Tuesday October 18th at 8:00 pm |
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Bach with Adolf Busch
Evening with historical recording, presented and played, from two remarkable concerts held in the Tripoli theater
September 1st and 2nd 1945. The world-renowned German violinist Adolf Busch played with the Reykjavík Music
Society’s String Ensemble. Works by J.S. Bach: Violin concertos in a minor and E major and Sonata for solo violin in
C major and movements from the d minor Partita. This was Adolf Busch's first visit to Iceland, but he made a
very strong attachment with the country and came several times. He brought with him other great musicians such as
Rudolf Serkin and the members of the Busch String Quartet. Sound technician Hreinn Valdimarsson has done the magic
work of transferring the music from the old Lacquer plates to the modern digital form. |
Tuesday October 25th at 8:00 pm |
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The Markan siblings
First of two evening programs about the soprano María Markan (1905−1995) and her siblings
who all were very active musicians. Presentation in words, pictures and
music by Trausti Jónsson and sound engineer Hreinn Valdimarsson. |
Sunday October 30th at 3:00 pm |
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Jukebox − Family concert
organized by the Opera Days 2022. |
Tuesday November 1st at 8:00 pm |
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Soprano María Markan
The second evening about soprano María Markan, her life and carrier abroad
which included position at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Presentation in words, pictures and music by Trausti Jónsson and
sound engineer Hreinn Valdimarsson. |
Tuesday November 8th at 8:00 pm |
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Evening organized by the Odd Fellows Order in Reykjavík
The story of the leprosy hospital in Laugarnes Reykjavík, which the Danish
Odd Fellows built in 1898, and gave to the Icelandic nation, to fight this
horrible disease.
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Tuesday November 15th at 8:00 pm |
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Concert
Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir piano
Solo piano works, including pieces by some of the first generation of Icelandic
composers, such as Páll Ísólfsson, Sveinbjörn
Sveinbjörnsson and Jón Leifs.
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Saturday November 19th at 14−17 pm |
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Symposium on Art in public space in Denmark and Iceland in 1925−1940, their
responsibility and maintenance. Presentations by Tom Hermansen,
Jens Peter Munk, Hlynur Helgason, Birgitta Spur, Indriði Níelsson and others. |
Tuesday November 22th at 8:00 pm |
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Concert
Duo Landon, Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and Martin Frewer viola.
Duet for violin and viola in G major by W.A. Mozart, Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
by Bohuslav Martinu and Passacaglia by G.F. Handel / Johan Halvorsen. |