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| Tuesday July 9th at 8:30 pm |
 Matthías Birgir Nardeau |
Matthías Birgir Nardeau oboe. Music from the twentieth century for oboe and English horn. Six metamorphoses after Ovid by Benjamin Britten, Cinq pièces pour le hautbois by Antal Dórati, Inner song for oboe from Trilogy and Six letter letter for English horn, both by Eliot Carter, and Parable 15 for English horn by Vincent Persichetti. Program − Press release |
| Tuesday July 16th at 8:30 pm |
 Peter Máté |
Peter Máté piano. Two Preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Liebesträume and Legenda No. 2 by Franz Liszt, Hans variationer by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Sonata „Les Adieux" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Program Press release |
| Tuesday July 23rd at 8:30pm |
 Héctor Eliel Márquez Fornieles and Sólveig Samúelsdóttir |
Sólveig Samúelsdóttir
mezzo-soprano and Héctor Eliel Márquez
Fornieles piano. Four Madrigals by Joaquin Rodrigo and songs by Héctor Fornieles inspired by lyrics of Elena Martin Vivaldi and Antonio Carvajal. Program Press release |
| Tuesday July 30th at 8:30pm |
 Hulda Jónsdóttir |
Hulda Jónsdóttir violin. Ciaccona from Partita II BWV 1004 in d minor by J.S. Bach, Lullaby for Violin by Viktor Orri Árnason − premiere −. Tempo di Ciaccona from Béla Bartók's Sonata for solo violin, Caprices no 9 and 11 from Niccolò Paganini's 24 Caprices, and Sonata for solo violin op. 27 no. 4 by Eugène Ysaÿe. Program Press release |
| Tuesday August 6th at 8:30pm |
 Áshildur Haraldsdóttir and Kristinn H. Árnason |
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir flute and
Kristinn H. Árnason guitar. Thorvaldsen and Music. Sculptor and flutist Bertil Thorvaldsen's favorite music, some of which was written for him. Also some much beloved Icelandic flute compositions by Sveinn Lúðvík Björnsson, Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Atli Heimir Sveinsson and Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson. Program Press release |
| Tuesday August 13th at 8:30pm |
 Gissur Páll Gissurarson and Árni Heiðar Karlsson |
Gissur Páll Gissurarson tenor and
Árni Heiðar Karlsson piano. Canzone Napoletana - Neapolitan Song Songs by e.g. Tosti, Leoncavallo and Denza. Program Press release |
| Tuesday August 20th at 8:30pm |
 Gunnar Guðbjörnsson, Vigdís Hafliðadóttir and Jónas Ingimundarson |
Gunnar Guðbjörnsson tenor and
Jónas Ingimundarson piano. Schwanengesang D957 by Franz Schubert to poems by Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Heine and Johann Gabriel Seidl. Vigdís Hafliðadóttir reads the lyrics in Icelandic translation of Reynir Axelsson. Program Press release |
| Tuesday August 27th at 8:30pm |
 Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir and Joshua Pierce |
Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and
Joshua Pierce piano. Mozart's Mannheim-Sonatas for Piano and Violin, written in Mannheim and Paris in 1778. Sonata No. 17 in C major, K. 296, Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301, Sonata No. 19 in E-flat major, K. 302 and Sonata No. 20 in C major, K. 303. Program Press release |
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- Extra Concert Sunday September 1st at 8:30pm |
Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and
Joshua Pierce piano. Mozart's Mannheim-Sonatas for Piano and Violin, written in Mannheim and Paris in 1778. Sonata No. 22 in A major, K. 305, Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304 and Sonata No. 23 in D major, K. 306. Program Press release |
The concerts last for one hour, starting at 8:30 pm. The café is open after the concerts where the audience can meet the musicians. Admission is ISK 2000 and all major credit cards accepted.
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