DR Slotskoncerter 2009
For many years, the Slotkoncerts (Castle Concerts) have been a tradition in which the DR UnderholdningsOrkestret (Danish Radio Orchestra) performs pieces by famous artists on stage with the artist themselves.
This year, it is 50 years since the Bee Gees arrived on the Australian music-scene and Slotkoncerter was proud to present Robin Gibb live on stage, performing classic Bee Gees songs (Who doesn’t know ‘Stayin’ Alive’ and ‘How Deep Is Your Love’?)
With the 45 strong DR Underholdingsorchestra and David Firman conducting, tickets had never sold so quickly and 65 000 people were watching the show on Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of August.
The stage, supplied by Seelite, was covered in blue fabric, making it look like a castle taken straight out of a fairytale. As the show is recorded for a TV-broadcast in the autumn, light, video and sound have to be perfect and fulfill tough demands.
This year, there were 2 Image screens, Lighthouse R7, delivered by ComTech while Massteknik were able to supply new Spider F30 background graphic screens for the first time. The Bee Gees production used the 5 screens, each 12 m2 in size, to show time-coded graphics created for each individual song. As a result, the whole show looked like one great concept where light, sound and especially video were part of the song itself.
The public simply loved it, singing along, dancing and reliving Bee Gees memories from “the good old days”.
The Spider screens were perfect for the job. Lightweight, easy to set-up and able to run with minimum power.
The small number of cables made the whole setup look ‘clean’, and the stable noise (flicker) free picture looked perfect on camera.
