Gdansk - 20052005 marked the 25th anniversary of the Polish workers' movement, Solidarnosc. It was given its rightful grand celebration with a large-scale Jarre concert on August 26, as wished by Nobel Peace Prize, and founder of Solidarnosc, Lech Walesa.
The setting was the Gdansk shipyards, where the Solidarnosc movement was born. Over 170,000 paying audience attended the concert, and in addition, the concert could be watched on giant screens around the city and live on National TV.
Within the concert repertoire, Jarre performed an uplifting and moving arrangement of Mury, an old Polish worker's hymn. Quite appropriately in the old docks environment, Jarre chose Industrial Revolution as the opening track.
Synchronised to the music, the concert featured a lavish display of fireworks. The old ship's cranes were lit in many colours and were used to move the giant screens around. |
Track list: 1. Shipyard Overture [Industrial Revolution] 2. Oxygene 2 3. Chopin Memories 4. Aero 5. Oxygene 4 6. Souvenir 7. Geometry of Love 8. Equinoxe 4 9. Space of Freedom [March 23] 10. Aerology 11. Theremin solo 12. Chronology 2 13. Mury 14. Chronology 6 15. Oxygene 8 16. Light My Sky 17. Tribute to Jean-Paul II [ Acropolis] 18. Second Rendez Vous 19. Vivaldi (Summer-Presto) 20. The Emigrant 21. Oxygene 12 22. Fourth Rendez Vous 23. Solidarnosc [Oxygene 13] 24. Aerology (Neimo remix)
Musicians: Jean Michel Jarre Francis Rimbert Patrick Rondat Claude Samard Polish Baltic F.Chopin Philharmonic Orchestra Gdansk University Choir
Date and Place: 26. August - Gdansk, Poland
Estimated Audience: 170.000 |
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