MIKE KENEALLY, VERNON REID
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Metropole orkest / electric guitar now
Amsterdam paradise 8 june 2003

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, June 8, 2003: A splendid time was guaranteed for all as Mike Keneally, conductor Jurjen Hempel and the amazing 50-piece Metropole Orchestra took the stage at Amsterdam's legendary Paradiso to debut Mike's new piece, The Universe Will Provide. The collaborators reached new heights after long hours of rehearsal and the audience at the former church clearly recognized that they were experiencing something new and special with Mike's first orchestral work. During the third movement, "Room," the battery on Mike's beloved green Clapton Strat cut out, causing a short delay and a repeat of "Room" with Mike playing a backup guitar (so now there are two versions; one with and one without Mike's guitar playing). When the show resumed, it was with even higher enthusiasm, energy and focus from both performers and attendees.

In opdracht van de NPS en op uitnodiging van het Holland Festival schrijven twee bekende, Amerikaanse muzikanten een compositie voor het Metropole Orkest: componist, gitarist en toetsenist Mike Keneally en gitarist, componist en songwriter Vernon Reid. Mike Keneally kennen we onder andere van zijn optredens met Frank Zappa; Vernon Reid maakte deel uit van Living Colour, vooral bekend van de hit: Love rears its ugly head. De componisten zullen een solorol op zich nemen in hun eigen composities!

co-productie: NPS en Holland Festival
Compositie, arrangement en solo: Mike Keneally
Compostie en solo:Vernon Reid
Arrangementt: Martin Fondse
Orkest: Metropole Orkest
Dirigent: Dick Bakker
Coproductie: Holland Festival en NPS

Recorded/ fm radio-mdrecorder-cdr
This is my master


Setlist
Set 1 the universe will provide
Set 2 room