Howli writes: I wanted to inform you about the New York Premiere of Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony, Movements I and II. On Sunday, November 13th at 2p.m. at Carnegie Hall The Collegiate Chorale, led by music director Robert Bass, will perform excerpts from Richard Wagner’s operas The Flying Dutchman, Die Walkϋre, and Götterdämmerung; and the New York Premiere of Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony, Movements I and II in a program entitled The Rings: Myth and Music. The program will
The operas of Wagner illustrate the profound influence of myth and legend among history’s greatest opera composers. His “Ring” cycle and Flying Dutchman are mainstays of opera houses around the world and are notable in part for their ghosts, phantoms, supernatural creatures, giants and gnomes. Few composers unfold supernatural forces as effectively as Wagner, matching music to story. For this performance, soprano Christine Goerke will perform Senta’s Ballad from The Flying Dutchman and the thrilling Ride of the Valkyries.
By any standard Howard Shore is among today’s most successful composers with numerous industry awards to his credit including multiple Academy Awards, Golden Globes and Grammys. His Lord of the Rings Symphony like the works of Wagner and others is derived from mythological sources, in this instance the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, dramatically unfolding the fable of the lowly Hobbits as they struggle against the forces of evil.
By contrasting Wagner and Shore, The Rings: Myth and Music will explore how two composers – divergent in time and medium – were inspired by mythology and legend.
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From sptimes.com: Listen for the pitter-patter of hairy feet at the Wyndham Orlando Resort Hotel Friday and Saturday at Elf: A Weekend of Wonder, a convention for Lord of the Rings fans. Sorry, girls, despite the location Orlando Bloom isn’t expected, but Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Sean Astin (Sam Gamgee) and John Rhys Davies (Gimli) will be on hand. So will the makers of two spinoff films, the documentary Ringers: Lord of the Fans and the spoof Dork of the Rings, which features such creatures as Throbbits and Elfises. Go to creation.com for information.
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Elijah Wood was shocked when Hollywood hellraiser Jack Nicholson told him he walked out of the final The Lord Of The Rings movie. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King opened in 2003 to glowing reviews and huge box office takings, but Nicholson couldn’t sit through the whole movie – and he had no problem letting Wood know. [More]
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TORN regular Adele writes: BBC Radio interviewed Elijah Wood on Jo Wiley’s show. You can re-visit the site and choose to “Listen Again.” [More]
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Ringer Celebriel sends this report on the San Francisco Trilogy Thursday screening for Cure Autism Now. The screening at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco raised more than $2200 for Cure Autism Now. More than 150 fans, many in costume, attended the charity event, including some from as far away as Texas and South Carolina. [More]
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Ringer Celebriel sends this report on the San Francisco Trilogy Thursday screening for Cure Autism Now. The screening at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco raised more than $2200 for Cure Autism Now. More than 150 fans, many in costume, attended the charity event, including some from as far away as Texas and South Carolina.
Volunteers dressed as Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin were on hand to welcome guests and sell raffle tickets for a range of donated Lord of the Rings items and entertained the audience with a hobbit drinking song at intermission. Artist Alan Lee created a design especially for the event, which was featured on the Trilogy Thursday t-shirts.
Matthew Jacobsmeyer won a Sideshow/WETA statue of Shelob, personally signed for this event by Richard Taylor and Tania Rogers. He was thrilled to add the autographed item to his already large Sideshow/WETA Lord of the Rings collection. “I already have about twenty of these, plus five more coming in, including Sauron and Peter Jackson as a Corsair,” said Matthew.
Judges for the costume contest were Kathe and Philip Guste, award winning costumers and members of the Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild, and radio station KOIT personality Sean Brown. Philip wore his King Theoden costume and Kathe was clad as Eowyn, Lady of Rohan.
The costume contest drew many first time entrants, including Jay Skidmore, who exhibited his ranger character Andering Reddson. “Andy was a soldier once, now he’s not,” said Jay.
Abbey Smith, 16, won the youth category for her presentation of hobbit Marietta Proudfoot. She received a signed WETA Elrond bust. Abbey purchased the elements of her costume from thrift shops and added hobbit feet purchased online. She says her character “was proud indeed.” Although she was the eldest, she was the last of her family to get married, and even her father was getting worried, until Mr. Grubb came courting. “They married and had five children who all lived very happy lives together,” says Abbey.
Ivy Henry, 19, another first time contest entrant, won the workmanship prize for her elf costume, made by Suzanne Evans. Ivy, a student at University of California – Santa Cruz, has seen each of the Lord of the Rings films over a hundred times.
Teague Hansberry, 30, won the creativity prize, a signed print from artist Alan Lee, for his Ringwraith presentation. Teague said his character was unemployed, now that the Fourth Age has begun, and was seeking “full time employment with wraithing benefits.” Teague showed the crowd his stuff by running up and down the theatre aisles screaming whenever the film wraiths were on screen.
Donations for Cure Autism Now will continue to be accepted at www.sftrilogy.org, starting August 24. All who donate $50 will receive the Alan Lee designed event t-shirt.
Thanks again to all the donors, including Weta Workshop, Sideshow/Weta, Master Replicas, Creation Entertainment, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Astin, Alan Lee, and to our hobbit greeters and volunteers, judges, master of ceremonies and all who made the event possible.
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