Ariane Moffatt comes on stage, dressed all in yellow, and explains: our own verlan is Ferland. And Ferland, in verlan? Ariane gave it to us in a thousand words: hell! “It wouldn’t have displeased him…” All smiles, Louis-Jean Cormier joined his radiant artistic director, time to launch The Little King and call in their wake a whole host of wrens.
Afterwards ? Full freedom. You are my love you are my mistress, by a lascivious Ariane Roy and a dangerous Hubert Lenoir (and all in black)? Why not ! Mom your son is having a bad timeby Thierry Larose, it’s more “ soulful » how sad: the fabulous orchestra that Ariane has brought together allows all detours. This time it’s less convincing, but it’s worth a try. It throws you to the ground, however, when Vincent Vallières and Marie Denise Pelletier rush Route 11. These brass instruments, what a blast! This groove from the 1970s a hundredfold, it swallows asphalt.
The beautiful part of Marie Denise Pelletier
And after ? Ferland has such a repertoire. Marie Denise chooses Before calming down because “that sums up Jean-Pierre’s journey”. Do we know what a great and formidable performer Marie Denise Pelletier is? The public at the Place des Festivals sees this. And cheers. This crowd is younger than one might have expected, which is nice. Lou Adriane Cassidy, Ariane Roy and Thierry Larose, the dynamic trio of the hour in Quebec, are joining forces for what goes without saying: When we love we are always twenty years oldThen Sing Sing. News of them and him, Ultimately. Ferland’s surging force, he celebrated love and youth as he breathed. It still gives you a breath of fresh air.
Hey, another trio brought together for the occasion seems to get younger with each line: Macadam Flowers has Send to homeLJ Cormier, Vallières and Patrice Michaud (a happy ghost!) appropriate songs from two eras as if they continue to exult in the present.
What if we stuck together like we stuck together? It’s Jean-Pierre’s voice that we hear, it’s him who asks everyone, it’s Patrice and Ariane who sing apples to each other to The most beautiful slow. It’s too hot, but couples are hugging nonetheless. It prepares the way for A little higher a little further, pushed with full force by Julie-Anne Saumure, supported by Marie Denise and Ariane. True emotion without tinanesque Céline buttering in front of Ginette.
The second masterpiece
The tribute to Ferland is that afterwards, Vincent Vallières can bring everything back to earth with don’t listen to that. He talks about the context of the release ofdon’t listen to that, which he listened to at the same time as Radiohead because he could. It was his second masterpiece, Ferland, well into his sixties, we couldn’t believe it either. The title song still has as much impact. Vallières too.
Ariane resumes There are dayswhich she already shared with Plaster on the tribute album Jaune 2005. A very angry version, she recalled in an interview with Duty two weeks ago. This time, it’s with Soleil Launière that it’s happening. We are elsewhere. A certain calm reigns. The arrangement has matured, in truth. That too is a measure of Ferland: the songs can evolve. The music, by Ariane with Martha Wainwright, gains in grandeur. They could sing Cohen and it wouldn’t be any better.
The message still good after death
They can all these songs, and even “take us home”: the anthem that has gone around the world is sung by Karkwa, Martha, with all the participants in the choir. Nothing is out of reach, the great team is all on stage to The cat from the artists’ caféKarkwa accompanies Hubert Lenoir to If we got started, eh yes. And the little kings are side by side to God Is An Americanincluding Adib Alkhalidey.
This is the ripple effect: everyone is affected by the passage of the repertoire, even “children from immigrant backgrounds”, says Adib Ferland. “I didn’t know Mr. Ferland, but a part of him exists in my soul and in my head.” Undeniably. So goes the sun, said our JP, it takes you to the sun.
The show will be broadcast on Radio-Canada on June 24 at 7 p.m.