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Ma France - Chansons Symphoniques
Various composers

Philippe Elan / Residentie Orkest the Hague / Jurjen Hempel

Ma France - Chansons Symphoniques

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917283426
Catnr: CC 72834
Release date: 01 November 2019
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Challenge Classics
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0608917283426
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CC 72834
Release date
01 November 2019

"On this CD Philippe Elan brings 11 particularly beautiful chansons, symphonic accompanied by the Residentie Orkest Den Haag."

Stretto, 21-12-2019
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About the album

Philippe Elan was born in Gascony, in the south-west of France, in 1960 and moved to the Netherlands in 1986. Ever since, he has frequently been giving solo programmes of French chansons in theatres together with arranger, producer and regular accompanist Reyer Zwart. Philippe is a frequent guest on radio and television programmes, where he champions the French chanson. Over the years, Philippe has recorded 12 albums and 2 DVDs.

Philippe Elan: “Singing with a symphony orchestra is a unique, different and exciting experience… and that was certainly the case with the Residentie Orkest. I was given the chance to choose the songs I wanted to sing and the talented Marijn van Prooijen and Max Knigge wrote exclusive arrangements for us. They both came to my house and we talked at length about my preferences in musical colours: a collaboration in which I had a very satisfying input... This way, I was able to tell my story in one concert… my story as a man and as a singer, and I am delighted that this recording can spread my story even further. I have always sung, mostly in French, my mother tongue, conscious that it was the best way, at least the most emotional and organic one for me to express myself as an artist. My mother tongue and my country France are intimately linked to my singing and I can honestly say that the title of this album Ma France is a genuine one. On this album I sing about my attachment to France, my heroes, my migration to Amsterdam, my prayers, my poems, my fears, my hopes and, of course, love.
Ga er maar eens lekker voor zitten. Dit is een heerlijk nostalgisch album met Franse chansons, maar dan wel op een heel speciale manier uitgevoerd. Het is een geslaagd project van de vertegenwoordiger van het Franse lied in Nederland Philippe Elan en het Haagse Residentie Orkest onder leiding van Jurjen Hempel. Zij brengen een live opname uit van Ma France - Chansons Symphoniques. Zoals de Volkskrant schrijft over Elan: "Hij gooit de ramen van zijn hart open en zingt vol galmende bravoure."

Het complete verhaal

Ma France is een album over Elan’s verbondenheid met Frankrijk: "Ik kreeg de kans om zelf de liedjes uit te kiezen die ik wilde zingen. Franse chansons, onderdeel van de Franse ziel." Elan vertelt zijn verhaal in één concert. Over zijn helden, angsten, zijn hoop en natuurlijk: over de liefde. Ma France is het complete verhaal van de Fransman als mens en als zanger. En zoals de legendarische chansonnier zelf zegt: "Zingen met een symfonie orkest is uniek, anders en een opwindende ervaring… en dat was zeker het geval met het Residentie Orkest."

En zo begon het

De locatie Paard in Den Haag: een spannend kruispunt waar het Residentie Orkest nieuwe artiesten, genres en publiek ontmoet, daar begon het. In februari 2019 was het theater het toneel van een bijzonder concert: Philippe Elan en het Residentie Orkest traden op met onvergetelijke liedjes van onder andere Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel, Julien Clerc en Jean Ferrat. De kleurrijke arrangementen geschreven door Marijn van Prooijen en Max Knigge werden prachtig uitgevoerd door het expressieve orkest en de chansonnier zong zoals hij nog nooit gezongen had. Het concert werd live opgenomen en is uitgebracht door Challenge Classics.

De liefde bracht hem naar Nederland

In 1986 brengt de liefde Philippe Elan naar Nederland en niet lang daarna wint hij de Alliance Française Chanson Competitie, het begin van een lange carrière. De zanger, geboren in het Franse Gascogne, vindt zijn inspiratie in grote voorbeelden zoals Jaques Brel. De jaren die volgen heeft hij meerdere solo programma’s met Franse chansons in de Nederlandse theaters. Hij werkt samen met jazz-en pop musici zoals Laura Fygi, Cor Bakker en Louis van Dijk. Het album Chansons Classiques samen met het Gemini Ensemble wordt bekroond met een Edison. In totaal maakt Philippe Elan 12 albums en 2 dvd's.

