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SUMMER CONCERTS
2016
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
 
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Tuesday July 5th at 8:30 pm
Guðrún Jóhanna and Francisco
Melodic Journey from Spain to Iceland
Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir mezzo-soprano and Francisco Javier Jáuregui guitar.
Compositions for voice and guitar by John Dowland, Philip Rosseter, Jón Ásgeirsson and Francisco Jáuregui.
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Guðrún home page
Javier home page
Tuesday July 12th at 8:30 pm
Martin, Hanna and Árni Heimir
Baroque
Martin Bernstein recorder, Hanna Loftsdóttir baroque cello and Árni Heimir Ingólfsson harpsichord.
Music composed by the masters of the baroque, Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel. Also, works by lesser-known composers of the period, Jean-Baptiste Barrière and Pierre Danican Philidor.
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Tuesday July 19th at 8:30 pm A Spring Poem in Winter
Ingibjörg Azima Guðlaugsdóttir's music set to her grandmother, Jakobína Sigurðardóttir's, poems.
Performers: Margrét Hrafnsdóttir soprano, Gissur Páll Gissurarson tenor, Grímur Helgason clarinet, Ave Kara Sillaots accordion, Darri Mikaelsson bassoon, Gunnhildur Halla Guðmundsdóttir cello and Gunnlaugur Torfi Stefánsson double-bass.
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Tuesday July 26th at 8:30 pm
Jónas Tómasson
Summer Evening with Jónas Tómasson
A concert to to celebrate this beloved composer's seventieth anniversary, with a selection of solo and duo works for instruments and voice. All performers are friends of the composer, or family; singers Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir and Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir, violinist Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir, baritone saxophone player Leon van Mil and pianists Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, Sólveig Anna Jónsdóttir and Anna Áslaug Ragnarsdóttir.
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Extra concert
Thursday July 28th at 8:30 pm

Ursel, Anna and Ute
Máninn líður
Anna Jónsdóttir voice, Ute Völker accordion and Ursel Schlicht piano.
New interpretations of ancient Icelandic folklore and Jón Leifs' compositionis.
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Ute home page
Ursel home page
Tuesday August 2nd at 8:30 pm
Michael and Daníel
Humorous Songs
Michael Jón Clarke baritone and Daníel Þorsteinsson pianist.
Snigill og flygill, ten humorous songs by Michael Jón Clarke with poems by Þórararinn Eldjárn, and The Songs of Pooh by H. Fraser-Simson with poems by A.A.Milne.
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Michael web page
Tuesday August 9th at 8:30 pm
Hrafnhildur and Ingileif
The Pathways of love - Les chemins de l'amour
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað soprano and pianist Ingileif Bryndís Þórsdóttir.
Passionate, sincere and seductive songs by Richard Strauss, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré and Reynaldo Hahn. ProgramPress Release
Hrafnhildur home page

The concerts last for one hour, starting at 8:30 pm. The café is open after the concerts where the audience can meet the musicians.
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