“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. Together with Jon … Continue reading Review: Wildly staged mix of genres
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Jon Lord's recent concert in Essen attracted a fair share of press coverage. Here are three examples. In an interview with the Haken magazine before the concert Jon Lord talks about music as a form of communication. - On paper music is only a line of black dots. The music only comes into existence when … Continue reading Media watch: His Lordship in Essen
On February 3 Jon Lord will perform The Concerto for Group and Orchestra in Essen, Germany. - When we did it in Hagen last February we were going do one night but so many people were interested that we had to do two nights. We got standing ovations. - In the second half I play … Continue reading Preparing for Purple and the classics in Essen
Jon Lord is gearing up for his concert in Essen, Germany on February 3 - in the Grugahalle, where he used to perform with both Deep and Whitesnake. - We played several times in the Grugahalle in Essen. I think one of the first big concerts that Deep Purple played when we started to get … Continue reading Going back to Grugahalle
Earlier this year Jon Lord performed a new composition - actually a work in progress - titled Air on the Blue String at Zermatt Unplugged. Swiss TV filmed the show and you can watch the new track below. Air on the Blue String was in part inspired by a conversation Jon Lord had with cellist … Continue reading New music: Jon Lord airs the blues
In an interview with Performance Today, Jon Lord speaks of his latest works, Boom of the Tingling Strings and Disguises. He also speaks of playing different styles of music: - Since, really, the inception of Deep Purple in the late 60s, it's been known to my buddies in the band that I kind of wore … Continue reading Interview: From Deep Purple to Disguises
July's edition of Gramophone Magazine includes a brief interview with Jon on page 13 about Boom Of The Tingling Strings, together with a very positive review on pages 67/68: "... a barnstorming, virtuoso finale that has Proms Favourite written all over it." Thanks to Nigel Young.
Jon Lord to join Deep Purple at London charity event in September.
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