Lord of the Rings

New York, New York – Before green-screens and stuntmen, J.R.R. Tolkien was working as a university professor to pay his bills and writing The Lord of the Rings. It took Tolkien over a decade to complete his work, and for commercial purposes, it was published in three novels instead of one.  In 1973, Tolkien passed away three years before Peter Jackson made his first commercial movie in Hollywood.

Jackson and Howard Shore brought Middle Earth to life in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This October 9th and 10th The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will be shown to the live music of Middle Earth. Under a 60-foot screen, Shore’s composition will be performed by the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra, the internationally acclaimed Collegiate Chorale, the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and renowned soprano Kaitlyn Lusk. The concert will be at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Tickets range from $54-$150.

Howard Shore’s composition of Lord of the Rings is simply his most recognized and outstanding achievement. He was one of the original creators of Saturday Night Live, and his other projects include The Departed, Gangs of New York, and Philadelphia.

This concert will coincide with a literary exhibition at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in the Gerald M. Quinn Library. This is the first time literary works are being exhibited in New York City. Forty items ranging from calendars of Middle-Earth to Tolkien’s calligraphy will be included, as well as time schemes and plot notes. The exhibit will run October 5th through November 19th.

The concert is not only a further celebration of this unique literary event, but also an experience unto itself not to be missed.

For tickets:
http://www.radiocity.com/events/lord-of-the-rings-1009.html
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/abouttolkien.htm
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/tolkien/biography.html