Durham Concerto Music by Jon Lord
Price: £ 12
Part 1: Morning
1 The Cathedral at Dawn
2 Durham Awakes
Part 2: Afternoon
3 The Road from Lindisfarne
4 From Prebends Bridge
Part 3: Evening
5 Rags and Galas
6 Durham Nocturne
Matthew Barley cello
Jon Lord Hammond organ
Ruth Palmer violin
Kathryn Tickell Northumbrian Pipes
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Mischa Danev conductor
Commissioned by Durham University for its 175th Anniversary, Jon Lord's Durham Concerto was premiered at Durham Cathedral on 20 October 2007, to great acclaim.
Born in Leicester, Jon Lord played the piano from the age of 6 and studied classical music until he left school at the age of 17. After moving to London in 1961, Lord spent two years at the Central School of Speech and Drama and by the start of 1968 had formed rock band Deep Purple with guitarist Richie Blackmore.
During his time in the band, Lord wrote a variety of classical works, including: Concerto for Group and Orchestra, premiered by the band and the RPO in 1969; a BBC commission, The Gemini Suite in 1970; and 1974's Sarabande.
After the successful revival and touring of the Concerto in 1999 Lord decided to leave the band and concentrate on a career as a composer and performer of his own music, performing his last concert with Deep Purple in 2002. Since then he has had performed a piano concerto, Boom of the Tingling Strings, and Disguises, a suite for string orchestra.
