Tomas Ledin, a now 70 year old Swedish mega star, had a concert yesterday. I was there with my wonderful wife, Åsa. Everyone in Sweden can sing several of Tomas´s songs. They are straight forward rock with lyrics one can identify too instantly. We all love the song. As simple as that.
But now, together with conductor Peter Nordahl and the full symphony orchestra Kungliga Filharmonikerna, they played Tomas´s songs as if they were written for the full symphonica from start. So not just played with a symphony orchestra but rather a remake of the songs. It´s a interesting and rather different experience. You kind of know all the songs but….. they were so … new and more traditional at the same time. I really liked it. So did everyone else too. We finished it all off with a long standing ovation.
Good going Tomas, Peter and all you musicians!
/Gus