‘What a great night it was on the 5th of November in Bucharest. Thank you very much,’ writes Toine Kets.
‘Hearing the music live that followed me all my life was very emotional. And it was great to see that everyone had fun on stage. That was the real spirit, thanks to your charisma and at the same time modesty. I sincerely hope you can give these concerts for a long long time.’
Jon Lord photographed at Sala Palatului in Bucharest. See more photos.
Last Friday, Jon Lord performed the Concerto for Group and Orchestra in Siegen, Germany with local Deep Purple tribute band Demon’s Eye. Watch these clips that include a complete take of Child In Time.
Excerpts incl. the Concerto and Soldier of Fortune:
‘The true highlight of the first part of the evening was – as always – the second movement. Those moments of musical understanding between band and orchestra, the quiet and almost playful transition to the first verse of the vocals, all of it moved me to tears, and I am not ashamed to say so. And what a wonderful addition the third verse is! This short piece brings in my humble opinion the movement to perfection.’
Monika Schwarz reviews Jon Lord’s concertbin Siegen, Germany on October 23. She continues:
Jon Lord’s recent visit to Russia recieved a rich amount of TV coverage.
The Moscow show alone was covered by four different reports that included interviews with Jon Lord, locals fans and footage of both rehearsals and the concert.
Jon Lord’s Windows album will be reissued on Purple Records in November 2009, reports the DPAS website.
The new reissue has been remastered to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the concert and comes initially as a limited edition digipak with 12 page booklet. It is a single CD.
On July 17, Jon Lord performed at Lichfield Cathedral in England. JonLord.org was on location to document the final rehearsals and soundcheck for this photo gallery.
How does it feel to be 19 and share a concert stage with Jon Lord?
Scottish music student and tenor sax player Christopher Hartles (previously interviewed on this website) filmed himself and his fellow students getting ready to perform the Concerto for Group and Orchestra with Jon Lord in Edinburgh, Scotland on October 5, 2009.
When Jon Lord talks about his Concerto, there is a lot of warmth, passion and conviction in his words. He is calling it ‘my baby’ and he doesn’t hide that he is very proud of it.
- It is the love letter of a young musician directed at the two musical worlds in my life, says the 68 years old Englishman in an exclusive interview with the arts section of the Siegener Zeitung.
The symphony orchestra is one of those worlds, the rock band is the other. In the meantime his declaration of love is 40 years old and has remained valid right to this day. On 24. September 1969 Jon Lord wrote musical history with his Concerto for Group and Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall, together with British rock-legends Deep Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
