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Opera Australia Has Dropped A Stellar Summer Line-Up At The Sydney Opera House
Opera Australia will bring a mix of Sydney premieres and reimagined classics to the Sydney Opera House for…
#Australia #Sydney #LaBoheme #OperaAustralia #SydneyOperaHouse #TheElixirofLove #TheMagicFlute
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Batman Appears on Top of Sydney Opera House
Batman has appeared on top of the Sydney Opera House this weekend in celebration of Batman Day. As Variety…
#Australia #Sydney #Batman #BatmanDay #BatmanSydneyOperaHouse #SydneyOperaHouse
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Those Batman Sightings on Top of the Sydney Opera House Aren’t For a Film
If you were in Sydney today and spotted Batman atop the Sydney Opera House, you probably thought you…
#Australia #Sydney #Batman #BatmanDay #SydneyOperaHouse
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Housework review – breezy comedy deftly explores the complexity of Australian politics
By Cassie TongueSydney Theatre Company, Opera House Susie Youssef plays a first-term MP who is passionate, but also clearly a bit of a nightmare to work for
#Australiantheatre #SydneyTheatreCompany #Stage #SydneyOperaHouse #Sydney #Culture #Theatre #TheGuardian #CassieTongue
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Housework review – breezy comedy deftly explores the complexity of Australian politics
By Cassie TongueSydney Theatre Company, Opera House Susie Youssef plays a first-term MP who is passionate, but also clearly a bit of a nightmare to work for
#Australiantheatre #SydneyTheatreCompany #Stage #SydneyOperaHouse #Sydney #Culture #Theatre #TheGuardian #CassieTongue
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Housework review – breezy comedy deftly explores the complexity of Australian politics
By Cassie TongueSydney Theatre Company, Opera House Susie Youssef plays a first-term MP who is passionate, but also clearly a bit of a nightmare to work for
#Australiantheatre #SydneyTheatreCompany #Stage #SydneyOperaHouse #Sydney #Culture #Theatre #TheGuardian #CassieTongue
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Iconic white sails of the Sydney Opera House, Australia.
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Iconic white sails of the Sydney Opera House, Australia.
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Iconic white sails of the Sydney Opera House, Australia.
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It’s An “Eyesore”: NSW Government Petitioned To Vacate Public Land Beneath Sydney Harbour Bridge
A new petition is calling for Transport for NSW to vacate Bradfield Park South, an 18,000 square metre…
#Australia #Sydney #BradfieldParkSouth #change.org #NorthSydneyCouncil #petition #SydneyHarbourBridge #SydneyOperaHouse #transportfornsw
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News: Angus & Julia Stone announce Australian tour and Sydney Opera House Forecourt show
Angus & Julia Stone are heading home, with the Sydney-born siblings announcing an Australian tour for February and…
#Australia #Sydney #Angus&JuliaStone #Angus&JuliaStoneAustraliantour2027 #Angus&JuliaStoneSydney #backseatdownunder #KaraokeBar #news #SydneyOperaHouse
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Chris Minns admits he regrets the protest strategy that led to October 9 march reaching Sydney Opera House
NSW Premier Chris Minns has admitted he was wrong to follow police advice that allowed a pro-Palestinian protest…
#Australia #Sydney #2023 #antisemitism #bonditerrorattack #ChrisMinns #nsw #NSWPremier #October9 #pro-Palestinianmarch #SharriMarkson #SydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/87145/ -
Korean Works Reach Avignon and Sydney Through Seoul Arts Market
PAMS Choice — Ambiguous Dance Company, “The Belt” The 2026 Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS), which introduces…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Seoul #AvignonFestival #LeeJa-ram #PAMS2026 #PAMSChoice #pansori #PerformingArtsMarketinSeoul #SydneyOperaHouse
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Ran the TCS #SydneyMarathon on Sunday! What a beautiful course! This was my 77th #Marathon and my 7th star in the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Weather was perfect! Sunny but not too warm. Finish line at the iconic #SydneyOperaHouse. Lots of crowd support along the course--good on ya, #Sydney! Was nice to have a stroll along #Bondi Beach the day after the race.
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Ran the TCS #SydneyMarathon on Sunday! What a beautiful course! This was my 77th #Marathon and my 7th star in the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Weather was perfect! Sunny but not too warm. Finish line at the iconic #SydneyOperaHouse. Lots of crowd support along the course--good on ya, #Sydney! Was nice to have a stroll along #Bondi Beach the day after the race.
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Ran the TCS #SydneyMarathon on Sunday! What a beautiful course! This was my 77th #Marathon and my 7th star in the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Weather was perfect! Sunny but not too warm. Finish line at the iconic #SydneyOperaHouse. Lots of crowd support along the course--good on ya, #Sydney! Was nice to have a stroll along #Bondi Beach the day after the race.
