Procol Harum in Wuppertal, April 2013

Open rehearsal • official photography by Andre Scollick (1)

Such was the unmeetable demand for the Friday and Saturday sold-out gigs, Procol Harum agreed to permit some friends and family of the choir and orchestra
(and some guests) to hear the Thursday rehearsal. A crowd accordingly starts to gather outside the Stadthalle

Firman and Cooke

The choir in position, underneath the great organ (not heard at this concert)

Outside, the crowd grows. Even the lobby is elegant and interesting.

The front-of-house sound and lighting consoles in the otherwise-empty auditorium

The harpist nimbles up

In come the lucky punters

Dirk Jessewitsch addresses the crowd on the promoters' behalfs

The choir in action

Long shot of choir, band, orchestra and audience (we didn't have access to the very front rows on this occasion)

A change of lights

Solo piano ... quite possibly this is the middle of Grand Hotel

Procol dates in 2013  | More shots from the same camera, same session