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July 14, 2004
Brilliant!
Well, the Symphony last night was outstanding! It was a great mixture of movie and music, two off my favorite things in the world. Having seen the movies so many times, I could just sit back, absorb the music, and be in the movie. It was a great experience. Mindy and I had a really good time. People watching at a Lord of the Rings Symphony is an interesting passtime as well. It's not your normal Symphony crowd. There was every kind of person represented at the show. It was really great seeing small children, older couples, younger couples, families, friends, fans, whatever out to enjoy an evening of great music. It was pretty inspiring. The conductor was very good, even if he wasn't Howard Shore. From what I could understand he was the person who had helped Howard arrange the music from the full movie score down to the two hour, six movement piece we heard last night. There were just a few shaky points in the music that felt like it might not hold together, but the director and musicians did a fine job of pulling it through. The choir, boys choir and soloists all did justice to the choral parts, and Sissel, the featured soloist, doing the Gollum's Song, and Into the West really did a great job. I would not want to try to live up to the expectations of the Annie Lennox vocals on Into the West, but I really thing she did a great job. I really liked it because she DIDN'T try to be Annie Lennox. So, anyway, the evening was great. The weather was fabulous, the crowd was great, and the music was brilliant. I can't wait to see it again at the end of the month in Pittsburgh!
Posted by karen at July 14, 2004 01:57 PM