The Reykjavik Friends of the Arts Society 42. season

UMBRA celebrates ten years of music and merrymaking, in collaboration with The Reykjavík Friends of the Arts Society. Joining the band are dear collaborators, outstanding Icelandic musicians in their own right, that have performed on the group’s past albums; Out of Darkness, Llibre vermell and Bjargrúnir. The audience will be guided through songs of pilgrims and vagabonds, royalty from distant lands and damsels in despair. The concert will also feature new music that UMBRA is currently composing to old verses of The Poetic Edda; from Völuspá.

Performers

UMBRA music group:

Alexandra Kjeld double-bass, nyckelharpa, vocals

Arngerður María Árnadóttir celtic harp, indian harmonium, vocals

Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir  violin, langspil, vocals

Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir lead vocals, percussion, flutes

Special guests

Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir cello, vocals

Matthias M.D. Hemstock percussion

Kristofer Rodriguez percussion 

Eggert Pálsson percussion, flutes

CANTORES ISLANDIAE vocal ensemble

Ágúst Ingi Ágústsson conductor

Atli Freyr Steinþórsson

Gunnar Haraldsson

Jonas Koesling

Pétur Nói Stefánsson

Þorgrímur Þorsteinsson

Þórarinn Arnar Ólafsson

Umbra, founded in 2014, is an alternative music ensemble with eclectic tastes, exploring both ancient and contemporary music through improvisation and original arrangements. The artistic vision of the players is to blur the boundaries of tradition and to appeal to a wide audience by breathing new life into ancient music.

Ticket sale harpa.is & tix.is- admission: 4900/ 4400 ISK