Lee Ann writes: Last night my family and I had the privilege of attending the world premiere of “Songs of Journey’s End,” a song cycle of nine of Tolkien’s songs and poems with music composed by Christopher Palestrant and sung by mezzo-soprano Drea Pressley, with piano, viola, and oboe accompaniment. [More]
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Lee Ann writes: Last night my family and I had the privilege of attending the world premiere of “Songs of Journey’s End,” a song cycle of nine of Tolkien’s songs and poems with music composed by Christopher Palestrant and sung by mezzo-soprano Drea Pressley, with piano, viola, and oboe accompaniment.
The cycle includes “Upon the Hearth,” “I Sit Beside the Fire and Think,” “In Western Lands Beneath the Sun,” “All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter,” “Song of the Elves Beyond the Sea,” and “Bilbo’s Last Song.” The three versions of “The Road Goes Ever On” were used as a ritornello (a short interlude between other songs).
The music is gorgeous; we especially enjoyed the last four selections. Ms. Pressley’s voice is perfectly suited to this music, and it was clear that all the musicians enjoyed themselves. The performance was excellent!
Hopefully the cycle will be recorded soon.
Ringer Spy caoil sends along these scans from The Vancouver Sun, take a look! [More]
Anette writes: The auction house I am working in recently received a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to a fan to sell at auction. The letter reveals the real life setting of Gondor, and tells of the problems he is facing getting the third and final book published. A full transcript as well as pictures are available from our web site. [More]
Viggo Mortensen will bring Captain Alatriste to life in the film directed by Agust’n D’az Yanes. He will play a curious main character from a series of five exciting books created by the writer Arturo Pérez Reverte, The New York actor, born in Manhattan 46 years ago, became famous for his role as Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings saga and has become an authentic sword-lover since the filming of this trilogy. To prepare for his role, Mortensen has chosen the National Fencing Center in Madrid, where he will take lessons with the foil master Jesús Esperanza, a specialist in ancient fencing techniques. [More]
Belladonna writes: Added to audiblebeauty.net are a couple dozen more photos from Ringers screenings, including the final one this last Thursday night. Despite the drizzly weather we got a pretty good turnout, and I at least both enjoyed the film again and celebrating in the great line party atmosphere. [More]
Corky sends along yet even more images here. [More]