Philly Pops 2015

The Classical Mystery Tour, featuring the music of the Beatles being performed with the help of the Philly Pops, will "roll up" to the Patriot's Theater at the Trenton Wall Memorial on Saturday. (courtesy photo)

If the Beatles had the opportunity to perform backed by a symphony orchestra, what would that sound like?

This Saturday, the Classical Mystery Tour is inviting fans to "step right this way" as they demonstrate with the help of the Philly Pops. The show will "roll up" to the Patriot's Theater at the Trenton Wall Memorial for a 7:30 p.m. show.

Billed as "The Best Show The Beatles Never Did," the show features four men who look and sound like the Fab Four: Jim Owen (John Lennon) on rhythm guitar, piano and vocals; Tony Kishman (Paul McCartney) on bass guitar, piano and vocals; David John (George Harrison) on lead guitar and vocals; and Chris Camilleri (Ringo Starr) on drums and vocals. The quartet will perform with an over 60 piece orchestra performing songs from the early Beatles era through Sgt. Pepper and other classics.

"We really make an effort to sound exactly like the originals," said Owen, the founder of Classical Mystery Tour. "The orchestra score is exact, right down to every note and instrument that was on the original recording."

Philly Pops Maestro Michael Krajewski said that fans won't be disappointed in the presentation, which will span the entire range of the band's time together, "but the emphasis will be more toward the middle to the end of it."

The program excels at delivering the music the Beatles created in the studio live.

"Our biggest goal is to be as authentic as possible," he said. "We are really going to strive to make it sound just like the record and have the exact instruments that were on the recordings playing those exact parts."

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Therein lies the challenge-and the Philly Pops are more than up to the task.

"These are songs that The Beatles never did live because they didn't carry around all the instruments and sound effects that they needed for those songs," he said. "That is what makes this program very unique, and I think really interesting for Beatles aficionados."

One example, he said, is creating the famous trumpet solo in "Penny Lane" live. No problem, he said, because the Pops has "a great trumpet player in our orchestra." Another treat for fans, he said, is the crescendo in the middle and end of "A Day in the Life," which will explode on stage with great fervor.

"The noise keeps going louder and louder, and with a full orchestra we are able to recreate that very dramatic crescendo that you hear on the record," he said.

The concert will benefit The Foundation of Morris Hall/St. Lawrence, Inc., consisting of St. Mary's Assisted Living, Grace Garden Memory Care, and St. Joseph's Skilled Nursing Center at Morris Hall, and St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, a 166-bed, fully accredited, not-for-profit, physical rehabilitation hospital. The proceeds will be used to provide charity care to the patients and residents of the facility.

Tickets are $35-90 and may be purchased by calling (215) 893-1999 or www.ticketphiladelphia.org. Patron tickets, which include a champagne reception with Conductor Krajewski and the Classical Mystery Tour following the concert, may be purchased by calling (609) 896-9500, ext. 2215, or email at jmillner@slrc.org.