Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull

Infobox Album
Name = Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull
Type = live
Artist = Ian Anderson


Released = June 6 2005 (DE)
Recorded = December 8 2004
Genre = Rock
Length = 102:32
Label = ZYX Music
Producer = Ian Anderson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=10:knfexqesld0e link]
Last album = "Rupi's Dance"
(2003)
This album = "Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull"
(2005)
Next album =

"Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull" (2005) is an 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 December 8 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" – 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" – 3:32
# "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:34
# "In the Grip of Stronger Stuff" – 3:02
# "Wond'ring Aloud" – 2:11
# "Griminelli's Lament" – 3:10
# "Cheap Day Return" – 1:27
# "Mother Goose" – 5:46
# "Bourée" – 5:17
# "Boris Dancing" – 3:31
# "Living in the Past" – 4:48

Disc two

# "Pavane" – 4:37
# "Aqualung" – 10:24
# "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" – 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
* James Duncan - drums, percussion
* David Goodier - bass guitar, glockenspiel
* John O'Hara - keyboards, accordion
* Florian Opahle - acoustic and electric guitar

Solo

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

Notes

* U.S. CD and DVD released October 4 2005

See also

* "Living with the Past"
* ""

External links

*
* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:335269 "Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull"] at Allmovie
* [http://www.j-tull.com/news/orchestral.html Ian's thoughts on Orchestral Concerts]
* [http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=7986 Progressive Archives]
* [http://www.getreadytorock.com/reviews/ian_anderson2.htm Album Review by David Randall]
* [http://www.getreadytorock.com/reviews/ian_anderson_dvd1.htm DVD review by David Randall]
* [http://www.avrev.com/music/revs/orchestral_tull.shtml avreview.com]
* [http://florian-opahle.com/ Florian Opahle]