Reykjavík Grapevine - 16.08.2013, Qupperneq 45

Tickets:
Hallgrímskirkja, open every day from 9 am to 9 pm,
s. 510 1000
Festival of Sacred Arts in Hallgrímskirkja
Skólavörðuholti - 101 Reykjavík
www.kirkjulistahatid.is
The following sponsors support:
Ministry of Education Science and Culture | The City of Reykjavík | Embassy of the United States of America | Lýsi ehf
Reykjavíkurprófastsdæmi vestra | Hallgrímskirkja | Kirkjumálasjóður | LogoFlex | Gunnar Eggertsson ehf
FRIDAY AUGUST 16TH
7 pm
Opening ceremony in
Hallgrímskirkja
Music - Art exhibition - Dance
Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir dancer, Björn Steinar
Sólbergsson organist, Chamber choir Schola
cantorum, String ensemble, Hörður Áskelsson
conductor and Douglas Cleveland organist from
Seattle.
Free admission!
7 pm
Art exhibition opening:
VATN
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir is the visual artist of the
Festival of Sacred Arts 2013.
The artwork VATN is an ode to water in our surroundings
and religious life and is placed in the choir stalls and
in the foyer. A part of this piece is a musical piece by
composer Daníel Bjarnason played on stones by Páll from
Húsafell.
SATURDAY AUGUST 17TH
5 pm
Cleveland and Kairos
A fateful time at the organ
Organ virtuoso Douglas Cleveland from Seattle
performs Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Guilmant and more.
Admission: 2.500 ISK (Students half price)
SUNDAY AUGUST 18TH
8 pm
Arvo, Adam and Agaton
Concert in honor of Arvo Pärt
Participants:
Schola cantorum
Festival String Ensemble
Soprano: Tui Hirv
Baritone: Fjölnir Ólafsson
Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson
Premiere in Iceland: Adam’s Lament. Engaging music!
Admission: 4.500 ISK (Students 2.500 ISK)
TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH
9 pm
Magnificent Muhly!
“7 x 2 and rev. Mustard”
British concert organist James McVinnie plays Nico
Muhly in combination with organ works by Bach, Gibbons,
Duruflé and others.
Admission: ISK 2.500 (Students half price)
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21ST
8 pm
Saxophones and organ
Sigurður Flosason (saxophones) and Gunnar
Gunnarsson (organ) perform hymn music by Þorkell
Sigurbjörnsson in their own arrangements.
In collaboration with the Reykjavik Jazz Festival.
Admission: 2.500 ISK (Students half price)
THURSDAY AUGUST 22ND
8 pm
Trumpet and organ
Festive sounds
Stephen Burns, America’s leading trumpet player, is a
special guest at the Festival of Sacred Arts.
On the program is Telemann, Vivaldi and others.
Stephen Burns trumpet (Chicago), Douglas Cleveland
organ (Seattle),
Baldvin Oddsson trumpet (b. 1994) is a special guest at
the concert.
Admission: 3.000 ISK (Students 2.500 ISK)
Ticket also valid for 10 pm concert
10 pm
The other side
Ari Bragi Kárason trumpet and Eyþór Gunnarsson
piano join their forces.
In collaboration with the Reykjavik Jazz Festival.
Admission: 2.000 ISK (Students half price)
FRIDAY AUGUST 23RD
9 pm
New dimensions of the Klais organ
Young, experimental composers!
Some of Iceland’s leading experimental composers and
musicians induce a new world of sound through the
revamped computer equipment of the Klais organ.
Curator: G. Vignir Karlsson
Admission: 2.500 ISK (Students 1.000 ISK)
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August 16th–25th
Hallgrímskirkja Reykjavík
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson
www.kirkjulistahatid.is
Festival of Sacred Arts
From primal waters to celestial abyss