Live footage & interviews taken by channel 7’s “Post Cards”strong> on the “ASO Plays Queen” concerts will go to air on Sunday 27th May at 5.30pm. Footage will include a sample of “Dino Jag” La Vista singing “We are the Champions”.
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) was going through its paces when Channel 7’s “Post Cards”strong> crew called in to its Hindley Street headquarters.
It was picking up on the riff from Queens’ “We are the Champions” which once reverberated through hi-fi speakers in teenage sleepouts and bedrooms around the world.
It’s difficult, multi-layered music which is just the sort of challenge the ASO and rock musicians, Rob Pippan and Warwick Cheatlle need, having already taken audiences to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon last year.
Rob and Warwick have teamed up with vocalists “Dino Jag” La Vista, Dianne Dixon, Ian “Polly” Politis, Emily Kelly, Craig Csongrady, Nanette Van Ruiten & Deb Brunotte to bring the music of Freddie Mercury, Brian May and the other members of the legendary band Queen to Adelaide audiences at the Festival Theatre.
It’s a wonderful blend of cool vocals, amp-driven power and stringed sophistication. According to Rainer Jozeps, for the ASO it’s a case of musical cross-pollination.
“We want to see if we can get the people who come to the Queen performance to come and see what they think about Mozart and Beethoven. Adelaide audiences are fantastically experimental.”"
The ASO continues to push the musical envelope having recently collaborated with local hip hop band, the Hill Top Hoods but this time another crop of baby boomers will converge on the Festival Theatre for a trip down memory lane.
Queen gained international recognition with the release of their album “”Sheer Heart Attack‚Äù. Since 1973, the band released 15 studio albums, 5 live albums and numerous compilation albums. They’ve sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.
The ASO Plays Queen
Thursday 31st May
Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd June
8pm
Adelaide Festival Theatre
Book through BASS on 131 246