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Christmas at the Symphony

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Date Location Price
15 Dec 2018 » 14:00 » Saturday Eldborg | Harpa 2.500 - 2.900 ISK
15 Dec 2018 » 16:00 » Saturday Eldborg | Harpa 2.500 - 2.900 ISK
16 Dec 2018 » 14:00 » Sunday Eldborg | Harpa 2.500 - 2.900 ISK
16 Dec 2018 » 16:00 » Sunday Eldborg | Harpa 2.500 - 2.900 ISK
  • Program

    Ingibjörg Þorbergs The Christmas Cat
    Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð and Jól
    Guðni Franzson Jólin koma
    Gunnar Þórðarson Óður til jólanna
    More Christmas classics

  • Conductor

    Bernharður Wilkinson

  • Soloists

    Valgerður Guðnadóttir
    Kolbrún Völkudóttir

  • Other Guests

    Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
    Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
    Students from the Iceland Ballet Academy
    Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir

For years, the ISO's Christmas concerts have been part of many concertgoers' annual Christmas season activities. This family gala takes a peek into the baðstofa, the common room in the old Icelandic farmhouse, where the Christmas elves and the Christmas cat have taken up residence. At the forefront is the exquisite Christmas music of Jórunn Viðar, who would have turned 100 this year.

Students from the Iceland Ballet Academy interpret Ingibjörg Þorbergs' Christmas Cat and Gunnar Þórðarson's Jólaóður (Ode to Christmas), and the Reykjavík Girls' Choir and the Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir perform Christmas classics, together with Valgerður Guðnadóttir and Kolbrún Völkudóttir. Young wind players will appear with the orchestra, and the Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir rings in the Christmas season, playing holiday favourites before and after the concert.

Master of Ceremonies is Hildur the Clown, and the conductor is Bernharður Wilkinson. The concert will also be performed in Icelandic Sign Language.