Autumn Events 2023
| Tuesday October 3rd at 8:00 pm |
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A story on a long embroidered Tapestry Reynir Tómas Geirsson, professor emeritus, tells the story of the famous Bayeux tapestry, embroidered in the eleventh century. The tapestry is over 70 meters long and is a pictorial story of the epic Norman invasion from France into England in 1066 ending with the Battle of Hastings. − in Icelandic − |
| Tuesday October 10th at 8:00 pm |
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The Njál's Saga Tapestry Kristín Ragna Gunnarsdóttir, artist and author, will talk about the creative process behind the Njál's Saga Tapestry that she designed and illustrated. The tapestry is around 90 meters long and carries figures based on one of the best known Icelandic Saga, the Njál’s Saga. It is sewn with the so called Bayeux stitch, like the well known Bayeux Tapestry from the eleventh century. The idea of the Njál’s Saga Tapestry came originally from Christina Bengtsson and Gunnhildur Kristjánsdóttir, but numerous people took part in sewing it at Hvolsvöllur, the historic site of the Njál’s Saga. − in Icelandic − |
| Tuesday October 17th at 8:00 pm |
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L’Invitation au Voyage Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir mezzo-soprano and Guðrún Dalía Salómonsdóttir piano Ravel − Satie − Bizet − Messiaen − Duparc − Saint-Saens The performers share with us some of the magic of French music with the mysterious late romantic songs of Duparc to the new sound world of Messiaen and top it with the arias of Carmen and Dalila. Hildigunnur and Guðrún Dalía have been a successful team for a decade. In their repertoire they focus on contemporary Icelandic music. |
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Saturday October 21st at 8:00 pm 35 years since the Museum was open to public |
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Anniversary Concert Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and Carl Philippe Gionet piano. Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major K454, Sonata in c minor for violin and piano, Op 45 and Scherzo-Taranelle Op 16 by Henryk Wieniawski. |
| Tuesday October 24th at 8:00 pm |
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Solo Piano Concert Canadian pianist Carl Philippe Gionet. The program consists of Französische Suite Nr. 2 in C moll BWV 813 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Towers by Shelley Washington, Remembering Schubert by Ann Southam and Improvisations, written in 2023 by the performer. |
| Tuesday October 31st at 8:00 pm |
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Concert Sergio Coto lute Music from the Renaissance, including works by John Dowland |
| Tuesday November 7th at 8:00 pm |
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Gissur Páll Gissurarson tenor and
Dr. Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir piano. Program dedicated to composer Árni Thorsteinsson (1870−1962) |