Nana Mouskouri

[benm]

Oct 6, 2008 9:27:57 GMT comet said:

I am currently reading Nana Mouskouri - Memoirs Page 258 / 259

About July or August 1974 Nana sang in Christchurch NZ.. She says :

"I had taken care to learn a Maori song which speaks for that people's soul, much as "Un Canadien errant" did for the Quebecois.
I could think of no better way of returning some of the affection lavished on me by the people who came to hear me.
And it was a unique chance of creating a shared enjoyment, both for them and for me,
for the whole audience sang along with me from the first notes."

The title of the Maori song is not given in Nana's book,
Do any of you folks in NZ remember this concert ?

A request also came in by telegram during the concert for some scientists doing research at the South Pole who were listening to the concert "Live" on radio and especially for them Nana sang Plaisir d'amour , Gounod's Ave Maria and Four and Twenty Hours.
Nana read the message out loud and I quote the book,

"The audience clapped it's head off, "

youtu.be/ctE4X4rXDCg?list=PL369990B5A707EBE5

[comet]

Thanks, don't remember seeing that before, try to remember a time in December..follow..


I'm still collecting Nana recordings from various sources in Greece through Discogs.

[comet]

Nov 27, 2021 18:34:05 GMT benm said:

Oct 6, 2008 9:27:57 GMT comet said:

I am currently reading Nana Mouskouri - Memoirs Page 258 / 259

About July or August 1974 Nana sang in Christchurch NZ.. She says :

"I had taken care to learn a Maori song which speaks for that people's soul, much as "Un Canadien errant" did for the Quebecois.
I could think of no better way of returning some of the affection lavished on me by the people who came to hear me.
And it was a unique chance of creating a shared enjoyment, both for them and for me,
for the whole audience sang along with me from the first notes."

The title of the Maori song is not given in Nana's book,
Do any of you folks in NZ remember this concert ?

Ben's link goes to YouTube NANA MOUSKOURI - Maori Song (Haere Mai e Nga).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctE4X4rXDCg&list=PL369990B5A707EBE5Haere Mai e Nga

I have put the song title in a post, because links have a habit of becoming No Longer Available

[comet]

I'm still collecting Nana Mouskouri recordings. I even went to Chania in Crete a few weeks ago, to the little harbour town where Joanna / Nana was born on the 13th of October 1934, the harbour is all pretty now with restaurants along the quay walls where you can sit and watch the sunset reflecting on the water of the harbour. I did that with my two grandsons and they took me to the edge of the harbour wall to watch the crabs on the rocks.

I managed to get a recent addition to my Nana collection a boxed set from 2005, Nana Mouskouri Collection..complete English works. Paddy of this forum had mentioned it to me around 2008/9 but it was a limited edition and was no longer available. I put the title on my wantlist on Discogs and years later I got a notification that one was available in France second hand, hit the buy button in a flash, when it arrived it was in absolutely perfect condition, the cling film was still around the box but it had been very neatly slit to allow its owner access to the book and discs, I could not find a fingerprint or a mark on the discs or the unique book that came with it. There are some fascinating older recordings and early versions of songs in the collection. I still haven't listened to all the discs yet.

Fingers crossed, there is a newer boxed set collection available frequently advertised New and Unopened on Discogs if anyone else is interested.