U.S. Premiere at Wolf Trap in Less Than a Month!

For all your Lord of the Rings fans out there, we have a very special presentation in store for you coming this May on the Filene Center stage. In its much anticipated United States debut, Peter Jackson's epic film adaptation of J.R. Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring will be featured in its entirety via multiple high definition screens, combined with a live performance of Howard Shore’s award-winning orchestral score. Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, and the Shire will come to life in a way you've never experienced sitting on your couch at home or in the movie theater, thanks to performances from the Filene Center Orchestra, the City Choir of Washington, and the World Children’s Choir.

If you think the movie's score sounded good at your local multiplex, take a few seconds to anticipate the exhilaration of hearing this Grammy and Academy Award-winning score performed live by hundreds of musicians in the Filene Center's amphitheater setting. If you look around at your surroundings during the performance, Wolf Trap's natural wooded setting might just fool you into thinking you're actually in Middle Earth. The Canadian premiere was just a few days earlier, but the upcoming back-to-back performances at Wolf Trap in May are currently the only scheduled performances in the United States this year. This is one of the rarest live performance opportunities of 2008, and should not be missed.

I will hopefully have some video for you early next week...I'm reluctant to use some of the youtube content because they are all from the previous "Symphonic" tour, which is separate from our offering in May.

In the meantime, for the official source on the music of the Lord of the Rings and to read the blog straight from the author of the upcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, please visit this link. The book is nearing its official press anouncement, so keep your eyes peeled for a release date. Coupled with the recent announcement that famed director Guillermo Del Toro will direct the forthcoming screen adaptation of The Hobbit, this is a big year for Lord of the Rings!

Talk next week!

Graham