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Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth

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Released
  
December 6, 2005

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Label
  
Epic (Sony BMG)

Initial release
  
6 December 2005

Recorded
  
March 12 & 13, 2005

Length
  
1 hour 20 minutes

Director
  
Ray Black

Produced by
  
Calvin Aurand

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Cast
  
Ben Folds, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

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Ben folds and waso live in perth trailer


Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth is a DVD featuring performances by singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds, backed by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Filmed over two nights on March 12 & 13, 2005 at Kings Park and Botanical Gardens in Perth, Australia - a venue Folds jokingly refers to as a "luminous green petri dish" - the DVD offers 14 songs from the three major Ben Folds Five albums and Folds' debut solo album Rockin' the Suburbs.

Contents

Played to over 9000 fans, the two concerts featured on the DVD represent the first time Folds' music was set to an orchestra; a trend Folds has since continued with performances with various orchestras around the United States and the world, including Cleveland's Contemporary Youth Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, members of The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Boston Pops. Folds' music was rewritten and arranged specifically for symphonic performance by members of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Kenway.

Track listing

  1. "Zak and Sara" (arranged by Iain Grandage)
  2. "Smoke" (arranged by Michael Pigneguy)
  3. "Fred Jones Part 2" (arranged by Iain Grandage)
  4. "Steven's Last Night In Town" (arranged by Graeme Lyall)
  5. "Boxing" (arranged by Stephen Newcomb)
  6. "Annie Waits" (arranged by James Ledger)
  7. "Brick" (arranged by James Ledger)
  8. "Evaporated" (arranged by Stephen Newcomb)
  9. "Not the Same"
  10. "The Ascent of Stan" (arranged by James Ledger)
  11. "Lullabye" (arranged by Graeme Lyall)
  12. "Narcolepsy" (arranged by James Ledger)

Encore

  1. "Rock This Bitch (Perth Version)"
  2. "The Luckiest" (arranged by James Ledger)

Personnel

  • Ben Folds - vocals and piano
  • West Australian Symphony Orchestra - 83 pieces
  • Simon Kenway - Conductor
  • Graeme Lyall - Saxophone and arrangement
  • Stuart Haycock - Tenor

    • Production

    Produced and Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra
    Assisted by Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Perth, Australia

  • Executive Producer: Calvin Aurand
  • Producer: John Minor
  • Director: Ray Black

    • References

    Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth Wikipedia
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