Jacques Brel:
Il neige sur Liege (arr. Oene van Geel)

Marc Heyral/Henri Contet:
Le Noël de la rue (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Barbara:
Göttingen (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Jacques Brel/Gerard Jouannest:
Ne me quitte pas (arr. Mascha van Nieuwkerk)

Anne Sylvestre:
Maumariée (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Charles Trenet/Johnny Hess:
Le petit Noël (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Marcel Mouloudji/Christian Verger:
Tu te moques (arr. Paul Prenen)

Django Reinhardt/Jacques Larue:
Nuages (arr. Oene van Geel)

Charlotte Haesen:
L’enfant (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Charles Trenet/Leo Chauliac:
Que reste-t-il de nos amours? (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Harold Arlen/Charlotte Haesen:
Dans un reve (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Robert Desnos/Joseph Kosma:
La fourmi (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

Anon.:
Si tu n’étais pas la (arr. Wijnand van Klaveren)

The chansons are about human experiences, human emotions. About love, deep sadness, the fear of being abandoned, but also about the joy of relationships and love. These chansons invite us to dare to be real people. At first sight, the chansons do not seem particularly deep; they are generally not spiritual; they do not use complicated turns of phrase. They describe the ordinary events of life, the lives of ordinary people. But it is precisely this description of ordinary events and encounters that opens the shutters to reveal the greater themes of life such as selfless love, hope and thankfulness. We understand how these chansons are about our own lives and realize how they can unleash powerful human emotions.

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Recorded and mixed by Stef Lenaerts at MotorMusic Studios, Belgium, May 3 - 5 2019.