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Ran the TCS #SydneyMarathon on Sunday! What a beautiful course! This was my 77th #Marathon and my 7th star in the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Weather was perfect! Sunny but not too warm. Finish line at the iconic #SydneyOperaHouse. Lots of crowd support along the course--good on ya, #Sydney! Was nice to have a stroll along #Bondi Beach the day after the race.
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Team Shalva Goes the Distance in Sydney Marathon – J-Wire
A 50-strong team of Israeli runners joined Australian supporters in the Sydney Marathon on Sunday, raising funds and…
#Australia #Sydney #antizionist #disabilities #Israel #Jewishcommunity #SydneyOperaHouse #synagogue #teamshalva
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News: Tara Clerkin Trio announce Australian headline debut at Sydney Opera House
Tara Clerkin Trio will make their Australian headline debut this summer, bringing the strange, spacious world of their…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #news #SomewhereGood #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyOperaHouseUtzonRoom #TaraClerkinTrio #TaraClerkinTrioAustralia #TaraClerkinTrioSydneyOperaHouse
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And now for something completely different.
Sydney, Australia, 2007.
#sydney #photography #australia #sidneyzoo #photographer #giraffe #zoosydney #sydneyoperahouse #beautifulworld
Photo and edit: The Blotch 666
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And now for something completely different.
Sydney, Australia, 2007.
#sydney #photography #australia #sidneyzoo #photographer #giraffe #zoosydney #sydneyoperahouse #beautifulworld
Photo and edit: The Blotch 666
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And now for something completely different.
Sydney, Australia, 2007.
#sydney #photography #australia #sidneyzoo #photographer #giraffe #zoosydney #sydneyoperahouse #beautifulworld
Photo and edit: The Blotch 666
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And now for something completely different.
Sydney, Australia, 2007.
#sydney #photography #australia #sidneyzoo #photographer #giraffe #zoosydney #sydneyoperahouse #beautifulworld
Photo and edit: The Blotch 666
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My birthday was yesterday, hooray for India’s Independence Day and the peak summer holidays Feast of the Assumption in France and Italy.
I have been in Sydney to see The Drover’s Wife at Sydney Opera House with a talk before the show by Leah Purcell. Big recommend, important story told well in a beautiful format. Even better when you get to see a good show with a great friend.
Also got to catch buses, regional trains, suburban trains, and ferries.
The harbour view was from my apartment window.
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My birthday was yesterday, hooray for India’s Independence Day and the peak summer holidays Feast of the Assumption in France and Italy.
I have been in Sydney to see The Drover’s Wife at Sydney Opera House with a talk before the show by Leah Purcell. Big recommend, important story told well in a beautiful format. Even better when you get to see a good show with a great friend.
Also got to catch buses, regional trains, suburban trains, and ferries.
The harbour view was from my apartment window.
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My birthday was yesterday, hooray for India’s Independence Day and the peak summer holidays Feast of the Assumption in France and Italy.
I have been in Sydney to see The Drover’s Wife at Sydney Opera House with a talk before the show by Leah Purcell. Big recommend, important story told well in a beautiful format. Even better when you get to see a good show with a great friend.
Also got to catch buses, regional trains, suburban trains, and ferries.
The harbour view was from my apartment window.
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My birthday was yesterday, hooray for India’s Independence Day and the peak summer holidays Feast of the Assumption in France and Italy.
I have been in Sydney to see The Drover’s Wife at Sydney Opera House with a talk before the show by Leah Purcell. Big recommend, important story told well in a beautiful format. Even better when you get to see a good show with a great friend.
Also got to catch buses, regional trains, suburban trains, and ferries.
The harbour view was from my apartment window.
