Winter and Spring 2023



Tuesday February 14th 2023 at 8 pm
Povl and Hlíf		 A fragment of the short story of the classical violin music in Iceland

 Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and Povl Christian Balslev piano

 The first Icelandic violinist to be classically trained was Þórarinn Guðmundsson (1896−1979). After his studies in Denmark he returned to Iceland 1913, where he taught and performed the violin.
    Pieces from his repetoire and works by him will be per­formed, some of which on a violin he favored.
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Tuesday February 21st 2023 at 8 pm


FÍT Concert
Össur and Katrin		 Shepherds at large

 Katrin Heymann flute and Össur Ingi Jónsson oboe

 Provence by E. Bozza, Duets by Ginastera, Mozart, Yun and Sonata by C.P.E. Bach for solo flute.
Tuesday February 28th 2023 at 8 pm
J.S. Bach		 Solo Violin Concert

 Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violinist
J.S. Bach
1685−1750		 Sonata I in g minor, BWV 1001
adagio • fuga • allegro • siciliana • presto
  Partita I in b minor, BWV 1002
allemanda • double • corrente • double presto • sarabande • double • tempo di borea • double
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Tuesday March 7th 2023 at 8 pm
J.S. Bach		 Solo Violin Concert

 Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violinist
J.S. Bach
1685−1750		 Sonata II in a minor, BWV 1003
grave • fuga • andante • allegro
  Partita II in d minor, BWV 1004
allemanda • corrente • sarabanda • giga • ciaccona
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Tuesday March 14th 2023 at 8 pm


FÍT Concert
Ármann, Eva Þyri, Pamela and Sigurður 		Morricone and Rota revisioned

 Pamela De Sensi flute, Ármann Helgason clarinet, Sigurður Halldórsson cello and Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir piano

 Composit­ions for flute, clarinet, cello and piano by the two giants of the Ital­ian music, Nina Rota and Ennio Morri­cone. These works offer vari­ous nu­anc­es for which the com­pos­ers are well known. Also prem­ier­ed "Melódía" by Stein­grím­ur Þó­rhalls­son, in­spir­ed by the works of these Italian com­posers.
Tuesday March 21st 2023 at 8 pm
J.S. Bach		 Solo Violin Concert

 Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violinist
J.S. Bach
1685−1750		 Sonata III in C major, BWV 1005
adagio • fuga • largo • allegro assai
  Partita III in E major, BWV 1006
preludio • loure • gavotte en rondeau • minuet I • minuet II − minuet I da capo • bourée • gigue
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Tuesday March 28th 2023 at 8 pm
Hlíf and Nína Margrét		 Three Sonatas by W.A. Mozart

 Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir piano
W.A. Mozart
1756−1791		 Sonata no. 18 in G major K 301
Allegro con Spirito • Allegro
  Sonata no. 21 in e minor K 304
Allegro • Tempo di Menuetto
  Sonata no. 22 in A major K 305
Allegro di molto • Tema con variatione: Andante grazioso − Allegro
Fréttatilkynning − Efnisskrá
Tuesday April 11th 2023 at 8 pm
Cole and Kristján		 Schubert's Swan Song

 Bass-baritone Kristján Jóhannesson and pianist Cole Knutson per­form Schwanen­gesang (Swan Song) by Franz Schubert.

     Swan Song D 957 is a collection of 14 songs by Franz Schubert, which he com­posed in 1828, shortly before his death, to poems by Lud­wig Rell­stab, Hein­rich Heine and J.G, Seidl.
    Kristján Jóhannes­son studi­ed here in Ice­land and at the Vienna Aca­demy of Music, and now sings at the Opera in St. Gallen in Switzer­land. Cole Knut­son is a Canad­ian pian­ist and saxo­phone player cur­rently furth­er­ing his stud­ies at the Lied­zentr­um Lied­aka­demie in Heidel­berg.
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Tuesday April 18th 2023 at 8 pm


FÍT Concert
Ástríður og Anna		 Concert postponed until Fall 2023

Traveling through time among Wagner's compositions

 Anna Jónsdóttir soprano and Ástríður Alda Sigurðardóttir piano
Tuesday May 2nd 2023 at 8 pm
“ .. the valley echoed with music of the flute playing shepherds ”

 Violist Svava Bernharðs­dóttir, violin­ist Hlíf Sigurjóns­dóttir and violin­ist Her­dís Anna Jóns­dótt­ir give talks about the unique per­iod, late 19th early 20th cent­ury, when music re­sound­ed all over Suður-Þingeyjar­sýsla, North Ice­land. Known are more than 120 viol­ins in the area and num­er­ous people knew how to play them.
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Tuesday May 9th 2023 at 8 pm
Þórdís, Martin and Hlíf		 Three String Trios
Hlíf Sigurjóns­dóttir violin, Martin Frewer viola and Þór­dís Gerð­ur Jóns­dótt­ir cello.

Ernst von Dohnányi
1877−1960		 Serenade Op. 10
Marcia • Romanza • Scherzo • Tema con variazioni • Rondo − allegro vivace
Alexander Liebermann
b. 1989		 Seen from the Sky (2021)
W.A. Mozart
1756−1791		 Divertimento in Es major K 563
Allegro • Adagio • Menuetto, allegretto • Andante • Menuetto, allegretto • Allegro
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Tuesday May 16th 2023 at 8 pm


FÍT Concert
Hafdís og Svanur		 Hafdís Vigfúsdóttir flute and Svanur Vilbergsson guitar

 A color­ful program start­ing with baro­que music, reach­ing to Lowell Liebermann’s con­temp­or­ary music − with touch of French and German Romantic.