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Plymouth Church, Seattle and Mattias Wager of Storkyrkan, Stockholm.<\/p>\nYoung stars of the organ, the premiere of a brand new, Icelandic organ piece and a top secret programme are on the calendar in Hallgr\u00edmskirkja this summer. The International Organ Summer concerts are held for the 24th year with 29 organ concerts and nine choral concerts from June 18 \u2013 August 21. The magnificent Klais organ and the wonderful acoustics of the church every year attract talented performers from all over the world. This year our artists come from the USA, Sweden, Latvia, The Netherlands, The UK, France, Germany and Iceland \u2013 some of them big names in the organ world like Leo Doeselaar of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Douglas Cleveland of Plymouth Church, Seattle and Mattias Wager of Storkyrkan, Stockholm.<\/p>\n
A young, French organ star opens the International Organ Summer with concerts on June 18 and 19. At only 27 ![\"KatelynEmerson-014\"](\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/KatelynEmerson-014-200x300.jpg\")
years, Thomas Ospital has received multiple awards for his performances and holds the position of organist at the respected St. Eustache church in Paris. Even younger is the American Katelyn Emerson, performing later in the summer, a rising star already holding prizes and last year granted a Fulbright scholarship to study with Olivier Latry in France.<\/p>\n
Looking at the programme of the Organ Summer, one realizes just how many different and magnificent works have been written for the queen of instruments. H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson, organist of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja, plays two very different toccatas: the classical Toccata and fugue in d-minor<\/em> by Bach and Icelandic composer J\u00f3n Nordal\u2019s Tokkata<\/em>. Many of the foreign guests play works from their homelands and Sigr\u00fan Magna \u00de\u00f3rsteinsd\u00f3ttir of Akureyri church plays organ works by women only. Organist L\u00e1ra Brynd\u00eds Eggertsd\u00f3ttir however is quite mysterious about her and saxophone player Dorthe H\u00f8jland\u00b4s programme, that apparently needs to remain secret until the concert!<\/p>\n Hallgr\u00edmskirkja\u2019s wonderful, prize-winning chamber choir Schola cantorum sings weekly concerts on Wednesdays all summer long. This year the choir celebrates it\u2019s 20th anniversary with a new CD, MEDITATIO, published under the renowned Swedish label BIS. On the CD is a selection of outstanding choral works from the 20th and 21st century which interpret grief and bereavement in the light of hope and comfort. Among the selected works are John Tavener\u2019s simple but stirring The Lamb<\/em>, Eric Whitacre\u2019s unearthly Lux aurumque<\/em> and two of the most beautiful Icelandic choir pieces ever written: J\u00f3n Leifs\u2019 Requiem<\/em> for the young daughter he lost and \u00deorkell Sigurbj\u00f6rnsson\u2019s Heyr himna smi\u00f0ur<\/em> (Hear Heaven\u2019s Maker<\/em>), considered by many to be the most beautiful hymn ever written in Iceland. In the summer concerts, the choir performs works from their new CD along with classical church music gems. Soloists from the choir step forward and sing with the Klais organ. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Concerts this summer<\/strong><\/p>\n 18\/6 12 noon Thomas Ospital, St. Eustache, Paris, France.<\/p>\n 19\/6 5 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Ospital, St. Eustache, Paris, France.<\/p>\n 22\/6 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 23\/6 12 noon Gu\u00f0mundur Sigur\u00f0sson, Hafnarfjar\u00f0arkirkja, Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland.<\/p>\n 25\/6 12 noon Bj\u00f6rn Steinar S\u00f3lbergsson, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 26\/6 5 pm Bj\u00f6rn Steinar S\u00f3lbergsson, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 29\/6 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 30\/6 12 noon H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 2\/7 12 noon Leo van Doeselaar, concert organist, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n 3\/7 5 pm Leo van Doeselaar, concert organist, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n 6\/7 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 7\/7 12 noon Sigr\u00fan Magna \u00de\u00f3rsteinsd\u00f3ttir, Akureyrarkirkja, Akureyri, Iceland.<\/p>\n 9\/7 12 noon K\u00e1ri \u00deormar, D\u00f3mkirkjan, Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n 10\/7 5 pm K\u00e1ri \u00deormar, D\u00f3mkirkjan, Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n 13\/7 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 14\/7 12 noon L\u00e1ra Brynd\u00eds Eggertsd\u00f3ttir organ, Iceland, and Dorothee H\u00f6jland saxophone, Denmark.<\/p>\n 16\/7 12 noon Katelyn Emerson, USA.<\/p>\n 17\/7 5 pm Katelyn Emerson, USA.<\/p>\n 20\/7 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 21\/7 12 noon J\u00f3n Bjarnason, Sk\u00e1lholtsd\u00f3mkirkja, Sk\u00e1lholt, Iceland.<\/p>\n 23\/7 12 noon Ligita Sneibe, concert organist, Latvia.<\/p>\n 24\/7 5 pm Ligita Sneibe, concert organist, Latvia.<\/p>\n 27\/7 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 28\/7 12 noon Larry Allen organ and Scott Bell oboe, USA.<\/p>\n 30\/7 12 noon Douglas Cleveland, Plymouth Church, Seattle, USA.<\/p>\n 31\/7 5 pm Douglas Cleveland, Plymouth Church, Seattle, USA.<\/p>\n 3\/8 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 4\/8 12 noon Fri\u00f0rik Vignir Stef\u00e1nsson, Seltjarnarneskirkja, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland.<\/p>\n 6\/8\u00a0\u00a0 12 noon Mattias Wager, Storkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n 7\/8 5 pm Mattias Wager, Storkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n 10\/8 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 11\/8 12 noon H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson organ and Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00d3sk<\/p>\n Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir mezzosoprano, Iceland.<\/p>\n 13\/8 12 noon Christoph Sch\u00f6ner, Michaeliskirche, Hamburg.<\/p>\n 14\/8 5 pm Christoph Sch\u00f6ner, Michaeliskirche, Hamburg.<\/p>\n 17\/8 12 noon Schola cantorum chamber choir, Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n 18\/8 12 noon K\u00e1ri Allansson, H\u00e1teigskirkja, Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n 20\/8 12 noon James McVinnie, concert organist, London.<\/p>\n 20\/8 3-8 pm Cultural Night of Reykjavik in Hallgrimskirkja- free entrance.<\/strong><\/p>\n 21\/8 5 pm James McVinnie, concert organist, London.<\/p>\n Tickets will be at the entrance 1 hour before each concert and online at www.midi.is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Young stars of the organ, the premiere of a brand new, Icelandic organ piece and a top secret programme are on the calendar in Hallgr\u00edmskirkja this 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Composers are still writing works for the organ and organist Bj\u00f6rn Steinar S\u00f3lbergsson of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja will at his concert premiere a new piece by Icelandic composer Hrei\u00f0ar Ingi. Let us not forget all the wonderful transcriptions of orchestral works made for the organ, of which we will hear quite a few this summer. Leo Doeselaar from The Netherlands will for example play a grand transcription of Dukas\u2019 The Magician\u2019s Apprentice<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"3239\"](\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3239.jpg\")
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