Dimmalimm and Swan Lake

An assembly ban has been imposed in Iceland due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, starting at midnight on Sunday, March 15. In light of these developments, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra has decided to also cancel two family concerts in Eldborg on Saturday, March 14. Please note that ticket holders can exchange their tickets for other orchestra concerts later in the season. Should this not be feasible, the tickets can be refunded through the Harpa Ticket Office. See here.

Artist Guðmundur Thorsteinsson, better known as Muggur, wrote the story of Dimmalimm for his young niece while sailing on the Mediterranean in 1921. The story and the author's illustrations, which will be shown during the performance, have long since become favourites with adults and children alike. Atli Heimir Sveinsson's musical version of the story was immediately regarded as one of the jewels of Icelandic composition. In this performance, the Iceland Symphony is assisted by singers from the Langholtskirkja Graduale Choir and dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy.

And what better way to set the stage for Dimmalimm than a performance of selections from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake? Guests will be delighted by the Russian Dance, the Dance of the Little Swans, and other numbers, as interpreted by Ballet Academy students. This celebration of fairy tales concludes with Atli Heimir Sveinsson's Kvæðið um fuglana.

Narrator and Master of Ceremonies is Barbara the Clown, performed by Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, with Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason at the podium.