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The Iceland Symphony Christmas Concert

Concerts for Young Listeners

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Date Location Price
14 Dec 2024 » 14:00 » Saturday Eldborg | Harpa 3.900 - 4.700 kr.
14 Dec 2024 » 16:00 » Saturday Eldborg | Harpa 3.900 - 4.700 kr.
15 Dec 2024 » 14:00 » Sunday Eldborg | Harpa 3.900 - 4.700 kr.
15 Dec 2024 » 16:00 » Sunday Eldborg | Harpa 3.900 - 4.700 kr.
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  • Conductor

    Hjörtur Páll Eggertsson

  • Soloists

    Ragnheiður Gröndal
    Benedikt Kristjánsson
    Kolbrún Völkudóttir

  • Host

    Barbara the Clown

  • Choirs

    Stúlknakór Reykjavíkur
    Kammerkórinn Aurora
    Litlu sprotarnir sign language choir

  • Bell ensambles

    Bjöllukór Tónlistarskóla Reykjanesbæjar
    Bjöllukór Tónstofu Valgerðar

  • Other performers

    Dansarar úr Listdansskóla Íslands
    Langspilssveit Flóaskóla

The annual Christmas Concert is a musical feast for children of all ages during the holiday season. Always festive and fun, this year's Christmas Concert contains a hint of traditional Icelandic music, as folk songs meet timeless Christmas carols and delightful musical fairytales, brimming with the spirit of Christmas.

A new Christmas play infused with Icelandic and international folk songs opens the concert program and singers Gröndal, Kristjánsson and Völkudóttir perform beautiful Christmas classics. The choirs, along with dancers, perform selected parts from The Snowman, a magical Christmas adventure about friendship, by Howard Blake. The bell choirs join forces for the song "Hátíð fer að höndum ein" (The holiday is taking place) and the Langspil ensemble skillfully enhances the old national string instrument with great enthusiasm. The host is Barbara, the faithful friend of actress Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, who brings the true holiday spirit to everyone.

The concert is interpreted in sign language.