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Right now there are a lot of things that music can offer us, different genres comes in and makes their own mark, bands mixing genres to make another cool genre and so on and so forth. That is probably how the music industry is doing right now. But how about mixing 2 dominant genres at the same time in a concert? Well, itТll be easy if you can think of some connecting genres like Ran and R&B or even Punk and Rock, but how about 2 different genres? Say, like Led Zeppelin rock and roll and 50-piece Orchestra classic? Will somebody going to pull it off? Ok, IТll spare you the suspense and say that there is one that pulled it off. The 50-piece orchestra lead by conductor/arranger Brent Havens presents УThe Music of Led ZeppelinФ, well basically it is a concert that made the 50-piece classical music orchestra played the tunes of the timeless rock and roll legend Led Zeppelin.
At first it was hard to picture it in your head, how can a 50-piece orchestra complete with oboe, English Horn, bassoon, violins, violas, cellos, basses and other classical music instruments mixed with heavy electric guitar riffs, bass guitar tunes, rock band drum set and even an electric violin to make the sound pretty much unique. Picturing it in your mind playing the timeless classic hits of the Led Zeppelin is pretty much out of this world, but hey, somebody pulled it off. The conductor/arranger Havens said that his effort to do this was to УTake music as closed as the originalsФ and to УAdd some color to enhance what Led Zeppelin has done.Ф The concert took place at Planet Hollywood Theatre; it was the former Aladdin Performing Arts Center.
They have a lead singer in Randy Jackson (Nope, not the American Idol judge, sorry fellas), their lead guitarist was George Cintron, bassist was Dan Clemens and drummer was Powell Randolph. It was a good set of band and with the 50-piece orchestra backing you up there is no room for error. At first it sounded shaky that is what you get if you put classical music and hard rock and roll rolled into one stage. But as the concert progressed the sound actually comes to life and you can really enjoy what the band and the orchestra have been creating. Cintron, really captures Jimmy PageТs riffs, drummer Randolph will make you think that John Bonham was really out there performing and the bassist Clemens is blending in with the orchestra as well. It was pretty much a great performance.
The merging of the 2 genres took off with the performance of the song УStairway to HeavenФ where the perfect volume, the perfect blending and range was caught and really created a great wave of sound. It was one of a kind night and I could only wish Jimmy Page was there to witness it all. Never in my life I wouldТve think that someone would pull it off the way they did but they managed to do so. It was a great classical music meets rock and roll performance as the 50-piece orchestra really captured УThe Music of Led ZeppelinФ in its own way.
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