Mezzo-soprano Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir has shot to stardom in recent years and has received, amongst other awards, the International Opera Awards Rising Star of the Year in 2024. Here she performs some of Gustav Mahler's most beautiful songs: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Songs of a Wayfarer, which deals with the loves and sorrows of the journeyman, and the moving Urlicht, or Primordial Light from Symphony No. 2, which describes the desire for relief from worldly suffering. In the second half of the concert, Tomáš Hanus, principal guest conductor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducts the beautiful Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms, which took the composer over 20 years to complete. The wait for the work was certainly worth it, as the symphony is one of the cornerstones of Romantic musical literature.

Conductor
Tomáš Hanus

Mezzo-soprano
Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir

Program
Antonín Dvořák Carnival Overture
Gustav Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Gustav Mahler Urlicht from Symphony no. 2
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1

Promoter: Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Tomáš Hanus

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir

Karneval-ouverture

Carnival Overture

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Urlicht

Symfoni nr. 1

Symphony No. 1

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir sings Mahler

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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Concerts

4. Feb

19:30

Harpa

Reykjavík

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir sings Mahler

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

Conductor: Tomáš Hanus

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir, mezzo-soprano

4. Feb

19:30

Harpa

Reykjavík

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