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Gang of Youths Make Long-Awaited Sydney Homecoming
Gang of Youths returned to Sydney for the first time in over four years last week, making a…
#Australia #Sydney #GangofYouths #GangofYouthsAustralia #GangofYouthsGrettaRay #GangofYouthsshow #GangofYouthsSydney #GangofYouthsSydneyOperaHouse #GangofYouthstour #GrettaRay #SydneyOperaHouse
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The Drover’s Wife review – operatic version of Leah Purcell’s story is powerfully emotional
By Dee JeffersonSydney Opera HousePurcell’s play-turned-book-turned-film is now also an opera, a form that allows for a more expansive story and a deeper sense of First Nations culture
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/10/the-drovers-wife-review-sydney-opera-house
#Opera #SydneyOperaHouse #Culture #IndigenousAustralians #Stage #Sydney #TheGuardian #DeeJefferson
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The Drover’s Wife review – operatic version of Leah Purcell’s story is powerfully emotional
By Dee JeffersonSydney Opera HousePurcell’s play-turned-book-turned-film is now also an opera, a form that allows for a more expansive story and a deeper sense of First Nations culture
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/10/the-drovers-wife-review-sydney-opera-house
#Opera #SydneyOperaHouse #Culture #IndigenousAustralians #Stage #Sydney #TheGuardian #DeeJefferson
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Gang Of Youths’ Huge Homecoming at Sydney Opera House
Gang of Youths made their long-awaited return to Sydney last week, performing their first hometown shows in over…
#Australia #Sydney #GangofYouths #GangofYouthsAustralia #GangofYouthsGrettaRay #GangofYouthsshow #GangofYouthsSydney #GangofYouthsSydneyOperaHouse #GangofYouthstour #GrettaRay #SydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/68396/ -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/624636/ Curtain closes on Louise Herron’s 14-year leadership of the Sydney Opera House #14Years #AlanJones #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #ceo #ChrisMinns #ConcertHall #Design #Éire #Entertainment #Everest #IE #Ireland #Israel #JohnGraham #leadership #leaving #LouiseHerron #LucyTurnbull #OperaHouse #ProPalestinianProtest #Protest #racing #renovations #sails #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyUni
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Curtain closes on Louise Herron’s 14-year leadership of the Sydney Opera House
When asked how she feels about leaving the Sydney Opera House after 14 years, Louise Herron’s eyes well…
#Australia #Sydney #14years #AlanJones #CEO #ChrisMinns #concerthall #everest #Israel #johngraham #Leadership #leaving #LouiseHerron #lucyturnbull #OperaHouse #pro-palestinianprotest #Protest #racing #renovations #sails #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyUni–
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News: TEEKS Returns To Sydney Opera House To Debut New Music Live
Four years after leaving Sydney audiences spellbound at Vivid LIVE, acclaimed Māori singer-songwriter TEEKS is set to return…
#Australia #Sydney #backseatdownunder #MāoriR&B #news #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyOperaHouseconcerts #Teeks #TEEKSConcertHall #TEEKSSydney2026 #TEEKSSydneyOperaHouse
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TEEKS to Debut New Music at Sydney Opera House
Acclaimed Māori R&B singer-songwriter TEEKS will return to the Sydney Opera House later this year for the first…
#Australia #Sydney #SydneyOperaHouse #Teeks #TEEKSSydneyOperaHouse
https://www.europesays.com/australia/58873/ -
The Music of Lord of the Rings
It was Australia Day in January of 2003 that we left the Undying Western Lands (Australia) for Middle Earth (New Zealand). Accompanying us on the journey was the music of Howard Shore to the first two movies of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
For the next week we passed through Elven lands to the music of Many Meetings and Lothlorien, admired the bare grey rock before an icy glacier to Foundations of Stone, small towns to the music of Concerning Hobbits. It was Shore’s music that added the fantasy to the landscape and, like in the movies, transformed it into an adventure of emotion and wonder.
Has it really only been twenty-five years since the first Lord of the Rings movie was released into cinemas across the world? It feels like Howard Shore’s incredible score has been with forever. Perhaps it is the ring’s fault. It does make us feel, well, stretched.
After the release of The Return of the King in December of 2003, Shore compiled his music as a concert symphony and went on tour. We saw him conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2004 with his symphony. Fourteen years ago it was The Two Towers in Concert. Earlier this year it was Anna Lapwood playing part of her Lord of the Rings Suite on the pipe organ at the Opera House. Of course there was also the tragically and hilariously awful The Music of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Rings of Power.
Now it is the turn of the Art of the Score team to present The Music of Lord of the Rings at the Sydney Opera House in conjunction with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the Sydney Children’s Choir, along with soloist Kate Miller-Heidke at the Sydney Opera House. Conducting the orchestra is Nicholas Buc, a member of the Art of the Score team along with presenters Andrew Pogson and Professor Dan Golding.
As with the trilogy, the concert begins with the foreboding music of The Prophecy, with the Sydney Philharmonia Choir singing Elvish and warning of The One Ring.
Prior to the concert I spent a couple of days watching 11 hours and 22 minutes of the Extended Editions of the trilogy. A large proportion of that is scored. Shore composed over 80 leitmotifs, or individual themes for people, places and things, for the trilogy, manipulating them, combining them, to create an extraordinary body of music that no one concert can encompass. This is despite the threats of Andrew Pogson and Dan Golding as they attempt to explain, with the help of conductor Buc, the nature of the music.
So unlike previous Lord of the Rings concerts, I entered this one without the expectation that I would hear specific pieces and could enjoy it without disappointment should one beloved track be missing. There was no disappointment to be had. Despite just having listened to the entire soundtrack, what I heard far surpassed what I had listened to before.
The first half of the concert is devoted to the music of The Fellowship of the Ring, including the magnificent escape from Moria. After the interval the other movies, The Two Towers and The Return of the King are covered in less detail, but the chosen highlights are superb. Pogson and Golding explain what is going on at each point and a narrow screen above the orchestra displays the song titles and some of the lyrics in Elvish and other tongues. The visual look better than any of their previous concerts, it is a very nice touch.
