Archive: Angélique Kidjo

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Instrumentation

  • Angélique Kidjo, vocals
  • Laborier David, guitar
  • Gast Waltzing, conductor

Programmes

Gast Waltzing
«Ebony Queen»
Angélique Kidjo
«Bahia» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, Arr.: Gast Waltzing)
George Gershwin
«Summertime» from the opera «Porgy and Bess» (Arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Angélique Kidjo
«Kelele» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, Arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Angélique Kidjo
«Malaika» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, Arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Angélique Kidjo
«Fifa» (Arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Carlos Santana
«Samba pa ti» (Arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Angélique Kidjo
«Ominira» (in collaboration with Vinicius Cantuária, arr.: David Laborier)
Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 2
Angélique Kidjo
«Mama Golo Papa» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Bella Bellow
«Zelie»
Angélique Kidjo
«Naïma» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Angélique Kidjo
«Awalole» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Angélique Kidjo
«Loloye» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, arr.: David Laborier)
Sidney Bechet
«Petite fleur» (Arr.: David Laborier)
Angélique Kidjo
«Agolo» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, Arr.: Gast Waltzing)
Angélique Kidjo
«Afirika» (in collaboration with Jean Hebrail, Arr.: Gast Waltzing)

Her world-music albums have earned her multiple Grammys – no surprise, since to hear Angélique Kidjo’s voice is to set off on a sensory journey to far-off lands. Adventurous rhythms from Kidjo’s West African homeland of Benin feature in her very own «Summertime» interpretation along with spherical sounds from Philip Glass combined with an exceptional dance performance. Now the outstanding African-French artist and UNICEF ambassador, whose favourite instrument is the banjo, meets the Tonkunstler Orchestra and drapes her musical spectrum, ranging from jazz to Latin American beats, in powerful, stirring sounds. A cosmopolitan Plugged-In evening conducted by Gast Waltzing!

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