Gwen writes: The June issue of O Magazine has a spread called Let’s Hear it For the Boys. Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom are both features. Also, on the Oprah website they feature a smaller feature of the same name with both men shown again. [More]
Anyone with scans from ‘O’ send them along!
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Jessica S writes: The Philadelphia Orchestra along with the Philadelphia Singers will be singing “The Lord of the Rings Symphony” at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts on July 13, 2004. [More]
Jessica S writes: I’m in the “music business” in the Philadelphia Area and have a friend in The Philadelphia Singers. (I actually auditioned for the group when I heard what they were planning on performing this summer…don’t know if I made it or not yet…). I don’t think they have begun to advertise this yet, but it is on the website…so I thought I’d send the information along to you…
The Philadelphia Orchestra along with the Philadelphia Singers will be singing “The Lord of the Rings Symphony” at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts on July 13, 2004. But the best part about this (as if it could get better) is that Howard Shore will be conducting the performance! Here’s a link to the “Singers” website for more info…
I’ve been singing all of my life…but to be able to sing in and Elven language would be a dream come true (not to mention be under the baton of the great Howard Shore!) I hope I’m able to be on that stage…but if not…I still wouldn’t miss it!
Your site is fantastic! Thank you for keeping us up to date on all the LOTRs information!!!
PYLEY and other Ringer spies have written to let us know that question two of the GCSE (music exam) was about Fellowship of the Ring: “I just did my GCSE Music Listening exam today, and boy was I pleased to see that question two (worth 10 marks, area of study- film music) was about Fellowship of the Ring, a knife in the dark. So i got to sit and listen to 1:24 mins of heaven four times, while spotting 5 musical features and how they create the atmosphere. I was so pleased I couldn’t stop grinning for the rest of the exam. My teacher thought I was crazy.
Long, detailed analysis of ROTK TE. “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the last epic in the phenomenally successful trilogy, ends with both style and a personal touch that will never be forgotten.” [More]
“Between film and opera commitments, composer Howard Shore finds time for a concert tour of his score of The Lord of the Rings, writes Garry Maddox.” [More]