Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull
Live album by Ian Anderson
Released	6 June 2005 (DE)
Recorded	8 December 2004
Genre	Symphonic rock, progressive rock
Length	102:32
Label	ZYX Music
Producer	Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson chronology
Rupi's Dance (2003) Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005) Thick As a Brick 2 (2012)

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Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull is a live 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 8 December 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

1. "Eurology" ( Instrumental) – 3:30
2. "Calliandra Shade (The Cappuccino Song)" – 5:42
3. "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" – 4:03
4. "Up the Pool" – 3:22
5. "We Five Kings" (Instrumental) – 3:32
6. "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:34
7. "In the Grip of Stronger Stuff" (Instrumental) – 3:02
8. "Wond'ring Aloud" – 2:11
9. "Griminelli's Lament" (Instrumental) – 3:10
10. "Cheap Day Return" – 1:27
11. "Mother Goose" – 5:46
12. "Bourée" (Instrumental) (J. S. Bach arr. Jethro Tull)" – 5:17
13. "Boris Dancing" (Instrumental) – 3:31
14. "Living in the Past" – 4:48

Disc two

1. "Pavane" (Instrumental) – 4:37
2. "Aqualung" – 10:24
3. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Instrumental) – 4:58
4. "My God" – 8:52
5. "Budapest" – 14:04
6. "Locomotive Breath" – 6:42

DVD only

• Interview Ian Anderson - 48:00
• Interview Fritz Rau - 7:00
• Interview participants - 9:00

Credits

• Ian Anderson - flute, bamboo flute, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Florian Opahle - acoustic and electric guitar
• David Goodier - bass guitar, glockenspiel
• John O'Hara - keyboards, accordion
• James Duncan - drums, percussion

• Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt : Conducted by John O'Hara

Solo

• Kathrin Troester - flute
• Astrid Cienia - oboe
• Sibylle Wähnert - bassoon

See also

• A Classic Case
• Jethro Tull - The String Quartets
• Living with the Past
• Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Notes

• U.S. CD and DVD released October 4, 2005

External links

• Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull at Allmovie
• Ian's thoughts on Orchestral Concerts
• Progressive Archives
• Album Review by David Randall
• DVD review by David Randall
• avreview.com
• Florian Opahle