The performances by the orchestra and both choirs was absolutely phenomenal, and conductor Buc’s timing impeccable. There was an incredible tonal richness in hearing this music live. From the second track where I had never realised that guitars were part of Concerning Hobbits, to the cimbalom of Gollum and the amazing distressed piano, played with a chain mail glove wrapped with chain. The homeliness of the flute in the shire and watching concertmaster Harry Bennetts’ fingers dance across his violin. The chanting of the male and female choir and the ethereal singing of the children. A special mention goes out to young soprano Scout LaMotta for her beautiful solo performances.
The trilogy’s original score features vocal performances from a number of different soloists, including Enya, Emilíana Torrini and Annie Lennox. Obviously they are not going to be available for this concert, so instead we have the rather well known Kate Miller-Heidke who comes from both a classical and pop background. Every voice is unique and it is unfair to expect Miller-Heidke to replicate the other performers. I think she does a good job for most of the concert, relying more on her fine classical soprano skills, though sometimes the timing seems perhaps a little off.
At the very end of the concert is Into the West, originally performed by Annie Lennox. The song, and the preceding The Grey Havens, mean a lot to me, the release of the soundtrack coming at a point in my life I was very sad and upset, something it took me 20 years to get over. The songs of the trilogy have a simplicity about them that suggests the ancient age of the setting. Unfortunately, with Into the West, Miller-Heidke inserts modern vocal ornamentation, (or melisma as I believe it is called), like so many of the contestants on the singing programs like the one she judges. It grates, and not until the orchestra returns does my heart settle and find peace.
Although the One Ring is destroyed and Frodo has set sail for the Grey Havens and the music is over, there is still a bit of fun to had with a rather long piece of cutlery and the concert ends with a very loud round of applause. Both B and I have really enjoyed this concert. I thought the last Art of the Score concert on James Horner’s music was their best, but I think this may have exceeded even that. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
#Concert #FilmMusic #HowardShore #KateMillerHeidke #LordOfTheRings #music #SydneyChildrensChoir #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyPhilharmoniaChoirs #SydneySymphonyOrchestra #SymphonyOrchestra #TheFellowshipOfTheRing #TheReturnOfTheKing #TheTwoTowers -
The Music of Lord of the Rings
It was Australia Day in January of 2003 that we left the Undying Western Lands (Australia) for Middle Earth (New Zealand). Accompanying us on the journey was the music of Howard Shore to the first two movies of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
For the next week we passed through Elven lands to the music of Many Meetings and Lothlorien, admired the bare grey rock before an icy glacier to Foundations of Stone, small towns to the music of Concerning Hobbits. It was Shore’s music that added the fantasy to the landscape and, like in the movies, transformed it into an adventure of emotion and wonder.
Has it really only been twenty-five years since the first Lord of the Rings movie was released into cinemas across the world? It feels like Howard Shore’s incredible score has been with forever. Perhaps it is the ring’s fault. It does make us feel, well, stretched.
After the release of The Return of the King in December of 2003, Shore compiled his music as a concert symphony and went on tour. We saw him conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2004 with his symphony. Fourteen years ago it was The Two Towers in Concert. Earlier this year it was Anna Lapwood playing part of her Lord of the Rings Suite on the pipe organ at the Opera House. Of course there was also the tragically and hilariously awful The Music of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Rings of Power.
Now it is the turn of the Art of the Score team to present The Music of Lord of the Rings at the Sydney Opera House in conjunction with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the Sydney Children’s Choir, along with soloist Kate Miller-Heidke at the Sydney Opera House. Conducting the orchestra is Nicholas Buc, a member of the Art of the Score team along with presenters Andrew Pogson and Professor Dan Golding.
As with the trilogy, the concert begins with the foreboding music of The Prophecy, with the Sydney Philharmonia Choir singing Elvish and warning of The One Ring.
Prior to the concert I spent a couple of days watching 11 hours and 22 minutes of the Extended Editions of the trilogy. A large proportion of that is scored. Shore composed over 80 leitmotifs, or individual themes for people, places and things, for the trilogy, manipulating them, combining them, to create an extraordinary body of music that no one concert can encompass. This is despite the threats of Andrew Pogson and Dan Golding as they attempt to explain, with the help of conductor Buc, the nature of the music.
So unlike previous Lord of the Rings concerts, I entered this one without the expectation that I would hear specific pieces and could enjoy it without disappointment should one beloved track be missing. There was no disappointment to be had. Despite just having listened to the entire soundtrack, what I heard far surpassed what I had listened to before.
The first half of the concert is devoted to the music of The Fellowship of the Ring, including the magnificent escape from Moria. After the interval the other movies, The Two Towers and The Return of the King are covered in less detail, but the chosen highlights are superb. Pogson and Golding explain what is going on at each point and a narrow screen above the orchestra displays the song titles and some of the lyrics in Elvish and other tongues. The visual look better than any of their previous concerts, it is a very nice touch.
