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The King's Singers 30. Nov 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Conductor

    Adam Hickox

  • vocal ensemble

    The King's Singers

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Bartók and Beethoven 9. Nov 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Veronique Vaka Inmost (world premiere)
    Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Leila Josefowicz

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Gerstein plays Rachmaninoff 26. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Jennifer Higdon blue cathedral
    Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
    Sergei Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet

  • Conductor

    Stéphane Denève

  • Soloist

    Kirill Gerstein

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Eric Lu plays Mozart 19. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Bohuslav Martinů Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 K595
    Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8

  • Conductor

    Tomáš Hanus

  • Soloist

    Eric Lu

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Eldbjørg and Tortelier 12. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Gabriel Fauré Overture to Pénélope
    Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto
    Yan Pascal Tortelier Nostalgie
    Ernest Chausson Symphony in B-flat major

  • Conductor

    Yan Pascal Tortelier

  • Soloist

    Eldbjørg Hemsing

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Anna and Elgar 5. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Richard Wagner Overture to Parsifal
    Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
    Anna Þorvaldsdóttir AIŌN Symphony

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Kian Soltani

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Jóhann Jóhannsson and Philip Glass 28. Sep 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Jóhann Jóhannsson Honourable Presidents (Opening Theme)
    Philip Glass Symphony No. 1
    Johann Jóhannsson Odi et Amo
    Jóhann Jóhannsson A Prayer to the Dynamo

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir

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A Concerto Triptych with Emmanuel Pahud 14. Sep 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
    Camille Saint-Saëns Odelette
    Toru Takemitsu I Hear the Water Dreaming
    Cécile Chaminade Concertino
    Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Emmanuel Pahud

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Eva Conducts the Firebird 7. Sep 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Daníel Bjarnason I Want to Be Alive I: Echo / Narcissus
    Anders Hillborg Cello Concerto
    Sofia Gubaidulina Fairytale Poem
    Igor Stravinsky The Firebird Suite

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Amalie Stalheim

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Our Classics 1. Sep 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra from 2001 Space Odyssey
    Lalo Schifrin Main Theme from Mission Impossible
    John Williams Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter
    John Williams Main Theme from Star Wars
    Sigfús Halldórsson Vegir liggja til allra átta from 79 af stöðinni
    Pyotr Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (Act 2, Scene 10) from Billy Elliot and Black Swan
    Bernard Herrmann Suite for Strings (excerpt) from Psycho
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Duettino - Sull 'aria from The Shawshank Redemption
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7, Allegretto from The King's Speech
    Magnús Eiríksson Draumaprinsinn from Okkar á milli í hita og þunga dagsins
    Sigmund Romberg Hraustir men from Karlakórinn Hekla
    Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyire from Apocalypse Now, The Birth of a Nation, Valkyrie, The Running Man, etc Hildur Guðnadóttir Bathroom dance from Joker
    Jóhann Jóhannsson Domestic Pressures og Cambridge, 1963 from Theory of Everything
    John Williams Flying Theme from E.T.
    Dmitri Shostakovich Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz 2 from Eyes Wide Shut
    Ennio Morricone Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso
    Ennio Morricone Main Theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    Valgeir Guðjónsson Slá í gegn from Með allt á hreinu

  • Conductor

    Sarah Hicks

  • masters of ceremonies

    Guðni Tómasson
    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

  • Soloists

    Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir

  • Soloists

    Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson
    Gissur Páll Gissurarson
    Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir
    Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
    Katrín Halldóra Sigurðardóttir
    Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
    Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, Diddú

  • Choir

    Fóstbræður Men's Choir

  • Conductor

    Árni Harðarson

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Young soloists 25. May 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Richard Wagner Lohengrin prelude to act 1
    Maurice Ravel Shéhérazade: II. La Flûte enchantée
    Maurice Ravel Oh, la pitoyable aventure! from L’heure espagnole
    William Walton Viola Concerto
    Richard Wagner Lohengrin prelude to act 3
    Richard Wagner Wie Todesahnung from Tannhäuser
    Alban Berg Lied der Lulu
    Henry Purcell Ah, Belinda from Dido and Aeneas
    Henry Purcell When I Am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas
    Ralph Vaughan Williams The Vagabond
    Ralph Vaughan Williams Whither Must I Wander
    Richard Strauss Großmächtige Prinzessin from Ariadne auf Naxos