Philippe Elan wurde 1960 in Gascogne im Südwesten Frankreichs geboren und zog 1986 in die Niederlande. Seitdem gibt er regelmäßig Solorecitals mit französischen Chansons in Theatern, zusammen mit Arrangeur, Produzent und Begleiter Reyer Zwart. Als Verfechter des französischen Chansons ist Elan oft zu Gast bei Radio- und Fernsehprogrammen. Im Laufe der Jahre hat er zwölf Alben und zwei DVDs aufgenommen.

Philippe Elan: „Mit einem Symphonieorchester zu singen ist eine einzigartige, ganz andere und aufregende Erfahrung... und das galt auf jeden Fall für die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Residentie Orkest. Ich hatte die Gelegenheit, die Lieder auszusuchen, die ich singen wollte, und Marijn van Prooijen und Max Knigge schrieben exklusive Arrangements für uns. Beide kamen zu mir nach Hause und wir haben lange über meine Vorlieben im Bereich musikalischer Farben gesprochen: das war eine Zusammenarbeit, in der ich einen sehr zufriedenstellenden Beitrag machen konnte... So konnte in meine Geschichte in einem Konzert erzählen... meine Geschichte als Mann und Sänger, und ich freue mich riesig, dass diese Aufnahme meine Geschichte noch weiter verbreitet. Ich habe schon immer gesungen, meist auf Französisch, meine Muttersprache, im Bewusstsein, dass das der beste Weg ist, zumindest der emotionalste und organischste für mich, um mich als Künstler auszudrücken. Meine Muttersprache und mein Heimatland Frankreich sind eng mit meinem Gesang verbunden und ich kann ehrlich sagen, dass der Titel dieses Albums, Ma France (deutsch: Mein Frankreich), ein authentischer ist. Darauf singe ich über meine Verbundenheit zu Frankreich, meine Helden, meine Umsiedelung nach Amsterdam, meine Gebete, meine Gedichte, meine Ängste, Hoffnungen und, natürlich, Liebe.

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Philippe Elan (vocals)

Philippe Elan was born in Gascogne, in the south west of France, in 1960 and moved to the Netherlands in 1986. In that same year he was off to a flying start by winning the chanson competition of the Alliance Française. Ever since, he has frequently given solo programmes of French chansons in theatres together with arranger, producer and regular accompanist Reyer Zwart. He also appears with artists such as Cor Bakker, Louis van Dijk and Laura Fygi. In 2013 Philippe joined forces with the Amstel Quartet, a unique saxophone formation that gives concerts all over the world. Besides working with jazz and pop musicians, Philippe has frequently appeared on classical venues with groups such as the Gemini Ensemble, the Holland...
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Philippe Elan was born in Gascogne, in the south west of France, in 1960 and moved to the Netherlands in 1986. In that same year he was off to a flying start by winning the chanson competition of the Alliance Française.
Ever since, he has frequently given solo programmes of French chansons in theatres together with arranger, producer and regular accompanist Reyer Zwart. He also appears with artists such as Cor Bakker, Louis van Dijk and Laura Fygi. In 2013 Philippe joined forces with the Amstel Quartet, a unique saxophone formation that gives concerts all over the world. Besides working with jazz and pop musicians, Philippe has frequently appeared on classical venues with groups such as the Gemini Ensemble, the Holland Symfonia (2009), the Johan Willem Friso Kapel (2013) and the Metropole Orkest (2015). Philippe is a frequent guest on radio and television programmes, where he champions the French chanson.
Over the years, Philippe has made 12 albums and 2 DVDs. In 2014 he released the single L’été est là, an up tempo pop number produced by Eddy Ouwens. This cheerful chanson placed him in the top ten of the Dutch Top 40.
In 2015, he was a soloist in the successful operatic production Vive la France, and appeared in collaboration with the Amstel Quartet. Together they released a CD, Sax avec Elan. Together with the Gemini Ensemble, Philippe received an Edison award for their album Chansons classiques.
A performance with the Amstel Quartet in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in July 2016 was followed later that year by a series of concerts with Thérèse Steinmetz, and their joint CD production Amsterdam-Paris (Philippe’s eleventh album), under the musical direction of Nico van der Linden, was greeted with jubilant reviews.
In the spring of 2017 Philippe was a soloist in the operatic production Vive la France #2”, which toured 50 Dutch theatres. In autumn 2017 Philippe was again on stage in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, this time with Thérèse Steinmetz.
The summer of 2018 saw the issue of the successful single En rêve on se voit and Philippe immediately set out on a long concert season, one which continued until the end of August 2019! In February 2019 Philippe gave an exclusive concert with the Residentie Orchestra in Paard, in The Hague, conducted by Jurjen Hempel, and in March his new EP came out, a joint effort with Thérèse Steinmetz and the Amstel Quartet, Manège à trois.

