De aproape doua ore si jumatate a avut nevoie Jon Lord, fostul clapar al trupei Deep Purple, pentru a explora trecutul, prezentul si pentru a merge "inapoi in viitor", precum si pentru a le prezenta bucurestenilor "my 40 year old baby", The Concert For Group And Orchestra, "the piece that I wrote to try to bring together the two loves of my life: the love of the sound of the orchestra and the love of the sound of the rock band". Joi, 5 noiembrie, la Sala Palatului, ajutat de Bulgarian State Philharmonic Ruse si de doua dintre vocile musicalurilor East Side Story si Jesus Christ Superstar (Katja Laska si Steve Balsamo), "Lordul Jon" a cantat piese ca Soldier Of Fortune, dar mai ales Child In Time, capodopera de care fanii romani fusesera privati in urma cu doi ani, la concertul Deep Purple.

"It's wonderful to be back in your country, you're still looking good", spunea Jon Lord, la aparitia pe scena Salii Palatului, anuntand cele doua parti ale concertului. "This evening we're going to play my baby. My 40 year old baby, from 1969, The Concerto For Group And Orchestra. In the first half we're gonna play this piece.

This is the piece that I wrote to try to bring together the two loves of my life: the love of the sound of the orchestra and the love of the sound of the rock band. I had fun doing it then and I'm having fun doing it now, all these years later. And in the second half we'll listen different things". "Welcome back to part two, in which we're going to explore the past, the present and, who knows, maybe we'll go back to the future. It wasn't a bad joke, was it?", glumea Jon Lord, dupa o ora din The Concerto For Group And Orchestra si dupa inca 20 minute de pauza.

"We start in 1972-71, somewhere around there. We start in the Swiss Alps and we begin with the mist coming down the mountain and the words of Ian Gillan about - I think