  • Conductor

    Nathanaël Iselin

  • Soloists

    Ólafur Freyr Birkisson, singer
    Ragnheiður Ingunn Jóhannsdóttir, singer
    Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir, viola
    Þórgunnur Anna Örnólfsdóttir, singer

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Faust plays Beethoven 19. May 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto
    Gustav Mahler Symphony no. 5

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Isabelle Faust

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Sæunn plays Shostakovich 30. Mar 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Unsuk Chin Subito con forza
    Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto no. 1
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 6

  • Conductor

    Dmitry Matvienko

  • Soloist

    Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir

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Bertrand de Billy conducts Brahms 16. Mar 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    WA. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, overture
    Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 2

  • Conductor

    Bertrand de Billy

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Hough plays Rachmaninoff ­ 23. Feb 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2
    Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony no. 10

  • Conductor

    Kornilios Michailidis

  • Soloist

    Stephen Hough

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The Adventure of the Magic Flute 18. Feb 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute (abridged version)

  • Conductor

    Kornilios Michailidis

  • Soloists

    Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
    Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson
    Jóhann Kristinsson
    Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir
    Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir

  • Narrator

    Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir

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In flight 9. Feb 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Georg Friedrich Händel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
    Kaija Saariaho Asteroid 4179: Toutatis
    Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
    Claude Debussy La mer, final movement

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Jóhann Kristinsson

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Osmo and Erin 2. Feb 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Osmo Vänskä Overture
    Kurt Weill Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra
    Felix Mendelssohn Symphony no. 3

  • Conductor

    Osmo Vänskä

  • Soloist

    Erin Keefe

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A portrait of Sir Stephen Hough 13. Jan 18:00 Norðurljós | Harpa

  • Program

    Claude Debussy Estampes
    Stephen Hough Partita
    Franz Liszt Petrarca sonetta no. 123
    Franz Liszt Dante Sonata (from Années de Pèlerinage)

  • Soloist

    Stephen Hough

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Hough plays Beethoven 12. Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Christoph Willibald Gluck Alceste, overture
    Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3
    Raminta Šerkšnytė Fires / Ugnys
    Claude Debussy La mer

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Stephen Hough

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Viennese favourites 7. Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Operetta music, waltzes, and polkas

  • Conductor

    Ross Jamie Collins

  • Soloists

    Jóhann Kristinsson
    Dísella Lárusdóttir

  • Dancers

    Þorkell Jónsson
    Denise Margrét Yaghi
    Gylfi Már Hrafnsson
    María Tinna Hauksdóttir
    Eiður Fannar Gapunay
    Þórdís Birna Kristmannsdóttir

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Christmas at the Symphony 18. Dec 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Conductor

    Mirian Khukhunaishvili

  • Soloists

    Alexander Jarl Þorsteinsson
    Björk Níelsdóttir
    Kolbrún Völkudóttir

  • Host

    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

  • Guests

    Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
    Aurora Chamber choir
    Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
    Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
    Suzuki-violin group
    Austurbær School Band

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Advent at the Symphony 1. Dec 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    María Antonía Walpurgis Talestri, overture
    Antonio Vivaldi Cessate, omai cessate (from Cantata RV 684)
    Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for violin and cello in B-flat major
    Georg Friedrich Händel Ombra mai fu (from Xerxes)
    Georg Friedrich Händel Vivi tiranno (from Rodelinda)
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony no. 40

  • Conductor

    Jonathan Cohen

  • Soloists

    Dúó Edda

  • Soloist

    Tim Mead

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Symphonic dances 17. Nov 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Páll Ragnar Pálsson Yfirráðandi kyrrð
    Sofia Gubaidulina Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Bayan
    Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

