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April 7, 2008:

UNITED STATES PREMIERE:
Wolf Trap: Vienna, Virginia 21 & 22 May 2008

The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring

Howard Shore's Academy Award-winning Score
Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture
By Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists

Wolf Trap On May 21 and 22, the Filene Center Orchestra, under the direction of Ludwig Wicki, with the City Choir of Washington and the World Children’s Choir will present the American Premiere of Howard Shore’s entire 3-hour score to The Fellowship of the Ring live to the projected film in high definition.

Tickets available starting April 12th:
http://www.wolftrap.org

Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park is only three miles from the Beltway and 20 minutes from Washington, DC

March 24, 2008:
CONCERT "Billy's Theme" Palermo, Italy

Sharon Isbin Performs Howard Shore's "Billy's Theme" from The Departed with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, Italy.

www.orchestrasinfonicasiciliana.com

March 12, 2008:

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE:
Winnipeg, Canada 24 April 2008

The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring

Howard Shore's Academy Award-winning Score
Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture
By Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists

Winnipeg, Canada Ludwig Wicki conducts the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in the North American Premiere of Howard Shore’s Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning Score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Presented by Attila Glatz Concert Productions, The MTS Centre and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets available now at:
http://www.ticketmaster.ca

March 4, 2008:
Eastern Promises wins 7 Genie Awards
including "Achievement in Music - Original Score" to Howard Shore
Visit www.genieawards.ca for the complete list of nominees and winners.

February 26, 2008:
We at HowardShore

We at HowardShore.com feel it is necessary to alert fans and followers of The Lord of the Ring Symphony that there are a number of concerts touring Germany that have no association with Howard Shore. The promoter, Gastspiel- und Theaterdirektion Gerhartz GmbH, calls these concerts “Herr der Ringe von Howard Shore in Concert” in effect confusing the ticket buyer. Please be warned, Howard Shore has nothing to do with these concerts. The music that they play is assembled from commercially available sheet music.

 

This situation is frustrating and disheartening for Mr. Howard Shore and his associates, who are committed to presenting only the highest quality performances of The Lord of the Rings Symphony created by Howard Shore himself from his award-winning composition.

 

We realize it is often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and we might agree, but unfortunately these performances discourage venues and presenters from booking Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony, thereby cheating concert-going fans of the experience of hearing the music performed live the way it was intended by the composer.

 

Please spread the word and thank you for your support.

 

 

 

Upcoming performance dates of music from The Lord of the Rings that have been prepared by Howard Shore himself for live performance are listed below. Any other concert performances of The Lord of the Rings music have not been prepared by Howard Shore. We continually update this website as performances are scheduled, so check back regularly for new concert dates and locations.

 

 

The Lord of the Rings Symphony

Tucson, Arizona

  • Saturday, 29 March 2008, 7:30pm
  • Sunday, 30 March 2008, 2:00pm

Tickets Available at: http://tucsonsymphony.org/

 

Singapore Arts Festival

  • Thursday, 5 June 2008, 7:30pm
  • Friday, 6 June 2008, 7:30pm

Tickets Available at: http://www.singaporeartsfest.com

 

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Score Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture

by Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists

 

Munich, Germany

  • Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 19.30 h
  • Thursday, 27 March 2008, 19.30 h

Tickets Available at: http://www.virtuopolis.de/

 

Lucerne, Switzerland

  • Saturday, 29 March 2008, 19.30 h
  • Sunday, 30 March 2008, 18.30 h

Tickets Available at: http://www.artproductions.ch/

 

February 13, 2008:

LUCERNE DATES ADDED:
23 & 24 February 2008
and now
29 & 30 March 2008

The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring

Howard Shore's Academy Award-winning Score
Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture
By Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists

Lucerne, Switzerland The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists will perform Howard Shore’s Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning Score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, conducted by Ludwig Wicki to the film. Howard Shore is scheduled to attend.

KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal

Tickets available now at:
http://www.artproductions.ch/

January 10, 2008:

The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring

Howard Shore's Academy Award-winning Score
Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture
By Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists

Munich, Germany Ludwig Wicki conducts the Munich Symphony Orchestra in the German Premiere of Howard Shore’s Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning Score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

Philharmonie im Gasteig

Tickets available now at:
http://www.virtuopolis.de/

December 21, 2007:
The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings AVAILABLE NOW from amazon.com

December 13, 2007:

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced this year's Golden Globe nominations, including a Best Original Score nomination to Howard Shore’s score for Eastern Promises.

Read the full list of nominations at goldenglobes.org.

December 12, 2007:

The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring

Howard Shore's Academy Award-winning Score
Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture
By Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists

Lucerne, Switzerland The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists will perform Howard Shore’s Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning Score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, conducted by Ludwig Wicki to the film. Howard Shore is scheduled to attend.

KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal

Tickets available now at:
http://www.artproductions.ch/

December 12, 2007:
Doug Adams has a new website discussing his forthcoming book, The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films: http://themusicofthelordoftheringsfilms.blogspot.com/

December 11, 2007:
Grammy Nomination announced for Howard Shore’s The Departed Original Score.

Check out the complete list of Grammy nominations at grammy.com.

December 11, 2007:
Satellite Award Nominations for Eastern Promises:

http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2007.shtml.

November 28, 2007:

The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings
More on the way!

Update from REPRISE Records confirmed that sales have been so great for The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings that many retailers are currently backordered. The Reprise sales department is working diligently to ship more sets out to the retailers as quickly as possible. They have also already ordered a new pressing from the plant and expect them to hit retailers by December 18.

The hand-constructed box and 48-page booklet have a long lead time to produce and Reprise assures us that they are working as quickly as possible to make the set available.

Checking online, barnesandnoble.com still lists the set as available and amazon.com has it back in stock. Also many physical retail stores have the set in stock; please check availability with your local music store. Alternatively, the music (only) is available from many of your favorite digital download stores.

November 20, 2007:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings in stores now. Download the Annotated Score at: www.lordoftherings-soundtrack.com.

November 16, 2007:
The world premiere performances of The Fly, an opera in two acts, begin July 2, 2008 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Please visit their website to purchase tickets: www.chatelet-theatre.com.