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24. Child in Time

Jon Lord playing the intro to “Child in Time”. Conductor Torodd Wigum leading the orchestra in the background.

Jon Lord playing intro to "Child in Time"

Jon Lord playing the intro to “Child in Time”. Conductor Torodd Wigum leading the orchestra in the background.

Such a mighty moment. Jon Lord has moved from the grand piano to his “weapon of choice” in his days as a member of what was one of the biggest rock bands in the world during the 1970’s.

Starting to play on the Hammond organ, the opening chords – G – G – Am – from Deep Purple’s epic song “Child in Time“ from equally legendary 1970 album “Deep Purple in Rock“ from 1970.

What can I say? Being able to stand a couple of meters away as Jon played THAT intro, surely was an emotional moment for an old fan.

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18. Sharing a Smile

Torodd Wigum, conductor, shares a smile with Jon Lord between two numbers.

Conductor Torodd WIgum and Jon Lord smiliing between numbers

Torodd WIgum, conductor, shares a smile with Jon Lord between two numbers.

A beautiful moment captured between two numbers at the rehearsals. Conductor Torodd Wigum and Jon Lord sharing a smile over some comment I’ve forgotten. Some of the orchestra members are seen joining in, too.

From people who were closer to the process leading up to the concert than me, I’ve been told that there was much admiration and respect between the orchestra and the composer – from both sides – as well an overall highly joyfull spirit.

And yes – those of you who have liked and follow this blog’s Facebook page, might recognize this photo as the header photo. Now you get to see the whole photo.

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12. Maestro and Conductor

Jon Lord with conductor Torodd Wigum in the background.

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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7. No Sound on the Keyboard!

Jon Lord gestures, conductor Torodd Wigum stands at the front, as the keyboard lacks sound during the rehearsal.

Jon Lord and the Lord Chamber Orchestra

Jon Lord by the grand piano, conductor Torodd Wigum to the right.

Jon Lord gestures from behind the grand piano. Conductor Torodd Wigum standing at the front of the stage, also looking to his right – at the sound mixer. They were playing “Bourée“, and Magnus Johansen’s keyboards (he’s hidden behind the grand piano in this photo), which was supposed to carry the main theme, had no sound. Jon is telling the sound mixer in no uncertain terms.

Martin Axenrot at the drums at the back, we also see 1. violinists Sveinung Lillebjerka and Åse Våg Aaknes.

(Thanks to Christer Lorichs for a reminder of what was going on here!)

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2. The Lord Chamber Orchestra

Who were the musicians behind the fabulous Lord Chamber Orchestra – not heard of before or since?

Jon Lord and the Lord Chamber Orchestra

Jon Lord and the Lord Chamber Orchestra

The orchestra was put together for the concert, and consisted of highly qualified musicians. Most of them from the Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene) and the Trondheim Symphonic Orchestra (Trondheim Symfoniorkester, TSO), as well as some very promising music students.

The Trondheim Soloists should be well known to fans of Jon Lord. In 2003, they played on the same stage with Jon Lord on the concert which Jon later referred to as a “life changing experience”.  This concert was Jon Lord’s first big concert after he left Deep Purple to concentrate on his orchestral music in 2002. And it was the concert which gave him the confidence to really pursue this path further.

Hot on the heels of this concert, the Trondheim Soloists played on Jon Lord’s first solo album after leaving Deep Purple, “Beyond the Notes” from 2004. They also toured Europe with Jon in 2004/2005. One of the shows can be seen on the excellent “Beyond the Notes, Live” DVD.

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