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3 PM FESTIVE OPENING \u2013 free entrance- all are welcome!<\/p>\n
Performers: The organ virtuous Isabelle Demers. J\u00f3hann Nardeau and Baldvin Oddsson trumpets with Bj\u00f6rn Steinar S\u00f3lbergsson organ. Carillon concert in and outside the church.<\/p>\n
3:30 PM OPENING OF FINNBOGI P\u00c9TURSSON’s art exhibition in Hallgr\u00edmskirkja and \u00c1smundarsalur.<\/p>\n
5 PM OPENING CONCERT – PREMI\u00c9RE- MYSTERIUM, new oratorio by Hafli\u00f0i Hallgr\u00edmsson. Performers: The Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir, Schola cantorum, Herd\u00eds Anna J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir soprano, Hanna D\u00f3ra Sturlud\u00f3ttir alto, Elmar Gilbertsson tenor, Oddur A. J\u00f3nsson bass and Hallgrimskirkja Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson.<\/p>\n
Isabelle Demers consert organist plays from O. Messiaen’s L \u0301Ascension at the beginning of the concert. Admission: 6.900 ISK.<\/p>\n
11 AM Festive mass. Hlj\u00f3meyki-chamber choir, brass quartett, organ.<\/p>\n
3 PM Hafli\u00f0i Hallgr\u00edmsson composer interviewed in \u00c1smundarsalur.<\/p>\n
5 PM MYSTERIUM \u2013ORATORIO repeated concert, see June 1st<\/p>\n
12 AM Artist Finnbogi P\u00e9tursson interviewed in \u00c1smundarsalur.<\/p>\n
9 PM THE STRANGER. A programme of sounds, words and music by Halld\u00f3r Hauksson, inspired by the novel of Albert Camus. Admission: 2.900 ISK<\/p>\n
4 June – Tuesday<\/p>\n
12 AM Musician Marina Albero interviewed in \u00c1smundarsalur.<\/p>\n
9 PM HYMNS TO THE HOLY VIRGIN FROM THE RED BOOK OF MONTSERRAT<\/p>\n
“They sometimes want to sing and dance”<\/p>\n
Chamber ensemble Umbra with Marina Albero, internationally acclaimed psalterium player, perform songs to the Virgin Mary from medieval Catalonia and Scandinavia. Special guests also include percussionists Eggert P\u00e1lsson and Kristofer Rodriguez Sv\u00f6nuson, cellist \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Ger\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, and the gregorian vocal ensemble Cantores Islandiae. Umbra received the Icelandic Music Awards 2018 for its second album “S\u00f3lhv\u00f6rf \/\/ Solstice”, in the Folk Music category. Admission: 5.900 ISK.<\/p>\n
8 PM FESTIVAL SOUNDS \u2013 TWO TRUMPETS AND ORGAN<\/p>\n
J\u00f3hann Nardeau and Baldvin Oddsson, trumpets, and award-winning French organist David Cassan perform music by Charpentier, Vivaldi, Handel and others. Admission: 4.900 ISK.<\/p>\n
12 AM ORGAN MATIN\u00c9E – Veni, Creator Spiritus.<\/p>\n
Bj\u00f6rn Steinar S\u00f3lbergsson, organist at Hallgr\u00edmskirkja, plays works for Pentecost by J.S.Bach and Durufl\u00e9. No entrance free \u2013 everybody welcome!<\/p>\n
4 PM The singer Benedikt Kristj\u00e1nsson interviewed in \u00c1smundarsalur.<\/p>\n
5 PM EVENSONG J.S.Bach cantata Bleib bei uns (BWV 6). David Erler countertenor, Benedikt Kristj\u00e1nsson tenor, Oddur A. J\u00f3nsson bass, Schola Cantorum and the Hallgr\u00edmskirkja International Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson.<\/p>\n
No entrance free \u2013 everybody welcome!<\/p>\n
5:50 PM – Pentecost rung in. Carillon.<\/p>\n
6 PM – Carillon and bells of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja inside and out, including in \u00c1smundarsalur as part of the Finnbogi P\u00e9tursson exhibition.<\/p>\n
21:00 COMPUTERS, KLAIS AND CARILLON<\/p>\n
Curator: Gu\u00f0mundur Vignir Karlsson. The Klais grand organ and carillon of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja join forces with state-of-the-art computer technology.<\/p>\n
Selection of songs that have been composed for the MIDI-equipped organ.<\/p>\n
Composers: Ingi Gar\u00f0ar Erlendsson, Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson, Ragnhildur G\u00edslad\u00f3ttir, Sveinn Ingi Reynisson, Gu\u00f0mundur Vignir Karlsson, Hlynur A\u00f0ils Vilmarsson and Halld\u00f3r Eldj\u00e1rn.<\/p>\n
11 AM FESTIVAL MASS J.S.Bach cantata O ewiges Feuer (BWV 34).<\/p>\n
David Erler countertenor, Benedikt Kristj\u00e1nsson tenor, Oddur A. J\u00f3nsson bass, with the Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Motet Choir, the Hallgr\u00edmskirkja International Baroque Orchestra, and Bj\u00f6rn Steinar S\u00f3lbergsson, organ. Conductor: H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson. Entrance free \u2013 everybody welcome!<\/p>\n
8 PM FESTIVAL CONCERT OF BAROQUE MUSIC with the Hallgr\u00edmskirkja International Baroque Orchestra. Dances Joyful, Dances Solemn.<\/p>\n
Music for oboe, trumpet, timpani and strings by Telemann and Vivaldi. Orchestral Suite in B minor (BWV 1067) by J.S.Bach. Flute soloist: Georgia Brown (Australia).<\/p>\n
Leader: Tuomo Suni. Admission: 4.900 ISK<\/p>\n
11 AM FESTIVAL MASS FOR WHIT MONDAY. Concert of French music performed by the Graduale Nobili youth choir. Conductor: \u00deorvaldur \u00d6rn Dav\u00ed\u00f0sson. Organist: Bj\u00f6rn Steinar S\u00f3lbergsson.<\/p>\n
3 PM The composer Sigur\u00f0ur S\u00e6varsson interviewed in \u00c1smundarsalur.<\/p>\n
5 PM CLOSING CONCERT – Eternal Fire, Fountain of Love.<\/p>\n
Three cantatas for Pentecost by J.S.Bach: Erschallet, ihr Lieder (BWV 172), O ewiges Feuer, O, Ursprung der Liebe (BWV 34), and Bleib bei uns (BWV 6). Premi\u00e8re of Veni, Sancte Spiritus, a cantata for Pentecost by Sigur\u00f0ur S\u00e6varsson. Herd\u00eds Anna J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir soprano, Hildigunnur Einarsd\u00f3ttir alto, David Erler countertenor, Benedikt Kristj\u00e1nsson tenor and Oddur A. J\u00f3nsson bass. Schola Cantorum, the Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Motet Choir and the Hallgr\u00edmskirkja International Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson.<\/p>\n
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