Hele La Belle France
Hele La Belle France – “The range and variety of the voice was amazing” “It was nothing short of a miracle that in all the pictures there was not a single tourist to be seen” Eric Tallett Burnley Express 17th November 2000 This unique multi-media performance combines music and images to bring a true flavor of France.
It has brought new audiences to classical music and received a nomination for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. The recital includes romantic and impressionist songs by Duparc, Debussy, Ravel and Faure as well as 20th century pieces by Poulenc, Milhaud and Satie. gaple online
This relaxing journey into French Song will take you from the Grand Boulevards of the Belle Epoque and afternoon promenades along the river Seine, to the smoky cabarets and the bohemian cafés of the artists of Montmartre.
Helena’s training as a linguist and personal experience of this beautiful city gives her an added insight into her performance of her chosen songs. Paris always reveals a new image to me. I turn a familiar comer and find something. I’ve never noticed before. ‘ The Impressionist painter Monet and his famous garden at Giverny is the subject of one of the lectures given by Brenda Kean.
The other features of the magnificent Palace of Versailles and other treasures of pre-revolution France. The centerpiece is the megalomaniac “Sun King Louis XIV, France’s most glamorous monarch and his 65 years of unbridled spending. Both lectures are accompanied by breathtaking images from our most recent visit to France.…