SUMMER CONCERTS
2011
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum

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Friday
April 8th at 20:00

Charity concert
Mikhail, Hlíf, Sarah, Martin og Sigurður Bjarki. 		Mikhail Simonyan violin, Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin, Sarah Buckley viola, Martin Frewer viola and Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson cello. Quintet no. 2 in B major op 87 by Felix Mendelsson.
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Tuesday July 5th at 20:30

Repeated
Wednesday July 6th at 20:30
Behind: Þorvaldur, Hlíf and Bjarni. In Front: Halldór, Einar and Ásgeir. 		Male vocal quartet The Spring Boys: Einar Clausen, Halldór Torfason, Þorvaldur Friðriksson and Ásgeir Böðvarsson, with violinist Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir and pianist Bjarni Þór Jónatansson. Program e.g. by Jón Múli Árnason, Rev. Örn Friðriksson and Fritz Kreisler.
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Tuesday July 12th at 20:30
Þórir and Sólveig Anna 		Þórir Jóhannsson double-bass and Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir piano. Icelandic Folk Songs by Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Rhapsodie per Contrabasso et Piano (2011) by Þórður Magnússon and Sonata Arpeggione by Franz Schubert.
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Tuesday July19th at 20:30
Eva Þyri and Hafdís 		Hafdís Vigfúsdóttir flute and Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir piano. The Program includes works by J.S. Bach, George Enescu, Olivier Messiaen, Theobald Boehm and Lowell Liebermann.
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Tuesday July 26th at 20:30
Guðríður and Valdís 		Valdís G. Gregory soprano and Guðríður St. Sigurðardóttir piano. Songs and arias by Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Georg Friedrich Händel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Tuesday August 2nd at 20:30
Hanna Dóra, Freyja and Daniela 		Trio Blik. Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir singer, Freyja Gunnlaugsdóttir clarinet and Daniela Hlinkova piano. Songs from the Westman Islands by Ási í Bæ and Oddgeir Kristjánsson. New arrangements by Composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson.
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Tuesday August 9th at 20:30
Sigríður Ósk and Hrönn 		Sigríður Ósk Kristjánsdóttir mezzo-soprano and Hrönn Þráinsdóttir piano. „Nordic melodies - tan da ra dei!“ Songs by Jórunn Viðar, Jean Sibelius, Páll Ísólfsson, Sigvaldi Kaldalóns, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Edvard Grieg and Carl Sjöberg.
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Tuesday August 16th at 20:30
Kathleen and Olivier 		Kathleen Kajioka baroque violin and Olivier Fortin harpsichord. Music from the era of Baroque. Sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and compositions by Arcangelo Corelli, Françoix Couperin and Giovanni Paolo Cima.
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Tuesday August 23rd at 20:30
Jónas Ingimundarson og Auður Gunnarsdóttir		 Auður Gunnarsdóttir soprano and Jónas Ingimundarson piano. „Icelandic songs“. Ten Folk Songs arranged by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Songs by Jónas Ingimundarson and Songs by Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson.
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Tuesday August 30th at 20:30
Brynhildur and Anna 		Anna Jónsdóttir soprano and Brynhildur Ásgeirsdóttir piano. As Far As The Eye Can See by Jeffrey Lependorf, lyric by Ann Lauterbach - premiere in Europe. World premiere of Morgunljómi by Oliver Kentish with text by Ingimar Erlendur Sigurðsson. Songs by Icelandic composers and others, e.g. Samuel Barber.
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Tuesday September 6th at 20:30
Þórarinn Stefánsson 		Þórarinn Stefánsson piano. Icelandic music for solo piano from 19 th to 21st century. Premiere of two pieces by Kolbeinn Bjarnason.
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The duration of the concerts, which start at 20:30, is one hour. The café is open after the concerts where the audience can meet the musicians. Admission is ISK 2000 and all major credit cards accepted.

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