ANTWERP PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ALEX

Toen in 1996 een lijvige boxset verscheen van het legendarische Pet Sounds, was op een van de schijven ruimte gemaakt voor instrumentale versies van het album. Zonder de vocalen bleven de songs overeind staan en eens te meer onderstreepte het de compositorische kwaliteiten van Brian Wilson. Niet vreemd dus dat het Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra zich waagt aan een klassieke uitvoering van het werk van The Beach Boys. Rob van Weelde (de cricket international) en Roeland Jacobs (neef van Pim, zoon van Ruud en stiefzoon van Thijs van Leer) maakten zeven symfonieën waarin per symfonie meerdere songs van The Beach Boys verwerkt zijn. Het resultaat mag er zijn. Het gebrek aan gitaren en drums wordt gecompenseerd door een ontroerende mix van bekende en onbekende songs van de band. De afsluitende zevende symfonie bestaat dan uit zeven songs van Pet Sounds en is van indrukwekkende schoonheid.

1. CAPELLA
From There To Back Again (That’s Why God Made The Radio) (B. Wilson, J. Thomas)
Our Prayer (Smile - 20/20) (B. Wilson)
And Your Dream Comes True (Summer Days) (B. Wilson, M. Love)
A Young Man Is Gone (Little Deuce Coupe) (B. Troup)
Think About The Days (That’s Why God Made The Radio) (B. Wilson, J. Thomas)

2. ROOM FOR NATURE
The Warmth Of The Sun (Shut Down Volume 2 – The Warmth Of The Sun) (B. Wilson, M. Love)
In My Room (Surfer Girl) (B. Wilson, G. Usher)
Lonely Sea (Surfin’ USA) (B. Wilson, G. Usher)
Passing By (Friends) (B. Wilson)

3. BEACH WALTZ
Friends (Friends) (B. Wilson, C. Wilson, D. Wilson, A. Jardine)
Time To Get Alone (20/20 – The Beach Boys Classics) (B. Wilson)
I Went To Sleep (20/20) (B. Wilson, C. Wilson)

4. THE NEAREST FARAWAY SYMPHONY
Summer’s Gone (That’s Why God Made The Radio) (B. Wilson, Jon Bon Jovi, J. Thomas)
Surf’s Up (Surf’s Up - The Warmth Of The Sun) (B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks)
The Nearest Faraway Place (20/20) (B. Johnston)
Be With Me (20/20) (D. Wilson)

5. SYMPHONY OF THE UNKNOWN
Forever (Sunflower - The Warmth Of The Sun) (D. Wilson, G. Jakobson)
Full Sail (L.A. Light Album) (C. Wilson, G. Cushing-Murray)
Baby Blue (L.A. Light Album) (D. Wilson, G. Jakobson, K. Lamm)
Winds Of Change (M.I.U. Album) (E. Tuleja, R. Altbach)

6. SYMPHONY OF THE LITTLE BIRD
Little Bird (Friends) (D. Wilson, S. Kalinich)
Heroes And Villains (Smiley Smile) (B. Wilson, Van Dyke Parks)
Do It Again (20/20) (B. Wilson, M. Love)
Cool, Cool Water (Sunflower) (B. Wilson, M. Love)
Wake The World (Friends) (B. Wilson, A. Jardine)
Pacific Coast Highway (That’s Why God Made The Radio) (B. Wilson, J. Thomas)

7. PET SYMPHONY (all tracks from Pet Sounds)
You Still Believe In Me (B. Wilson, T. Asher)
Let’s Go Away For A While (B. Wilson)
Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (B. Wilson, T. Asher)
I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times (B. Wilson, T. Asher)
Caroline, No (B. Wilson, T. Asher)
Pet Sounds (B. Wilson)
God Only Knows (B. Wilson, T. Asher)