The performances by the orchestra and both choirs was absolutely phenomenal, and conductor Buc’s timing impeccable. There was an incredible tonal richness in hearing this music live. From the second track where I had never realised that guitars were part of Concerning Hobbits, to the cimbalom of Gollum and the amazing distressed piano, played with a chain mail glove wrapped with chain. The homeliness of the flute in the shire and watching concertmaster Harry Bennetts’ fingers dance across his violin. The chanting of the male and female choir and the ethereal singing of the children. A special mention goes out to young soprano Scout LaMotta for her beautiful solo performances.
The trilogy’s original score features vocal performances from a number of different soloists, including Enya, Emilíana Torrini and Annie Lennox. Obviously they are not going to be available for this concert, so instead we have the rather well known Kate Miller-Heidke who comes from both a classical and pop background. Every voice is unique and it is unfair to expect Miller-Heidke to replicate the other performers. I think she does a good job for most of the concert, relying more on her fine classical soprano skills, though sometimes the timing seems perhaps a little off.
At the very end of the concert is Into the West, originally performed by Annie Lennox. The song, and the preceding The Grey Havens, mean a lot to me, the release of the soundtrack coming at a point in my life I was very sad and upset, something it took me 20 years to get over. The songs of the trilogy have a simplicity about them that suggests the ancient age of the setting. Unfortunately, with Into the West, Miller-Heidke inserts modern vocal ornamentation, (or melisma as I believe it is called), like so many of the contestants on the singing programs like the one she judges. It grates, and not until the orchestra returns does my heart settle and find peace.
Although the One Ring is destroyed and Frodo has set sail for the Grey Havens and the music is over, there is still a bit of fun to had with a rather long piece of cutlery and the concert ends with a very loud round of applause. Both B and I have really enjoyed this concert. I thought the last Art of the Score concert on James Horner’s music was their best, but I think this may have exceeded even that. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
#Concert #FilmMusic #HowardShore #KateMillerHeidke #LordOfTheRings #music #SydneyChildrensChoir #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyPhilharmoniaChoirs #SydneySymphonyOrchestra #SymphonyOrchestra #TheFellowshipOfTheRing #TheReturnOfTheKing #TheTwoTowers -
The Music of Lord of the Rings
It was Australia Day in January of 2003 that we left the Undying Western Lands (Australia) for Middle Earth (New Zealand). Accompanying us on the journey was the music of Howard Shore to the first two movies of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
For the next week we passed through Elven lands to the music of Many Meetings and Lothlorien, admired the bare grey rock before an icy glacier to Foundations of Stone, small towns to the music of Concerning Hobbits. It was Shore’s music that added the fantasy to the landscape and, like in the movies, transformed it into an adventure of emotion and wonder.
Has it really only been twenty-five years since the first Lord of the Rings movie was released into cinemas across the world? It feels like Howard Shore’s incredible score has been with forever. Perhaps it is the ring’s fault. It does make us feel, well, stretched.
After the release of The Return of the King in December of 2003, Shore compiled his music as a concert symphony and went on tour. We saw him conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2004 with his symphony. Fourteen years ago it was The Two Towers in Concert. Earlier this year it was Anna Lapwood playing part of her Lord of the Rings Suite on the pipe organ at the Opera House. Of course there was also the tragically and hilariously awful The Music of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Rings of Power.
Now it is the turn of the Art of the Score team to present The Music of Lord of the Rings at the Sydney Opera House in conjunction with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the Sydney Children’s Choir, along with soloist Kate Miller-Heidke at the Sydney Opera House. Conducting the orchestra is Nicholas Buc, a member of the Art of the Score team along with presenters Andrew Pogson and Professor Dan Golding.
As with the trilogy, the concert begins with the foreboding music of The Prophecy, with the Sydney Philharmonia Choir singing Elvish and warning of The One Ring.
Prior to the concert I spent a couple of days watching 11 hours and 22 minutes of the Extended Editions of the trilogy. A large proportion of that is scored. Shore composed over 80 leitmotifs, or individual themes for people, places and things, for the trilogy, manipulating them, combining them, to create an extraordinary body of music that no one concert can encompass. This is despite the threats of Andrew Pogson and Dan Golding as they attempt to explain, with the help of conductor Buc, the nature of the music.
So unlike previous Lord of the Rings concerts, I entered this one without the expectation that I would hear specific pieces and could enjoy it without disappointment should one beloved track be missing. There was no disappointment to be had. Despite just having listened to the entire soundtrack, what I heard far surpassed what I had listened to before.
The first half of the concert is devoted to the music of The Fellowship of the Ring, including the magnificent escape from Moria. After the interval the other movies, The Two Towers and The Return of the King are covered in less detail, but the chosen highlights are superb. Pogson and Golding explain what is going on at each point and a narrow screen above the orchestra displays the song titles and some of the lyrics in Elvish and other tongues. The visual look better than any of their previous concerts, it is a very nice touch.
