Dyanna writes: Ian McKellen can be heard in the UK on Radio 4 at 9.00pm on Friday 25 the February in the play ‘Terre Haute’. From the radio Times comes this snippet: Just before he was executed for the Oklahoma bombing, Timothy McVeigh was in correspondence with writer and iconoclast Gore Vidal. In this play, novelist Edmund White imagines what would have happened had they ever met face to face in Terre Haute prison.
Day: February 24, 2005
He has composed music for more than 50 films, including “Aviator,” “Silence of the Lambs,” “Seven” and “Philadelphia.” But perhaps American composer Howard Shore’s most recognized achievement is creating the music for Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. For these films he has won three Academy Awards, two Golden Globes and five Grammy Awards. In 2003, Shore compressed the music from the trilogy into a two-hour symphony titled “The Lord of the Rings Symphony.” The six-movement work premiered in November 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand, and has since been performed more than 40 times. [More]
Paul writes: I thought you may be interested in featuring this ad: It is for a charity auction, the item being a autopgraphed Gandalf the grey statue. All funds from the sale of this item will go to KidsReach, a Christian organisation, who will use all the money given to offer grief and trauma counseling to child survivors of the Tsunami and train locals to continue counseling over an extended period. The statue is signed by: Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor and Jamie Beswarick!!!! [More]
djdeathskiss sends in the latest issue of Hot Dog Magazine which features this article on Miranda Otto. [More]
The folks from Howard Shore’s offices send along his 2005 tour date schedule up until July. Be sure to catch this concert if you are in one of the following cities: Omaha, NE, Richmond, VA, Des Moines, IA, Fairfax, VA, Toronto, ONT, Houston, TX & Pittsburgh, PA. [More]
The folks from Howard Shore’s offices send along his 2005 tour date schedule up until July.
February 25 & 26 – Omaha, NE The Omaha Symphony Orchestra (Music Hall, Markus Huber conducting)
May 14 – Richmond, VA The Richmond Symphony Orchestra (Landmark Theater)
May 14 & 15 – Des Moines, IA The Des Moines Symphony Orchestra (Civic Center, Markus Huber conducting)
May 26, 27 & 28 – Fairfax, VA The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (George Mason Univ, Markus Huber conducting)
June 4 & 5 – Toronto, ONT The Kitchner Waterloo Philharmonic (Massey Hall, Markus Huber conducting)
July 8 & 9 – Houston, TX The Houston Symphony Orchestra (Jones Hall, Alexander Mickelthwaite conducting)
July 21 & 22 – Pittsburgh, PA The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Hienz Hall, John Mauceri conducting)