Viennese Favourites
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Program
Operetta music and waltzes by Johann Strauss the younger, Franz Lehár, and Emmerich Kálman, and others
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Conductor
Christian Kluxen
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson
Concerts & Tickets
January 2019
Viennese Favourites 11 Jan 19:30 Friday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Operetta music and waltzes by Johann Strauss the younger, Franz Lehár, and Emmerich Kálman, and others
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Conductor
Christian Kluxen
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson
Viennese Favourites 12 Jan 16:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Operetta music and waltzes by Johann Strauss the younger, Franz Lehár, and Emmerich Kálman, and others
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Conductor
Christian Kluxen
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson
Viennese Favourites 12 Jan 19:30 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Operetta music and waltzes by Johann Strauss the younger, Franz Lehár, and Emmerich Kálman, and others
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Conductor
Christian Kluxen
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson
Young soloists 17 Jan 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Gustave Charpentier Depuis le jour, from Louise
Leonard Bernstein Glitter and be Gay, from Candide
W.A. Mozart Der Hölle Rache..., from The Magic Flute
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor
Samuel Barber Must the Winter Come So Soon, from Vanessa
W.A. Mozart Smanie implacabili, from Cosi fan tutte
Gustav Mahler Urlicht
Jean Sibelius Var det en dröm, from Five Songs
Georges Bizet Habanera, from Carmen
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor
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Conductor
Ligia Amadio
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Young Soloists 2019
Guðbjartur Hákonarson, violin
Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir, soprano
Hjörtur Páll Eggertsson, cello
Silja Elsabet Brynjarsdóttir, soprano
Bernstein and Villa-Lobos 24 Jan 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras no. 7
Jón Ásgeirsson Flute Concerto
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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Conductor
Ligia Amadio
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Soloist
Emilía Rós Sigfúsdóttir
Dark Music Days 31 Jan 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Veronique Vaka Lendh
María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir Oceans
Þuríður Jónsdóttir Flutter, concerto for flute
Páll Ragnar Pálsson Crevace, concerto for flute and bassoon
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Metacosmos
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Conductor
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Soloists
February 2019
Prokofiev and Brahms 7 Feb 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Atli Heimir Sveinsson Infinitesimal Fragments of Eternity
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 2
Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 4
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Conductor
Antonio Méndez
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Soloist
Denis Kozhukhin
Peter and the Wolf 16 Feb 14:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leopold Mozart Allegro from the Toy Symphony
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Maurice Ravel Bolero
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Puppet master
Bernd Ogrodnik
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Conductor
Maxime Tortelier
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Narrator
Barbara the Clown
Peter and the Wolf 16 Feb 16:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leopold Mozart Allegro from the Toy Symphony
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Maurice Ravel Bolero
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Puppet master
Bernd Ogrodnik
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Conductor
Maxime Tortelier
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Narrator
Barbara the Clown
The Rite of Spring 21 Feb 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Arvo Pärt Fratres
Daníel Bjarnason Bow to String
Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
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Conductor
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Soloist
Brantelid plays Elgar 28 Feb 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Jórunn Viðar Eldur
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Witold Lutosławski Symphony no. 3
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Conductor
Eva Ollikainen
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Soloist
Andreas Brantelid
March 2019
Expressions of Pathos 1 Mar 18:00 Friday Norðurljós | Harpa
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Program
Joan Tower In Memory
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
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Conductor
Eva Ollikainen
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Soloist
Andreas Brantelid
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Quartet
Siggi String Quartet
Children's Hour 9 Mar 11:30 Saturday Norðurljós | Harpa
The Iceland Symphony’s Children’s Hour concerts have been extremely popular. The programming and length of the concerts are tailored to the needs of audiences too young for the full-length children’s concerts in the Litli tónsprotinn series. Children’s Hour concerts are about 30 minutes long and are held in Norðurljós, the open space on the second floor of Harpa, just outside Eldborg hall. It is a good idea to bring a cushion to sit on. A variety of special guests come to visit and participate actively in Children’s Hour concerts with Maxi the Musical Mouse.
Admission is free, and all are welcome as long as space is available.
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Program
A lively and cheerful programme of classical favourites and songs that shorten the wait for spring.
