{"id":100781,"date":"2016-06-04T17:51:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T22:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=100781"},"modified":"2016-06-06T00:29:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T05:29:01","slug":"howard-shores-hobbit-symphony-to-premiere-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2016\/06\/04\/100781-howard-shores-hobbit-symphony-to-premiere-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Shore&#8217;s Hobbit: Four Movements to premiere this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Music_of_Howard_Shore.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-100782 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Music_of_Howard_Shore.jpg\" alt=\"Music_of_Howard_Shore\" width=\"220\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Our friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougadamsmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Adams,<\/a> recently confirmed via twitter that the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s program later this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghsymphony.org\/production\/44001\/the-film-music-of-howard-shore#tab=overview\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Film Music of Howard Shore<\/em><\/a>, will include the premiere of <em>The Hobbit: Four Movements<\/em> <em>Ra<\/em>. This has been long awaited by fans as a logical progression from Shore&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rings-Symphony-Century-Orchestra-Chorus\/dp\/B005FNJL7K\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1465080070&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+lord+of+the+rings+symphony\" target=\"_blank\">The Lord of the Rings Symphony<\/a>, released on CD in September 2011. No word yet on if and when it might be available on CD, but if you&#8217;re in or near the Pittsburgh area at the end of this month, the performances are scheduled for Friday, June 24 and Saturday, 25 at 8:00 p.m. with an afternoon concert scheduled for Sunday, June 26. In addition to music from <em>The Hobbit<\/em> and T<em>he Lord of the Rings<\/em>, the performances will also include music from other Howard Shore scores such as <em>The Aviator<\/em>, <em>Hugo<\/em> and <em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>, and more. Get more information and purchase tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghsymphony.org\/production\/44001\/the-film-music-of-howard-shore#tab=overview\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: thanks to Doug, we can now share the official press release for the event! Check it out below, and be sure to purchase your tickets soon if you&#8217;re lucky enough to be able to go. Also, don&#8217;t forget to send us your reports and pictures from the concert!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Film Music of Howard Shore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>orld Premiere:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE HOBBIT <\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FOUR MOVEMENTS FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>with many more favorites from his outstanding career<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>June 24, 2016 \u2013 June 26, 2016 at Heinz Hall<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Special Guest Howard Shore<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Howard Shore, special guest<\/p>\n<p>Ludwig Wicki, conductor<\/p>\n<p>Jon Burlingame, interviewer<\/p>\n<p>Lydia Kavina, Theremin<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concludes another spectacular Pops season with a one of a kind evening: an audience with the Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrates the outstanding career and achievements of a true icon, with performances of his best known scores and live interviews, by acclaimed film music writer Jon Burlingame, with the composer from the stage. Audiences will thrill to the music from his legendary scores to <strong><em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em><\/strong> trilogy and the world premiere of music from <strong><em>The Hobbit<\/em><\/strong> with scores from his films: <strong><em>The Aviator<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Hugo<\/em><\/strong> and many more. This is an epic evening filled with amazing music and the composer\u2019s own insights.<\/p>\n<p>A unique experience not to be missed!<\/p>\n<p>June 24 at 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>June 25 at 8:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>June 26 at 2:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy Tickets:<\/strong> <strong>412-392-4900<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghsymphony.org\/production\/44001\/the-film-music-of-howard-shore#tab=overview\"><strong>http:\/\/www.pittsburghsymphony.org\/<\/strong><\/a><strong>Shore<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>Heinz Hall | 600 Penn Ave | Pittsburgh, PA | 15222<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HSPittsburgwebpostershort516.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-100793 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HSPittsburgwebpostershort516-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"HSPittsburgwebpostershort516\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HSPittsburgwebpostershort516-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HSPittsburgwebpostershort516-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HSPittsburgwebpostershort516-600x890.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HSPittsburgwebpostershort516.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend, Doug Adams, recently confirmed via twitter that the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra&#8217;s program later this month, The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":100782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15,14,4,21,148,1636,2497,1911],"tags":[275,132,3004,2950,2898,2915,2909],"class_list":["post-100781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-concerts","category-events","category-hobbit-movie","category-shore","category-hobbit","category-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey","category-the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies","category-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug","tag-doug-adams","tag-howard-shore","tag-pittsburgh-symphony-orchestra","tag-the-hobbit-movies","tag-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey","tag-the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies","tag-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Music_of_Howard_Shore.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-qdv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100781"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100794,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100781\/revisions\/100794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}