Passía
Passía - 3.4.2015 17:00:00 - Hallgrímskirkja
Hallgrímskirkja
Hallgrímstorg101, Reykjavík
Viðburðir
Organist Pétur Sakari
As part of the Northern Marginal Festival, classical organist Pétur Sakari will be performing at Hallgrímskirkja.
Schola Cantorum Chamber Choir: 'Rest'
The Schola Cantorum chamber choir’s All Hallows concerts have become a bit of a tradition, and they’ll be dazzling you this year once again with a candle-lit concert.
Veni redemptor gentium - O come, Redeemer Of The Earth
A special concert to put you in the holiday mood, featuring Advent music by Bach and Guilmant. The venue brings the powerful music to life and will truly get you raring for the holidays.
Schola Cantorum’s Noon Advent Concert I
The Chamber choir, Schola Cantorum, will have their first of three noon Advent concerts on Friday 4. A wonderful chance to experience the Icelandic Christmas spirit in Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík.
Motet Choir Christmas Concert
Hallgrímskirkja’s own motet choir has brought cheer to the people for over thirty years, and will continue to do so in this year’s advent and Christmas concerts. They’ll be accompanied by some brass and, notably, the large organ that fills the church with its heavy sounds. It’s going to be good.
Motet Choir Christmas Concert
Hallgrímskirkja’s own motet choir has brought cheer to the people for over thirty years, and will continue to do so in this year’s advent and Christmas concerts. They’ll be accompanied by some brass and, notably, the large organ that fills the church with its heavy sounds. It’s going to be good.
Motet Choir Christmas Concert
Hallgrímskirkja’s own motet choir has brought cheer to the people for over thirty years, and will continue to do so in this year’s advent and Christmas concerts. They’ll be accompanied by some brass and, notably, the large organ that fills the church with its heavy sounds. It’s going to be good.
Festive Music for the New Year
The traditional New Years concert in Hallgrímskirkja includes 3 trumpets, the church organ and a timpani. Works of Vivaldi, Bach and Albinoni will be performed. A festive welcome to 2016.
Harvard University Choir's Reykjavík Tour
The Harvard University Choir will perform pieces by Byrd, J.S. Bach’s motet “Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf,” and more at Hallgrímskirkja, Skólavörðuholti, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland. In cooperation with Hallgrimskirkja's Friends of the Arts Society, 35th season. Admittance: 3000 ISK Also consider joining us for a casual, free lunchtime performance in the foyer of the beautiful Harpa Concert Hall! 12pm Austurbakki 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Harvard University Choir
Harvard University Choir mun halda tónleika í Hallgrímskirkju föstudaginn 20. janúar nk. kl. 20. Aðgangseyrir er 3.000 kr. Fimmtudaginn 19. janúar verða þau með ókeypis, óformlega tónleika í anddyri Hörpu kl. 12. Endilega notið tækifærið og komið að hlusta á þetta flotta, unga tónlistarfólk.
Rímur & Saumur (Trio Mediaeval/Arve/Skúli/Hilmar)
Hinn einstaki og margverðlaunaði sönghópur Trio Mediaeval ásamt Arve Henriksen, Hilmari Jenssyni og Skúla Sverrissyni kemur fram á tónleikum í Hallgrímskirkju, laugardaginn 21. janúar klukkan 19. MIÐAVERÐ: 3000 KRÓNUR Á tónleikunum fléttast saman norræn miðaldatónlist, íslensk, sænsk og norsk, þjóðlög og spuni þar sem raddir tríósins og hljóðfæri og raddir Arve Henriksen, Hilmars Jenssonar og Skúla Sverrissonar bráðna saman í tímalausan seið. Rímur, tvísöngur, Þorlákstíðir og önnur miðaldatónlist verður flutt en í febrúar næstkomandi kemur út hjá ECM útgáfufyrirtækinu platan Rímur sem hefur að geyma tónlist í flutningi Trio Mediaeval og Arve Henriksen. Trio Mediaeval er skipað söngkonunum Önnu Mariu Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth og Berit Opheim. Tríóið var stofnað árið 1997 í Osló og hefur frá upphafi einbeitt sér að flutningi miðaldatónlistar og nýrrar tónlistar en hópurinn hefur átt í frjóu samstarfi við nokkur af fremstu tónskáldum og tónlistarmönnum samtímans. Hópurinn hefur gefið út sex plötur hjá hinni virtu ECM-útgáfu sem hafa