Reykjavík Grapevine - 15.06.2018, Qupperneq 19

THE INTERNATIONAL ORGAN SUMMER
IN HALLGRÍMSKIRKJA 2018
June 16 – August 19
Hallgrímskirkja Friends of the Arts Society 36th season
21st June Baldvin Oddsson trumpet and
Steinar Logi Helgason organist of
Háteigskirkja, Reykjavík
28th June Elísabet Þórðardóttir, organist at
Kálfatjarnarkirkja, Hafnarfjörður
5th July Kitty Kovács, organist of
Landakirkja, the Westmann Islands
12th July Pamela Sensi flute, Steingrímur
Þórhallsson organist of Neskirkja
19th July Þórunn Elín Pétursdóttir soprano
and Lenka Mátéová organist of
Kópavogskirkja, Kópavogur
26th July Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir,
organist, Reykjavík
2nd August Kári Þormar, organist of Reykjavík
Cathedral
9th August Friðrik Vignir Stefánsson, organist
of Seltjarnarnes Church
16th August Jónas Þórir Jónasson, organist of
Bústaðakirkja, Reykjavík
Lunchtime concerts
Thursdays @ 12 noon
Ticket sales at the entrance 1 hr before the concerts and www.midi.is
Lunchtime concerts – 30 min: 2000 ISK
Sunday concerts – 60 min: 2500 ISK
Schola cantorum – 30 min: 2500 ISK
Lunchtime concerts Wednesdays @ 12 noon
June 20 - August 29
Schola cantorum
Weekend concerts
Saturdays @ 12 noon and Sundays @ 5 PM
16th / 17th June Eyþór Franzson Wechner,
Blönduós Church
23th / 24th June Björn Steinar Sólbergsson,
Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík
30th / 1st July Irena Chřibková, St James
Basilica, Prague, Czech Republic
7th / 8th July: Winfried Bönig, Cologne
Cathedral, Germany
14th / 15th July: Loreto Aramendi, Santa Maria
Basilica, San Sebastian, Spain
21st / 22nd July: Thierry Escaich, Saint-Etienne-
du-Mont, Paris, France
28th / 29th July: Thierry Mechler, Cologne
Philharmonics, Germany
4th / 5th August: Elke Eckerstorfer, St. Augustin
Church, Vienna, Austria
11th / 12th August: Hans-Ola Ericsson, Organ
professor at McGill in Monreal,
Canada
19th August: Hannfried Lucke, Mozarteum
University, Salzburg, Austria.
LISTVINAFELAG.IS SCHOLACANTORUM.IS
Schola cantorum is the Hallgrímskirkja multiple
prize-winning chamber choir, founded in 1996
by its conductor Hörður Áskelsson. Schola
cantorum was awarded the “Performer of the
Year 2016” by the Icelandic Music Award in
March 2017. Schola cantorum has from the very
start played an important role in Icelandic music
scene with a repertoire that consists mainly of
renaissance, baroque and contemporary music
including numerous premier performances by
Icelandic composers. The choir gives regularly
concerts in Iceland and has given concerts in
Norway, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan,
Switzerland, France and USA. Last year the
choir was invited to perform in 5 concerts in
the Reykjavik Festival in Walt Disney Hall in Los
Angeles, organized by the LA Phil, and received
outstanding reviews in world known newspapers
like NY Times, LA Times etc.