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Boom, the memories disguised within

March 29, 2008

Jon Lord’s new CD, Boom of the Tingling Strings, has now hit the streets. In the film Jon Lord explains the background to his new album:

You can also listen to EMI’ Classic’s 19-minute podcast-special on the album.

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Learning to play rhythm organ …

February 16, 2008

While preparing for the Hagen concert, Jon Lord guested on German web-tv.

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In their Soundcheck series he comments on various pieces of music played to him during the interview. One of them was recorded in Japan in 1972 … while the others were a little more exotic. Click on the photo to watch the clip. (English language.)

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Norwegian New Year show

January 10, 2008

Jon Lord participated in an invitation-only show at Olavshallen in Trondheim, Norway on January 7.

Together with the Trondheim Soloists and Norwegian artist Espen Lind, Jon Lord performed a handful of pieces.

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Durham CD and film previewed

December 29, 2007

At the end of January, Jon Lord’s evocative Durham Concerto is released on CD by Avie Records.The extensive sleeve notes include Jon Lord’s thoughts on the different sections of the concerto as well as presentations of the key musicians.

booklet-excerpt.jpgThe CD features the studio reording of the Durham Concerto, and you can listen to selected excerpts here:

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Gigue from Hell

December 27, 2007

From Jon Lord’s 2004 appearance at Hell Music Festical in Norway, here’s an intense over-should clip of ‘Gigue’.

Feel free to submit your favourite Jon Lord clips.

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Reprise: Jon Lord live with Frida

December 26, 2007

A rare live appearance from Abba’s Frida with Jon Lord performing ‘The Sun Will Shine Again’ and a special combination of ‘In the Bleak Mid Winter’ with ‘The Telemann Experiment’ on German TV (2005):

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- One heck of a cathedral!

October 22, 2007

ITV Local interviewed Jon Lord the day before the premier of his Durham Concerto. In the interview he speaks about the Durham Cathedral being the third cathedral he’s played in this year, and it being the icing on the cake.

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- This is one heck of a cathedral, he says.

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Durham Hammond preview

October 19, 2007

northern-echo-tv-clip.jpgThe evening before the premier of Jon Lord’s Durham Concerto, the Northern Echo is again covering the event - this time in a web-tv clip, which shows Jon rehearsing on the Hammond inside the cathedral and being interviewed outside.

He talks about the inspiration behind the Durham Concerto and how he is still being linked to Smoke On The Water. The interviewer mentions that Jon could not be persuaded to play a bit of the tune - but listen closely …

Watch the clip yourself.

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Concerto for Malcolm Arnold

October 15, 2007

Performing the The Concerto for Group and Orchestra with Roger Glover on bass, Jon Lord appeared at the Malcolm Arnold festival at Northampton Derngate on October 7.

We have photos and a couple of brief clips from a mobile phone

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Trondheim show on Norwegian tv

July 3, 2007

img_5623_600.jpgNorwegian TV news showed a brief clip from Jon Lord’s show there on July 1 featuring a snippet of ‘Miles Away’ and a brief interview. Watch the clip.

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