Yanni Live! The Concert Event

Yanni Live! The Concert Event is the fourth live album by Yanni. It was recorded live at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas on November 6, 2004, and released in August 2006 as a CD and concert film on DVD. The album peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart; No. 6 on the "Top Independent Albums" chart; No. 84 on the "Billboard 200" chart; and at No. 84 on the "Top Internet Albums" chart, during the same year.[1]

Yanni Live! The Concert Event
Live album & Concert film by
Yanni
ReleasedAugust 15, 2006
GenreInstrumental
New age
Length65:25
LabelImage Entertainment
ProducerYanni
Yanni chronology
The Collection
(2006)		 Yanni Live! The Concert Event
(2006)		 Super Hits
(2007)
DVD Cover
Yanni Live! DVD cover

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

In a review by Richie Unterberger of AllMusic, "Recorded and filmed for DVD live at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas during Yanni's 2005 world tour, this 65-minute set delivers what you'd expect from a live Yanni album: an eclectic, cinematic fusion of world, new age, and mainstream contemporary pop styles. The 13 songs are, with one exception, drawn from releases dating back to the 1980s ("Keys to the Imagination" having been the title track of his 1986 album) all the way up to the most recent studio effort predating this recording, 2003's Ethnicity (from which three songs are presented)."[3]

Track listing – Album
  1. "Rainmaker" – 5:20
  2. "Keys to Imagination" – 5:22
  3. "Enchantment" – 4:06
  4. "Standing in Motion" – 1:38
  5. "On Sacred Ground" – (McNeill, Yanni) – 7:56
  6. "Playtime" – 7:08
  7. "Until the Last Moment" – 6:36
  8. "If I Could Tell You" – 4:19
  9. "For All Seasons" – 8:14
  10. "The Storm" – 5:07 (based on Antonio Vivaldi's 18th century violin concerto "Summer" from The Four Seasons)
  11. "Prelude" – 5:21
  12. "Nostalgia" – 4:31

Track listing – Video
  1. "Standing in Motion"
  2. "Rainmaker"
  3. "Keys to Imagination"
  4. "Enchantment"
  5. "On Sacred Ground"
  6. "Playtime"
  7. "Until the Last Moment"
  8. "If I Could Tell You"
  9. "For All Seasons"
  10. "The Storm"
  11. "Prelude"
  12. "Nostalgia"
  13. "World Dance"

Personnel
  • Yanni (Greece) – Piano, Keyboards

Band

Vocalists

Orchestra

  • Kristen Autry (USA) – violin
  • April Cap (USA) – oboe
  • Zachary Carrettin (USA) – violin
  • Ilona Geller (Ukraine) – viola
  • Kerry Hughes (USA) – trumpet
  • Jim Mattos (USA) – French horn
  • Eugene Mechtovich (USA) – viola
  • Kristin Morrison (USA) – French horn
  • Sarah O'Brien (England) – cello
  • Dana Teboe (USA) – trombone
  • Erika Walczak (USA) – violin
  • Alexander Zhiroff (Russia) – cello

"Yanni Live!" tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America
November 6, 2004 Las Vegas United States Mandalay Bay Events Center
November 7, 2004 Phoenix Glendale Arena
November 9, 2004 Tucson Tucson Convention Center
November 11, 2004 Sacramento Arrowhead Pond
November 12, 2004 San Jose HP Pavilion
November 13, 2004 Sacramento ARCO Arena
November 14, 2004 Reno Lawlor Events Center
November 16, 2004 Fresno Save Mart Arena
November 17, 2004 Bakersfield Centennial Arena
November 19, 2004 Spokane Spokane Arena
November 20, 2004 Portland Rose Garden Arena
November 21, 2004 Seattle KeyArena
November 22, 2004 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
November 24, 2004 Calgary Saddledome
November 25, 2004 Edmonton Rexall Place
November 27, 2004 Salt Lake City United States Delta Center
November 28, 2004 Denver Pepsi Center
November 29, 2004 Colorado Springs World Arena
December 1, 2004 Houston Toyota Center
December 2, 2004 Dallas NextStage
December 4, 2004 Monterrey Mexico Monterrey Arena
December 7, 2004 Hidalgo United States Dodge Arena
December 8, 2004 Laredo Entertainment Center
December 10, 2004 Mexico City Mexico Mexico Sports Palace
January 19, 2005 Wilkes-Barre United States Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza
January 21, 2005 New York City Radio City Music Hall
January 22, 2005
January 23, 2005 Uncasville Mohegan Sun
January 25, 2005 Albany Pepsi Arena
January 27, 2005 Worcester Centrum Centres
January 28, 2005 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
January 29, 2005 Manchester United States Verizon Wireless Arena
January 30, 2005 Buffalo HSBC Arena
February 1, 2005 London Canada John Labatt Centre
February 2, 2005 Toronto Air Canada Centre
February 3, 2005 Ottawa Corel Centre
February 5, 2005 Pittsburgh United States Mellon Arena
February 8, 2005 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
February 9, 2005 Milwaukee Bradley Center
February 11, 2005 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
February 12, 2005 Cleveland Gund Arena
February 13, 2005 Washington, D.C. MCI Center
February 15, 2005 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
February 17, 2005 Chicago United Center
February 18, 2005 Columbus Jerome Schottenstein Center
February 19, 2005 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
February 20, 2005 Norfolk Scopes Arena
February 22, 2005 Duluth Gwinnett Center
February 24, 2005 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
February 25, 2005 Orlando TD Waterhouse Arena
February 26, 2005 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
February 27, 2005 Sunrise Office Depot Center

Production
  • Executive producer: Yanni
  • Directed by Jerry McReynolds & George Veras.
  • Remote and Mobile Production Facilities PMTV

References
  1. "Chart history for Yanni Live! The Concert Event". AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  2. AllMusic
  3. Richie Unterberger. "Review of Yanni Live! The Concert Event". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
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