Event information
- When
- 3 August 2025, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
- Where
Cooks Hill NSW 2300
- Category
- Concert or Performance
- Accessibility
- Welcomes people with access needs, contact venue/organiser for details
Overview of this event
In their first festival performance, the newly formed Fernleigh Wind Ensemble will bring Johan de Meij's new symphony to Newcastle.
After 30 years, composer Johan de Meij revisits Middle-Earth, the enchanting mythological world of J.R.R. Tolkien, with his Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth. Although there are some thematic reminiscences of his monumental first symphony, The Lord of the Rings from 1988, De Meij puts a completely different musical vibe into this new symphony.
There is an important role for a solo soprano and a mixed choir: they sing in Ilkorin, one of the Elvish languages of Middle-Earth. The ensemble welcomes Sara Carvalho as soloist in this great new work.
Program:
Johann de Meij
Symphony No 5 'Return to Middle Earth' for Wind Orchestra, Soprano Soloist and Choir
Images:
Fernleigh Ensemble - Lauren Moulton/Dru Maher-Brooks | J.R.R. Tolkein, courtesy of the Tolkein Gateway
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Cooks Hill NSW 2300
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