  • Conductor

    Olari Elts

  • Soloists

    Baiba Skride
    Harriet Krijgh
    Martynas Levickis

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Music-loving magic 10. Nov 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute, Overture
    John Williams Hedwig’s Theme (from Harry Potter)
    Pablo de Sarasate Zigeunerweisen
    Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
    Igor Stravinsky The Firebird, selections

  • Conductor

    Nathanaël Iselin

  • Soloist

    Páll Palomares

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Lisiecki plays Chopin ­ 3. Nov 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Karol Szymanowski Concert Overture
    Fréderic Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1
    Jón Nordal Adagio fyrir strengi
    Witold Lutosławski Symphony no. 1

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Jan Lisiecki

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Laufey and the ISO 27. Oct 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Laufey’s music in orchestral arrangements plus well-known jazz gems

  • Conductor

    Hugh Brunt

  • Soloist

    Laufey

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New and Nordic 13. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Outi Tarkiainen The Ring of Fire and Love
    Idin Samimi Mofakham Zurvān
    Lisa Streich Segel
    Gunnar Karel Másson Grisaille
    Jesper Nordin Ärr

  • Conductor

    Anna-Maria Helsing

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Stolen songs 6. Oct 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Igor Stravinsky Selections from Pulcinella Suite
    Felix Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4, “Italian” – 4th movement
    Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Dmitry Shishkin

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Sæunn plays Waldesruhe 30. Sep 18:00 Norðurljós | Harpa

  • Program

    Veronique Vaka Neige éternelle: 1.
    Jane Antonia Cornish Nocturne III
    Pierre Boulez Messagesquisse
    Antonín Dvořák Waldesruhe

  • Conductor

    Nathanaël Iselin

  • Soloist

    Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir

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Eva conducts The Rite of Spring 29. Sep 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Anna Þorvaldsdóttir CATAMORPHOSIS
    Veronique Vaka Gemæltan (world premiere)
    Daníel Bjarnason Bow to String
    Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir

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Peter and the Wolf and Tubby the Tuba 24. Sep 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
    George Kleinsinger Tubby the Tuba

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Nimrod Ron

  • Narrator

    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

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Dísella and Danzmayr 15. Sep 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Charles Ives Three Places in New England
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ach ich liebte, war so glücklich
    Leonard Bernstein Glitter and be Gay
    Antonin Dvořák Symphony no. 9

  • Conductor

    David Danzmayr

  • Soloist

    Dísella Lárusdóttir

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Favourite Classics 2. Sep 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Antonio Vivaldi Sumarið, 3. kafli
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Píanókonsert nr. 21, 2. kafli
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Hornkonsert nr. 4 , 3. kafli
    Dmitríj Shostakovitsj Sellókonsert nr. 1,1. kafli
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Exsultate, jubilate úr Exsultate, jubilate
    Frédéric Chopin Píanókonsert nr. 1, 3. kafli
    Alessandro Marcello Óbókonsert í d-moll, 2. kafli
    Joseph Haydn Trompetkonsert, 3. kafli
    Maurice Ravel Píanókonsert í G-dúr, 2. kafli
    Carl Maria von Weber Klarínettukonsert nr 1,1. kafli
    Veigar Margeirsson Leikur (2. kafli) úr Rótum
    Pjotr Tsjajkovskíj Fiðlukonsert í D-dúr, 3. kafli

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Rannveig Marta Sarc
    Edda Erlendsdóttir
    Stefán Jón Bernharðsson
    Steiney Sigurðardóttir
    Dísella Lárusdóttir
    Mikolaj Frach
    Julia Hantschel
    Jóhann Már Nardeau
    Erna Vala Arnardóttir
    Grímur Helgason
    Sigurður Flosason
    Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir
    Guðni Tómasson

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Barbara Hannigan 4. Jun 17:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Charles Ives The Unanswered Question
    Arnold Schönberg Verklärte Nacht
    Alban Berg Suite from Lulu
    George Gershwin Girl Crazy, suite (arr. Bill Elliott)

