The soaring Grand Court of the famous Philadelphia department store—home to the thunderous Wanamaker Organ—will be transformed into a magnificent concert hall on Saturday September 27.
The Philadelphia Orchestra combines its resources with those of the Wanamaker Organ, the world’s largest playing pipe organ. The organ has 28,482 pipes ranging from the size of a pencil to giants towering 37 feet tall. Performed for the first time here is Joseph Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante. One of the most famous organ-orchestra pieces, closing in a thrilling pull-out-all-the stops toccata, it was written for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1926, but to date has never been played on the instrument for which it was intended. Continue reading “Shore Helps Macy’s Celebrate 150th Anniversary”
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At a new website, The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, John Jennette has converted the information in the Annotated Scores of the LOTR films (one for each film) from pdf to html format. The Annotated Scores, written by Doug Adams, are companion pieces to the three sets of Complete Recordings and were offered as a free download at the Reprise LOTR soundtrack site. The analysis, though written for the Complete Recordings, can be applied to the movie as well and John also has sound clips available for reference.
Thanks to Doug Adams for pointing this site out to us.
[Doug Adams] [The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films] [Reprise LOTR soundtrack site]
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Doug Adams has offered fans a sneak peek of his upcoming book, “The Music of the Lord of the Rings Film”. This is a visual assembly of Adams’ own mock up layout of the book. It’s not the final edit nor design but it does supply tantalizing hints at the basic structure of the material.
After meeting with the publishers last week, Adams’ was able to report that they are looking at a finished book length of 200 or fewer pages combined with a double sided DVD containing multimedia content. The book is on schedule for a fourth quarter 2008 release. [Doug Adams]
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Ringers Nerwen and Jussi sent us excited emails this morning with the good news for Finnish ‘The Lord of the Rings’ fans:
The Lord of the Rings Symphony will be coming to Finland for the first time in May 2009. Tampere Philharmonic will perform the symphony on the 1st and 2nd of May 2009 in the Tampere-talo, with the Tampere Philharmonic Choir and the Pirkanpojat boy’s choir. The performance will be conducted by Markus Huber, who has travelled with the performance in many countries. Soprano Ann De Renais will perform as the soloist.
Tickets will go on sale June 23rd for these performances. [More Info]
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After months of being listed as “Not Available”, the 4 disc set of the Complete Recordings of the Return of the King is again listed as “In Stock” at the Warner Brother’s site and Amazon.com. Warner Brothers only ships to the US. Doug Adams, (author of the upcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films) is offering additional information to non-US residents at his blog.
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The St. Louis Symphony will be be performing Howard Shore’s ‘The Lord of Rings Symphony’ at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 and 20 at Powell Hall in St. Louis, MO. Tickets go on sale to the public Monday June 16, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Wicki, conductor – Saint Louis Symphony Chorus – Capture the Ring with the SLSO! Since its premiere in 2003, Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony has received standing ovations on four continents. The musical experience is heightened with projected illustrations and storyboards. “Shore’s musical opus is every bit as impressive as Tolkien’s literary one…even when liberated from the majesty of [Peter] Jackson’s trilogy.”—Seattle Times
Howard Shore’s LOTR score will go down in history as one of the best of all time. If you can make this show, you won’t regret it! Thanks to UncleAndy for the heads up! [St Louis Symphony]
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