The performances by the orchestra and both choirs was absolutely phenomenal, and conductor Buc’s timing impeccable. There was an incredible tonal richness in hearing this music live. From the second track where I had never realised that guitars were part of Concerning Hobbits, to the cimbalom of Gollum and the amazing distressed piano, played with a chain mail glove wrapped with chain. The homeliness of the flute in the shire and watching concertmaster Harry Bennetts’ fingers dance across his violin. The chanting of the male and female choir and the ethereal singing of the children. A special mention goes out to young soprano Scout LaMotta for her beautiful solo performances.
The trilogy’s original score features vocal performances from a number of different soloists, including Enya, Emilíana Torrini and Annie Lennox. Obviously they are not going to be available for this concert, so instead we have the rather well known Kate Miller-Heidke who comes from both a classical and pop background. Every voice is unique and it is unfair to expect Miller-Heidke to replicate the other performers. I think she does a good job for most of the concert, relying more on her fine classical soprano skills, though sometimes the timing seems perhaps a little off.
At the very end of the concert is Into the West, originally performed by Annie Lennox. The song, and the preceding The Grey Havens, mean a lot to me, the release of the soundtrack coming at a point in my life I was very sad and upset, something it took me 20 years to get over. The songs of the trilogy have a simplicity about them that suggests the ancient age of the setting. Unfortunately, with Into the West, Miller-Heidke inserts modern vocal ornamentation, (or melisma as I believe it is called), like so many of the contestants on the singing programs like the one she judges. It grates, and not until the orchestra returns does my heart settle and find peace.
Although the One Ring is destroyed and Frodo has set sail for the Grey Havens and the music is over, there is still a bit of fun to had with a rather long piece of cutlery and the concert ends with a very loud round of applause. Both B and I have really enjoyed this concert. I thought the last Art of the Score concert on James Horner’s music was their best, but I think this may have exceeded even that. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
#Concert #FilmMusic #HowardShore #KateMillerHeidke #LordOfTheRings #music #SydneyChildrensChoir #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyPhilharmoniaChoirs #SydneySymphonyOrchestra #SymphonyOrchestra #TheFellowshipOfTheRing #TheReturnOfTheKing #TheTwoTowers -
The Music of Lord of the Rings
It was Australia Day in January of 2003 that we left the Undying Western Lands (Australia) for Middle Earth (New Zealand). Accompanying us on the journey was the music of Howard Shore to the first two movies of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
For the next week we passed through Elven lands to the music of Many Meetings and Lothlorien, admired the bare grey rock before an icy glacier to Foundations of Stone, small towns to the music of Concerning Hobbits. It was Shore’s music that added the fantasy to the landscape and, like in the movies, transformed it into an adventure of emotion and wonder.
Has it really only been twenty-five years since the first Lord of the Rings movie was released into cinemas across the world? It feels like Howard Shore’s incredible score has been with forever. Perhaps it is the ring’s fault. It does make us feel, well, stretched.
After the release of The Return of the King in December of 2003, Shore compiled his music as a concert symphony and went on tour. We saw him conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2004 with his symphony. Fourteen years ago it was The Two Towers in Concert. Earlier this year it was Anna Lapwood playing part of her Lord of the Rings Suite on the pipe organ at the Opera House. Of course there was also the tragically and hilariously awful The Music of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Rings of Power.
Now it is the turn of the Art of the Score team to present The Music of Lord of the Rings at the Sydney Opera House in conjunction with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and the Sydney Children’s Choir, along with soloist Kate Miller-Heidke at the Sydney Opera House. Conducting the orchestra is Nicholas Buc, a member of the Art of the Score team along with presenters Andrew Pogson and Professor Dan Golding.
As with the trilogy, the concert begins with the foreboding music of The Prophecy, with the Sydney Philharmonia Choir singing Elvish and warning of The One Ring.
Prior to the concert I spent a couple of days watching 11 hours and 22 minutes of the Extended Editions of the trilogy. A large proportion of that is scored. Shore composed over 80 leitmotifs, or individual themes for people, places and things, for the trilogy, manipulating them, combining them, to create an extraordinary body of music that no one concert can encompass. This is despite the threats of Andrew Pogson and Dan Golding as they attempt to explain, with the help of conductor Buc, the nature of the music.
So unlike previous Lord of the Rings concerts, I entered this one without the expectation that I would hear specific pieces and could enjoy it without disappointment should one beloved track be missing. There was no disappointment to be had. Despite just having listened to the entire soundtrack, what I heard far surpassed what I had listened to before.
