Jon Lord photographed at Essen's Grugahalle on February 3 by Armin Thiermer. Click on the photo to see many more. Three German reviews/interviews from Essen have kindly been translated to English by Annika Jobski: Music is communication (interview from Haken Magazine) His Lordship asked to ba-roque (review from Neue Ruhr Zeitung) Wildly staged mix of … Continue reading Pictured, reviewed and interviewed in Essen
Jon Lord and the Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen: Concerto for Group and Orchestra Hits like “Smoke on the water” and “Here I go again” made him and his band famous all over the world: Jon Lord, founding member and ex-keyboardplayer with Deep Purple. Already in 2008 he worked with the Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen. The outcome was … Continue reading Interview: Music is communication
Ex-Deep Purple keyboardplayer Jon Lord performed the symphonic “Concerto for Group and Orchestra” in the Grugahalle. The audience thanked with standing ovations. As the last tunes of the encore “Child in Time” faded, the 1900 listeners in the theatre-style Grugahalle got up for another standing ovation. If it had been for the most people, the … Continue reading Review: His Lordship asked to ba-roque
“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
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
UK's Classic FM is taking votes on the pieces of classical music which inspired you the most in 2008. Jon Lord is elligible with no less than two albums; Durham Concerto and Boom of the Tingling Strings. Cast your votes at Classic FM Hall of Fame 2009. (Both of Jon Lord's works must be entered … Continue reading Jon Lord for the Classic Hall of Fame
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
Denis Zürcher from Switzerland submitted photos and a fact sheet for Jon Lord's concert at Zürich's Tonhalle in Switzerland on January 10. The same set was repeated two days later in Lucerne, Switzerland - see comments below. The excellent concert was sold out and got a standing ovation. Thanks Jon, writes Denis Zürcher. 07:45 pm … Continue reading Jon Lord came out to Zürich – and Lucerne
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