LA/Reykjavík Festival at Harpa Concert Hall
In April 2017 the Los Angeles Philharmonic presented a “Reykjavík Festival” at Walt Disney Concert Hall, an ambitious enterprise which received unanimous praise from audiences and critics alike. In October 2017, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra will reciprocate with its own “LA/Reykjavík” festival in Harpa Concert Hall.
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PROGRAMME
Tuesday 3 October: Leila Josefowicz, violin recital
Leila Josefowicz, violin
John Novacek, piano
Jean Sibelius: Valse triste
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata no. 1 in F Minor
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata 1950
John Adams: Road Movies
Thursday 5 October: ISO concert
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Daníel Bjarnason, conductor
The Hamrahlíð Choirs, Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir conductor
Programme:
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
John Adams Scheherazade.2
Sunday 8 October: Calder Quartet
Calder Quartet
Programme:
Franz Schubert: String Quartet in D Minor, Death and the Maiden
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Homunculus
Daníel Bjarnason: Stillshot
Andrew Norman: Stop Motion
Thursday 12 October: ISO concert
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Programme:
Music from popular films, including Ben-Hur, The Bridge over the River Kwai, Gone with the Wind, Sunset Boulevard, The Monuments Men, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Superman, and Star Wars.
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