Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, about Marion Crane's fateful visit to the Bates Motel in California, is considered by many to be one of the best films of the past century. The film was nominated for four Oscars and is still immensely popular even though over 65 years have passed since its premiere. The eerie music of American composer Bernard Herrmann is crucial in its success. He composed music for seven of Hitchcock's films, the music for Psycho being the most well known. It is written exclusively for the orchestra's string instruments, and their possibilities are explored in depth. The piercing strings in the famous shower scene will haunt the audience for days after the concert!
Don't miss Psycho in a live performance by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in Eldborg. 

The film is not suitable for viewers under the age of 16.

Conductor
Ben Palmer

Psycho – Film in Concert 

Director
Alfred Hitchcock

Music
Bernard Herrmann

Promoter: Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Ben Palmer

Psycho

Psycho - Film in Concert

Harpa er tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhús við höfnina í Reykjavík, með salina Eldborg og Norðurljós.

Harpa

Conductor Petri Sakari, former principal conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, leads the Orchestra's wind ensemble in an extremely diverse repertoire where everyone should be able to find something they like. A magnificent fanfare from Paul Dukas' ballet music sets the tone before Milhaud's cheeky and provocative music takes over. Stravinsky's music, dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy, is a contemplative and solemn work that ends with a serene chorale.

English composer Ruth Gipps was exceptionally versatile and left behind a number of works, including five symphonies. As an oboist, she had an excellent knowledge of wind instruments, which is reflected in an exceptionally beautiful work for 10 wind players in which the sea and the beach play the main roles. The concert concludes with a powerful work for 24 wind players by one of the most well-known Finnish composers of recent years, Magnus Lindberg. In Gran Duo, woodwind and brass players collide, allowing each group's unique musical style to be fully enjoyed.

ISO Wind Ensemble

Conductor
Petri Sakari

Program
Paul Dukas La Péri, fanfare
Darius Milhaud Dixtour
Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Ruth Gipps Seascapes
Magnus Lindberg Gran Duo

Promoter: Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Petri Sakari

La Péri (fanfare)

La Péri (Fanfare)

Dixtuor

Symfonier for blæseinstrumenter

Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Symfonier for blåseinstrumenter

Seascapes

Gran Duo

Sakari Conducts The Wind Ensemble

Afmælistónleikar Jónasar Tómassonar tónskálds: sönglög og kammerverk, þar á meðal frumflutt sönglög við ljóð Óskars Árna Óskarssonar og Sinfóníetta VI.

Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir

Sinfonietta VI

Jónas Tómasson heiðraður

Salurinn er tónleikasalur í Kópavogi og heimili tónleikaraðarinnar Tíbrá.

Salurinn

Armensk tónlist, Chopin, Schubert, Bach, Rachmaninov og Árni Thorsteinsson. Ágóði rennur til Mission10forty.

Marianna Shirinyan

Hlín Leifsdóttir

Ágota Joó

Marianna Shirinyan – góðgerðartónleikar með Hlín Leifsdóttur og Kvennakór Reykjavíkur

his concert will feature two pieces performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for the first time: Piano Concerto by Clara Schumann and Symphony No. 2 by Anton Bruckner. The piano concerto will be played in the unique interpretation of Alexandra Dariescu. The concerto was written by Clara when she was very young, only 14 years old, as Clara Wieck. A few years later, she married the composer Robert Schumann and took her husband's well-known surname. Bruckner's Second Symphony was nicknamed the "The Symphony of Pauses" due to Bruckner's generous use of pauses to separate formal elements within the work. In the later version of the work, Bruckner had significantly reduced the number of pauses and shortened them, but the name remained, nonetheless. With this symphony, it can be said that Bruckner took a major step in perfecting his mastery of the symphonic form.
Finnish conductor and violinist John Storgårds conducts the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at the concert, but he will also perform the solo violin in three little romances by Clara in an orchestral arrangement by Bernard Rofe.

Conductor and violinist
John Storgårds

Piano
Alexandra Dariescu

Program
Clara Schumann 3 Romances (arr. Bernard Rofe)
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 2

Promoter: Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Alexandra Dariescu

John Storgårds

Tre romancer

Three Romances

Tre romanser

Klaverkoncert

Piano Concerto

Klaverkonsert

Symfoni nr. 2

Symphony No. 2

Storgårds Conducts Bruckner 2

Franskt salon endurskapað á sviðinu: mélodie-hefðin með Debussy, Duparc og Fauré og tóndæmi úr frönskum óperum. Tónleikaspjall kl. 19:30.

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12. Nov

19:30

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Psycho - Film in Concert

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Conductor: Ben Palmer

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

12. Nov

19:30

Harpa

Reykjavík

13. Nov

18:00

Harpa

Reykjavík

Sakari Conducts The Wind Ensemble

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Conductor: Petri Sakari

13. Nov

18:00

Harpa

Reykjavík

15. Nov

14:00

Salurinn

Kópavogur

Jónas Tómasson heiðraður

Caput hópurinn

Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir, sópran

15. Nov

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Kópavogur

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Kópavogur

Marianna Shirinyan – góðgerðartónleikar með Hlín Leifsdóttur og Kvennakór Reykjavíkur

Marianna Shirinyan, píanó

Hlín Leifsdóttir, sópran

Kvennakór Reykjavíkur

Stjórnandi: Ágota Joó

Kynnir: Birgir Þórarinsson

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19:30

Salurinn

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