Heavy metal veteran Jon Lord premiered a brand new classical piece at Durham Cathedral to celebrate the city’s University’s birthday on Saturday (October 20).
The co-founder of Deep Purple and member of Whitenake created a six-part musical piece entitled ‘Durham Concerto’ as a tribute to Durham University’s 175th birthday.
Perfomed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Mischa Darmev, Jon Lord himself performed on Hammond organ.
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The six connected parts, which lasted just over hour in total represented difeferent parts of a day in Durham.
Jon Lord, a classically trained musician and composer quit Deep Purple in 2002 to concentrate on creating more classical music.
Pic credit: Redferns
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