Hamburger Concerto
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| Released | May 1974 | |||
| Recorded | January–March 1974 | |||
| Studio | Olympic Sound Studios | |||
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| Length | 40:06 | |||
| Label | Polydor, Atco | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
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Hamburger Concerto is the fourth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released in May 1974. It peaked at No. 20 on the UK charts. The title track is based on Variations on a Theme by Haydn by Johannes Brahms. The composition also incorporates the first two verses of the Dutch Christmas carol O Kerstnacht, schoner dan de dagen at around 15 minutes, and the Third Quarter chime from the Westminster Quarters is quoted in the track's final seconds. The first track is based on a Gaillarde of Joachim van den Hove of his work Delitae Musicae.