Popular Beatles’ tunes will be unmistakable yet original when “world class” (Los Angeles Times) Lindsay Deutsch plays the Beatles Fantasy on March 10 with the San Luis Obispo Symphony led by Music Director Andrew Sewell. George Gershwin, hailed as the finest songwriter of the first half of the last century (as The Beatles were in the second half), has his moments in the evening with Strike Up the Band and Fantasy on Porgy and Bess for violin and orchestra. The concert ends with essential American folksongs nested into Charles Ives’s Symphony No. 2. The concert is at 8:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo. KCBX Jazz Liner Notes host Fred Friedman hosts Sewell in the pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m. Tickets range from $20-$80 and are available at PACSLO.org or 805-756-4849.
Beatles Fantasy
Video game composer Maxime Goulet and Eric Jones Cadieaux’s arrangements were intended to bring the listener on a journey following the evolution of the Beatles’ music throughout the group’s career. Tunes include: A Hard Day’s Night, I Want To Hold Your Hand, And I Love Her, In My Life, Yesterday, All You Need Is Love, A Day In The Life, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Hello Goodbye, Lady Madonna, Let It Be, Black Bird, and Hey Jude.
Lindsay Deutsch
American violinist Lindsay Deutsch’s amazing abilities bridge the classical and popular aspects of music, resulting in an astounding performance of virtuosity, groove, elegance, and energy.
Deutsch’s performance of Astor Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Kahane, was selected for NPR’s Symphony Cast Program. Her movie credits include playing the solo violin sound track for the movie, “The Good Shepherd” starring Robert De Niro.
Deutsch’s orchestral engagements include the Colorado, Fort Worth, Missoula, New West, Las Cruces, Pensacola, Irving, Cape, Knoxville, South Carolina, West Virginia Symphonies as well as the Los Angeles, McGill, Portland and Boulder Chamber Orchestras. Lindsay Deutsch plays on an 1845 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin.
Described by the L.A. Times as having “…the technical equipment and temperament for a big career…”, selected by Symphony and Strad magazines as an “Up and Coming Young Musician”, Deutsch has toured as solo violinist with Yanni. Jung-Ho Pak, conductor and artistic director of the Cape Symphony Orchestra, says of Lindsay, “A conductor dreams about finding a soloist who understands the essential responsibility of helping change a large community’s view of classical music. In a time when every concert has to be unforgettable and a game changer, Lindsay can make that happen every time.”
To read concert notes and listen to the music, visit the concert page at: https://www.slosymphony.org/concert/classics-cohan-4
About the San Luis Obispo Symphony
For over 50 years, the San Luis Obispo Symphony has enhanced the county’s cultural landscape across the county. The orchestra’s Classics in the Cohan series is an anchor for the city’s state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center. The chamber series takes place in the region’s many scenic communities. Special occasion pops concerts augment celebrations for people of all ages far and wide. Hundreds of school children attend free concerts that introduce them to orchestral music as part of the Performing Arts Center’s Matinee program. The San Luis Obispo Symphony’s Youth Orchestra builds the foundation for a lifelong involvement in music, starting with ensembles for very young players — Super Bows — and progressing through the intermediate Preparatory Strings and Academy String Orchestra. The most advanced ensembles are Symphonic Winds and Concert Orchestra, which claims notable alumni, including musicians that now play in the San Luis Obispo Symphony. Encounters with classical music and instruments are accessible for everyone with the Symphony’s traveling petting zoo and music van. Boosting classroom education, San Luis Obispo Symphony-trained teachers provide after-school beginning string programs for kids where music education is in short supply during the school day. For more, visit www.slosymphony.org