Music possesses a singular ability to transport us: across geographic frontiers, across historical epochs, and through internal emotional landscapes. Journey to Middle-Earth with Friends explores the twin concepts of passage—the physical and temporal transition from one world into another—and transformation—how environments, communities, and individuals are altered by the journeys they undertake. By placing French Romanticism and modern American chamber music alongside Howard Shore’s symphonic storytelling, this program frames cinematic scoring not as pop media, but as a direct continuation of classical tone-poem traditions. Through chamber music’s intimate spirit of camaraderie, performers and audience embark on a shared pilgrimage from quiet innocence into epic trials, ultimately arriving at a place of peaceful reunion.
Guest Artist
Maya Keys (flute), Adam Palczewski (trumpet), Michaias Berlouis (trombone), Georgina Hamilton (cello), Xinyi Wu (harp) and David Harrod (piano)