Acropolis - 2001


Jarre gave two charity concerts in June 2001 at the Herodion Atticus amphitheatre next to the Acropolis in Athens, for Elpida, a foundation to help children with cancer initiated by Jarre’s fellow UNESCO ambassador, Mrs. Marianna Vardinoyannis. The final dress rehearsal was reserved specially for all the children and carers from Elpida. The setting for these concerts was the extremely beautiful, the ancient stone of the amphitheatre overlooked by the magnificent columns of the Acropolis was a most prestigious canvas for Jarre’s talent. On stage with Jarre were his musicians, a female soprano and a symphonic orchestra.

 

No new music was presented though a much reworked Give Me A Sign sounded almost like a new composition and had also been given a new title; Acropolis.


Track list:

1. Oxygene 4

2. Oxygene 2

3. Equinoxe 4

4. Magnetic Fields 2

5. Je Me Souviens

6. Chronologie 3

7. Oxygene 8

8. Magnetic Fields 1

9. Ethnicolor

10. Vivaldi Tribute

11. Gloria Lonely Boy

12. Oxygene 13

13. Souvenir of China

14. Equinoxe 7

15. Chronologie 6

16. Second Rendez-Vous

17. Oxygene 12

18. Revolutions

19. Hymn to the Acropolis (orchestral version of Give Me a Sign)

20. Fourth Rendez-Vous

(Ethnicolor wasn’t played at the last concert due to live TV Broadcast time constrains)

 

Musicians:

Jean Michel Jarre

Enarmonia Orchestra

Laurent Faucheux

The Hellenic Festival Choir

Vasiliki Karagianni

Christoph Papendieck

Francis Rimbert

Patrick Rondat

 

Date and Place:

18.-20. June 2001 - Acropolis, Athen, Greece

 

Estimated Audience:

15.000


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