The first half of the concert is devoted to the music of The Fellowship of the Ring, including the magnificent escape from Moria. After the interval the other movies, The Two Towers and The Return of the King are covered in less detail, but the chosen highlights are superb. Pogson and Golding explain what is going on at each point and a narrow screen above the orchestra displays the song titles and some of the lyrics in Elvish and other tongues. The visual look better than any of their previous concerts, it is a very nice touch.
The performances by the orchestra and both choirs was absolutely phenomenal, and conductor Buc’s timing impeccable. There was an incredible tonal richness in hearing this music live. From the second track where I had never realised that guitars were part of Concerning Hobbits, to the cimbalom of Gollum and the amazing distressed piano, played with a chain mail glove wrapped with chain. The homeliness of the flute in the shire and watching concertmaster Harry Bennetts’ fingers dance across his violin. The chanting of the male and female choir and the ethereal singing of the children. A special mention goes out to young soprano Scout LaMotta for her beautiful solo performances.
The trilogy’s original score features vocal performances from a number of different soloists, including Enya, Emilíana Torrini and Annie Lennox. Obviously they are not going to be available for this concert, so instead we have the rather well known Kate Miller-Heidke who comes from both a classical and pop background. Every voice is unique and it is unfair to expect Miller-Heidke to replicate the other performers. I think she does a good job for most of the concert, relying more on her fine classical soprano skills, though sometimes the timing seems perhaps a little off.
At the very end of the concert is Into the West, originally performed by Annie Lennox. The song, and the preceding The Grey Havens, mean a lot to me, the release of the soundtrack coming at a point in my life I was very sad and upset, something it took me 20 years to get over. The songs of the trilogy have a simplicity about them that suggests the ancient age of the setting. Unfortunately, with Into the West, Miller-Heidke inserts modern vocal ornamentation, (or melisma as I believe it is called), like so many of the contestants on the singing programs like the one she judges. It grates, and not until the orchestra returns does my heart settle and find peace.
Although the One Ring is destroyed and Frodo has set sail for the Grey Havens and the music is over, there is still a bit of fun to had with a rather long piece of cutlery and the concert ends with a very loud round of applause. Both B and I have really enjoyed this concert. I thought the last Art of the Score concert on James Horner’s music was their best, but I think this may have exceeded even that. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
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watching #SimplyRed at #SydneyOperaHouse and am dancing into the weekend 🪩
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watching #SimplyRed at #SydneyOperaHouse and am dancing into the weekend 🪩
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watching #SimplyRed at #SydneyOperaHouse and am dancing into the weekend 🪩
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Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge at Sunset, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Prints Available]
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Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge at Sunset, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Prints Available]
This shot brings together two of the world's most iconic architectural landmarks in one stunning, moody frame. On the left, the dramatic, sweeping sails of the Sydney Opera House cut into a deep gradient sky. To the right, the massive silhouette of the Harbour Bridge stretches across the water, set against the warm, soft glow of a fading sunset.
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Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge at Sunset, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Prints Available]
This shot brings together two of the world's most iconic architectural landmarks in one stunning, moody frame. On the left, the dramatic, sweeping sails of the Sydney Opera House cut into a deep gradient sky. To the right, the massive silhouette of the Harbour Bridge stretches across the water, set against the warm, soft glow of a fading sunset.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert
Firstly, a heads up: There are no trains in this movie. None. But there are dragons.
A couple of years ago the entire family declared that How to Train Your Dragon in Concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was one of the best, if not the best, live orchestra performances they had ever attended. So its sequel had a lot to live up to.
Sydney is hosting the premiere performance of this concert. The hall is packed for the Saturday matinee performance, hardly surprising considering how beloved this story of a boy and his dragon is amongst kids. But it isn’t just a children’s animation. There’s plenty of action, drama and humour to appeal to all ages.
Conductor Nicholas Buc strides to the stage and introduces the concert, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and a fabulous new addition, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs up in the side stands. The first score featured (synthesised) bagpipes, some fantastic percussion and celtic strings. Now composer John Powell has joined them with a new vocal dimension.
Behind the orchestra is a big screen on which the movie is projected.
The Universal fanfare plays, then we are back into the Viking island of Berk where people now ride, and race, dragons.
Powell’s score is mostly loud and energetic, as is the action on the screen, but it also has its tender moments. At one point the orchestra is playing live to Jonsi’s pre-recorded song, but it works really well and is actually one of the best moments in the movie.
Most of the musical themes are carried across from the first score, but Powell has also composed fresh elements for new characters that form an important part of this story.
It is an amazing performance by the orchestra and choir. This is an energetic and complex score, demanding a huge amount from across the orchestra. The composer apologises to the orchestra in the concert notes!
The sequel, and I feel the score as well, doesn’t have quite the same emotional impact as the first How to Train Your Dragon, but it’s still a huge amount of fun.
If you ever get the chance to attend a How to Train Your Dragon concert then grasp the opportunity with both hands and you too will be riding dragons.
