The full score of Jon Lord's most famous composition, Concerto for Group and Orchestra, is now available as a pdf print-your-own. Order yours now from JonLord.org's web shop. The score reveals the finished work as it was recorded in the studio in 2011-12 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and a cast of guest soloists, such as Joe Bonamassa and Bruce Dickinson, and … Continue reading Concerto score now available
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As we celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first performance of Jon Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall on September 24, 1969, here's a few words from conductor Paul Mann on the occasion: - I had hoped to have the Concerto score published in time, but we're still being held … Continue reading 45 years on: Concerto for Group and Orchestra
The new full score and performance material of Durham Concerto is now made available to coincide with what would have been Jon's 73rd birthday Monday June 9. This revised edition has been more than 18 months in the making, and is a major milestone on the long journey of preparing Jon's complete works for publication. … Continue reading Durham Concerto in print
To coincide with the publication of the newly revised full score of Sarabande by De Haske Publications this month, a version for solo piano is now available from the Jon Lord Scores Shop. The work is transcribed in its entirety by Paul Mann, making some of Jon's most iconic music easily accessible for the first … Continue reading New scores: Sarabande, One From The Meadow
De Haske publishing house is releasing new editions of Jon Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra and Sarabande. This premiere publication of Jon Lord’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a major event, and one that might never have happened. Lord composed the work during early 1969, shortly after founding the band that made him … Continue reading Concerto and Sarabande published in print
Until now, Jon's two orchestral works, Boom of the Tingling Strings for piano and orchestra (2002) and Disguises for strings (2003) published by Schott Music, have only been available on hire. Now we are pleased to announce, that study scores will shortly be published for sale in revised editions by Paul Mann, incorporating all the many … Continue reading New Jon Lord scores from Schott Music
Sarabande is the latest of Jon's works to have gone through a complete check up. The new full score of Sarabande in Jon's revised 2010 edition for group and orchestra is a milestone in Hal Leonard's and EMI Music's upcoming Jon Lord Edition. A sample pages from the third movement Aria can be viewed here: The … Continue reading Sarabande ready for the publisher
Two of Jon's more iconic songs from the Pictured Within album have been newly edited and reconstructed in full scores and piano/vocal scores by conductor Paul Mann. - When we were preparing the score for Wait a While for the 1999 Royal Albert Hall concerts, we had a discussion about the instrumentation. Jon’s revised version deploys the … Continue reading Works update: Pictured Within and more