Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull
Encyclopedia
Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005) is an album
and DVD
by Jethro Tull
frontman
Ian Anderson, featuring the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
, conducted by John O'Hara. The DVD was recorded at the Rosengarten
in Mannheim
on December 8, 2004.
The concert was part of a series of the same name. Anderson, O'Hara, and the orchestra toured Europe and the United States throughout 2004 and 2006.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
by Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
frontman
Ian Anderson, featuring the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt
The Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt is an orchestra based in Offenbach, Germany.The Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, established in 1996, is beside its work as a classical symphony orchestra one of the leading crossover orchestras in Europe...
, conducted by John O'Hara. The DVD was recorded at the Rosengarten
Rosengarten
Rosengarten may refer to:* the German word for "rose garden".* Rosengarten, Lower Saxony, a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany* Rosengarten, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany* Rosengarten group , a massif in the Dolomites...
in Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
on December 8, 2004.
The concert was part of a series of the same name. Anderson, O'Hara, and the orchestra toured Europe and the United States throughout 2004 and 2006.
Track listing
- Note: track layout and timings for the double CD. The DVD contains the same songs in the same order, however the durations vary slightly.
Disc one
- "Eurology" – 3:30
- "Calliandra Shade (The Cappuccino Song)" – 5:42
- "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" – 4:03
- "Up the Pool" – 3:22
- "We Five Kings" – 3:32
- "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:34
- "In the Grip of Stronger Stuff" – 3:02
- "Wond'ring Aloud" – 2:11
- "GriminelliAndrea GriminelliAndrea Griminelli is an Italian flutist.-Education:Griminelli started to play the flute at the age of ten, studying with Jean-Pierre Rampal, who called him an "artist of the highest caliber", and Sir James Galway, who has described him as "the greatest flute player who has come to the forefront of...
's Lament" – 3:10 - "Cheap Day Return" – 1:27
- "Mother GooseMother Goose (song)"Mother Goose" is a song by the British multi-genre band Jethro Tull. It is the fourth track from their album Aqualung which was released in 1971. The lyrics are a pastiche of surreal figures based on images that Ian Anderson saw while wandering around Hampstead Heath. The song is mostly acoustic...
" – 5:46 - "BouréeBourrée in E minorBourrée in E minor is a popular lute piece, the fifth movement from Suite in E minor for Lute, BWV 996 written by Johann Sebastian Bach. This piece is arguably one of the most famous pieces among guitarists....
" (J. S. Bach arr. Jethro Tull)" – 5:17 - "Boris Dancing" – 3:31
- "Living in the PastLiving in the Past (Jethro Tull song)"Living in the Past" is the title of one of British progressive rock group Jethro Tull's best-known songs. It is notable for being written in the unusual 5/4 time signature...
" – 4:48
Disc two
- "Pavane" – 4:37
- "AqualungAqualung (song)"Aqualung" is a song by the English progressive rock band Jethro Tull, and the title track from their Aqualung album. The song was written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson, and his then-wife Jennie Franks....
" – 10:24 - "God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenGod Rest Ye Merry GentlemenGod Rest You Merry, Gentlemen is an English traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in Aeolian mode. It was published by William B...
" – 4:58 - "My God" – 8:52
- "Budapest" – 14:04
- "Locomotive BreathLocomotive Breath"Locomotive Breath" is a song by the English progressive rock band Jethro Tull from their 1971 album, Aqualung. It is notable for a long bluesy piano introduction and its flute solo by rock flute virtuoso Ian Anderson...
" – 6:42
DVD only
- Interview Ian Anderson - 48:00
- Interview Fritz Rau - 7:00
- Interview participants - 9:00
Credits
- Ian Anderson - fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, bamboo fluteBamboo fluteFlutes made of bamboo are found in many musical traditions.Some bamboo flutes include:Flute Country of Origin Atenteben Bashi Bansuri Chi Dizi Daegeum...
, acoustic guitar, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - James Duncan - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - David GoodierDavid GoodierDavid Goodier is an English musician. He is currently bassist for the rock band Jethro Tull.Goodier has appeared with many artists from the world of jazz, pop and rock and also worked extensively in theatre pit bands....
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, glockenspielGlockenspielA glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone... - John O'Hara - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist.... - Florian Opahle - acoustic and electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
Solo
- Kathrin Troester - fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
- Sibylle Wähnert - bassoonBassoonThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
- Astrid Cienia - oboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
See also
- Living with the PastLiving with the PastLiving with the Past is a live album by Jethro Tull. Disc one contains material from the Hammersmith Apollo performance on November 20, 2001 and features songs from different eras of Tull's history as well as two pieces from Ian Anderson's solo albums: "The Habanero Reel" from The Secret Language...
- Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 is a live album by Jethro Tull, released on 2 November 2004. It was recorded on the fifth and last day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, where Jethro Tull were second on the bill between The Moody Blues and Jimi Hendrix.-Track listing:# "My Sunday...