MESSAGE FROM OLIVIA HARRISON - 31.07.2003
Dear Friends,

Hello from London. Thanks to everyone for your support
and kind
thoughts
over the last 18 months. George left Dhani and I lots
of work to do
and
carrying out his wishes has been a challenging but
rewarding
experience for
us all.

This November we look forward to a worldwide limited
theatrical
release of
The Concert for George (which took place on November
29, 2002 at the
Royal
Albert Hall in London, under the musical direction of
Eric Clapton).
It was
an indescribable evening and was captured beautifully
on film. You
will be
able to pre-book cinema tickets online sometime in
October. The 2-
disk DVD
will then be available at the end of November. It will
consist of the
entire
concert on Disk 1. Disk 2 is the theatrical version
with interviews
and
additional mini-features of the rehearsals, etc. and
an extended
version of
the concert brochure.

I may be prejudice (sic) but, in my opinion, The
Concert For George
is a
classic performance as well as a historical musical
document. The
first half
of the show was Ravi Shankar's composition, a musical
offering named
"Arpan," conducted by Anoushka Shankar. Each movement
is about George,
either in mood or in the homage paid to him. The
orchestra consisted
of
musicians, some who were George's friends, playing
George's favourite
instruments. There is no one but the Maestro Ravi
Shankar who could
compose,
arrange and perform in a place like this. I don't
think we will see
anything
like it for a long time, if ever.
The Western band performed George's songs as
beautifully as they will
be
played and the sentiment behind them is evident. Eric
Clapton's guitar
playing was off the scales, and Paul Mac, Ringo, Jeff
Lynne and Tom
and the
Heartbreakers played not only like the great
performers they are, but
also
the true friends they were and always will be to
George.

Whew ... we are also finishing up the re-mastering of
George's Dark
Horse
Catalogue (which he was working on in 2001). They will
be available
(individually and in a special box set) early next
year with
previously
unreleased material.

There are more projects in the works with Dark Horse
Records and
Apple as
well. More information will be posted as it becomes
available.

Until then, best to you and God Bless us all.

Olivia Harrison







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