My highlight of the evening was the impressive and emotional “Wings for Ukraine,” which Bergersen wrote out of a desire for peace in Ukraine. Many of the songs consisted of intriguing percussion parts or rapid patterns that needed to be performed by the orchestra, which were all executed wonderfully. Every piece had something interesting going on, may it be the visuals, the use of the huge taiko drum, the performance of one of the soloists or the interaction between them. The music that was performed featured a beautiful set of songs from their long career. Singer Kamila Nývltováwas was also invited to participate in this tour after her impressive performance in Prague. While Phoenix and Bergersen are a composer duo, they write each piece individually, and because of that, they each have their own collaborators, including the vocalists who both were present: Merethe Soltvedt for Bergersen and Úyanga Bold for Phoenix. In front of the left platform you could see a piano together with some electronic instruments, including an electric violin, which was the place where Bergersen would be performing most of his magic. Other band members, who could be found in front of the right platform, included Eliane Correa on keyboard and vocals, who I know from The World of Hans Zimmer tour, and Skye Emanuel on guitar. In the center of the stage there was room for the extra musicians invited for the tour, which were Esther Abrami on violin, Helen Nash on electric cello and Saulius Petreikis on multiple woodwinds and brass instruments. As mentioned, percussion plays an important role in Two Steps from Hell’s music, and for this show, those instruments were played by Nick Phoenix himself, Greg Ellis, the musical director of the show and three percussionists from the orchestra. The middle one contained many different kinds of percussion instruments – for all the so-called ‘epicness’ – including a huge taiko drum in the center. The stage was divided into three platforms with the left and right ones reserved for the orchestra and choir. When I saw the stage for the first time, I could immediately see that the presentation was important. After more than two years of waiting it was finally time to experience the new concert. I bought tickets for the concert on Apr 25, 2020, in Amsterdam, which as you can imagine was postponed because of the pandemic. He kept his promise by announcing a European tour in 2020. Bergersen, who was the only one present at the time, told the audience that he would love to return together with Phoenix. We attended Two Steps from Hell in Prague in 2018, which sold out quickly with people coming from all over Europe, so the decision was made to schedule an additional concert in the afternoon on the same day. The Two Steps from Hell concept consists of the composer duo Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix who write so-called ‘epic music’: bold-sounding orchestral pieces, most often with lots of percussion, guitars and a big choir.
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