Space of Freedom
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"Space of Freedom" was a concert performed by French musician Jean Michel Jarre in Poland, at the Gdańsk Shipyard, on August 26, 2005, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity trade union's foundation. Jarre was invited by Lech Wałęsa's son to hold this concert. There was an audience of more than 170,000 people who bought tickets, as well as many others who observed the event from outside the shipyard, like the high buildings of Zieleniak and the hills of Góra Gradowa.
Lech Wałęsa, the union leader who lead the strikes from 1980, as well as the current president of the city of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz, attended the concert. Lech Wałęsa gave a speech about the meaning of Solidarity and the non-violent change of the political system, and congratulated Jean Michel Jarre.
The concert was broadcasted live by the Polish Television and Polish Radio, as well as by satellite, and originated a picture book, an audio CD and a DVD-video.
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[edit] Track listing
- Waiting for Cousteau (pre-concert warm-up)
- Shipyard Overture (originally "Industrial Revolution: Overture")
- Oxygene 2 (with a new flute intro)
- Chopin Memories (new composition)
- Aero
- Oxygene 4
- Souvenir (originally "Souvenir of China")
- Geometry of Love
- Equinoxe 4
- Space of Freedom (originally "March 23")
- Aerology
- Chronology 2 (with a new Theremin intro)
- Speech by Lech Wałęsa
- Mury (lit. "Walls") (composed by Jacek Kaczmarski)
- Chronology 6
- Oxygene 8
- Light My Sky (originally "Tout Est Bleu", new lyrics)
- Tribute to Pope John Paul II (originally "Akropolis")
- Rendez-Vous 2 (version from the "Once upon a Time" performance, dedicated to Pope John Paul II)
- Summer-Presto (from The Four Seasons, composed by Vivaldi)
- The Emigrant (dedicated to Polonia)
- Oxygene 12
- Rendez-Vous 4
- Solidarność (originally "Oxygène 13", dedicated to the workers at the shipyard)
- Aerology Remix (encore)
[edit] Musicians
- Jean Michel Jarre (keyboards, mixing desk, laser harp, theremin, vocals)
- Francis Rimbert (keyboards, electronic percussions)
- Claude Samard (keyboards, guitars, musical coordinator)
- Patrick Rondat (Electric Guitar on Chronology 2 and Vivaldi Summer Presto)
- Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra
- Gdansk University Choir
[edit] Published media
- Picture book: Jarre, Jean Michel. Przestrzeń Wolności, 2005. ISBN 83-915166-9-5.
- Audio CD: Live From Gdańsk - (Koncert w Stoczni) (2005, released exclusively in Central Europe).
- DVD-video: Jean-Michel Jarre: Solidarnosc Live (2005, NTSC, one disc, also released as a "Collector Edition" with the audio CD).
