The Enid, infamous for producing more than three decades of unique Symphonic Rock music, perform live with a full Symphony Orchestra and Choir at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. CD1 offers live performances of the bands earliest work featuring pieces which originate from EMI releases In the Region of the Summer Stars and Aerie Faerie Nonsense. CD2 begins with an exclusive first full length performance of the 2010 album Journeys End. This is followed by another exclusive performance of the Barclay James Harvest piece Mockingbird, which had been fully orchestrated for the band four decades ago by The Enids Robert John Godfrey.
The world class City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), and The Warwickshire County Music Services Youth Choir really bring these compositions to life. Following the concert, The Enid has received high critical acclaim as Incomparable, unique and always adventurous... The Midland Rocks. The Express and Star reviewed The delivery of Enid songwriter Robert John Godfreys songs through a rock band augmented by an orchestra and choir worked brilliantly. The concert was recorded by Abbey Road Live, and mixed by The Enids very own Max Read at The Lodge Recording Studios, Northampton.
In February 2012, Robert John Godfreys performance of The Mirror of Love taken from this album became the #1 fastest moving mp3 download on Amazon. It also reached #1 in the Amazon Classical Download Chart, with the CBSO performance of The Art of Melody (also from this album) reaching #2. Presenter Tommy Vance told the listening public Robert John Godfrey is to my mind one of the greatest composers this country has ever had... following a full 30 minute live recording of the Enids Fand being aired on Radio 1s Friday Rock Show in 1982. A new live performance of Fand with the CBSO can be found on CD1 of this album.
2013 will see the band touring across the UK and Europe, including the two biggest Prog Festivals in the UK Y-Prog and HRM-Prog.