The Art in Heaven Concert
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| The Art in Heaven Concert | |
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 The Art in Heaven DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Gert Hof |
| Produced by | Achim Perleberg Egon Banghard |
| Release date(s) | May 20, 2003 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Language | English |
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The Art in Heaven Concert (full title Mike Oldfield The Art in Heaven Concert Live in Berlin) is a Mike Oldfield concert video taken from 2000 New Year's night (31 December 1999) concert at Berlin, which is currently available on DVD.
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[edit] Original DVD annotation
Berlin welcomes the new millennium with the world's most sepctacular ligh-show Art in Heaven set to the timeless music of Mike Oldfield performing live in concert.
Twelve fluorescent light balloons, 250 rare Xenon gas Space Cannons and 550 special stage lights turn the sky above Berlin into a unique pyramid of light under the direction of Gert Hof. More than half a million spectators experience this superlative show set at the foot of Berlin's beautiful Victory Column.
Mike Oldfield performs several of this legendary classics including Tubular Bells, Moonlight Shadow and Shadow on the Wall as well as the premiere of his album The Millennium Bell. The musical climax of this event is the special Art in Heaven.
Also appearing is the State Orchestra and the Glinka State Choir of St. Petersburg. An amazing event of art, culture and music to commemorate the start of the new millennium.
[edit] DVD track listing
[edit] Classic songs
- "Tubular Bells"
- "Portsmouth"
- "Moonlight Shadow"
- "Secrets"
- "Shadow on the Wall"
[edit] The Millennium Bell songs
- "Sunlight"
- "The Doges Palace"
- "Mastermind"
- "Broad"
- "Liberation"
- "Amber Light"
- "The Millennium Bell"
[edit] Special features
- "Art in Heaven" – Oldfield's 13-minute solo
- "The Making Of..." – documentary
- Interview with Mike Oldfield
[edit] Personnel
- Mike Oldfield – guitars
- Robyn Smith – conductor
- Adrian Thomas – keyboards, guitars
- Claire Nicolson – keyboards, guitar
- Carrie Melbourne – bass, Chapman Stick
- Fergus Gerrand – drums, percussions
- Lody Linscott – percussions
- Pepsi Demacque – vocals
- Miriam Stockley – vocals
- Nicola Emmanuelle – vocals
- David Serame – vocals
Also
- Symphony Orchestra State Academic Capella, Saint Petersburg
- The Glinka State Choir, Saint Petersburg
[edit] External links
- Ringing in the Millennium in Berlin – a review by Carole Martin
