Cory Wong & Metropole Orkest - 'Simon' (LIVE IN AMSTERDAM)

"Live in Amsterdam" album out on April 3 2020

Produced/Mixed/Mastered: Cory Wong
MO Artistic producer: Robert Soomer
Recording engineer: Dirk Overeem

METROPOLE ORKEST
Conducted by Vince Mendoza

guitar
Cory Wong

1st violin
Arlia de Ruiter
Vera Laporeva
Denis Koenders
Pauline Terlouw
Jasper van Rosmalen
Christina Knoll
Gideon Nelissen
Belen Pérez Carreras

2nd violin
Merel Jonker
Herman van Haaren
Willem Kok
Ruben Margarita
Xaquín Carro Cribeiro
Coleman Willis
Saskia Frijns

viola
Norman Jansen
Mieke Honingh
Julia Jowett
Iris Schut
Isabella Petersen
celloEmile Visser
Annie Tångberg
Jascha Albracht
Jascha Bordon

double bass
Erik Winkelmann
Arend Liefkes

harp
Joke Schonewille

flute
Mariël van den Bos
Janine Abbas

oboe
Maxime le Minter

saxophone / clarinet
Marc Scholten
Paul van der Feen
Leo Janssen
Sjoerd Dijkhuizen
Jesse Brevé

french horn
Liz Hunfeld

trumpet
Ray Bruinsma
Martijn de Laat
Nico Schepers
Koen Smits

trombone
Jan Oosting
Robinson Khoury
Jan Bastiani
Martijn Sohier

bass trombone
Martin van den Berg

orchestral percussion
Murk Jiskoot
Jorge Sanz Pineda

drums
Martijn Vink

guitar
Peter Tiehuis

bass
Seth Tackaberry

piano/keys
Hans Vroomans

"Simon" arrangement by:
Jochen Neuffer and Cory Wong

[ericjuelke]

3:14 the conductor is just like "yes, very funky sir"

[samowen]

Nothing like strings and guitar strings to take us through these dark times

[samuele]

It's funky and it's orchestral!

[paigescoma]

I'd never experienced an electric guitar concerto before... What a time to be alive. Thank you Cory Wong for this gift!

[Dgnarus]

This was one of the last few concerts I saw before the pandemic started...
Still recovering from being so blown away!

[samsantanamusic]

Mark my words, this piece will be legendary someday.



Well it all already is but you know

[timvigneau]

Trombones: DAH DUN. DUN. DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH

[AdamSmith-ibrh]

My favourite discovery during the quarantine

[trustnugget]

Credit to the drummer! Awesome high-hat work and I liked the fill at 2:35

[funkifyd]

That bass trombone though...perfection.

[arjunmuralikrishnan]

0:32 hits like nothing else does, when that groove kicks in 🤩

[tompackman]

Thank the good lord this was all pre pandemic!!

[bambufan]

Holland's national treasure, ladies and gentlemen.

[jeffwilson]

So much talent on one stage...it's insane.

[cjampcj]

Get that bass bone in frame!! Laying the

[RodrigoTambara]

I can feel the pressure on this drummer over the internet

[nustreetchild]

Much love from Italy! Cory Wong We must see you again over here! God bless .

[beefy]

Incredible damn Cory asserting himself in the music world damn

[benjaminharm]

Damnit I fking missed this and I LIVE IN AMSTERDAM, kicking myself right now

[MikeyTiger]

Cory going OFF at the end there! That would have been so cool to see live!