  • Conductor

    Barbara Hannigan

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Eva Conducts Shostakovich 18. May 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony no. 5

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Víkingur and John Adams 5. May 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
    John Adams Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?
    John Adams Harmonielehre

  • Conductor

    John Adams

  • Soloist

    Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Ein Heldenleben 31. Mar 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    George Walker Lyric for strings
    Richard Strauss Horn Concerto no. 2
    Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben

  • Conductor

    Juanjo Mena

  • Soloist

    Stefan Dohr

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Solidarity Concert for Ukraine 24. Mar 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Valentin Silvestrov Der Bote
    Johann Sebastian Bach Erbarme dich, mein Gott from Bach's St. Matthew Passion
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ballet music from Ideomeneo, selections
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto no. 5
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7

  • Conductor

    Kornilios Michailidis

  • Soloist

    Simos Papanas

  • Soloist

    Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Víkingur and Daníel 2. Mar 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir Clockworking
    John Adams Lollapalooza
    Daníel Bjarnason FEAST

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson

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Shostakovich and Barber 17. Feb 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
    Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony no. 9

  • Conductor

    Kornilios Michailidis

  • Soloist

    Valeriy Sokolov

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Mozart and Beethoven – Lunchtime Concert 10. Feb 12:10 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    W.A. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, overture
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 6, Pastoral Symphony

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

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Wagner and Mozart – Lunchtime Concert 3. Feb 12:10 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll
    W.A. Mozart Symphony no. 29

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

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The Iceland Symphony Christmas Family Concert 12. Dec 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Various Christmas favourites from throughout the centuries.

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

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Benedikt Sings Bach and Händel 2. Dec 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Georg Friedrich Handel Overture and arias from Messiah
    Georg Friedrich Handel Water Music, suites 2 and 3
    Georg Friedrich Handel Waft Her, Angels, from Jeptha
    Johann Sebastian Bach Aria from Cantata 198
    Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 99

  • Conductor

    Dirk Vermeulen

  • Soloist

    Benedikt Kristjánsson

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Víkingur and Adès 18. Nov 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Jean Sibelius Rakastava (The Lover)
    Jean Sibelius The Tempest, suite no. 2
    Thomas Adès Dawn
    Thomas Adès In Seven Days, Piano Concerto

  • Conductor

    Thomas Adès

  • Soloist

    Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson

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Eva Conducts Strauss 11. Nov 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Daníel Bjarnason From Space I Saw Earth
    Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
    Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, suite
    Richard Strauss Vier letzte Lieder

  • Conductors

    Eva Ollikainen, Daníel Bjarnason and Kornilios Michaildis

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Magic of Centuries Past 3. Nov 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    John Dowland If My Complaints Could Passions Move
    Benjamin Britten Lachrymae
    Thomas Adès 1. Les Amusements –
    from Three Studies from Couperin
    Maurice Ravel La Valse

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Þórunn Ósk Marínósdóttir

  • Soloist

    Benedikt Kristjánsson

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Jess Gillam and Prokoviev 28. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Doreen Carwithen Bishop Rock Overture
    Heitor Villa-Lobos Fantasy for saxophone and orchestra
    Alexander Glazunov Saxophone Concerto
    Sergei Prokofiev Symphony no. 5

  • Conductor

    Ryan Bancroft

  • Soloist

    Jess Gillam

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Tchaikovsky and Beethoven 14. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Piotr Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture
    Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1
    Emilie Mayer Symphony no. 5

  • Conductor

    Anja Bihlmaier

  • Soloist

    Behzod Abduraimov

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Strauss and Shostakovich 6. Oct 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Richard Strauss Horn Concerto no. 1
    Dmitri Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 2
    Richard Strauss Don Juan

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloists

    Ásta Dóra Finnsdóttir and Stefán Jón Bernharðsson

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Dvořák's Cello Concerto 30. Sep 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Halldór Smárason infinite image
    Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto
    Joan Tower Concerto for Orchestra

  • Conductor

    Peter Oundjian

  • Soloist

    Jonathan Swensen

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The Iceland Symphony Youth Orchestra Plays Sibelius 26. Sep 17:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 2

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Iceland Symphony Youth Orchestra

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Favourite Classics 3. Sep 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Popular music from the theatre from Iceland and abroad, including music from The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, and Les Misérables.