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Host
Hjördís Ástráðsdóttir and
Sigurður Þór Óskarsson
Two Symphonies and a Toccata 14 Mar 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Karólína Eiríksdóttir Toccata
Þorsteinn Hauksson Symphony Two
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Illumine
John Speight Symphony no. 5
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Conductor
Anna-Maria Helsing
Hellekant and Bjarni Frímann 21 Mar 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Atli Heimir Sveinsson / W.A. Mozart Alla Turca, etc.
Joseph Canteloube Songs from Auvergne
Georges Bizet Symphony in C Major
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Conductor
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Soloists
Charlotte Hellekant
Einar Jóhannesson
Mendelssohn and Beethoven 28 Mar 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Malcolm Sargent Impression on a Windy Day
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7
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Conductor
Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Soloist
Judith Ingólfsson
Dancing Symphony 29 Mar 18:00 Friday Norðurljós | Harpa
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Program
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir Skin In
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7
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Conductor
April 2019
Star Wars: A New Hope
- Film Concert
3 Apr
19:30
Wednesday
Eldborg | Harpa
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Star Wars: A New Hope
Music by John Williams
film by George Lucas
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Conductor
Ted Sperling
Star Wars: A New Hope
- Film Concert
4 Apr
19:30
Thursday
Eldborg | Harpa
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Star Wars: A New Hope
Music by John Williams
film by George Lucas
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Conductor
Ted Sperling
Star Wars: A New Hope
- Film Concert
5 Apr
19:30
Friday
Eldborg | Harpa
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Star Wars: A New Hope
Music by John Williams
film by George Lucas
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Conductor
Ted Sperling
Isabelle Faust and Mahler 11 Apr 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto
Gustav Mahler Symphony no. 10
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Conductor
Osmo Vänskä
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Soloist
Isabelle Faust
May 2019
The Boy and the Sweet-Shop 4 May 14:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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The Boy and the Sweet-Shop
Music and lyrics by Jóhann G. Jóhannsson inspired by Roald Dahl's story
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Conductor
Noam Aviel
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Soloists
Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Lugansky plays Grieg 9 May 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino, overture
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, ballet suites
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Conductor
Eivind Aadland
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Soloist
Nikolai Lugansky
Brahms and Bjarni Frímann 16 May 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Emmanuel Chabrier España
Johannes Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello
Louise Farrenc Symphony no. 3
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture
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Conductor
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Soloists
Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson
Sigurgeir Agnarsson
Thibaudet and Beethoven 23 May 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Kaija Saariaho Ciel d’hiver (Winter Sky)
James MacMillan Piano Concerto no. 3, “The Mysteries of Light”
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 3, “Eroica”
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Conductor
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Soloist
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
June 2019
Richard Goode plays Mozart 6 Jun 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 503
Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 1
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Conductor
Edo de Waart
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Soloist
Richard Goode
August 2019
Maximus Musicus on Culture Night 24 Aug 15:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Maurice Ravel Bolero
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 5, 1st mvt.
Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns Á Sprengisandi
Hallfríður Ólafsdóttir Maxi's Song
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Conductor
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Narrator
Valur Freyr Einarsson
Marathon Concert on Culture Night 24 Aug 17:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Works by JS Bach, Leonard Bernstein, Gioacchino Rossini, Ethel Smyth, John Williams, Vangelis, and others
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Conductor
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Host
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Favorite Classics 30 Aug 20:00 Friday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Sergei Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Giacomo Puccini Un bel dì vedremo from Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini Che gelida manina from La bohème
Johannes Brahms Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen from Ein deutsches Requiem
Edward Elgar Nimrod from the Enigma Variations
W.A. Mozart From Requiem
Johann Pachelbel Canon in D
W.A. Mozart Clarinet Concerto, 2. mvt.
