2019
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
| Tuesday July 2nd at 8:30 pm |
 Bylgja and Helga Bryndís |
The early Years of the Icelandic Song Bylgja Dís Gunnarsdóttir soprano and Helga Bryndís Magnúsdóttir piano, introduction by Trausti Jónsson. Program including well-known and as well as virtually unknown songs with piano by some of the pioneers of Icelandic composers from the turn of the century 1900. Program in Icelandic − Press release (Icel/Engl) |
| Tuesday July 9th at 8:30 pm |
 Agnes and Eva Þyri |
Romanticism at the Ocean Front Agnes Thorsteins mezzo-soprano and Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir piano. Frauenliebe und -leben by Robert Schumann to Adelbert von Chamisso's poem which describes a young girl's experience of first love. Richard Wagner composed Wesendonck-Lieder to five poems by Mathilde Wesendonck while working on his opera Tristan and Isolde. Some of the themes can be heard in both works. Program in Icelandic − Press release (Icel/Engl) |
| Tuesday July 23rd at 8:30 pm |
 Hildigunnur, Oddur and Guðrún Dalía |
Attraction and Rejection Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir mezzo-soprano, Oddur Arnþór Jónsson baritone and Guðrún Dalía Salómonsdóttir piano. Program includes Four Duets op. 28 by Johannes Brahms and duets and arias by Brahms, Schubert and Schumann. These works express rejection and attraction of nature, love or the the poem itself. Program in Icelandic − Press release (Icel/Engl) |
| Sunday July 28th at 16 pm |
 Viktor og Melitta |
The composer Viktor Urbancic Seminar in Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum Bjarki Sveinbjönsson music historian |
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Two concerts Monday July 29th at 8:30 pm − and − Tuesday July 30th at 8:30 pm |
 Viktor Urbancic |
The composer Viktor Urbancic Victor Urbancic moved to Iceland when the Nazi seizured power in Austria in 1938, and became one of the leading figures in the classical music scene here. Compositions, some of which have never been heard in Iceland, sung and performed by Kristín Einarsdóttir Mäntylä mezzo-soprano, Ágúst Ólafsson baritone, Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin, pianists Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir and Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir and Urbancic's descendants Michael Kneihs piano, Milena Dörfler violin and Simon Dörfler cello. Program in Icelandic − Press release (Icel/Engl) |
| Tuesday August 6th at 8:30 pm |
 Ísak, Martina, Finnur and Þóra |
Music in Times of Conflict Ísak Ríkharðsson violin, Martina Zimmerli violoncello, Þóra Kristín Gunnarsdóttir piano and Finnur Ágúst Ingimundarson narrator. Debussy’s cello sonata, Poulenc’s violin sonata and Shostakovich’s piano trio no. 2, performed with the composers’ texts and letters together with the news of today. Press release (Icel/Engl) |
| Tuesday August 13th at 8:30 pm |
 Hlín and Ögmundur |
The Sun in our Hearts Hlín Pétursdóttir Behrens soprano and Ögmundur Þór Jóhannesson guitar. A program of Icelandic folk song arrangements and more recent compositions as well as music from the British Isles, Spain and Brazil. Music by Britten, Garcia-Lorca, de Falla, Villa-Lobos, Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, John Speight, Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Stefán Þorleifsson, Þorsteinn Gunnar Friðriksson, Þuríður Jónsdóttir and Ólöf Arnalds. Program in Icelandic − Press release (Icel/Engl) |
| Tuesday August 20th at 8:30 pm |
 Gerrit and Sólveig |
“I was the happiest girl in town” Sólveig Sigurðardóttir soprano and Hrönn Þráinsdóttir piano. Songs and arias by Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Francesco Tosti, Wolfgang A. Mozart and Gioachino Rossini − among others − about the blissful moments you have with the one you love, and the sorrow of lost or unrequited love. Program in Icelandic − Press release (Icel/Engl) |
The concerts last for one hour, starting at 8:30 pm. The Museum Café is open after the concerts, where the audience can meet the artists.
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