You may have already seen this in a recent Tweet, but tickets are now available for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's April 2011 performances of The Fellowship of the Ring: Live to Projection. The Saint Louis Symphony is a topflight orchestra that has flourished under music director David Robertson during the past decade. Robertson has brought a wonderful contemporary bent to the ensemble, which should serve Shore's score very well indeed.

This should be an amazing series of performances. Were I not already scheduled to be in Switzerland, I'd be there with bells on! I expect the book to be there in my stead.

Those of you who missed last year's RCMH performances of Fellowship would do well to check out the SLSO shows. Tickets are available here.