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Allegro und Blues
The complete performance of Jon Lord’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra that happened in Munich in October 2024 has been posted on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. The piece was performed by the rock band Boxhead and Abaco-Orchestra conducted by Ina Stoertzenbach. Watch out for some delightful deviations from the canon.
Thanks to Thomas for bringing this to our attention.
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Thanks for the Concerto and I must say that that is really impressive on all counts. Love the ode to Ritchie in the first movement & the Ludwig drum kit, say no more. The sound of it all is impeccable. I have only listened to my favourite part, the first, will finish up later with the second & the third movements. Is this the most striking version I have heard? From listening to Telemann this morning and now to Jon Lord’s concerto, have to love classical music in that sense. I suppose I had better mention the little bits of rock music to boot. Well played all, impressive indeed. Cheers.
January 13th, 2025 at 05:59Well I just listened to the second movement, the most prettiest in melodies & also very pastoral. The keyboard player is wonderful as all the musicians are & that keyboard sound he has there is sublime. One thing is for sure when hearing Jon Lord’s Concerto performed live, he has not left the building at all. Bless him. Cheers.
January 13th, 2025 at 06:31Ina S reminds me a bit of Celibedache, the Romanian conductor, she did a terrific job!
January 13th, 2025 at 09:33I wish Jon could have heard this 🤩
I listened to the first movement – I love all the deviations – Jon would have loved them, I think. The band is okay – the Hammond player being the best out of all of them, I feel. My biggest criticism here is tempo: the conductor starts things off way too slow, and by the time the band enters, they feel like they’re dragging the tempo to me.
Well played, but this to me I feel lacks energy and oomph! I much prefer the tempo in the 2012 studio recording or the 1999 Albert Hall recordings – they have a little more fire and life to them, which I feel this lacks, unfortunately.
January 15th, 2025 at 04:22Thanks for the input. I always love listening to this, that record ((CFGAO) is one of the cult pieces and important for the formation of my musical taste
January 15th, 2025 at 11:17I admit…through DP and “Concerto for Group and Orchestra” I became interested in other music besides the upbeat rock back in my teenage years,years. I became interested in classical music,..and its forms..symphony
opera, chamber music, Rithie and especially Jon emphasized in interviews those European genius authors as their initiators,…Beethoven’s and Brahms’ symphonies, Mozart’s opera arias, Bach’s cantatas…these are strange skins of the Lord :)..Jon Lord
The sound coming from this hall is fantastic. The symphonists are precise, I love that fairy-tale sound in the collision with rock. In the first movement, I like the improvisation from the second guitar solo,,dedication to RB..(Blues with MIE “You Fool No One”), the phrase of the German national anthem is heard. In the third movement, excellent drumming technique of a talented and trained young drummer
Their concert is always short in time…the underrated masterpiece (Blackmore-Lord) song “April” would fit in well.
They are a little careful, probably overawed by the task ahead of them and wishing to get things just right and not make a mess of it.
I mean the 1969 Concerto was shaky and hesitant in places too, but that was part of its charm.
I’m just happy that Jon’s compositions are still remembered and restaged – he deserves that. The Concerto, although not a strong seller, gave DP a huge amount of gravitas and instrumental credibility in the years to follow. Not sure if Ritchie’s ego realized that ever, and with Big Ian it certainly took a few decades. I don’t think that In Rock would have had the same impact without the Concerto preceding it, curiosity was high for what the “orchestra band” would do next.
I was at one of the 1999 Albert Hall gigs (and the following year also at a restaging in Franfurt when they toured with it), it sure was an event, the Concerto finally came home that night.
January 15th, 2025 at 17:02Is it just me or is it pretty much just Hammond in the mix? Even during the guitar solo I hardly hear the guitar.
January 15th, 2025 at 19:10You‘re just used to Ritchie Blackmore loudness, Svante! 🤣
January 15th, 2025 at 19:34Was the missing reel from the original concert ever found.
January 23rd, 2025 at 11:33