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2 unusual facts about Concerto for Group and Orchestra


Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra

Malmsteen has been keen to emphasize that unlike other collaborations between rock musicians and classical orchestras (e.g. Metallica's performances with the San Francisco Symphony or Deep Purple's Concerto for Group and Orchestra), which feature a rock group playing with orchestral accompaniment, this is orchestral music which happens to have an electric guitar as its solo instrument.

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Since then, it has been performed as part of a 2000-2001 world tour, and on several occasions afterwards, see the main article on Concerto for Group and Orchestra.



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