50. Rehearsals Wrapping Up

50. Rehearsals Wrapping Up

Jon Lord leaning over the grand piano.Jon Lord leaning over the grand piano in the Nidaros Cathedral as the rehearsals are coming to an end. The beautiful “To Notice Such Things” suite has been played through.


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43. A Playful Look on Jon Lord’s Face

43. A Playful Look

Jon Lord with a playful look on his face.

Jon Lord shares a humorous moment with musicans and orchestra members. There’s a playful look on his face, as they are getting ready to play a ballad from Jon’s contemplative 1998 album Pictured Within.

This photo is a fine capture of the mood during the rehearsals – everyone looking to be enjoying the music and each other’s company, while maintaining a high level of musicianship. It was a joy to behold.


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30. Jon Lord During “Child in Time”

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Jon Lord playing the Hammond organ during “Child in Time”

An atmospheric photo of Jon Lord playing the Hammond organ during “Child in Time”, with some of the beautiful stained-glass windows in the Nidaros Cathedral in the background.


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27. Jon Lord playing “Child in Time”

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Jon Lord playing “Child in Time”

Two photos of Jon Lord during “Child in Time”. The orchestral version had the Hammond organ as the leading instrument.


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23. Jon Lord Getting Ready for New Number

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Jon Lord takes the sheet music, then communicates with conductor.

Jon Lord takes the sheet music from the grand piano, then communicates with the conductor as they’re getting ready for a new number.
It’s a number where Jon will be using the Hammond organ in the background extensively.


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22. Jon Lord playing “Pictured Within”

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Jon Lord playing “Pictured Within” on the grand piano.

Jon Lord playing Pictured Within on the grand piano.

(Click the link above to see the video from the concert from the “Trondheim Experiment” webpage.)


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16. Jon Lord

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Jon Lord in profile by the grand piano, sheet music in front of him.

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12. Maestro and Conductor

Jon Lord with conductor Torodd Wigum in the background

Jon Lord – with conductor Torodd Wigum visible in the background

Jon Lord pictured in profile in a break between numbers, with conductor Torodd Wigum visible – albeit blurred – in the background, looking towards Jon.
The conductor for the evening, Torodd Wigum, is the House Director for the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (TSO). He gathered the “Lord Chamber Orchestra” for this concert, made up of members of the TSO, the Trondheim Soloists, and some very promising music students. Torodd himself played solo viola both in TSO and the Trondheim Soloists earlier – indeed he can be seen with the latter chamber orchestra playing the viola on Beyond the Notes Live, a DVD from Jon Lord’s 2004 tour. (This DVD only seems to be available from amazon.de now.)


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1. Entering the Rehearsals

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Jon Lord by the grand piano

This blog is my photo documentary from the rehearsals to what would sadly be Jon Lord’s last concert in Nidarosdomen – the Nidaros Cathedral – the mighty cathedral with historic roots back to the viking ages in Trondheim in Norway.
This is intended as a tribute to the great composer and musician, most famous for being a founding member of the hard rock band Deep Purple in 1968, a band he enjoyed great successes with until he retired to pursue his own projects in 2002.

Jon Lord’s  first concert in the Nidaros Cathedral in 2003 was crucial in asserting Jon that he had made the right choice to leave Deep Purple and pursue a career creating orchestral music. In 2007, he played a second concert in the cathedral, performing a new work called From Darkness to Light – an orchestral work which indeed was inspired by the previous concert in the Nidaros Cathedral, and the impact it had on Jon and his career.

By the time the concert documented here took place, on Sunday May 23rd 2010, Jon’s then current album, To Notice Such Things, had been given highly positive reviews in classical music magazines in his homeland UK, and two of his previous, recent albums were on lists of “the best by living classical composers” on British radio station Classic FM’s website.

My hope is that this blog will be joyful for the great musicians who made this a very special concert, and the large audience who were in attendance – as well as for friends and fans of Jon Lord and the great musical legacy he left us.

The details about the concert will be explained as the photos are posted – most likely at highly irregular intervals.
The photo above was the first one I took of Jon as I entered the rehearsals in the cathedral some hours before the concert itself.


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