Frontiers Music Srl has released another stunning live performance from Alan Parsons and his incredibly talented band of musicians, One Note Symphony: Live In Tel Aviv. The band’s performance with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is available in 2CD+DVD, Blu-ray, 3xLP and digital formats.

Watch a performance of “As Lights Fall” below and order/record One Note Symphony: Live In Tel Aviv here.

On how this very special performance turned out, Alan says: “We had been booked to play here with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and I thought it might be a great opportunity to record a video of the show. It is a rare pleasure to play with an orchestra. , so I asked the IM3 Global Entertainment video team of Trinity Houston and David Minasian, who earlier that year had done a great job filming two of our live shows in the Netherlands and had produced our last music video, The NeverEnding Show, to join us and also film this performance. Luckily, they agreed to make the trip to Tel Aviv and hired a fantastic team of local cameramen and technicians. We are all very proud of the end result.

“Whenever I have the opportunity to perform with a symphony orchestra, I always try to incorporate songs into the setlist that we otherwise couldn’t play live, like the epic ‘Silence and I’ from the album Eye In the Sky. . We also took this opportunity to play The Sorcerer’s Apprentice from our latest studio album, The Secret. This is a new version of a well-known classic track written by the French Paul Dukas and originally appeared in the movie Fantasia. Tom Brooks, our keyboard player, is also an incredibly talented orchestral arranger. He arranged and conducted all of the orchestral parts for this particular performance, using the former conductor orchestra of the Alan Parsons Andrew Powell project as inspiration for the scores of some of the other songs included in the show” continues Alain.

Alan and his band have played Tel Aviv (and Haifa) three times before in 2010, 2015 and 2017 and were excited to return to Israel. “There is a special feeling of excitement every time we play there. Having the honor of playing with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which is one of the greatest orchestras in the world, has been an experience fantastic,” adds Alan.

Alan Parsons’ career began at the age of 19 and earned his first Beatles album credit on “Abbey Road”, an album recorded at the legendary London studios of the same name. He quickly became a highly respected studio engineer, working for Paul McCartney, John Miles, The Hollies, Al Stewart and Pink Floyd, among others. He is particularly renowned for his work on Pink Floyd’s masterpiece “The Dark Side of The Moon”. Recorded in 1972, Parsons experimented with many of the most advanced recording techniques of the time, showcasing his avant-garde approach. In 1975 Alan formed The Alan Parsons Project with executive producer, songwriter and occasional singer, Eric Woolfson. The project consisted of a rotating group of session musicians and vocalists, often involving the members of two bands Alan had produced: Pilot (Ian Bairnson, Stuart Tosh and David Paton) and (on the debut album) Ambrosia. The Alan Parsons Project released ten acclaimed studio albums, but never toured live, even after several US and UK Top 20 hits. The Project released their final album in 1987.

Since then, Alan has released four albums under his own name, often featuring musicians who were also featured on releases from the project. In 1994 he began touring regularly as The Alan Parsons Live Project. In 2019, Alan returned with an acclaimed new studio album, his first in 15 years, titled “The Secret”. The album was followed by a full world tour which saw Alan and his band performing new songs as well as classic tracks from his catalog. In addition to receiving gold and platinum awards from several countries, Parsons has received thirteen Grammy nominations for his engineering and production work. In 2019, he won a Grammy for “Best Immersive Album” for his 5.1 surround remix of the album Eye In The Sky.

Track list:

CD1
“One Note Symphony”
“Cursed If I Do”
“Don’t Answer Me”
“Time”
“Breakdown / The Crow”
“Luciferama”
“Silence and Me”
“I wouldn’t want to be like you”
“Don’t Let It Show”

CD2
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
“Standing on Higher Ground”
“As the Lights Fall”
“I can’t get there from here”
“Prime Time”
“Sirius / Eye in the Sky”
“Old and Wise”
“(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether”
“Games People Play”

DVD/Blu-ray:
“One Note Symphony”
“Cursed If I Do”
“Don’t Answer Me”
“Time”
“Breakdown / The Crow”
“Miracle” * (DVD/Blu-ray only)
“Luciferama”
“Silence and Me”
“I wouldn’t want to be like you”
“Don’t Let It Show”
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
“Standing on Higher Ground”
“As the Lights Fall”
“I can’t get there from here”
“Prime Time”
“Sirius / Eye in the Sky”
“Old and Wise”
“(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether”
“Games People Play”

Video “Do not answer me”:

Video “Standing on higher ground”:

Line up:

Alan Parsons: vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele, keyboards
PJ Olsson: vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Todd Cooper: vocals, sax, recorder, acoustic guitar, percussion
Jeff Kollman: guitars, vocals
Tom Brooks: keyboards, vocals, orchestral arranger and conductor
Dan Tracey: guitars, vocals
Guy Erez: bass, vocals
Danny Thompson: drums, vocals
Jordan Asher Huffman: guest vocals
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra