The Best of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells I II & III

A concert drawing on the Tubular Bells albums of Mike Oldfield, presented by the Tubular Bells Live in Concert project at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. It is a classical programme built on a long-running instrumental series.

Mike Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. Tubular Bells, released in 1973 on Virgin Records, was the label's first album. It is a single long instrumental work, with most parts played by Oldfield and layered through overdubbing, and it opens with a repeated piano figure. Its theme was used in the 1973 film The Exorcist, which brought the piece wider attention.

The series continued with Tubular Bells II in 1992 and Tubular Bells III in 1998, both extending the original idea with new material. This evening presents a selection from the three albums in concert, performed by the Tubular Bells Live in Concert project rather than by Oldfield, so the programme follows the recorded music of the series.

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall hosts concerts and shows in the city. The programme will suit listeners who know the albums or the film theme and want to hear the series performed live, as well as those interested in instrumental music built from layered recordings.