Classical Mystery Tour | Oct 12, 2019

James Owen presents
Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles

in concert with
MANITOWOC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Oct. 12, 2019 | Capitol Civic Centre | 7:30pm

 Dozens of Beatles Songs Performed Exactly As They Were Recorded

Thank you to tonight’s performance sponsors!

Nash Family Foundation • West Foundation • City of Manitowoc • Tom & Virginia Bare Charitable Fund • Karen Steingraber & John S. Durbrow • Mark Barkley Miller • John & Laurale Stern • Dr. Joseph E. & Rhonda Trader

Manitowoc, WI – July 1, 2019 – What would The Beatles have sounded like if they had the chance to perform live in concert with a symphony orchestra? Find out when Classical Mystery Tour performs live with MSO on October 12, at the Capitol Civic Centre!

They look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than two dozen Beatles tunes performed exactly as they were originally recorded.  Hear “Penny Lane” with a live trumpet section, experience the beauty of “Yesterday” with an acoustic guitar and string quartet, enjoy the classical/rock blend on “I Am the Walrus,” and relish the cascading crescendos on “A Day in the Life.”

From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles like you’ve never heard them before. You might say it’s the best show The Beatles never did! For more information, visit ClassicalMysteryTour.com.

Featuring

A Hard Day’s Night
All You Need is Love
Got to Get You Into My Life
I Saw Her Standing There
Let It Be
Penny Lane
The Long and Winding Road
When I’m Sixty-Four
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
With a Little Help From My Friends
Eleanor Rigby
Yellow Submarine
Yesterday

Since its initial show at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 1996, Classical Mystery Tour has performed with more than 100 orchestras across the United States and around the world, receiving accolades from fans and the media.

“more than just an incredible simulation…the swelling strings and soaring French horn lines gave the live performance a high goose-bump quotient…the crowd stood and bellowed for more.”

—Los Angeles Times

“We really make an effort to sound exactly like the originals,” explains James Owen, the founder of Classical Mystery Tour who also portrays John Lennon in the show. “The orchestra score is exact, right down to every note and instrument that was on the original recording. On ‘Got to Get You Into My Life,’ we have two tenor saxes and three trumpets. That’s what it was written for, and that’s what we use. And on ‘A Day in the Life,’ that final big orchestra crescendo sounds amazing when it’s played live.”

The release of The Beatles music on iTunes, plus the popularity of The Beatles Box Set and Beatles Rock Band, set off a new wave of Beatlemania and proved that The Beatles are more popular than ever. Because many Beatles fans never had the opportunity to experience a live Beatles show, Classical Mystery Tour offers that live experience—with a symphony orchestra.

“We have some real show-stopping numbers,” says Owen. “I wish I could actually be in the audience to see and hear this show, because the power of the emotional and nostalgic connection this music has with audiences is hard to put into words.”

October 12, 2020 Classical Mystery Tour Symphony Roster

Violin I
Carrie Kulas, Jean Clarke Memorial Concertmaster Chair
Jim Van Lanen Jr.
Lori Bonin
Jaci Collins
Monica Hrudik
Luis Fernandez

Violin II
Joan Geraldson, Virginia Bare Memorial Principal Chair
Ryan Kraemer
Nylene Zabel
Lizbeth (Beth) Getman
Erika Guenther
Erik Leveille

Viola
Jane Bradshaw Finch, Principal
Ann Stephen
Steve Schani
Julie Handwerker
Amanda Nimmer

Cello
Charles Stephan, Karen Steingraber Principal Chair
Wendy Scattergood
Michael Dewhirst
Nancy Kaphaem
Beth Woodward-Alvarez
Steve Westergan

Bass
Brian Kulas, Principal
Shelby Baize

Flute
Angela Erdmann, Principal
Cathy Burback
Kendra Feigles
Mary Gerbig

Piccolo
Kendra Feigles

Oboe
Suzanne Geoffrey, Principal
Jennifer Bryan

Clarinet
Jill Hanes, Mark Klaiber Principal Chair
Diana Jonen

Saxophone
Drew Whiting, Principal
Alanna Ford
Myles Boothroyd
Steven Moeller

Horn
Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, Principal
Wanda Braden
Erwin Lackner
Barry Bortz

Trumpet
John Daniel, John & Laurale Stern Principal Chair
Rand Skelton
Bill Hampton
Jessica Jensen

Trombone
Jon Winkle, Principal
Tiffany Boyer

Bass Trombone
Mark Hoelscher

Percussion
John Aaholm, Principal
Victoria Daniel
Marisol Kuborn

Harp
Mary Keppeler

Keyboard
Thomas Pibal