Hamburger Concerto - Composition

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Hamburger Concerto is the fourth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released in April 1974. It peaked at #20 on the UK charts.[2] The title track is based on Variations on a Theme by Haydn by Johannes Brahms. The composition also incorporates the first two verses of the Dutch Christmas carol O Kerstnacht, schoner dan de dagen at around 15 min.

Hamburger Concerto

Studio album by

Focus

Released

April 1974

Recorded

January–March 1974

Studio

Olympic Sound Studios

Genre

Progressive rock, instrumental rock

Length

40:06

Label

Polydor, Atco

Producer

Mike Vernon

Focus chronology

At the Rainbow
(1973)

Hamburger Concerto
(1974)

Mother Focus
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Vinyl release, 1974

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Delitæ Musicæ"	Jan Akkerman	1:12
2.	"Harem Scarem"	Thijs van Leer	5:51
3.	"La Cathedrale de Strasbourg"	van Leer	4:59
4.	"Birth"	Akkerman	7:46

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hamburger Concerto I. Starter (Traditional; arranged by van Leer) II. Rare (Akkerman) III. Medium I (van Leer, Akkerman) IV. Medium II (Akkerman) V. Well Done (van Leer) VI. One for the Road (Akkerman)"	20:20

CD release, 1988

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Delitæ Musicæ"	Jan Akkerman	1:13
2.	"Harem Scarem"	Thijs van Leer	5:52
3.	"La Cathedrale de Strasbourg"	van Leer	4:59
4.	"Birth"	Akkerman	7:46
5.	"Hamburger Concerto I. Starter (Traditional; arranged by van Leer) II. Rare (Akkerman) III. Medium I (van Leer, Akkerman) IV. Medium II (Akkerman) V. Well Done (van Leer) VI. One for the Road (Akkerman)"		20:19
6.	"Early Birth"	Akkerman	2:54
Total length:			43:08

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	14

Personnel

Focus

Thijs van Leer – Hammond organ, flute, piano, harpsichord, moog, ARP synthesizer, recorder, mellotron, accordion, pipe organ, the organ of St.Mary the Virgin, Barnes, vocals
Jan Akkerman – guitars, lute, timpani, handclaps
Bert Ruiter – bass guitar, autoharp, triangles, finger cymbals, bells, handclaps
Colin Allen – drums, congas, tambourine, castanets, cabasa, wood block, gong, timpani, handclaps, flexatone, cuica

References

"allmusic ((( Hamburger Concerto > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
"Focus - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 115. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

v t e Focus
Thijs van Leer Pierre van der Linden Menno Gootjes Udo Pannekeet Jan Akkerman Hans Cleuver Martin Dresden Cyril Havermans Bert Ruiter Colin Allen David Kemper Philip Catherine Eef Albers P. J. Proby Steve Smith Bobby Jacobs Bert Smaak Jan Dumée Ruben van Roon Niels van der Steenhoven
Studio albums	Focus Plays Focus (In and Out of Focus) Focus II (Moving Waves) Focus 3 Hamburger Concerto Mother Focus Ship of Memories Focus con Proby Focus 8 Focus 9 / New Skin Focus X Golden Oldies Focus 8.5 / Beyond the Horizon Focus 11
Live albums	At the Rainbow Live at the BBC
Singles	"House of the King" "Hocus Pocus" "Sylvia"
Related articles	Discography Members

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Hamburger Concerto — четвёртый студийный альбом голландской прог-рок-группы Focus. Альбом был выпущен в 1974 году и достиг 20-го места в чартах Великобритании[2]. Заглавный трек основан на «Вариациях на тему Гайдна» Иоганнеса Брамса.

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