Rick Wakeman has adapted the music from his former band Yes for a new, limited edition vinyl release.
Yessonata will be released through Esoteric Records on October 4 and is a new piece for piano composed by Wakeman from various Yes tracks. The inspiration behind the new piece was the new medley The Yes Suite, which Wakeman adapted for his band and choir and which they performed at his now legendary concert at the prestigious London Palladium.
With The Yes Suite proving so popular Wakemn has now written another adaptation, this time for solo piano. Yessonata has already been performed on his Final One Man Solo Tour of North and South America earlier this year. The piece contains more than 30 musical fragments of Yes music that Rick was a part of.
Yessonata is backed with The King Arthur Piano Suite, a piano adaptation of the main themes and melodies from Wakeman's 1974 album The Myths and Legends of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table. A timely adaptation as it's the music that the BBC use to introduce their recent General Election coverage.
The Fall leg of Wakeman's Final Solo Tour of the US begins in October, before he returns to the UK to play a series of Christmas UK dates. Full details below.
Rick Wakeman 2024 tour dates
Oct 03: Tarrytown Tarrytown Music Hall, NY
Oct 04: Fairfield Community Theater, CT
Oct 05: Rahway Union County Perf Arts Center, NJ
Oct 06: Troy Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, NY
Oct 08: Falls River Narrows Center, MA
Oct 10: Rochester The Theater at Innovation Square, NY
Oct 11: Buffalo Electric City, NY
Oct 13: Kent The Kent Stage, OH
Oct 15: St. Charles Arcada Theater, IL
Oct 17: St. Paul Fitzgerald Theatre, MN
Oct 19: Milwaukee South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, WI
Oct 20: St. Louis The Sheldon, MO
Oct 22: Phoenix Music Instrument Museum, AZ
Oct 24: Dallas Longhorn Ballroom, TX
Oct 26: Houston The Heights Theater, TX
Oct 28: Atlanta Variety Playhouse, GA
Oct 31: Durham Carolina Theatre of Durham: Fletcher Hill Auditorium, NC
Nov 02: Landsdowne Lansdowne Theater, PA
Nov 23: Portsmouth New Theatre Royal
Nov 24: High Wycombe Swan
Nov 25: London Lyric Theatre
Nov 28: St Albans Alban Arena
Nov 29: Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Nov 30: Leicester De Montfort Hall
Dec 01: Basingstoke Anvil
Dec 03: Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Hall
Dec 04: Evesham Regal
Dec 06: Croydon Ashcroft Theatre
Dec 09: Bradford St George’s Hall
Dec 11: Worthing Assembly Hall
Dec13: Ipswich Corn Exchange
Dec 14: Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Dec 15: Poole Lighthouse
Dec 16: Guildford G Live
Dec 18: Bath Forum
Dec 19: Cheltenham Town Hall
Dec 20: London Cadogan Hall
