Howard Shore and the LOTR Symphony - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lathriel · 07-22-2004, 01:54 PM

I just read an article in the Globe and Mail.

It said that because the LOTR symphony is so popular it is helping out all the symphony orchestras. Classical music doesn't attract enough people but because film music is becoming more popular it is helping out orchestras etc. I think that is really neat.

Iaurhirwen · 07-26-2004, 07:22 PM

I'm trying to convince my parents to let me go, and I need to know the lenghth of the symphony . . anybody have the information within the next day???? Thanks!!!

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-27-2004, 03:23 AM

If I remember correctly, it lasted about two houres and and fifteen minutes, with a break included. But maybe someone who went to the symphony more recently could be more precise. I really hope you get the chance to go, it's worthed!

Mariska Greenleaf · 09-02-2004, 03:14 AM

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It said that because the LOTR symphony is so popular it is helping out all the symphony orchestras. Classical music doesn't attract enough people but because film music is becoming more popular it is helping out orchestras etc. I think that is really neat.

And the finest example of that was in the newspaper this morning!
Apparently, Howard Shore was quite impressed by the Flemish Radio Orchestra, and therefore invited them over to Hollywood a couple of times.
And now, because of this, they get to play the filmmusic (which will be composed by Mr. Shore) for the new Martin Scorcese movie!
Needless to say that I'm very proud that of all orchestras Howard Shore played with, he liked the Flemish one best;...

Orominuialwen · 10-08-2004, 07:15 PM

Well, I'm going to see the symphony tomorrow night. Due to my father forgetting to buy the tickets until the last minute, the cheap seats were all sold out by the time we tried to get tickets, so we had to get the more expensive ones. That's fine by me, since it means we get fairly decent seats, instead of being up in the peanut gallery.

Kitanna · 10-16-2004, 07:03 PM

I went last weekend to see the LOTR symphony at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago and it totally blew me away. Though Howard Shore was there and came out after the performance I was a little disappointed he didn't conduct. But still going for the music from the films was what I went for. It was amazing and I wish I could go back to that night and hear it all over again.

Enorëiel · 10-27-2004, 01:45 PM

I get to go to the LOTR sympony this Saturday! I am really excited! The only thing is that Howard Shore isn't going to be there.

I'm not quite sure who is orgistrating it but it's not him. All the same, I am truly hoping that it'll be the same concert that everyone here has gone to - I'll let everyone know how it goes.

07-22-2004, 01:54 PM	#1
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I just read an article in the Globe and Mail. It said that because the LOTR symphony is so popular it is helping out all the symphony orchestras. Classical music doesn't attract enough people but because film music is becoming more popular it is helping out orchestras etc. I think that is really neat. __________________ Back again

07-26-2004, 07:22 PM	#2
Iaurhirwen Wight Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the theatre!!SHOWTIME!!!! Posts: 217	I'm trying to convince my parents to let me go, and I need to know the lenghth of the symphony . . anybody have the information within the next day???? Thanks!!! __________________ "Will somebody find my pants?" - "What do you do with a drunkin sailor?" - "You have a giant mole!!!!" - "Tom!! Get out of the Girls's dressing room!" "But she asked me to help find her pants!!" - - - opening night chaos

07-27-2004, 03:23 AM	#3
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	If I remember correctly, it lasted about two houres and and fifteen minutes, with a break included. But maybe someone who went to the symphony more recently could be more precise. I really hope you get the chance to go, it's worthed! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

10-08-2004, 07:15 PM	#5
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Well, I'm going to see the symphony tomorrow night. Due to my father forgetting to buy the tickets until the last minute, the cheap seats were all sold out by the time we tried to get tickets, so we had to get the more expensive ones. That's fine by me, since it means we get fairly decent seats, instead of being up in the peanut gallery. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

10-16-2004, 07:03 PM	#6
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,132	I went last weekend to see the LOTR symphony at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago and it totally blew me away. Though Howard Shore was there and came out after the performance I was a little disappointed he didn't conduct. But still going for the music from the films was what I went for. It was amazing and I wish I could go back to that night and hear it all over again. __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

10-27-2004, 01:45 PM	#7
Enorëiel Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hobbiton, U.S.A. Posts: 165	I get to go to the LOTR sympony this Saturday! I am really excited! The only thing is that Howard Shore isn't going to be there. I'm not quite sure who is orgistrating it but it's not him. All the same, I am truly hoping that it'll be the same concert that everyone here has gone to - I'll let everyone know how it goes. __________________ You can take a hobbit out of the Shire but you can't take the Shire out of a hobbit. Whoever said "Nothing is impossible" never tried to slam a revolving door.