Review: Deep Purple fusion stands the test of time

Adelaide Now reviews Jon Lord’s first performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (March 27):

‘The concerto, lost for almost 30 years, occupied the first half of the program and truly set a new benchmark for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s rock crossover programming.

While it bears a few quirky hallmarks of its era, for the most part Lord’s epic three-movement composition not only stands the test of time, but shines as a successful – and ground-breaking – fusion of rock and symphony.’

Read the full review.

One thought on “Review: Deep Purple fusion stands the test of time

  1. Great review! I was there, indeed mixing the orchestra for the gig.
    Always nice to receive such good notices, but then the work deserves it!
    cheers
    Creog

Leave a comment

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s