{"id":2666,"date":"2015-10-23T16:34:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2015-10-23T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:34:30","slug":"rest-choral-concert-on-all-hallows-nov-1st-at-5-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/rest-choral-concert-on-all-hallows-nov-1st-at-5-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"REST- Choral concert on All Hallows Nov 1st at 5 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At All Hallows, November 1st 2015 at 5 pm, Schola Cantorum chamber choir will give a candlelight concert in Hallgrimskirkja under the title <em>Rest<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Schola Cantorum\u2019s candlelight concerts on this ancient holiday, where the deceased are remembered, have become a tradition. This year\u2019s programme consists of intensely beautiful 20th and 21st century music truly fit for the eternal rest. Among them are John Tavener\u2019s simple but stirring <em>The Lamb<\/em>, Eric Whitacre\u2019s unearthly <em>Lux aurumque<\/em> and two of the most beautiful Icelandic choir pieces ever written: Jon Leifs\u2019 <em>Requiem<\/em> for the young daughter he lost and Thorkell Sigurbjornsson\u2019s <em>Heyr himna smi\u00f0ur<\/em> (<em>Hear Heaven\u2019s Maker<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Schola Cantorum has just finished recording for Swedish Label BIS with German tonmeister Jens Ulrich Braun. \u00a0 On the CD there will be works from the candlelight concert programme along with outstanding contemporary choir works, both Icelandic and foreign.<\/p>\n<p>On November 12th, the choir travels to Switzerland. It has been invited to participate in the arts festival Culturescapes 2015 in Basel and neighbourhood, featuring Icelandic art. The choir gives five concerts in four days: In the theatre in Chur on November 12th, in the theatre in Bellinzona on the 13th, in the church in Uster on the 14th, in Goetheanum in Dornach on the 15th and in the Basel Cathedral that same evening (further information at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturescape.ch\/\"><em>www.culturescape.ch<\/em><\/a>). On the programme will be works from the candlelight concert plus Icelandic folk songs and religious pieces from the upcoming CD.<\/p>\n<p>19 singers participate in the projects. Conductor of Schola Cantorum from the beginning is Hordur Askelsson.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are 3.500 kr and a discount will be offered as usual to students and members of the Hallgrimskirkja Friends of the Arts Society at the entrance. Ticket sales are at Hallgrimskirkja and at TIX.IS.<\/p>\n<p>From the programme:<\/p>\n<p>James MacMillan (*1959) \u00a0 \u00a0A Child\u00b4s Prayer<\/p>\n<p>John Tavener (1944-2013) The Lamb<\/p>\n<p>Hugi Gu\u00f0mundsson (*1977) Hv\u00edld<\/p>\n<p>J\u00f3n Leifs (1899-1968) Requiem<\/p>\n<p>\u0112riks E\u0161envalds\u00a0(*1977) O salutaris hostia<\/p>\n<p>Morten Lauridsen (*1943) O nata lux<\/p>\n<p>Sigur\u00f0ur S\u00e6varsson (*1963) Nunc dimittis<\/p>\n<p>\u00deorkell Sigurbj\u00f6rnsson (1938-2013) N\u00fa hverfur s\u00f3l \u00ed haf<\/p>\n<p>Eric Whitacre (*1970) Lux aurumque<\/p>\n<p>Arvo P\u00e4rt\u00a0(*1935) Nunc dimittis<\/p>\n<p>Anna \u00deorvaldsd\u00f3ttir (*1977) Heyr \u00fe\u00fa oss himnum \u00e1<\/p>\n<p>H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson (*1953) Hv\u00edld<\/p>\n<p>Hrei\u00f0ar Ingi (*1978) Nunc dimittis<\/p>\n<p>\u00deorkell Sigurbj\u00f6rnsson\u00a0(1938-2013) \u00a0 Heyr himnasmi\u00f0ur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At All Hallows, November 1st 2015 at 5 pm, Schola Cantorum chamber choir will give a candlelight concert in Hallgrimskirkja under the title Rest. 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