You never cease to amaze me! #Concert #film #FilmMusic #HowToTrainYourDragon #JohnPowell #Movies #music #NicholasBuc #reviews #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyPhilharmoniaChoirs #SydneySymphonyOrchestra -
How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert
Firstly, a heads up: There are no trains in this movie. None. But there are dragons.
A couple of years ago the entire family declared that How to Train Your Dragon in Concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was one of the best, if not the best, live orchestra performances they had ever attended. So its sequel had a lot to live up to.
Sydney is hosting the premiere performance of this concert. The hall is packed for the Saturday matinee performance, hardly surprising considering how beloved this story of a boy and his dragon is amongst kids. But it isn’t just a children’s animation. There’s plenty of action, drama and humour to appeal to all ages.
Conductor Nicholas Buc strides to the stage and introduces the concert, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and a fabulous new addition, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs up in the side stands. The first score featured (synthesised) bagpipes, some fantastic percussion and celtic strings. Now composer John Powell has joined them with a new vocal dimension.
Behind the orchestra is a big screen on which the movie is projected.
The Universal fanfare plays, then we are back into the Viking island of Berk where people now ride, and race, dragons.
Powell’s score is mostly loud and energetic, as is the action on the screen, but it also has its tender moments. At one point the orchestra is playing live to Jonsi’s pre-recorded song, but it works really well and is actually one of the best moments in the movie.
Most of the musical themes are carried across from the first score, but Powell has also composed fresh elements for new characters that form an important part of this story.
It is an amazing performance by the orchestra and choir. This is an energetic and complex score, demanding a huge amount from across the orchestra. The composer apologises to the orchestra in the concert notes!
The sequel, and I feel the score as well, doesn’t have quite the same emotional impact as the first How to Train Your Dragon, but it’s still a huge amount of fun.
If you ever get the chance to attend a How to Train Your Dragon concert then grasp the opportunity with both hands and you too will be riding dragons.
You never cease to amaze me! #Concert #film #FilmMusic #HowToTrainYourDragon #JohnPowell #Movies #music #NicholasBuc #reviews #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyPhilharmoniaChoirs #SydneySymphonyOrchestra -
How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert
Firstly, a heads up: There are no trains in this movie. None. But there are dragons.
A couple of years ago the entire family declared that How to Train Your Dragon in Concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was one of the best, if not the best, live orchestra performances they had ever attended. So its sequel had a lot to live up to.
Sydney is hosting the premiere performance of this concert. The hall is packed for the Saturday matinee performance, hardly surprising considering how beloved this story of a boy and his dragon is amongst kids. But it isn’t just a children’s animation. There’s plenty of action, drama and humour to appeal to all ages.
Conductor Nicholas Buc strides to the stage and introduces the concert, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and a fabulous new addition, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs up in the side stands. The first score featured (synthesised) bagpipes, some fantastic percussion and celtic strings. Now composer John Powell has joined them with a new vocal dimension.
Behind the orchestra is a big screen on which the movie is projected.
The Universal fanfare plays, then we are back into the Viking island of Berk where people now ride, and race, dragons.
Powell’s score is mostly loud and energetic, as is the action on the screen, but it also has its tender moments. At one point the orchestra is playing live to Jonsi’s pre-recorded song, but it works really well and is actually one of the best moments in the movie.
Most of the musical themes are carried across from the first score, but Powell has also composed fresh elements for new characters that form an important part of this story.
It is an amazing performance by the orchestra and choir. This is an energetic and complex score, demanding a huge amount from across the orchestra. The composer apologises to the orchestra in the concert notes!
The sequel, and I feel the score as well, doesn’t have quite the same emotional impact as the first How to Train Your Dragon, but it’s still a huge amount of fun.
If you ever get the chance to attend a How to Train Your Dragon concert then grasp the opportunity with both hands and you too will be riding dragons.
You never cease to amaze me! #Concert #film #FilmMusic #HowToTrainYourDragon #JohnPowell #Movies #music #NicholasBuc #reviews #SydneyOperaHouse #SydneyPhilharmoniaChoirs #SydneySymphonyOrchestra -
Sydney, Australia, and its most famous address.
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Sydney, Australia, and its most famous address.
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Way back in 2014, #worldcruise . Sydney has certainly changed today.
Here's the beautiful Sydney Opera House seen from a cruise ship .
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Way back in 2014, #worldcruise . Sydney has certainly changed today.
Here's the beautiful Sydney Opera House seen from a cruise ship .
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Way back in 2014, #worldcruise . Sydney has certainly changed today.
Here's the beautiful Sydney Opera House seen from a cruise ship .
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LIVE: Sydney Opera House lights up for Vivid Sydney
The sails of the Sydney Opera House are illuminated with vibrant colors and images as part of the opening night of the annual Vivid Sydney festival. #VividSydney #SydneyOperaHouse #illumination #Australia #live #Reuters #news Keep up with the latest news from around the world:
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