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Oct 7, 2026 24 min

Épisode 3, Les cafés

from Retour au Caire - Back To Cairo Hosted by Carole Potier

These travel journals are like small suitcases, brimming with the city's palpitations: whispers, seething sounds, uncertain detours and surprising corners. Paper, pencil and pen sketch out the time being recounted, the time of present memories and stories both lived and imagined. A dialogue between three characters: a narrator, a reader, and an author; a female author and a female reader; and a musical, sonic author: the Cairo journals! A podcast produced and edited by Carole Potier; original texts and narration by Jérôme Bettant. Contact: [email protected] Painting: Mireille Wagner Introductory text: Fabienne Cattin & Carole Potier Ces carnets de voyage sont de petites valises qui se gorgent et se nourrissent des palpitations de la ville : murmures, bouillonnements, détours incertains et recoins surprenants. Le papier, le crayon et le stylo dessinent le temps raconté, celui des souvenirs présents et des histoires vécues ou imaginées. Un dialogue à trois personnages : un narrateur, lecteur, auteur; une autrice, une lectrice; une autrice musicale et sonore : les carnets du Caire ! Un podcast produit et réalisé par Carole Potier; textes originaux et lecture, Jérôme Bettant. Contact: [email protected] Peinture de Mireille Wagner Texte introduction : Fabienne Cattin & Carole Potier Les Sons: The Sounds Camille Saint Saens, concerto pour piano n°2 , Fazil Say, piano, Orchestre national de France dirigé par Kristjan Järvi, 2014 J.-P. Rameau, L’Egyptienne, suite en sol, Sarah Delacretaz, harpe Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, concerto for cello, with two violins, viola, basso in A Major, Wq.172, Allegro Assai, Café Zimmermann Chick Corea, Armando’s Rhumba, Martin Fröst, clarinette, 12 févr. 2020, recorded for the Martin Fröst Foundation with : Hermann Stefánsson clarinet Margreet Houtman clarinet Wojciech Sokołowski clarinet Som Howie clarinet Kristofer Sundström bass Fredrik Gille percussion ; arrangement Göran Fröst; transcription Henrik Nordström Percy Aldon, Bagdad Café, 1987, scène du pianiste jouant Bach, Prélude du Clavier bien tempéré, Darron Flagg, pianiste; Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Poudre, Jack Palance Bach, Prélude n°1, Clavier bien tempéré, BVW 846, Andréas Schiff, Proms Royal Albert Hall, London , 2015 Bach, Prélude n°1, Clavier bien tempéré, BVW 846, Book I, n°2, Vikingur Òlafsson, Deutsche Grammophon, 2018 Constantin Cavafis, En attendant les barbares et autres poèmes, « Dans les tavernes louches », Collection Poésie / Gallimard, Gallimard, 2003 Cairo Steps, Cafe Groppi, composition & Oud: Basem Darwisch ; Arrangement & Piano: Rami Attallah; live at Cairo Opera House, 2019 Fazil Say, piano et composition, Black Earth, Karaoke Topeka, op.8. Black Earth was inspired by Kara Toprak, a popular song in Turkey. The composer of the song, Aşık Veysel (1891-1973), was one of the last great Turkish balladeers and the final link in a thousand-year tradition Contact : [email protected]

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These travel journals are like small suitcases, brimming with the city's palpitations: whispers, seething sounds, uncertain detours and surprising corners. Paper, pencil and pen sketch out the time being recounted, the time of present memories and stories both lived and imagined. A dialogue between three characters: a narrator, a reader, and an author; a female author and a female reader; and a musical, sonic author: the Cairo journals! A podcast produced and edited by Carole Potier; origina...

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