{"id":4069,"date":"2018-03-08T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T10:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2018-03-08T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T10:54:47","slug":"hear-my-prayer-lenten-concert-with-the-hallgrimskirkja-motet-choir-march-11th-at-5-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/hear-my-prayer-lenten-concert-with-the-hallgrimskirkja-motet-choir-march-11th-at-5-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear my prayer &#8211; Lenten concert with the Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir &#8211; March 11th at 5 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hear My Prayer<\/p>\n<p>The programme of this year\u2018s Lenten concert presented by the Motet Choir of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja consists of expressive sacred choral compositions that deal with loss, sorrow, prayer and consolation in the shadow of the cross.<\/p>\n<p>Well-known works by Henry Purcell, William Byrd, Pablo Casals, Morten Lauridsen and John Tavener are interspersed by psalm verses by the great Icelandic Baroque poet-priest Hallgr\u00edmur P\u00e9tursson with music by Icelandic composers.<\/p>\n<p>The most extensive composition on the programme, When David heard by popular American contemporary composer Eric Whitacre, is a remarkable musical interpretation of the desperation of King David as he learns of the execution of his son Absalom (Second Book of Samuel).<\/p>\n<p>The choir will also premiere a work by Halld\u00f3r Hauksson set to a prayer hymn written by Hallgr\u00edmur P\u00e9tursson on his deathbed.<\/p>\n<p>The 55 singers of the Motet Choir will be conducted by H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson, organist and Music Director of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is 3.500 ISK, 1.700 ISK for seniors, disabled and students.<br \/>\nTicket sale on midi.is. Also in the church shop in Hallgrimskirkja and at the entrance one hour before the concert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-659\" src=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/pdf_icon_20x20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/akall-motettukor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See Brochure here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear My Prayer The programme of this year\u2018s Lenten concert presented by the Motet Choir of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja consists of expressive sacred choral compositions that deal with<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4069","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\/4069","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=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listvinafelag.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}