Lionel Belmondo , Yannick Rieu and l’OSL: Symphonic Jazz Around Brahms, Ravel and Boulanger

Interview by Alain Brunet

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Saxophonists and jazzmen Yannick Rieu and Lionel Belmondo have been musical friends since the ’90s, when Rieu lived in France and often shared the stage with his French colleague. This unfailing friendship culminates this Wednesday, April 16 at Salle André-Mathieu, when a jazz sextet shares the stage with the Orchestre symphonique de Laval. Presented in world premiere, the works on the program were composed by Rieu and Belmondo, inspired by Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger. On the eve of these premieres, the two soloists talk to Alain Brunet on PAN M 360.

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Program

Pieces for jazz sextet and orchestra based on Brahms, Ravel and Boulanger

First part (40 min)

1. Lines (Yannick Rieu)
2. Menuet en ut dièse mineur (Maurice Ravel)
3. Nocturne (Lili Boulanger)
4. Passacaille (Maurice Ravel)

Interlude (20 min)

Second part (35 min)

1. Africa Brahms (Yannick Rieu)
2. Ballade sur le nom de Maurice Ravel (Lionel Belmondo)
3. Embrahms-moi (Yannick Rieu)
4. Estebania-Pharaon (Lionel Belmondo-Yannick Rieu)
5. La couleur de l’eau (Lionel Belmondo)
6. Nostalgie (Yannick Rieu)
7. Ritournelle (Yannick Rieu)

Artists

Orchestre symphonique de Laval

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Daniel Bartholomew Poyser

Orchestral conductor

Lex French

Trumpet

Jonathan Cayer

piano

Rémi-Jean LeBlanc

double bass

Louis-Vincent Hamel

drums

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