09/08/2016
It is the ninth week of the International Organ Summer 2016 and ahead are exciting events: A new CD will be published, we are expecting a […]
02/08/2016
The festive and beautiful national anthem of Iceland was for a long time considered too difficult for the ordinary person to sing and surrounded with a […]
26/07/2016
As usual, we have a most lively week ahead at the International organ summer, with an oboe, a surprise cockcrow and a world known organist from […]
19/07/2016
The International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja is looking ahead to a week full of angels, hymns, sunshine and coffee! Chamber choir Schola Cantorum’s weekly Wednesday (July […]
12/07/2016
Katelyn Emerson may be just 24 but she is one of the word’s most promising organists. Just last month she won first place in the biannual […]
12/07/2016
Originality is organist Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir’s trait. In that style, she absolutely refuses to disclose the programme of her concert in Hallgrímskirkja next Thursday July 14 […]
05/07/2016
Icelandic musical heritage on Wednesday Hallgrímskirkja’s multi-prized chamber choir, Schola Cantorum, gives ana cappella concert every Wednesday at noon this summer and tomorrow, July 6, is […]
28/06/2016
Mickey Mouse and Dinsey’s wonderful film Fantasia is probably what springs to many minds at the mentioning of Paul Dukas’ piece The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. However, Mickey […]
21/06/2016
Last weekend we had a most splendid start of the Organ Summer with young Thomas Ospital’s concert. His magnificent playing was both thrilling and very moving […]
11/06/2016
Young stars of the organ, the premiere of a brand new, Icelandic organ piece and a top secret programme are on the calendar in Hallgrímskirkja this […]
11/05/2016
Pentecost is lavishly celebrated in Hallgrímskirkja every year, this year with a magnificent organ concert, a beautiful a cappella concert with the church choir and the […]
28/04/2016
Composer Jón Nordal has written some of Iceland´s best loved songs, one of them a beautiful lullaby to the lyrics of the Iclelandic Nobel Prize winning […]
24/07/2019
International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja Thursday 25. July at 12:00 – 12:30 Ágúst Ingi Ágústsson Icelandic concert organist performs pieces by Frescobaldi, Crecquillon, Schop, Dowland, Palestrina, […]
16/07/2019
The Chamber Choir of Hallgrímskirkja, Schola cantorum will give a Lunchtime Concert at 12 noon on Wednesday July 17. The repertoire varies from Icelandic folk songs […]
15/07/2019
International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja Saturday 20. July at 12:00 – 12:30 Yves Rechtsteiner, concert organist from France Performing own arrangements of pieces by J. S. […]
15/07/2019
International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja Thursday 18. July at 12:00 – 12:30 Jón Bjarnason organist in Skálholt, Iceland plays pieces by Vivaldi, Bach, Mouret, Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, […]