{"id":3454,"date":"2016-11-25T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T09:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2016-11-25T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T09:45:40","slug":"o-holy-light-the-hallgrimskirkja-motet-choir-christmas-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/o-holy-light-the-hallgrimskirkja-motet-choir-christmas-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"O holy light &#8211; The Hallgrimskirkja Motet choir christmas concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year in December fabulous and festive Christmas and Advent music takes center stage in Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Church in Reykjav\u00edk during the annual Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Christmas Music Festival. This year is no exception with the 2016 version providing a dazzling and diverse array of choral, organ and instrumental music that will bring good cheers to all attendees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3449\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3454]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3449\" class=\"wp-image-3449 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"M\u00f3tettuk\u00f3r Hallgr\u00edmskirkju\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-236x146.jpg 236w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-50x31.jpg 50w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-576x356.jpg 576w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju-121x75.jpg 121w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/motettukor-hallgrimskirkju.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Motet Choir<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The festivities begin with the customary and popular Christmas Concerts of the prestigious Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Motet Choir, that will take place on Sunday December the 4th at 5 pm and Tuesday December the 6th at 8 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 16.66%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see sc_gallery() in functions\/theme-shortcodes.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='sc_gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3454 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail file element_classes gallery-default'><dl class='gallery-item'  data-title='Mattias Wager' data-description=''><div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mattias-wager.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3454]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mattias-wager-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mattias Wager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mattias-wager-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mattias-wager-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mattias-wager-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 150px, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\tMattias Wager\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'  data-title='Maria Keohane' data-description=''><div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/maria-keohane.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3454]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/maria-keohane-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Maria Keohane\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/maria-keohane-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/maria-keohane-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/maria-keohane-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 150px, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\tMaria Keohane\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'  data-title='H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson' data-description=''><div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hordur-askelsson.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[3454]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hordur-askelsson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hordur-askelsson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hordur-askelsson-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hordur-askelsson-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 150px, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption'>\n\t\t\t\t\tH\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/div><\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This year the Motet Choir is honoured to present two fantastic guest performers from Sweden, the marvelous soprano singer Maria Keohane and Mattias Wager, the head organist of Stockholm\u2019s cathedral and one of Scandinavia\u2019s most famous organ virtuosos. The choir and the distinguished guests will perform a charming selection of Swedish, Icelandic and well-known classical Christmas pieces that will undoubtedly bring on the Christmas spirit. Conductor is H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson, the director of the choir and organist at Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year in December fabulous and festive Christmas and Advent music takes center stage in Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Church in Reykjav\u00edk during the annual Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Christmas Music Festival.<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}