Beatles Fantasy
Beatles Fantasy is a concerto for solo violin and orchestra, in three movements, composed in collaboration with Eric Jones-Cadieux, based on some of the most popular songs of the musical group The Beatles.
The 1st movement includes songs from the Beatles’ early period:
- A Hard Day’s Night
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
- And I Love Her
- In My Life
- Yesterday
The 2nd movement includes songs from the Beatles’ mid-period:
- All You Need Is Love
- A Day In The Life
- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Hello Goodbye
The 3rd movement includes songs from the Beatles’ late period:
- Lady Madonna
- Let It Be
- Black Bird
- Hey Jude
Although the songs within each movement are not necessarily in chronological order, the intention of having three movements based on three different Beatles’ period is to bring the listener on a journey following the evolution of the Beatles’ music threw out their career and their main creative phases.
Instrumentation: solo violin / 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.0.0 / timp+1 / strings
Duration: 22 minutes
Commissioned by the violinist Lindsay Deutsch.
Dedicated to Lindsay Deutsch.
Premiere: November 19th, 2016 by the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, Lauren Greenand and Lindsay Deutsch, at the Bartlesville Community Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States.
Violinist Téa Prokes shares her excitement to perform Beatles Fantasy as soloist with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra.
Promotional video of Beatles Fantasy by Lindsay Deutsch and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra.
2023, June 3 | Garden State Philharmonic, Diane Wittry, Nicholas Pappone | Grunin Center for the Arts 1 College Dr, Toms River, NJ, United States
2019, Nov. 17 | Symphonicity, Lindsay Deutsch | The Sandler Center, Virginia Beach, VA, United States
2019, Jul. 2 | Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Lindsay Deutsch | Redlands, CA, United States
2019, June 7 | Toledo Symphony, Alain Trudel and Hannah White | Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, Toledo, OH, United States
2019, Mar. 8 | Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Culbertson, Lindsay Deutsch | West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ, United States
2019, Mar. 2 | Queer Urban Orchestra, Julie Desbordes, Lindsay Deutsch | Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, NY, United States
2018, Mar. 10 | San Luis Obispo Symphony, Andrew Sewell and Lindsay Deutsch | Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
2018, Mar. 4 | Westerville Symphony, Peter Stafford Wilson, and Lindsay Deutsch | Cowan Hall, Westerville, OH, United States
2017, Apr. 29 | Plano Symphony Orchestra, Hector Guzman and Lindsay Deutsch | St Andrew UMC, Plano, Texas, United States
2017, Feb. 11 | Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Bahman Saless and Lindsay Deutsch | Adventist Church of Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
2017, Feb. 10 | Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Bahman Saless and Lindsay Deutsch | Adventist Church of Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
2016, Nov. 19 | Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, Lauren Greenand and Lindsay Deutsch | Bartlesville Community Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States (premiere)