Recorder player Lucie Horsch has shot to stardom despite her young age and is now considered the leading recorder player of her generation. The BBC's prestigious music magazine described Horsch's playing as someone blessed with "fearsome virtuosity and superb technique." In this concert, we will explore the possibilities of the recorder in two different works; in Frans Brüggen's transcription of Bach's Violin Concerto for recorder and orchestra, and also in an adventurous work by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür, Whistles and Whispers from Uluru, where the birdsong of the Baltic Sea mingles with the mystery of Uluru, the reddish sandstone mountain in Australia. Barbara Hannigan, principal conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, also leads the orchestra in two works from the neoclassical era: The sparkling concerto, Dumbarton Oaks, by Igor Stravinsky and the delightful Classical Symphony by Sergei Prokofiev.

Conductor
Barbara Hannigan

Recorder
Lucie Horsch

Program
Johann Sebastian Bach Ricercar a 6 (arr. Anton Webern)
Johann Sebastian Bach Recorder concerto BWV 1053 (arr. Frans Brüggen)
Igor Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks
Erkki-Sven Tüür Whistles and Whispers from Uluru
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D-major, “Classical Symphony”

Promoter: Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Barbara Hannigan

Lucie Horsch

Ricercar a 6

Cembalokoncert nr. 2

Harpsichord Concerto No. 2

Cembalokonsert nr. 2

Dumbarton Oaks

Whistles and Whispers from Uluru

Symfoni nr. 1

Symphony No. 1

Hannigan & Horsch

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

Harpa

It's not every day that a performance of J. S. Bach's great feat, the St. Matthew Passion, is undertaken, but in 2027 it will be 300 years since its premiere. The Iceland Symphony Orchestra will perform this masterpiece of Western music, accompanied by a number of soloists and choirs under the direction of Benedikt Kristjánsson. He is Iceland’s foremost interpreter of Bach's vocal music and is sought after as such throughout Europe. Here, he leads the orchestra in addition to singing the role of the evangelist. Benedikt will be accompanied by many of Iceland’s leading singers, along with a select group of foreign soloists. Three choirs participate in the performance of this magnificent work, which takes about three hours to perform. This is a concert that no music lover can afford to miss.

Conductor and tenor
Benedikt Kristjánsson

Baritone
Anton Haupt
Oddur Arnþór Jónsson

Soprano
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir

Countertenor
Reginald Mobley

Tenor
Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson

Choirs
The Langholtskirkja Choir
The Motet Choir
School Choir of Kársnes


Program
Johann Sebastian Bach St. Matthew Passion

Promoter: Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Benedikt Kristjánsson

Anton Haupt

Oddur Arnþór Jónsson

Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir

Reginald Mobley

Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson

Mattæuspassionen

St. Matthew Passion

Matteuspasjonen

The St. Matthew Passion

Ferðalag í gegnum dramatíska prógramtónlist barokks og klassíska tímabilsins: Biber, Rebel og Boccherini.

Emma Garðarsdóttir

Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir

Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir

Francesco Rista

Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir

Perlumóða – Barokk & Boccherini

Salurinn er tónleikasalur í Kópavogi og heimili tónleikaraðarinnar Tíbrá.

Salurinn

Early music in Iceland

26. Nov

19:30

Harpa

Reykjavík

Hannigan & Horsch

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Conductor: Barbara Hannigan

26. Nov

19:30

Harpa

Reykjavík

18. Mar

19:00

Harpa

Reykjavík

The St. Matthew Passion

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Anton Haupt, baritone

Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir, soprano

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson, tenor

18. Mar

19:00

Harpa

Reykjavík

11. Apr

13:30

Salurinn

Kópavogur

Perlumóða – Barokk & Boccherini

Emma Garðarsdóttir

Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir

Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir

Francesco Rista, gítar

Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir, selló

11. Apr

13:30

Salurinn

Kópavogur

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