The Beatles Magical Orchestra Concert

[Bill Troiano]

I posted this past summer regarding playing 2 performances of The Beatles Magical Orchestra concert in the Patchogue Theater on LI. It was the lifelong dream of New York Beatle authority, Paul Michael Barkan, to recreate a Beatles concert of their music that used an orchestra. He spent years researching and copying all of the parts from the records, mostly from Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour and Abbey Road. He also had several Indian musicians playing Indian string and percussion instruments. As a lifelong Beatles fan, it was a major thrill for me to sit in this orchestra and participate in: Sgt. Pepper, Norwegian Wood, Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, Got to Get You Into My Life, She's Leaving Home, Within You Without You, A Day in the Life, Magical Mystery Tour, All You Need is Love, Fool On the Hill, I Am the Walrus, Martha My Dear, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End, and Hey Jude. I say participate because I only played tuba on 4 of the pieces. On most of the others, I played assorted percussion accessory instruments and banjo on All You Need is Love.
Well, we're doing it again. This performance will be on Sat, April 8, 7:30pm at Five Towns College in Dix Hills on Long Island. If you are in the area and you are into the Beatles, you'll really get into this concert. For tickets call the Five Towns College Theater box office at: 631-656-2148.