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Residentie Orkest The Hague

Residentie Orkest The Hague proves that even in the 21st century, symphonic music can still be meaningful to large and diverse audiences. Its reputation as one of the finest orchestras in Europe makes it an appropriate figurehead for The Hague as a cosmopolitan city of justice, peace, and culture. The orchestra performs concert series in the Zuiderstrandtheater in Scheveningen and in addition performs at venues such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht and De Doelen in Rotterdam. Special crossover and innovative productions are also provided at The Hague’s prominent pop venue Paard van Troje throughout the season. The Residentie Orkest performs regularly at various other major concert halls abroad. Tours have brought the orchestra to New York, Boston, Chicago, London and...
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Residentie Orkest The Hague proves that even in the 21st century, symphonic music can still be meaningful to large and diverse audiences. Its reputation as one of the finest orchestras in Europe makes it an appropriate figurehead for The Hague as a cosmopolitan city of justice, peace, and culture. The orchestra performs concert series in the Zuiderstrandtheater in Scheveningen and in addition performs at venues such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht and De Doelen in Rotterdam. Special crossover and innovative productions are also provided at The Hague’s prominent pop venue Paard van Troje throughout the season. The Residentie Orkest performs regularly at various other major concert halls abroad. Tours have brought the orchestra to New York, Boston, Chicago, London and Vienna amongst others and the orchestra also performed in countries like Japan, China, Germany, France and South America. There are also many prolific collaborations with a wide range of partners, including the Dutch National Theatre, Gemeentemuseum and the Dutch National Opera. Recent seasons have seen a much acclaimed production of Messiaen’s rarely performed opera Saint François d’Asisse and Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites.

A rich history Since its first concert in 1904, the Residentie Orkest has developed into one of the prominent symphony orchestras of The Netherlands. Founded by Dr Henri Viotta, who was also its first principal conductor, it quickly attracted composers like Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Max Reger, Maurice Ravel, Paul Hindemith and Vincent d’Indy. Guest conductors included Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter, Leonard Bernstein and Hans Knappertsbusch.

After World War II, Willem van Otterloo was appointed chief conductor. He led the orchestra from 1949 to 1973 and built a strong reputation by combining high-quality performances with adventurous programming. Van Otterloo was succeeded by Jean Martinon, Ferdinand Leitner, Hans Vonk, Evgenii Svetlanov, Jaap van Zweden and Neeme Järvi.

Chief conductor Starting season 2018/2019 Nicholas Collon is chief conductor and artistic advisor of the Residentie Orkest. Richard Egarr will join the orchestra as principal guest conductor in 2019. Until the summer of 2019 Jan Willem de Vriend will act as principal conductor.


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Jurjen Hempel (conductor)

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On this CD Philippe Elan brings 11 particularly beautiful chansons, symphonic accompanied by the Residentie Orkest Den Haag.
Stretto, 21-12-2019

The power of the French songs.
nederlands dagblad, 03-12-2019

Ma France is the complete story of the Frenchman as man and singer.
Mania, 08-11-2019

More than ever, he is the storyteller who knows what lies in text and music: love.
Holland Media Combinatie, 08-11-2019

Conductor Jurjen Hempel [...] has the right feeling for this music and creates a nice atmosphere in Paard with his musicians and with Elan." "With his finesse and compelling enthusiasm, Elan sings chansons by Ferrat, Aznavour, Ferré , Piaf and Brel, but also has surprises in store from Anne-Frid Lyngstad (from Abba) and Julien Clerc.
Trouw, 01-11-2019

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