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TV - Cenando con Cattone 1981
This was a Peruvian TV Show hosted by Argentinian Oswaldo Cattone, actor and theatral director that was very succesful in Peru and owned his own theatre. In this episode, the main guest is by far, Paul Mauriat. He was very delighted and replied patiently all the questions.
~ Thanks to the help of
my friend
José Peñaloza for supplying this information.
Program Information:
Host: Oswaldo Cattone
Guests:
- Paul Mauriat - Orchestra conductor, arranger and composer
- Patricia Wieland - Interpreter (for Paul Mauriat into spanish)
- Menesio Rodriguez - Manager in Lima of the Press News Agency
EFE
- Felipe Carbonell - President of Carbonell Transport
Broadcast: Canal 4, América (Peru), 1981
Running Time: Aprox. 42 minutes
Following is a transcription of the show. Mauriat seems
to understand when people speak to him in Spanish (not so
fast), but he always replies in French. The interpreter
translates his replies into Spanish and from this source, I
am translating it here what they were talking about. These
are not exact quotes, and due to the translation or maybe
misunderstanding (even my transcription) there might be some
mistakes, but hope it helps.
For a transcript of the
comments check the
= Interview
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Transcription of the Show:
- Opening Credits
- The
host of the show, introduces each guest
- Chit-chat to
Mauriat (8 minutes)
- Mauriat was arriving from Bogota. His visit to Peru was
to promote a video of an Special that he made in Japan, Tokyo,
last year. He also was visiting Latin America to learn more
about its culture, and of course, its music. He was planning to
return next year, with all his orchestra.
- Dinner Table -
Section 1
- Conversation (while eating) to Mauriat (13
minutes)
1- To answer to the host and some guests, he said that
these days French singers and composers are too influenced
by the American music and they were confused and he was
hoping that soon a new French chanson will emerge.
2-
That there was a time when the French songs were known all
over the world, but now is not that way. Mauriat agreed.
3- Also, that there are French songs that most people think
that they are American songs, taking as an example "My Way",
which in fact is a French song called "Comme d'Habitude".
4- How hard it is to understand songs in different
languages, but with orchestral arrangements (instrumentals)
they have more success. Mauriat says for example we see a
painter sing or hum a song but not reciting a poem!
5-
That is why Jacques Prevert is more famous with his "sung
songs" that with his poems alone. Mauriat replies that
Prevert had an extraordinary success in France.
6- "Elle
Arrive Aujourd'hui" had the first prize at Festival de Palma
de Mallorca, composed by Mauriat. He says that it was sung
by an haitian singer
7- Mauriat also composed for
international singers such as Caterina Valente, Mireille
Mathieu among others... Mauriat that Mathieu was his "idol",
and that "Mon Credo" was her first big success.
8- Does
he enjoys more being an orchestra conductor, an arranger or
a composer?
He says that he prefers the arrangements.
Making an arrangement is like what the tailor does, creating
a special suit.
- Commercials
- Dinner Table - Section
2
- Conversation to the other guests (about 17 minutes)
1- Cattone asks to the interpreter about her job, her visit
to Moscow
2- Cattone asks to Rodriguez about the
reporting job
3- Cattone asks to Carbonell about his live
show that will go for charity
4- As a last question to
Mauriat, Cattone ask him if he had the chance to get to know
more of the Peruvian Music in his brief stay (two days). Mauriat
says that he visited a Peruvian-kind of pub (peña) where he
listened music very different to what he expected, with cajón (a
box), negro rhythms, that are more rhytmic that he thought the
music of Peru was.
- Farewell to each guest and end of the
show (about 5 minutes)