The Music of The Lord of the Rings: A Tribute to Howard Shore with the Mystery Ensemble

At Teatro di Locarno, Mystery Ensemble presents a live programme of selected highlights from Howard Shore’s film score for The Lord of the Rings.

Concert programme

This performance is dedicated to the music of The Lord of the Rings and explores key sound worlds from Howard Shore’s film score. The programme is performed by Mystery Ensemble, an international collective of musicians known for immersive concert formats across Europe.

About the performance

The selection combines well-known themes and atmospheric passages from the trilogy. Inspired by Elvish songs, folklore and Tolkien’s poetic universe, the concert unfolds through lyrical, evocative and dramatic moments.

Artists

Mystery Ensemble was founded in the United Kingdom in 2021. The ensemble brings together classical, contemporary and cinematic repertoire and collaborates with locally based musicians for its concerts in Switzerland.

Programme

• The Fellowship of the Ring (Prologue)
• Bag End
• The Shire
• Farewell Dear Bilbo
• Saruman the White
• The Nazgûl
• Gollum
• The Mirror of Galadriel
• The Houses of Healing
• The Grace of Undómiel
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Road Goes Ever On
• May It Be

Programme subject to change.