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For immediate release...It was 40 years ago today … Outwater to conduct Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band anniversary concert at Hollywood Bowl(Kitchener, Ontario, August 8, 2007) On the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' seminal Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony’s own music director Edwin Outwater will conduct the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He will be joined by American pop group Cheap Trick as they celebrate the rock 'n' roll masterpiece at the Hollywood Bowl, Friday and Saturday, August 10 and 11. The tribute concert, on the same stage where the “Fab Four” once played, opens with Beatles fans' favourites such as "Magical Mystery Tour," "Strawberry Fields" and "Eleanor Rigby." The second half of the concert features a complete re-creation of the album that changed music history down to including the Indian instrumental accompaniment on "Within You, Without You." Outwater is thrilled for the opportunity to perform this legendary music. "The Hollywood Bowl is an extraordinary place - the Beatles themselves gave one of their most famous concerts on this very stage, so to recreate Sgt. Pepper's here is a thrill. I was a rock and roll kid well before I became serious about classical music (the fact that my father ran the Warner Bros. Records recording studio was responsible for that), so I feel like I'm going back to my roots. Working with Cheap Trick has been outstanding -- they're masterful musicians who recreate the Beatles with natural rock authority!" Best known for classic singles "I Want You to Want Me" and "The Flame", legendary American band Cheap Trick released their most recent CD, Rockford, in 2006 to widespread critical acclaim. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles' eighth album, is considered the band's greatest artistic achievement and the most influential album, ranking No. 1 on Rolling Stone's 2003 "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." Recorded over a four-month period from late 1966 into the next year, the album was released in June 1967, and became an immediate critical and popular sensation. From its structure to its recording techniques to the cover artwork, it was hailed as innovative in every sense, and it has been credited as having influenced many other artists over the years -30- NOTE: Edwin Outwater begins his tenure as Music Director for the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony during the season launch weekend, September 14-16. You can learn more about Outwater and his schedule of concerts at www.edwinoutwater.com Contact: Christopher Sharpe, Acting General Manager, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Phone: 519-745-4711, ext. 284, Cell: 519-580-8629, Email: csharpe@kwsymphony.on.ca |
