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\"M\u00f3tettuk\u00f3r\"<\/a>

M\u00f3tettuk\u00f3r Hallgr\u00edmskirkju<\/p><\/div>\n

The Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Motet Choir<\/strong>, founded in 1982, has long been one of the leading choirs in Iceland and celebrated recently it\u2019s 35th anniversary. Its large and diverse repertoire includes a number of oratorios, passions and requiems, as well as a cappella sacred music from various periods. The choir has also premiered many icelandic compositions.<\/p>\n

The choir has toured widely and performed in some of Europe\u2019s most prominent cathedrals and at various festivals. The choir sang at the Nordic Church Music Symposiums in Oslo 1986, Gothenburg 1996 and Reykjav\u00edk 2012. In 1996 it won a prize at the International Choral Competition in Cork, Ireland, and in 2014 it won three gold medals and the Grand Prix of the International Choir Competition and Festival Can\u00e7\u00f3 Mediterr\u00e0nia.<\/p>\n

Among major works performed recently by the Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Motet Choir are J.S. Bach\u2019s Passions, the Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B minor, the requiems by Mozart, Durufl\u00e9 and Faur\u00e9, the oratorios Elijah and Paulus by Mendelssohn, Vesper by Rachmaninoff, Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin, A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms and Messe Solennelle by Louis Vierne. The choir also regularly performs with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and was recently nominated as Performer of the Year in the category of Classical and Contemporary Music at the Icelandic Music Awards. \u00a0In april 2018 the choir participated in two projects with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra; in live musical performance of Milos\u030c Forman\u2018s movie Amadeus and also as the choir part in Mahler\u2018s magnificent Resurrection finale.<\/p>\n

Having released a number of CDs, the choir has earned international acclaim for its recordings. In 2011 a special deluxe edition was released of the choir\u2018s sold-out album of sacred music, Lj\u00f3si\u00f0 \u00feitt l\u00fdsi m\u00e9r. An album was also released the same year of the 2010 Christmas concert with opera singer Kristinn Sigmundsson. The choir\u2019s most recent album release, Fl\u00e9tta, features a new piece from composer Haukur T\u00f3masson, recorded at its premiere during the 2011 Reykjav\u00edk Arts Festival.<\/p>\n

Recent premieres of Icelandic music include St. Cecilia, an Oratorio by \u00c1skell M\u00e1sson and writer Thor Vilhj\u00e1lmsson which was nominated for Composition of the Year at the 2010 Icelandic Music Awards. During its 30th anniversary year in 2012 the choir performed Mozart\u2019s Great Mass in C minor and his Requiem in March and April, Beethoven\u2019s 9th Symphony with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in June, secular, J\u00f3n Nordal\u2019s Matins in Spring for the opening ceremony of the Nordic Church Music Symposium in September and Bach\u2019s Christmas Oratorio with The Hague International Baroque Orchestra. \u00a0In 2013 the choir\u2019s repertoire included Rachmaninoff\u2019s Vespers, Walton\u2019s Coronation te Deum and Louis Vierne\u2019s Messe Solennelle.<\/p>\n

In 2016 the Motet choir performed the \u201eOde to Joy\u201c from Beethoven\u2019s 9th Symphony at a special concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra in Harpa, where the nation\u2018s favorite orchestral pieces (as voted for in a poll online) were performed. The \u201eOde to Joy\u201c was by far the favorite and closed the concert with the Motet Choir contributing the renowned choral part.<\/p>\n

This year, the Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir will perform romantic choral music by Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Brahms and others both in Reykjavik and in Akureyri. \u00a0The choir will also, in June, participate in a premiere of a new oratorio, Mysterium, by Hafli\u00f0i Hallgr\u00edmsson, which is composed for the Hallgrimskirkja choirs, soloists and orchestra.<\/p>\n

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