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Our Classics - The Song of Life!

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Date Location Price
29 Aug 2025 » 20:00 » Friday Eldborg | Harpa 2.990 - 7.900 kr.
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  • Program

    Leonard Bernstein Candide, Overture
    Magnús EiríkssonEinhvers staðar einhvern tímann aftur
    Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise
    Páll ÍsólfssonÍ dag skein sól
    Leonard Bernstein Glitter and Be Gay from Candide
    Rebekka BlöndalLítið ljóð
    Georg Friedrich Händel Zadok the Priest
    Mikhail GlinkaRuslan and Lyudmila, Overture
    Karl Ottó Runólfsson Í fjarlægð
    Emmerich Kálmán Heut’ nacht hab’ ich geträumt von dir from the operetta The Violet of Montmartre
    Árni Thorsteinsson Nótt
    Giuseppe Verdi Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore
    Franz Lehár Lippen Schweigen from the Merry Widow
    Georges Bizet Song of the Toreador from Carmen
    Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson National Anthem of Iceland
    Jóhann G. Jóhannsson Hvers vegna varst’ ekki kyrr?

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Dísella Lárusdóttir
    Eggert Reginn Kjartansson
    GDRN
    Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson
    Pálmi Gunnarsson
    Rebekka Blöndal
    Sigurgeir Agnarsson
    Valdimar Guðmundsson

  • hosts

    Guðni Tómasson
    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

  • Choir

    Philharmonia Choir

  • Conductor

    Magnús Ragnarsson

Over the past decade, Our Classics has enjoyed unprecedented popularity in Iceland's music scene. This will be the tenth time that the concert is held, and it will be broadcast live on RÚV. This time we consider the song of life and why we sing. It can be said that singing is one of humanity's oldest ways of expression and communication. We sing our way through life; in preschool and at funerals, in the car and in the shower, when we sleep and when we love, when we encourage or want to experience solidarity. Sometimes we sing alone, sometimes in a group, sometimes beautifully, and of course we can sing at the top of our lungs if we feel like it.

Here, many of our leading singers perform music that relates to our various activities and events in life; from melancholic evening songs to cheerful comedy songs. Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason will hold the baton and lead the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in this diverse and entertaining concert.