{"id":117643,"date":"2024-02-26T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=117643"},"modified":"2024-02-27T18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T23:31:56","slug":"the-two-towers-with-live-orchestra-in-new-york-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2024\/02\/26\/117643-the-two-towers-with-live-orchestra-in-new-york-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Towers with live orchestra in New York – reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple of weeks ago saw those wonderful performances at Radio City Music Hall<\/a>, of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<\/em>, with live orchestral accompaniment. Various TORn staffers and friends were there; our friend Constance G. J. Wagner shares her thoughts about the event:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Two Towers at Radio City Music Hall<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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February in New York can be wind-whipped and cold\u00a0 — much like the gusts one experiences when standing before the doors of Meduseld in Rohan.\u00a0 This is all an artsy way of describing the walk\u00a0TO<\/em>\u00a0Radio\u00a0City Music Hall In New York City\u00a0 on February 17th to immerse myself in the “score to screen”\u00a0 live music performance\u00a0of Howard Shore’s powerful score for\u00a0The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.\u00a0<\/em>However, as cold as it was outside on the streets of Manhattan, the fellowship felt among the audience waiting for the performance to start created warmth and energy that crackled with electric anticipation.\u00a0When conductor Ludwig Wicki\u00a0came onstage to begin the show, the walls of Radio City\u00a0vibrated with a fan-fueled roar of expectation and excitement. It would, they felt, be a night to remember.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hearing the score played live, seeing a choir and soloists bring both intimate and epic musical moments to life in real time, is an experience\u00a0not to be missed. It deepens the depiction\u00a0of character and the emotional context\u00a0of the saga as a whole, particularly since this is a shared\u00a0experience\u00a0 with all of Middle-earth spread across a 60-foot screen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The audience cheered the arrival of each hero’s first appearance on the screen, but also gave rousing applause to soloist Kaitlyn Lusk, who dazzled with lyric, numinous vocals and a glittering golden gown to match.\u00a0 Equally impressive was the boy soprano soloist\u00a0who captured the intensity of the battle\u00a0cry of the Rohirrim with soaring, impossible notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At night’s end, cheers and more cheers for the soloists, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, the adult choir — MasterVoices, and the conductor rolled through the audience like a great wave with a standing ovation that lasted several minutes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience\u00a0was immersive and impressive and amazing – particularly for those fans whose viewing of the film may have\u00a0only been on small screens. For this part of Tolkien’s\u00a0tale to be presented as literally\u00a0larger than\u00a0life with sound to rock the soul … well, it is something for the ages.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the audience left the theatre filled with anticipation for another round in another year when\u00a0Return of the King\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0comes to the screen with its own sights, and sounds … and wonder.\u00a0\u00a0And so to all the musicians who brought Howard Shore’s score to an audience\u00a0in such brilliant fashion, one can only offer thanks and say: Elen s\u00edla l\u00famenn’ omentielvo — A star shines\u00a0on the hour of our meeting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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The Return of the King in 2025?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Return of the King<\/em> is the one movie of the trilogy which was not part of the original performances with orchestra at Radio City Music Hall; so, we’re very much hoping we’ll see that movie presented in 2025! Of course, we’ll let you know as soon as we hear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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