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir, Elmar Gilbertsson, Emilíana Torrini, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Katrín Halldóra Sigurðardóttir, Kristjana Stefánsdóttir, Lay Low, Salka Sól Eyfeld and more

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Una and Daníel 10. Jun 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Þuríður Jónsdóttir Violin concerto – LEIKSLOK (premiere)
    Johannes Brahms Symphony no 2

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Una Sveinbjarnardóttir

  • Host

    Árni Heimir Ingólfsson

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Eva and Grímur 3. Jun 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Anna Þorvaldsdóttir CATAMORPHOSIS
    Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto no. 1
    Richard Wagner Tannhäuser, Overture

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Grímur Helgason

  • Host

    Árni Heimir Ingólfsson

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Prokofiev and Mendelssohn 6. May 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Sergei Prokofiev Violin concerto no. 2
    Felix Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4, “Italian”

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Rannveig Marta Sarc

  • Host

    Árni Heimir Ingólfsson

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Mahler no. 4 29. Apr 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Gustav Mahler Symphony no. 4

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Grammy Celebration 18. Mar 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Anna Þorvaldsdóttir Metacosmos
    María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir Oceans
    Daníel Bjarnason Violin Concerto

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Pekka Kuusisto

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Emilía and Brahms 11. Mar 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Camille Saint-Saëns Romance for flute and orchestra
    Cécile Chaminade Concertino for flute and orchestra
    Johannes Brahms Symphony no 4

  • Conductor

    Eivind Aadland

  • Soloist

    Emilía Rós Sigfúsdóttir

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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From the New World 4. Mar 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Julia Perry A Short Piece for Orchestra
    Antonín Dvořák Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

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Stuart Skelton Sings Wagner 25. Feb 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Bohuslav Martinů Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra
    Richard Wagner Prelude from Tristan und Isolde
    Richard Wagner Wesendonck Lieder
    Richard Wagner Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Julia Hantschel

  • Soloist

    Stuart Skelton

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Eva Conducts Sibelius 18. Feb 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Carl Nielsen Helios Overture
    Kenneth Fuchs Concerto for Bass Trombone
    Outi Tarkiainen Songs of the Ice
    Jean Sibelius Tapiola

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    David Bobroff

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Haydn and Brahms 11. Feb 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major
    Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 2

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Sigurgeir Agnarsson

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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The Unfinished Symphony 4. Feb 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Alberto Ginastera Harp Concerto
    Franz Schubert Symphony no. 8, “Unfinished”
    Þuríður Jónsdóttir Flow and Fusion

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Xavier de Maistre

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Daníel and Adams 28. Jan 20:00 - 21:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Daníel Bjarnason Over Light Earth
    John Adams Shaker Loops
    Robert Schumann Konzertstück for 4 Horns

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Iceland Symphony Horn Section

    Stefán Jón Bernharðsson, Joseph Ognibene, Frank Hammarin and Asbjørn Ibsen Bruun

  • Host

    Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir

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Beethoven's Fifth 23. Sep 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 5
    Anna Thorvaldsdóttir Aeriality

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

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A Beethoven Anniversary Feast 17. Sep 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 1, 4th mvt.
    Ludwig van Beethoven Piano concerto no 3
    Philip Glass Opening from Glassworks (arr. Christian Badzura)

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Víkingur Ólafsson

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Beethoven's Birthday 10. Sep 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Popular works by Ludwig van Beethoven, including Ode to Joy, Für Elise, and movements from the Fate Symphony, the Pastoral Symphony, the Pathétique Sonata, and the Violin Concerto

