Joe writes: Finnkino (local chain of theaters) will show all three films at their multiplex Tennispalatsi in Helsinki, Finland on the 28th & 29th of June. The cost is 6 euros per film, hence 18 euros for all three. FOTR begins both days at 13:15. There is a 30 minute pause between each movie. For more information (in Finnish). [More]
Day: June 24, 2004
TABA writes: The NC Museum of Art in Raleigh will be showing the 3 parts of the trilogy respectively on 3 consecutive nights in their outdoor amphitheatre Aug. 26, 27 & 28. For tickets and information, please visit ncartmuseum.org
Ringer Spy Delenn writes: Ian McKellen will be featured on the BBC’s South Bank Show this month. In conjunction with this, the BBC Radio Times published this three page exclusive interview, looking at how things have changed since his previous appearance on the show 20 years ago. [More]
Tickets are still available for Howard Shore’s monumental composition The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Six Movements. This performance will feature the Houston Symphony, four singers, the Houston Symphony Chorus, the Houston Children’s Chorus, and will be conducted by Alexander Mickelthwate. The two-hour journey into the magical world of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth will be held on July 1 and 2. [More]
TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR HOUSTON SYMPHONY’S PERFORMANCE OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS SYMPHONY
Tickets are still available for Howard Shore’s monumental composition The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Six Movements. This performance will feature the Houston Symphony, four singers, the Houston Symphony Chorus, the Houston Children’s Chorus, and will be conducted by Alexander Mickelthwate. The two-hour journey into the magical world of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth will be held on July 1 and 2.
Concert ticket prices are $20 – $55 and are available at the Jones Hall box office, by phone at 713-224-7575 ($2.75 per ticket handling fee applies) and online at www.houstonsymphony.org. Tickets can also be purchased online through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.
The choruses will sing in “Elvish,” and musicians will play such instruments as Norwegian fiddles, Japanese drums, African flutes and Tibetan gongs. More than 250 musical performers, enhanced by enormous Lord of the Rings images, will make for a truly breathtaking musical experience.
The performances will feature original concept and storyboard artwork from the films by artists Alan Lee and John Howe. The images will be projected on a gigantic screen hung above the orchestra and will chronologically align with the music as the story of the hobbits’ journey from the peaceful Shire to the dreaded land of Mordor unfolds.
Shore has based this two-hour symphonic adventure on selections from his multi-Oscar and Grammy-award winning scores from the recent Lord of the Rings films. “This Lord of the Rings Symphony is a two-hour piece based on the 12 hours of music I wrote for the three films,” says Howard Shore. “Each film was a four-hour composition. And this new symphony takes a concert audience through the story of the Lord of the Rings in a narrative way, using the choirs, using the singing.”
Howard Shore is one of Hollywood’s most prolific composers. With more than 60 movie scores, including The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Ed Wood, The Fly, and Naked Lunch, Shore’s compositions are well recognized. His work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy earned “Best Score” and “Best Song” at this year’s Academy Awards Ceremony.
Thursday, July 1, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 2, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Alexander Mickelthwate, Conductor
Houston Symphony Chorus
Charles Hausmann, Director
Houston Children’s Chorus
Stephen Roddy, Founder and Director
Jan LaRocque
Manager, Patron Database
Houston Symphony
http://www.houstonsymphony.org
Scott writes: Sierra On-line, the company that was originally given the right to make Middle-Earth Online, is no more. Barry Smith, the webcomic artist and former Sierra employee over at www.inktank.com, posted his take, and a link to the news article he got the news from. [More] [Gaming Havens]