International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja 

Thursday 22. August at 12:00 – 12:30 

Mattias Wager, organist at the Cathedral in Stockholm, Sweden

Performing Pieces by Flytur verk eftir Christina Blomkvist, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Louis Vierne. 

Tickets 2500 ISK

International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja 

Sunday 25. August at 5 pm

Mattias Wager organist at the Cathedral in Stockholm, Sweden

Performing pieces by Oskar Lindberg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Florence B. Price, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Julius Reubke. 

Tickets 3000 ISK

Mattias Wager

Mattias Wager was born in Stockholm in 1967. He studied Organ and  Church Music at the Royal College of Music under Torvald Torén and Anders Bondeman. Later, he also studied with Johannes Geffert in Bonn and in Paris with Naji Hakim. 

His achievements include three first prizes in international competitions: in the 1995 Organ Interpretation Competition in St Albans, England, and in the improvisation competitions in 1991 in Strängnäs, Sweden, and 1995 in Paris (Grand Prix d’improvisation “Pierre Cochereau”). 

Beside his work as Cathedral organist in Stockholm, Mattias Wager gives concert performances and masterclasses at festivals and other prestigious venues throughout Europe and has also given several concerts in Brazil. He has been teaching organ and improvisation at the four major Music Colleges in Sweden. Mattias Wager takes a particular interest in cooperating with other artists, for example percussionist Anders Åstrand and singer/choirmaster Gary Graden, together with whom he has formed a trio focusing on improvisation. He has also composed music for several successful theatre plays. 

Since 1995, Mattias Wager has been a regular guest in the Icelandic organ world, performing, recording and teaching. Mattias Wager is proud to
be Visiting Artistic Director of the Organ Summer 2019 in Hallgrímskirkja, together with resident Master of Music Hörður Áskelsson. 

Since 2017, Mattias Wager has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. 

Thursday August 22nd at 12 pm

Christina Blomkvist (1976-) 
Allegro maestoso

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
Úr / from Piano Concerto no 21 in C major
Andante

Louis Vierne (1870-1937) 
Úr / from Pièces de fantaisie
Impromptu
Clarie de lune
Carillon de Westminster

Sunday August 25th at 5 pm

Oskar Lindberg 1887-1955
Konsertstycke / Concert Piece, 1914

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Trio in G major BWV 1027a

Florence B Price 1887-1953
Air
Toccato
From Suite no 1 for organ

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Andante (2nd movement)
From Piano Concerto no 21 in C major arr. M. Wager

Julius Reubke 1834-1858
The 94th Psalm, Sonata for organ
1: Grave – Larghetto – Allegro con fuoco
2: Adagio – Lento
3: Allegro – Più mosso – Allegro assai