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Bjargey Birgisdóttir
    Magnús Stephensen
    Vasyl Zaviriukha

  • Host

    Ólafur Egill Egilsson

  • Choirs

    Langholtskirkja Graduale Choir
    Kársnesskóli School Choir
    Öldutúnsskóli School Choir
    Reykjavík Girl’s Choir

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Favourite Classics - A Birthday Celebration 4. Sep 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson Rás 1, suite (arrangment)
    Luigi Boccherini Minuet
    Þórarinn Guðmundsson Þú ert
    Jón Þórarinsson Icelandic Spring Lullaby
    Emil Thoroddsen Lullaby
    Jón Múli Árnason Vikivaki
    Ingibjörg Þorbergs Á morgun
    Aram Khachaturian Sabre Dance
    Dmitri Shostakovich Suite for Jazz Orchestra no. 2
    Igor Stravinsky from The Firebird
    Johann Sebastian Bach Ruht wohl, from St John Passion
    Edvard Grieg The Death of Åse, from Peer Gynt
    Emmerich Kálman Heut´ Nacht hab ich geträumt von dir
    Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt
    Emilíana Torrini Ha ha (arr. Albin de la Simone)
    Jean Sibelius Symphony no. 2, 4th mvt.

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Páll Palomares

  • Soloists

    Dísella Lárusdóttir
    Elmar Gilbertsson
    Emilíana Torrini
    Sigríður Thorlacius
    Sigurður Guðmundsson

  • Choir

    Motet Choir of Hallgrímskirkja

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Víkingur and the Iceland Symphony live on RÚV 4. Jun 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 7, second mvt.
    Jean-Philippe Rameau The Arts and the Hours from Les Boréades
    W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Víkingur Ólafsson

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Hallveig and the Iceland Symphony live on RÚV 20. May 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    W.A. Mozart Symphony no. 29, 1st movement
    W.A. Mozart Dove sono, from Le nozze di Figaro
    W.A. Mozart L’amerò, sarò constante, from Il Rè pastore
    W.A. Mozart Non mi dir, from Don Giovanni
    Jules Massenet Méditation, from Thaïs
    Sigfús Einarsson Draumalandið
    Jón Nordal Hvert örstutt spor
    Sigfús Einarsson Gígjan
    Sigvaldi Kaldalóns Á Sprengisandi

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir

  • Soloist

    Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir

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Inkinen conducts Bartók 23. Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Anna Clyne Masquerade
    William Walton Viola Concerto
    Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

  • Conductor

    Pietari Inkinen

  • Soloist

    Nils Mönkemeyer

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Viennese Favourites 11. Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Operetta selections and waltzes by Johann Strauss the Younger, Franz Lehár, Tchaikovsky, Mélanie Bonis, Amy Beach, and others.

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
    Garðar Thor Cortes

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Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 15. Dec 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
    Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
    Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
    Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
    Other christmas classics

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
    Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
    Kolbrún Völkudóttir

  • Host

    Barbara the Clown

  • Choirs

    Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
    Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
    Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir

  • Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
    Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
    Young percussionists

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Masters of the Baroque 5. Dec 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite no. 4
    Georg Philipp Telemann Alster Suite
    Jean-Baptiste Lully Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
    Jean-Philippe Rameau Selections from Les Indes galantes

  • Conductor

    Maxim Emelyanychev

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Dimitri Þór and Sibelius 28. Nov 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Joseph Bologne Symphony in D Major
    Jean Françaix Clarinet Concerto
    Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Dimitri Þór Ashkenazy

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Bach, Handel, and Haydn 24. Oct 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite no. 1
    Georg Muffat Passacaglia from Sonata no. 5
    George Frideric Handel Concerto grosso, op. 3 no. 2
    Maria Antonia Walpurgis Talestri, overture
    Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Erwin und Elmire, intermezzo
    Joseph Haydn Symphony no. 102

  • Conductor

    Matthew Halls

  • Soloist

    Matthew Truscott

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