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4 unusual facts about Marco de Goeij


In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra

With the help of Marco de Goeij, a Dutch fan who was also a musicologist and composer, the two painstakingly recreated the lost score, and Lord elected to have the band perform it once more at the Royal Albert Hall, but this time with the London Symphony Orchestra rather than the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and with Paul Mann as conductor rather than Malcolm Arnold.

Marco de Goeij

He continued to study in Paris, following lessons in modern classical music from Wim Hoogewerf, a Dutch classical guitarist and microtonalist.

After the scores were completed, the reconstructed concerto was first performed by Deep Purple and the London Symphony Orchestra in 1999.

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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