My friend Christine Federspiel celebrated her 60th birthday last November 30th by performing at the Zurich Volkshaus. I wrote a review of her show afterwards.Here's an extract from the review:
'Stylish songstress
The program consisted
of big band standards and swing
numbers from the 18-strong Pepe Lienhard outfit interspersed with vocal
classics in the style of Hollywood, Piaf and Christine’s own inimitable style.
Thanks to help from her dresser and stylist Susann Melzer, Christine graced the
stage in three glittery dresses in gold, red and black, together with a number
of suitable props. Her voice was on strong form tonight as she managed to avoid
all the seasonal coughs and colds plaguing some audience members. She never put
a foot, or a note, wrong. And Christine’s formidable language skills once again
stood her in good stead as she performed Mack
the Knife, Petite Fleur and Big Spender with equal grace and ease. The Zurich-based
band accompanied Christine with appropriately subtle and supportive brass
sounds, enhanced by solos on clarinet, saxophone and piano.'Now her husband Urs has posted some of her songs from that show on YouTube. I just got round to listening to her version of Autumn Leaves today. She looks and sounds great.
Autumn Leaves sung by Christine F
