Elísabet Þórðardóttir

ELÍSABET ÞÓRÐARDÓTTIR ORGANIST KÁLFATJARNARKIRKJA

ICELAND

THURSDAY JUNE 28 @12 NOON 

PROGRAMME: 

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809‒1847 Sonata op. 65, no. 5

Andante, Andante con moto, Allegro

Eugène Gigout 1844‒1925 Toccata

Charles Marie Widor 1845‒1937 Andante cantabile

From: Orgelsymphony no. 4 op. 13/4

Louis Vierne 1870‒1937 Carillon de Westminster op. 54 no. 6

From: Pieces de fantasie

Elísabet Þórðardóttir studied the piano and graduated from the New Music School in Reykjavik in 2001 with Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson and Ragnar Björnsson as principal teachers. 2001‒2004 she studied at the “Musikhochschule Luzern” in Switzerland. In 2012 Elísabet began her studies as a church musician at the National Church of Iceland’s Music School under the guidance of Björn Steinar Sólbergsson with graduation in the spring of 2017 and soloist diploma in 2018. Since 2006 Elísabet has taught the piano at the Hafnarfjörður Music School as well as providing accompaniment. She has been the organist of Kálfatjarnarkirkja church on Reykjanes peninsula since 2012 and since 2017 the organist of Laugarneskirkja church in Reykjavík. 

Irena Chřibková

IRENA CHřiBKOVÁ ORGANIST ST. JAMES’ BASILICA PRAGUE CZECH 

SATURDAY JUNE 30 @ 12 NOON

SUNDAY JULY 1 @ 5 PM 

PROGRAMME :  

JUNE 30 @12 noon

Bernardo Storace 1637‒1707 Ballo della battaglia

Johann Gottfried Walther 1684‒1748 Konsert in b-minor

Umr./Trans.: Joseph Meck 1690‒1758 Allegro – Adagio – Allegro

Jean-Marie Plum 1899‒1944 Theme varié

Alexandre Guilmant 1837‒1911 Marche religieuse

to the theme Lift Up Your Heads

 from Messías by G.F. Händel

JULY 1 @5 pm: 

Claude Balbastre 1724‒1799 Prelude and fuge in d-minor

Georges Mac-Master 1862‒1898 Offertoire, op. 43

Toccata in A-major, op. 67

Josef Suk 1874‒1935 Meditation on Saint Wenceslas

Úts./Trans: František Picka 1883‒1918 chorale op. 35

Petr Eben 1929-2007 Student Songs and Requiem

 from the organ cycle Faust

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685‒1750 Toccata and fuge í d-minor (dórísk), BWV 538

Josef Klička 1855‒1937

Fantasy on the symphonic poem “Vyšehrad” (High Castle),

I part of My Fatherland by Bedřich Smetana. op. 33/1

Irena Chřibkováis the head organist of St. James’ Basilica in the Old Town of Prague. There she has founded several cycles of sacred music, including the St. James´ International Organ Festival which ranks among the leading European festivals. Her Sunday half-an-hour organ music in the Basilica are extremely popular.

Irena Chřibková studied the organ at the Kroměříž Conservatoire under K. Pokora, at the Academy of Arts in Prague under Prof M. Šlechta (1980-1986) and in Parisunder Susan Landale (1985). Successes at numerous organ competitions promoted her concert career and she has toured extensively as a concert artist widely around the world. She has also cooperated with leading musicians, choirs and orchestras. 

Ms Chřibková’s repertoire includes organ literature ranging from Baroque up to contemporary music with emphasis on French organ music, the organ music of J. S. Bach and Czech organ music with emphasis on her predecessors at the organ in the St. James’ Basilika.

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