Jon Lord was a featured guest on the Roger Day show on BBC Southern Counties Radio last night. They talked about the success of the Durham Concerto in the classical CD charts as well as Jon's session work in London in the 60s. You can listen to the interview online. It starts around the 02:00:00 … Continue reading Jon Lord interview on BBC Radio
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A one hour special on the Durham Concerto is sheduled to air on Classic FM this Sunday at 4pm GMT. The show will feature an interview with Jon Lord in which he will tell the story behind the concerto. You can listen to Classic FM on the web. In case you miss the show it … Continue reading “The Story of the Durham Concerto” on Classic FM
Fanfare Magazine are now featuring their new interview with Jon Lord on their website. In the interview Jon speaks about his classical roots as well as the Durham Concerto. Read the interview.
Jon Lord and the Durham Concerto are featured in the March/April issue of American Fanfare magazine. In a long interview, Jon speaks about the Durham Concerto and his background as a classical composer: - I work on several levels. My favorite way is to improvise at the piano. I've got a really lovely piano, I … Continue reading Fanfare for a Durham Lord
Dutch Keyboard Plus magazine carries a four-page interview with Jon Lord in its December 07 / January 08 issue - number 23, cover shown here: Under the headline 'Hammond en hardrock, piano n blues', the article also seems to offer a comprehensible look at Jon's career (but being all in Dutch, we're not entirely sure). … Continue reading Jon Lord takes Dutch cover
Mick Burgess of Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with Jon, in which they talk at length about the Durham Concerto. You can listen to the interview online.
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. - This is one heck of a cathedral, he says. He also talks about shaping … Continue reading – One heck of a cathedral!
The 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 … Continue reading Durham Hammond preview