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 "Eurology" ( Instrumental) – 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" (Instrumental) – 3:32 "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:34 "In the Grip of Stronger Stuff" (Instrumental) – 3:02 "Wond'ring Aloud" – 2:11 "Griminelli's Lament" (Instrumental) – 3:10 "Cheap Day Return" – 1:27 "Mother Goose" – 5:46 "Bourée" (Instrumental) (J. S. Bach arr. Jethro Tull)" – 5:17 "Boris Dancing" (Instrumental) – 3:31 "Living in the Past" – 4:48
Disc two "Pavane" (Instrumental) – 4:37 "Aqualung" – 10:24 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Instrumental) – 4:58 "My God" – 8:52 "Budapest" – 14:04 "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
References
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