Jon Lord photographed at Essen’s Grugahalle on February 3 by Armin Thiermer. Click on the photo to see many more.
Archive for February, 2009
Interview: Music is communication
February 20, 2009
Jon Lord and the Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen: Concerto for Group and Orchestra
Hits like “Smoke on the water” and “Here I go again” made him and his band famous all over the world: Jon Lord, founding member and ex-keyboardplayer with Deep Purple.
Review: His Lordship asked to ba-roque
February 20, 2009
Ex-Deep Purple keyboardplayer Jon Lord performed the symphonic “Concerto for Group and Orchestra” in the Grugahalle. The audience thanked with standing ovations.
As the last tunes of the encore “Child in Time” faded, the 1900 listeners in the theatre-style Grugahalle got up for another standing ovation. If it had been for the most people, the evening could really have started now, with the, for the interplay with the Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen re-arranged, Deep Purple classic – and of course with more Deep Purple songs. But it was all over, the common repertoire of the rock band DCRS and the 40-member Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen had quite simply run out.
Review: Wildly staged mix of genres
February 20, 2009
“Concerto for Group and Orchestra”: Jon Lord’s fusion of rock and classical music.
Essen, February 3, 2009 – interview below
Besides Pink Floyd, Deep Purple were one of the most creative bands out of Britain. Their first songs could be ascribed to the pop genre – but already contained single classical quotations.
Media watch: His Lordship in Essen
February 16, 2009Jon Lord’s recent concert in Essen attracted a fair share of press coverage. Here are three examples.
Jon Lord in Essen, February 3, 2009. Photo: Armin Thiermer, WAZ
In an interview with the Haken magazine before the concert Jon Lord talks about music as a form of communication.
