |
| Mon manège à moi (1958) Words by Jean Constantin Music by Norbert Glanzberg |
| Les Feuilles Mortes (1945) Words by Jacques Prévert Music by Joseph Kosma |
| Padam Padam (1953) Words by Henri Contet Music by Norbert Glanzberg |
| Hymne à l'amour (1949) Words by Édith Piaf Music by Marguerite Monnot |
| Jezebel (1951) Words & music by Wayne Shanklin |
| Tous les visages de l'amour (1974) Words by Herbert Kretzmer Music by Charles Aznavour |
| Les Moulins de mon cœur (1968) Words by Eddy Marnay (fr), Alan Bergman (en), Marilyn Bergman (en) Music by Michel Legrand |
| C’est extra (1969) Words & music by Léo Ferré |
| Dis quand reviendras-tu? (1964) Words & music by Monique Serf |
| Vesoul (1968) Words & music by Jacques Brel |
| La Foule (1957) Words by Michel Rivgauche Music by Ángel Cabral |
| 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 |
| Featured composers, lyricists, creators | | | Raymond Asso, 1901-1968 Maurice Aubret, - Charles Aznavour, 1924- Alan Bergman, - Marilyn Bergman, - Jean Boyer, 1901-1965 Jacques Brel, 1929-1978 Ángel Cabral, - Ralph Carcel, - Jean Constantin, 1928-2010 Henri Contet, 1904-1998 Henry Cor, - Henri Crolla, 1920-1960 Mack David, 1912-1993 Charles Dumont, - Michel Emer, 1906-1984 Léo Ferré, 1916-1993 Norbert Glanzberg, 1910-2001 Joseph Kosma, 1905-1969 Herbert Kretzmer, 1925- Michel Legrand, 1932- Léo Lelièvre, 1872-1956 Louiguy, 1916-1991 Eddy Marnay, 1920-2003 Marguerite Monnot, 1903-1961 Georges Moustaki, 1934-2013 Phillipe Olive, - Édith Piaf, 1915-1963 Jacques Prévert, 1900-1977 Michel Rivgauche, - Monique Serf, 1930-1997 Wayne Shanklin, 1916-1970 Michel Vaucaire, -
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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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