G.F. Händel Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Samuel Barber Adagio for strings
John Williams Schindler's List, main theme
John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4, finale
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Conductor
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Soloists
Arngunnur Árnadóttir, Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir, Elmar Gilbertsson and Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir
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Host
Guðni Tómasson
Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir
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Choirs
Hljómeyki Chamber Choir
Motet Choir of Hallgrímskirkja
The Philharmonia Choral Society
September 2019
Concert in Reykjanesbær 3 Sep 19:30 Tuesday Hjómahöllinni í Reykjanesbæ
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Program
Edvard Grieg Selections from Peer Gynt
W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto no. 3
Sigfús Einarsson Draumalandið
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns Ave María
Antonin Dvořák “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka
Giacomo Puccini Vissi d'arte from Tosca
Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 5
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Conductor
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Soloist
Stefán Jón Bernharðsson
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Soloist
Bylgja Dís Gunnarsdóttir
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Concert in Ísafjörður 5 Sep 19:30 Thursday Íþróttahúsið, Torfnesi, Ísafirði
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Program
Edvard Grieg Selections from Peer Gynt
W.A. Mozart Horn Concerto no. 3
Frédéric Chopin from Piano Concerto no. 2
Páll Ísólfsson Úr útsæ rísa Íslands fjöll
Sigfús Einarsson Draumalandið
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns Ave María
Antonin Dvořák “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka
Giacomo Puccini Quando men vo from La bohème
Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 5
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Conductor
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Soloist
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir
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Soloists
Stefán Jón Bernharðsson
Mikolaj Ólafur Frach
Family Concert in Ísafjörður 6 Sep 10:00 Friday Íþróttahúsið Torfnesi
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Program
Music from Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, and other adventures by Astrid Lindgren, in new arrangements by Jóhann G. Jóhannsson
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Conductor
Daníel Bjarnason
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Narrator
Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir
Pétur Ernir Svavarsson
Ravel and Sibelius 12 Sep 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne, suite
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality
Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 1
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Conductor
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Soloist
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Debussy and Prokofíev 19 Sep 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Jennifer Higdon Violin Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony no. 5
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Conductor
Roderick Cox
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Soloist
Benjamin Beilman
ISO Youth Orchestra plays Beethoven's Ninth 22 Sep 17:00 Sunday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 9
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Orchestra
Iceland Symphony Youth Orchestra
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Conductor
Daniel Raiskin
Sæunn and Shostakovitch 26 Sep 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont Overture
Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony no. 5
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Conductor
Karina Canellakis
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Soloist
Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir
October 2019
Musical Time Travel 5 Oct 14:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Music by
Monteverdi, Lully, Bach, Jón Leifs, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Mélanie Bonis, John Williams, Thea Musgrave and Lára Rún Eggertsdóttir
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Conductor
Michelle Merrill
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Host
Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir
Guðmundur Felixson
Brahms and Tchaikovsky 10 Oct 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6, “Pathétique”
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Conductor
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Soloist
Noontime Concert in Norðurljós 18 Oct 12:00 Friday Norðurljós | Harpa
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Program
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 1
George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 7
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concertmaster
Matthew Truscott
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Iceland Symphony String Ensemble
Bach, Handel, and Haydn 24 Oct 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite no. 1
Georg Muffat Passacaglia from Sonata no. 5
George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso, op. 3 no. 2
Maria Antonia Walpurgis Talestri, overture
Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Erwin und Elmire, intermezzo
Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 102
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Conductor
Matthew Halls
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Soloist
Matthew Truscott
Noontime Concert in Eldborg 31 Oct 11:45 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aeriality
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4
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Conductor
Daníel Bjarnason
November 2019
Víkingur and Daníel 7 Nov 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Edvard Grieg Selections from Peer Gynt
Daníel Bjarnason Processions, Piano Concerto
W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto no. 3
Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 5
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Conductor
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Soloists
Víkingur and Daníel 8 Nov 19:30 Friday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Edvard Grieg Selections from Peer Gynt
Daníel Bjarnason Processions, Piano Concerto
W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto no. 3
Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 5
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Conductor
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Soloists
Dimitri Þór and Sibelius 28 Nov 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Joseph Bologne Symphony in D Major
Jean Françaix Clarinet Concerto
Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite
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Conductor
Eva Ollikainen
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Soloist
Dimitri Þór Ashkenazy
December 2019
Masters of the Baroque 5 Dec 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite no. 4
Georg Philipp Telemann Alster Suite
Jean-Baptiste Lully Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Jean-Philippe Rameau Selections from Les Indes galantes
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Conductor
Maxim Emelyanychev
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 14 Dec 14:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 14 Dec 16:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 15 Dec 14:00 Sunday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 15 Dec 16:00 Sunday Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists