Michel Legrand

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Maria Friedman and Friends: Legacy review – who’s up for a cabaret lock-in?
Looking back at the work of Sondheim, Hamlisch and Legrand, with glorious songs and personal stories, this is a mixed bag of a show

Arifa Akbar

09, Mar, 2022 @5:08 PM

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Amour review – Michel Legrand's daft musical about Montmartre's Robin Hood
Despite witty couplets and a zippy staging, this whimsical tale struggles to engage

John Lewis

09, May, 2019 @10:42 AM

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Michel Legrand obituary
French composer, jazz musician and conductor who wrote the scores for more than 250 films including The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Yentl

John Fordham

27, Jan, 2019 @4:16 PM

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Soundtrack legend Michel Legrand: 'I've been an adventurer!'
He wrote the soundtracks to some of the greatest films ever, winning Oscars and partying with the stars. As he hits Britain, the 86-year-old Frenchman recalls fights with his mother – and benders with Miles Davis

Richard Williams in Paris

04, Sep, 2018 @5:00 AM

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Various: Jazz on Film – The New Wave II review – a rich and enjoyable collection
British jazz comes into its own on this eight-CD compilation of soundtracks from the late 1950s and early 60s

Dave Gelly

24, Jan, 2016 @8:00 AM

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Musicals we love: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
I anticipated disaster when I heard that Kneehigh were staging Jacques Demy's vibrant and bittersweet film but the result genuinely changed my life, writes Maddy Costa

Maddy Costa

31, Mar, 2014 @7:00 AM

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The second film in Jacques Demy's seaside trilogy stars Catherine Deneuve as a reluctant newlywed in a hymn to the Hollywood musical, writes Philip French

Philip French

09, Feb, 2014 @12:05 AM

Michel Legrand – review
It's difficult to believe that Michel Legrand – a greying Parisian with a startling resemblance to TV scientist James Burke – is 80, because he still plays with such intensity and accuracy, writes John Lewis

John Lewis

11, Apr, 2012 @5:45 PM

Michel Legrand: Noël! Noël!! Noël!!! – review
A big band Christmas for some big-time stars for the great Frenchman's 80th birthday, writes John Fordham

John Fordham

24, Nov, 2011 @10:17 PM

Michel Legrand – review

Legrand displayed his jazz/classical virtuosity in this all-originals show, writes John Fordham

John Fordham

08, Jun, 2011 @5:43 PM

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - review
The Michel Legrand score still offers its fitful pleasures, and the bittersweet ending is retained; but otherwise this is an oddly gratuitous translation of the highly successful 1964 film into theatrical terms, writes Michael Billington

Michael Billington

23, Mar, 2011 @12:24 AM

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Michel Legrand puts his Umbrellas up indoors
The composer made his name on the very French film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, a musical where all the dialogue is sung. Maddy Costa finds out how he chose a Cornish company to adapt it for the stage

Maddy Costa

17, Mar, 2011 @10:10 PM

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