Photo by Andrew Craig
Here's something else this Bear of Very Little Brain didn't know much about: Symphony of the Goddesses, due in Davies Symphony Hall on June 10, is both the name of the program and the four-movement symphony depicting stories of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
This will be the third tour in three years, each of which stopped in Davies Hall. (And I could only think of Dobie Gillis' Zelda; Dobie Who?, you ask.)
Goddess Zelda, for fellow Bears who still haven't gone beyond Pong, is a Nintendo video game series, originating with Zeruda no Densetsu by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka.
Illustration by E. H. Shepard
It has sold some 70 million copies, involving a varied audience with its mixture of action, puzzles, adventure/battle gameplay, exploration, and questing.
Irish-Californian Eímear Noone will conduct a full orchestra (a pickup group, not the San Francisco Symphony), with arrangements by music director Chad Seiter.
Besides the symphony's four movements, the concert also includes "Dungeons of Hyrule," "Kakariko Village: Hope and Calm," and "Songs of the Hero."
Jason Michael Paul Productions, Inc., which produces the concert, has also presented Three Tenors, Luciano Pavarotti, Music from Final Fantasy, and others.