DER HERR DER RINGE

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The music from "Der Herr der Ringe", "Der Hobbit" & "Die Ringe der Macht"
with a special guest from the films!

The best music from "Der Herr der Ringe", "Der Hobbit" & "Die Ringe der Macht" in one E
concert with a special guest from the films, the Orchestra and Choir of the
Shire and Oscar-winning music by Ed Sheeran, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox,
Enya and other composers.

OXFORD - The hobbits are coming! The musical world of the hobbits and elves from J.R.R.
Tolkien's "Herr der Ringe" and "Der Hobbit" will be performed in a unique concert by a film orchestra
film orchestra, a choir and star soloists. The two-hour performance features
an original star guest and the greatest music from the films, in a spectrum
from the menacing sounds of Mordor and the shrill attack of the Black Riders
to the beautiful lyrical melodies of the Elves.

The press celebrates "Der Herr der Ringe & Der Hobbit & Die Ringe der Macht - The Concert"
as a "highly emotional and mythical experience":

"...whether bombastic with timpani and gongs or elvishly delicate with flute tones: the well-known Oscar-winning
Oscar-winning melodies by Howard Shore from the film trilogy could be heard again and again
and immediately provided the right 'cinema in the head'..."

"... in the end, neither the audience nor the musicians were able to stay in their seats. The
audience managed to get the stars on stage for three encores, which were met with standing ovations.
standing ovation

'... Almost 100 participants - from the well-playing orchestra to the choir and the outstanding soloists
soloists - they all ensured that the audience was immersed in the music of
Tolkien's world-famous world-famous fantasy world..."

THE ORCHESTRA AND THE CHOIR OF THE SHIRE
The Orchestra and Choir of the Shire have performed in the most important concert halls in the
concert halls around the world, from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to the Konzerthaus in Vienna. It
works closely with European state orchestras.

COMPOSERS
HOWARD SHORE
Howard Shore is one of the most important composers of film music. His
versatile works include the soundtracks to "Das Schweigen der Lämmer"
"Philadelphia", "Sieben", "Panic Room" and "The Aviator". The long-standing collaboration
with Canadian director David Cronenberg, for whom he composed the music for
"Die Fliege", "Naked Lunch", "Spider" and "A History of Violence", plays an important role in his work.
role in his work. His best-known work, however, is the music for Peter Jackson's
"Herr der Ringe" trilogy. It is only through Shore's sophisticated leitmotif technique, for which he intensively studied Richard Wagner's "Rheingold"
Wagner's "Rheingold", the films achieve their dramaturgical depth. Shore received his first Oscar and a Grammy for the music. 2004 he received two 
Golden Globes and two Oscars, and in 2005 he again received two Grammys for the third part of the trilogy.
 

ED SHEERAN
With more than 150 million records sold worldwide, Ed Sheeran hardly needs an introduction.
to be introduced. The English singer-songwriter is one of the best-selling artists in the world and can claim to have the best-selling concert tour of all time.
concert tour of all time. He has won four Grammys and five Brit Awards and was made an MBE in 2017. His forays into the world of film go beyond a
song in the end credits of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". In addition to cameos in
"Game of Thrones" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker", he played himself in Danny Boyle's
Boyle's "Yesterday". The Yorkshire native was recently recognised as the fourth most famous Yorkshireman
behind Michael Palin, Sean Bean and Patrick Stewart.

ANNIE LENNOX
Annie Lennox, who rose to fame in the 1980s as the frontwoman of the Eurythmics, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, activist and philanthropist. With four Grammys and
eight Brit Awards, Lennox has been dubbed the "Brits Champion of Champions". Her original song
"Into the West", which was featured in the film "Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs"
earned her both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.
Described by Rolling Stone as "the greatest living white female soul singer", she is arguably the most
most successful British artist in the history of British music. She is also
tirelessly to raise money and awareness for women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa by trying to raise awareness of the
and raising funds for projects in Africa.

