Cali, Bigflo and Oli, Anne Sila, Nolwenn Leroy… Twenty years after the death of Claude Nougaro, the stars of the French scene paid tribute to the emblematic poet of Toulouse during a concert on the Place du Capitole, recorded on September 8 2024. (Re)live the event on France.tv from Friday December 27 and at 11:10 p.m. on France 3.
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“Am I going to leave something? Is the song capable of leaving something, really? […] Or with the years, the patina of time and the truth of what I would have laid…Will it survive me? Well, what to answer? I think so!”
If you were there, last Sunday September 8, among the 8,000 spectators gathered at Place du Capitole, then you undoubtedly remember these few words from Claude Nougaro… They resonated at the opening of the concert, an instant before Natalie Dessay began, at the alongside the Orchester national du Capitole, the most emblematic title of Claude Nougaro, the famous “O Toulouse”.
And honestly, what better way to start?
For this vibrant tribute dedicated to the twenty years since the death of the singer (who passed away on March 4, 2004 at the age of 74), Yvan Cassar and Yvan Cujious have imagined a colorful symphonic concert bringing together a fine range of big names from the French scene.
Bigflo and Oli paid tribute to Claude Nougaro by covering “Toulouse”
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© Morgane Production / FTV
Among the artists gathered to sing Nougaro, alongside the Orchester national du Capitole: Ben l'Oncle Soul, Bénabar, Cali, Nolwenn Leroy, Bigflo et Oli, Anne Sila, Cats on Trees, Mouss et Hakim, Jean-Pierre Mader , Fabian Ordonez, Nicolas Courjal and even Pierre Guénard.
Nolwenn Leroy sings “L’île Hélène” by Claude Nougaro, accompanied by the Orchester national du Capitole and Yvan Cassar, on the piano
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© Morgane Production / FTV
Everyone comes on stage to reinterpret, in their own way, the key titles of the Toulouse jazz master. Of “O Toulouse” has “Armstrong”passing through “Cécile my daughter”, “Jazz and Java”, “I'm under”, “Sing Sing Song”, “Tu verras” or even “The Rooster and the Clock”.
“Je suis sous” by Claude Nougaro by Bénabar, Cali and Yvan Cujious, accompanied by the Orchester national du Capitole conducted by Yvan Cassar
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© Morgane Production / FTV
We invite you to (re)experience the event, from Friday December 27 on France.tv and from 11:10 p.m. the same day, on France 3.
The opportunity to hum along to familiar tunes or perhaps to discover, for the younger generations, a creative and humanist singer whose melodies have undoubtedly left their mark and “left something, really”…
A show proposed by the city of Toulouse, the Metronum and theNational Orchestra Capitole Toulouse
Realization
Guillaume Klein
Production
Morgane Production
Passerelles Productions
ONCT
Artistic production
Emilie Bontemps
