A sold out audience for 3 days clamoured for the tickets for the Howard Shore score of the LOTR Symphony conducted by Markus Huber. I attended the concert on 21 December 2008 and had a fun time too. The DFP ushers were all dressed up as characters from the award winning trilogy of films. This added to the fun of the occasion as well.
To aid the pictorial elements to the very long score, there were lovely drawings that projected onto the screen to help with the narration. The Young KL Singers and the KL Children's Choir were also in attendance but the intonation of the choirs went slightly awry in places. However, the boy treble (Andrew Sanjay George) and soprano soloist (Ann de Renais) were duly impressive in their delivery. The MPO played with gusto under Markus Huber's direction and this proved to be a thoroughly enjoyable concert.
The DFP should take great credit to organize such a concert - it really helps bring the Malaysian public (that may be shy of a serious Classical concert) into the DFP Hall for their first visit to a world class concert hall.
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