Composer Howard Shore's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists, gets it Finnish premiere with two concerts in May 2009.
The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra takes You to a musical journey into the realm of
Middle-Earth, featuring original illustrations and storyboards by Alan Lee and John Howe with over 200 musicians and singers on stage.
Fri 1 May 2009 7 pm Tampere Hall
Sat 2 May 2009 7 pm Tampere Hall
Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings Symphony
- Six Movements for Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Markus Huber, conductor
Ann De Renais, soprano
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Boys' Choir Pirkanpojat
Produced by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Tickets 45/40/35/25 EUR for sale from the 23rd of June 2008
at Lippupiste Call Center, tel. 0600 900 900 (from abroad +358 600 900 900), Lippupiste Ticket Outlets and Tampere Hall Ticket Office (Please check the special summer opening hours here).
Critical acclaim for The Lord of the Rings Symphony
"...flawless...breathtaking...a real sonic spectacle..." - Michael Tumelty, The Herald, Glasgow UK
"Shore manages the admirable feat of summoning up a Wagnerian atmosphere without copying the original." - Alex Ross, The New Yorker
"The simplicity of the music ... is ... striking. Shore's music ... [evokes] awe, fear and hope as well as titanic conflict." - Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"Shore's musical opus is every bit as impressive as Tolkien's literary one, standing on its own as a sweeping, operatic experience, even when liberated from the majesty of Jackson's trilogy." - Jeff Shannon, The Seattle Times
"The ‘Lord of the Rings Symphony’ is still a big success because of the power and appeal of Shore’s themes." - Barbara Zuck, Columbus Dispatch
"Brilliantly hued ... and so completely exploitive of the symphony orchestra’s potential." - John Button, The Dominion Post
"The rich combination of orchestra and choir were working magnificently…" - Gerry Maddox, Sydney Morning Herald
"The Lord of the Rings Symphony -- and the entire film score -- lies in the grand tradition of American movie music…" - Charles Ward, Houston Chronicle
"A two-hour distillation of the much longer ‘Lord of the Rings’ soundtrack, Shore's six-movement symphony is a complex, ingeniously evocative work rivaling Wagner operas in the manipulation of readily identifiable motifs pegged to certain characters, emotions and events. No one who has seen even one of the films could fail to recognize its major themes." - Plain Dealer [Cleveland]
Links
Composer Howard Shore and The Lord of the Rings Symphony
Howard Shore Official Homepage
Columbia Artists Management The Lord of the Rings Symphony page
The Lord of the Rings Symphony
Website for Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings fans
TheOneRing.net
The Tolkien Society
The Tolkien Society homepage
Source: http://www.tampere.fi/english/philharmonic/concerts/lotrsengl09.html
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