For a truly unique experience, mark your calendars, grab your tickets and head down to The Star Theatre, The Star Performing Arts Centre on 6, 7 and 8 June 2013, 7.30pm for Singapore and also Southeast Asia’s first The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) Movie Concert.
The Lord of the Rings Movie Concert will see an impressive 250 musicians from the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, the International Festival Chorus and the Young Voices of Vocal Associates perform the Howard Shore’s Academy and Grammy winning film score live while the first installment of Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning film trilogy, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings is projected on a large cinematic screen.
This unique three hour mega-event has been in the making for over a year. Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (MFO)’s music director Maestro Chan Tze Law quipped, “The Lord of The Rings has great orchestra film scores and to be able to present that to audiences live is the most distinctive part of this project.” Maestro talks about the collaboration effort and compares this large-scale orchestra performance to an analogy of an aircraft carrier which comprises many who work behind the scenes to make it happen. American composer/conductor Maestro Justin Freer echoed his thoughts, calling the movie concert, ‘a masterpiece’ and an ‘art form’.
At the press conference, Maestro Chan and Maestro Justin were joined by fellow panel members, MFO’s Executive Producer Dr. Kelvin Koh, Boy Soprano Samuel Yuen, Presenting Partner Credit Suisse representative Benjamin Cavalli and Technical Supervisor Jeffery Markowitz who connected via a Skype-call from New York. Amiable and talented 10-years-old soprano, Samuel Yuan impressed the media with a short rendition of ‘Tears in Heaven’ which shows depth beyond his young age. He said candidly “I have been going through intensive training. I have been listening to the soundtrack (of the film) many times and have also watched the movie to get a feel of it.”
If you are a fan of Lord of The Rings or someone who enjoys a unique performance, get your tickets to this exclusive performance from Sistic. Tickets are priced from S$58–S$228.