ENYA
The extremely successful Irish singer-songwriter Enya began her musical career with the Celtic
career with the Celtic folk band Clannad. She soon left the band to start a solo career.
Today, she is Ireland's best-selling solo artist and the second biggest
artist overall after U2. With 75 million records sold worldwide, Enya has won
seven World Music Awards, four Grammys and an Ivor Novello Award. Her
song "May it Be", which she wrote for "Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten des Rings", was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.

BEAR MCCREARY
Bear McCreary (born 17 February 1979) is an American musician and composer of film, television and video game scores based in Los Angeles, 
California. He is best known for his work on the reimagined television series
Battlestar Galactica and for the television series Outlander and The Walking Dead. The
music for the American fantasy television series "Der Herr der Ringe: Die Ringe der Macht"
was composed by Bear McCreary.

SPECIAL GUESTS FROM THE PAST
(The future special guest varies and will be announced on social media before the concert).

SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE
(voice-over)
Christopher Lee, the "towering" British film actor who has lent his good looks to a whole series of
villains - from Dracula to Saruman in "Der Herr der Ringe" - his good looks,
his Shakespearean voice and aristocratic presence, opened this concert series with Star Entertainment.
Lee was 35 years old when his breakthrough came in 1957 with
Terence Fisher's British horror film "The Curse of Frankenstein" in 1957. In it he played
the creature. But it was only a year later, when he played the title role with lascivious sex appeal in Fisher's
"Dracula", his cinematic identity was forever associated with Bram Stoker's noble,
voracious vampire. Despite his pre-eminent status as a horror icon
only around fifteen of his 250 or so film and television appearances were in this genre,
including at least ten appearances as Dracula. Lee continued acting into the
90s, appearing in Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" and turning his hand to acting as the Sith Lord in the
the dark side in the "Star Wars" franchise.
He played "Saruman" in "Der Herr der Ringe" and reprised his role as the evil
wizard in Peter Jackson's "Der Hobbit" trilogy. "What Professor T olkien has achieved is
unique in the literature of my lifetime. In my opinion, he has even reached the pinnacle
of literary invention of all time. There has never been anything like it
and probably never will be." - Christopher Lee

WILLIAM KIRCHER
William Kircher played the dwarf Bifur in the three film adaptations of "The Hobbit": 
"An Unexpected Journey", "The Desolation of Smaug" and "The Battle of the Five Armies". He is
famous for surviving the three films with an orc axe in his forehead. In the
Tolkien language Khuzdul, he is really a Khuzd Belkul, which means "Mighty Dwarf". "The Hobbit" tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, who leads a group of
dwarves on an unexpected journey to retrieve their gold from a dragon.
In the films, William Kircher plays the warrior and toymaker Bifur
as a dwarf as well as other roles such as "Tom the Troll".

J. R. R. TOLKIEN
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) became world-famous with his novel cycle "Der Herr der Ringe". Throughout his life, he dedicated himself to the history of his
fictional realm of Middle-earth. It was not only George Lucas who was clearly inspired for his
his "Star Wars" series. His stories also served as a template for many other
works, in particular the new film adaptation by Peter Jackson triggered a renaissance of the
Ring cult. This was continued in the film trilogy "Der Hobbit".
J.R.R. discovered his love of languages at an early age. Welsh, Old English, Greek,
French and German were among his favourite subjects at school.
After the death of his mother, Tolkien was first raised by an aunt and later by a foster family.
From 1911, he studied at Exeter College in Oxford, graduating in 1915
and went to war in 1918. In 1925, Tolkien was appointed professor at the
Oxford University, where his idea for The Hobbit was born. Originally intended as
entertainment for his children and initially written without the idea of commercial
publication, The Hobbit was submitted by a former student of Tolkien's to the publisher Allen & Unwin, who published the story in 1937.
Although "The Little Hobbit" was not a bestseller, there were requests for a sequel to the story.
of the story. Tolkien wrote "Der Herr der Ringe" from 1936 to 1949. The first two volumes
were published in 1954 - a cult was born. Tolkien died in 1973 at the age of 81.
After his death, his son Christopher took care of the publication of further
stories from Middle-earth. Around 25 years after his death, production began on the
film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" began with a budget of 190 million dollars. It became
one of the most successful film productions of all time.