In Thursday’s (6/19) Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Melissa Ruggieri writes, “There are a handful of bands with music that lends itself to the mighty swoop of an orchestra behind it: Led Zeppelin, Queen, the Who, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones are a few. But those five names are already crossed off the checklist of conductor Brent Havens.… On Saturday at Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Havens, singer Brody Dolyniuk, a four-piece rock band and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will unveil ‘The Music of U2,’ the 11th production from Windborne Music, which Havens founded in 1990.” Havens’ “promises that fans of U2 and symphonic rock will be sated with a show that he describes as, ‘Not just an orchestra show … not just a band show … it’s a rock show. It’s got rock lighting. And it’s not like the orchestra is relegated to the background.’ ” Ruggieri notes that Dolyniuk “has spent weeks immersing himself” in the music of U2 and the sound of its “distinctive vocalist,” Bono. Following its debut with the ASO this weekend, “The Music of U2” is headed for Park City, Utah: a July 12 collaboration with the Utah Symphony at Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater.
Posted June 20, 2014