verið tilnefndar til Grammy-verðlauna, prýtt efstu sæti Billboard-lista og fengið frábærar viðtökur hjá gagnrýnendum stórblaða á borð við The New York Times, þetta eru plöturnar Words of the Angel (2002), Soir, dit-elle (2004), Stella Maris (2005), Folk Songs (2007), A Worcester Ladymass (2011) og Aquilonis (2014). Trio Mediaeval hefur komið fram vítt og breitt í Evrópu og Bandaríkjunum á virtum tónleikastöðum á borð við The Wigmore Hall og Barbican Centre í Lundúnum, Concertgebouw í Amsterdam, Bozar í Brussel, The Carnegie Hall í New York og The Kennedy Center í Washington DC. Þetta er í fyrsta sinn sem þessi rómaði tónlistarhópur kemur fram á Íslandi. Tríóið kemur fram með þremur af fremstu spunatónlistarmönnum Norðurlandanna, Arve Henriksen, Hilmari Jenssyni og Skúla Sverrissyni, sem saman gáfu út plötuna Saumur í júlí síðastliðnum hjá Mengi en platan markaði upphafið að samstarfi þeirra sem tríós. Allir hafa þeir verið í fararbroddi í norrænni og alþjóðlegri tónlistarsenu um árabil, spilað með mörgum af helstu spuna- og djasstónlistarmönnum samtímans, haldið tónleika vítt og breitt um heiminn og gefið út ógrynni af plötum. http://www.triomediaeval.no/ http://www.arvehenriksen.com/ http://www.hilmarjensson.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%BAli_Sverrisson http://www.mengi.net/saumur/ ........................... A concert with Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen, Hilmar Jensson & Skúli Sverrisson. Hallgrímskirkjua, Saturday, January 21st 2017 at 7pm. Tickets: 3000 ISK This consert consists of Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish mediaeval hymns, folk songs and some improvisation. Icelandic Rímur and tvisöngur as well as some parts from St. Þorlákstíðir, Norwegian hymn to St. Sunniva and St. Magnus as well as religious folk songs and Swedish hymn to St. Birgitta. Three voices, trumpet, guitar and bass in a Nordic landscape of sound, old and present, timeless music here today. The vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval was founded by Linn Andrea Fuglseth in Oslo in 1997. For sixteen years, the three original members Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Torunn Østrem Ossum constituted the trio. In December 2013, Torunn left the group. Linn Andrea and Anna Maria are now joined by Berit Opheim, who has been singing with the ensemble regularly since 2010. The trio's core repertoire features sacred monophonic and polyphonic medieval music from England, Italy and France, contemporary works written for the ensemble, as well as traditional Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic ballads and songs, mostly arranged by the group members. During the last eight years, the trio has developed exciting collaborations with both individual musicians as well as larger ensembles/orchestras. Trio Mediæval's first CD on ECM Records, Words of the Angel, immediately reached Billboard's Top 10 Bestseller list and was made the Stereophile "Recording of the Month" in April 2002. Further releases on ECM followed in 2004 withSoir, dit-elle and in 2005 with Stella Maris. The first three recordings, produced by John Potter, consisted of medieval and contemporary works. In 2006, the trio started a long-term collaboration with the Norwegian percussionist Birger Mistereggen, and the long awaited recording of Norwegian ballads and songs, Folk Songs, was produced by Manfred Eicher and released in the Autumn of 2007. Folk Songs was nominated for the Norwegian Spellemannprisen and for a US Grammy Award for "Best Chamber Music Performance" the following year. A Worcester Ladymass (2011), like the previous releases, hit the Billboard's Top 10 list, and was selected by the German Record Critic's Award as one of the best new releases in the "Early Music" category. The trio´s new recording (released in November 2014) "Aquilonis" was included in The New York Times "Classical Critics Pick the Top Music Recordings of 2014”. ................................................................................ Born in 1968, Arve Henriksen studied at the Trondheim Conservatory from 1987-1991, and has worked as a freelance musician since 1989. He has worked with many musicians familiar to ECM listeners, including Jon Balke Magnetic North Orchestra, Anders Jormin, Edward Vesala, Jon Christensen, Marilyn Mazur, Audun Kleive, Nils Petter Molvær, Misha Alperin, Arkady Shilkloper, Arild Andersen, Hilmar Jensson, Skuli Sverrisson, Stian Carstensen, Dhafer Youssef, Sidsel Endresen, Christian Wallumrød, Nils Økland, Per Oddvar Johansen, Gjermund Larsen, Svante Henryson, Mats Eilertsen, Stian Westerhus, David Sylvian, Jon Hassell, Hope Sanduval, Laurie Anderson, Eivind Aarset, Erik Honoré, Trio Mediaeval, Toshimaru Nakamura, Trygve Seim Orchestra, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Giovanni Di Domenico, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto, Gavin Bryars, John Potter, Teun Verbruggen, Imogen Heap, Kari Bremnes, Jannis Anastasakis, Lars Danielsson, Tigran Hamasyan, the Cikada String Quartet, The Source and many more. He has played in many different contexts, bands and projects, ranging from working with koto player Satsuki Odamura, to the rock band Motorpsycho via numerous free improvising groups with Ernst Reisiger, Sten Sandell, Peter Friis-Nilsen, Lotte Anker, Terje Isungset, Marc Ducret ,Karl Seglem et cetera. Today he is working with Supersilent, and various settings including Jan Bang, Audun Kleive, Helge Norbakken, Stian Westerhus and Ingar Zach. He has a long discography counting over 140 records in total. ............................................................................ Over the past two decades, bass guitarist-composer Skuli Sverrisson has worked with a veritable who’s who of the experimental world, from free jazz legends (Wadada Leo Smith, Derek Bailey) to music icons (Lou Reed, Jon Hassel, David Sylvian, Arto Lindsey) and composers (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Johann Johannsson and Hildur Gudnadottir). Sverrisson is also known for his work as an artistic director for Olof Arnalds (Innundir Skinni, Vid og Vid), recordings with Blonde Redhead and as a musical director for legendary performance artist Laurie Anderson. He has released a series of duo albums of in collaboration with artists such as Anthony Burr, Oskar Gudjonsson, and Hilmar Jensson. He has been a member of many influential groups including Pachora, Alas No Axis, The Allan Holdsworth group and The Ben Monder group. Sverrisson has also composed music for The Icelandic Dance Company (Open Source) the National Theatre of Iceland (Volva) and numerous films and installations such as Welcome and Music for furniture with Olafur Thordason, Spatial Meditation with Claudia Hill and When it was Blue with experimental film maker Jennifer Reeves. Sverrisson founded Seria, an ongoing ensemble featuring Amedeo Pace (Blonde Redhead), Olof Arnalds, David Thor Jonsson, Anthony Burr, Eyvind Kang and Hildur Gudnadottir in 2005 and released Seria in 2006 and Seria ll in 2010. He has appeared on over 100 recordings and has performed around the world with a wide range of artists. .......................................................... Hilmar Jensson (b.1966), a guitarist-composer graduated from FIH School of Music, Iceland in 1987 and holds a BM degree from Berklee College of Music in 1991. Had private lessons with Mick Goodrick, Jerry Bergonzi, Hal Crook and Joe Lovano. He has performed and recorded in a wide variety of settings and appeared on over 60 records including 8 as a leader. Performed in 35 countries with his trio “TYFT”, Jim Black’s AlasNoAxis, Trevor Dunn’s MadLove, Mogil, Outhouse, B.O.A.T and many others. One the founders of Kitchen Motors, an Icelandic record label, think tank and art organization. Recorded and/or performed with: Tim Berne, Andrew D’Angelo, Jim Black, Chris Speed, Skuli Sverrisson, Trevor Dunn, Herb Robertson, Eyvind Kang, Marc Ducret, Nate Wooley, Cuong Vu, Tom Rainey, Peter Evans, Matt Garrison, Briggan Krauss, Ben Perowski, Jamie Saft, Ches Smith, John Zorn, Ted Reichmann, Ben Street, Wadada Leo Smith, Arve Henriksen, Terje Isungset, Per Jörgensen, Per Oddvar Johansen, Anders Jormin, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Audun Kleive and many others.