"A valedictory for a man and his stubborn creative vision. Lord lived like he plays the B3 here, with a ferocious creativity. That same dogged sense of determination pushed him to continue working on this piece until he got it just right. This prog rock-meets-classical piece ends up sounding brand new, even for long-time Purple … Continue reading Review: You never heard it quite like this
Author: Rasmus Heide
The Jon Lord Webshop Christmas Sale is on now. We've reduced the prices on the excellent Bucharest 2009 CD+DVD, the Jon Lord Blues Project album along with two of Jon's newest orchestral masterpieces, To Notice Such Things and Durham Concerto. And more. The expanded edition of Jon's new studio recording of Concerto for Group and … Continue reading Christmas Sale is on
The eagerly awaited expanded edition of Jon's Concerto for Group and Orchestra will be released on December 7, 2012. Pre-order your copy now. Officially known as the Mediabook Edition, it comes with the standard CD of the Concerto plus a 72-page book and a documentary DVD. Along with unseen photographs from the recording sessions, the … Continue reading Enhanced Concerto edition announced
On December 15 the Wiesbadener Orchesterverein will perform the title track of Jon's Sarabande album as part of their Pop Meets Klassik concert. For a couple of years, the orchestra had been planning to perform Jon's Concerto for Group and Orchestra with him, when his illness last year put a stop to everything. The orchestra has … Continue reading Sarabande live in Germany
Boom of the Tingling Strings is the latest of Jon's orchestral works to have undergone Paul Mann's watchful revisions and is now available in our Works section complete with Jon's and Paul's notes on the composition. The work is now also available as a 2-piano score for the first time, to make it more accessible … Continue reading Works: Boom of the Tingling Strings
The first instalment of scores from Jon's 2004 album Beyond The Notes is now ready. These arrangements were used in the studio, and Jon often only wrote out in detail the parts for the other players. Now for the first time, everything has been faithfully transcribed by Paul Mann so that the material might be performed … Continue reading Works: Jon’s Purple departure scored
The Highway Star Deep Purple website has published a highly recommended in-depth interview with Jon's Concerto for Group and Orchestra conductor Paul Mann. The interview goes through many aspects of the new Concerto; from the choice of musicians, Jon's illness, possible future recordings of Jon's music to the pros of finally recording the Concerto in … Continue reading Interview: Concerto talk with Paul Mann
Jon's Concerto for Group and Orchestra has been out for a couple of weeks now. You can order it from JonLord.org. This promotional video shows a collage of Jon Lord visuals from throughout his career while you listen to an excerpt of the Second Movement featuring Jon's solo, Joe Bonamassa's and Bruce Dickinson's vocals. The … Continue reading A joy to behold – reviews and chart action for the Concerto
