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Concerts: David Gilmour Joins Richard Wright For Atom Heart Mother Concerts

Posted on Sunday, June 01 @ 18:36:13 UTC by nightowl

It has been confirmed today that David Gilmour and Richard Wright will participate in the Atom Heart Mother concerts in London at the Cadogan Hall on 14 and 15 June. These feature a new score re-written by Ron Geesin. With Ron being a close friend of Nick Mason and co writer of Music From The Body with Roger Waters, one can speculate about the happenings at the concert.

Additional info from Gilmour's site notes: As previously announced elsewhere, Ron Geesin is recreating Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother Suite live onstage for the Chelsea Festival, in two nightly performances: June 14th and 15th.

Ron, who co-composed the original piece with David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright, is staging it with the talents of a 10-piece brass ensemble from the Royal College of Music, Italian band Mun Floyd, the 40-strong Canticum chorus and cellist Caroline Dale, who has performed with David at the Festival Hall and on the On An Island album. The evenings will also feature other Ron Geesin music, including new scores created especially for the occasion.



The June 14th show starts at 7.30PM, ending at around 9.45PM, while that on the 15th starts at 7.00PM, ending at approximately 9.15PM. Tickets went on sale in March, but we're told that some are still available now at all prices ? ?55, ?45, ?35, and ?25 ? though they are restricted to two per customer (four for Friends of the Chelsea Festival).

Ticket Purchase Details

Chelsea Festival Box Office
Phone (+44) (0)845 890 2435 or visit www.chelseafestival.org.

Cadogan Hall Box Office
Phone (+44) (0)20 7730 4500 or visit www.cadoganhall.com.

Booking fees apply, except for personal callers.

Box Office opening times are: Chelsea Festival ? Monday to Friday from 10.00AM to 6.00PM; Cadogan Hall ? Monday to Saturday from 10.00AM to 8.00PM (Sundays 10.00AM to 4.00PM).

Sadly the hall will probably not be full of inflatable cows, but at least there is a horn section. Rumours that Cadogan Hall is to be renamed Cowdungan Hall for the evening have been dismissed as tripe.

[Source: David Gilmour [well, a PR person on behalf of]/David Gilmour's website]

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