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 Print this article FMS FEATURE...  June 20, 2016 Pittsburgh Symphony to Perform Howard Shore Music World premiere of Hobbit suite scheduled by Marilee Bradford  "The Film Music of Howard Shore" will be performed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 24-26, with Ludwig Wicki conducting, at the Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts. Featured soloists will be Lydia Kavina, theremin; Eva Rainforth, mezzo-soprano; and Maksim Shcherbatyuk, boy soprano. Joining the Oscar-winning composer on stage will be author and film-music historian Jon Burlingame, who will discuss Shore's collaborations with such directors as Martin Scorsese, Peter Jackson and David Cronenberg; and the wide range of subject matter he has tackled over the years from fantasy to comedies to serial-killer thrillers. The first half of the concert will be devoted to "The Hobbit: Four Movements for Symphony Orchestra," the first performance of a concert version of themes and motifs composed by Shore for the three Hobbit movies (2012, 2013, 2014). Music from two of Jackson's earlier films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels – The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King – will be featured in the concert's second half. Also included in the second half will be music from Cronenberg films (The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch); from movies with more lighthearted subjects (Big, Mrs. Doubtfire, Ed Wood); psychological thrillers (The Silence of the Lambs, Seven); and Scorsese films (Hugo, Gangs of New York, The Aviator). Lucerne-born conductor Ludwig Wicki is no stranger to the music of Howard Shore. As artistic director of Switzerland's 21st Century Orchestra, he pioneered the live-to-picture concert presentations of all three of the Lord of the Rings films. This will be the final PNC Pops Weekend of the season. Tickets ($24 to $99) can be obtained by visiting http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/shore. ©2016 Marilee Bradford  |
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