Petit poème
(Little poem)
| The piece with the voice of Pascale Charreton and the words of Mara Cantoni is especially evocative. (Maurizio Favot, suono, june 2002) |
| Petit poème is a song. Thanks to its lightness it has flown from the Mediterranean to Russia to the Far East, often changing traveling companions.  Petit poème is a sung pause in the album that contains it. Petit poème is a moment of a concert with an unusual band. Petit poème is a music score in the collection of the same name. |
| Si si si j'avais des ailes si j'étais légère d'une matière qui n'a pas de poids ni manques dans l'âme ni drames si tu m'aimais si j'étais un petit refrain que l'on peut chantonner sans y penser un pas de danse américain une enfance qui revient parfois si j'étais là comme un petit chat qu'on tient d'une seule main comme un bas de soie au pied du matin rien qu'un parfum sous les doigts de ton imaginaire si je t'aimais je serais. |
| (musique de A. Cappelletti) |
| In some pages the two languages were able
to fly together like in Petit Poème by Mara Cantoni. (Luigi Onori, il manifesto, 26 juillet 2005) |
| Writing words on
notes already written: sometimes a job, sometimes a moment of grace.  Years later after certain fights with the Italian language and the compromises that resulted from this (see), I have found a good ally in French in making the text a bridge toward music. To stay in the world of song and for other music–text relationships... • |
| Pascale Charreton joins the trio to sing the verses of Mara Cantoni and create one of the most convincing moments of the album. (Neri Pollastri, all about jazz, april 2002) |