SUMMER EVENSONG<\/p>\n
M\u00f3tettuk\u00f3rinn will sing the summer in at the spring concert in Fella- og H\u00f3lakirkja church on the Ascension Day, the18th of May 2023, at 20.00.<\/p>\n
The programme takes you on a magical spring walk through a musical landscape where the enchanting Nordic summer poems shine alongside beautiful works by Bruckner, Brahms, Rheinberger, Grieg and Rachmaninoff.<\/p>\n
The concert is conducted by Bjarni Fr\u00edmann Bjarnason who currently stands in for H\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u00c1skelsson as a conductor of M\u00f3tettuk\u00f3rinn. Bjarni has conducted, among others, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Reykjav\u00edk Chamber Orchestra, Caput Ensemble and Bergen Chamber Orchestra. He has also conducted for a number of Bj\u00f6rk concerts, most recently in Japan and at the music festival Coachella in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
M\u00f3tettuk\u00f3rinn has been one of the leading choirs of Iceland for decades. The list of works performed by the choir over the years is long and diverse. The choir toured in Europe and overseas, sung in some of the most famous European cathedrals, performed on music festivals and won prizes in international competitions. In 2022 M\u00f3tettuk\u00f3rinn won the Icelandic Music Award as the Peformer of the Year in Classical and Contemporary Music, having received a number of nominations previously.<\/p>\n
The program of the concert:<\/strong><\/p>\n Bruckner: Os Justi<\/p>\n Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Deva<\/p>\n Rachmaninov: Svete Tihyi<\/p>\n Pearsall: Lay a Garland<\/p>\n Wikander: Kung Liljekonvalje<\/p>\n Petersson-Berger: Som stj\u00e4rnorna p\u00e5 himmelen<\/p>\n Grieg: Ave maris stella<\/p>\n J\u00f3n Nordal: Heilr\u00e6\u00f0av\u00edsur<\/p>\n \u00cdsl\/\u00c1rni Har\u00f0arson: T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur<\/p>\n Brahms: Warum?<\/p>\n Alfv\u00e9n: Ut i v\u00e5r hage<\/p>\n Rheinberger: Abendlied<\/p>\n