Schedule 2012/ Harpa Concert Hall

Thursday - march 1


18:30

Foyer

John Cage: Fifty-Eight

Concert Band
Rehearsed by Össur Geirsson


19:00-22:00

Kaldalón recital hall

From zero - Film on John Cage

Director: Andrew Culver & Frank Scheffer


John Cage: Concerto for prepared piano and chamber orchestra

John Tilbury, piano
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov

John Cage: Improvisation III (for cassette players)

Reptilicus, Dagur Kári Pétursson, Stilluppsteypa, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Þóranna Björnsdóttir, Maya Dunietz

John Cage: Experiences No. 2 for solo voices

Ragnar Kjartansson, vocal

John Cage: Music for 13

Maya Dunietz and Frank Denyer, piano
Iceland Symphony Orchestra


21:00

Eldborg Main Hall

New work for electric guitar and orchestra

Oren Ambarchi, electric guitar
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov


Friday - march 2


"On the blue": Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson

Short Introductions on Magnús Blöndal.

Word music: Magnús Blöndal

Film by Ari Alexander


Magnús Blöndal:
Minigrams

Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, flute
Matthías Nardeau, oboe
Einar Jóhannesson, clarinet
Brjánn Ingason, bassoon,
Anna Guðný Guðmundssdóttir, piano

Solitude

Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, flute

Dimension

Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin

Selection of Songs

Dream Vision, Song of the Raven, Hands, Vocalise

Herdís Anna Jónasóttir, soprano
Árni Heimir Ingólfsson, piano

Four Abstractions

Sonorities I, II & III

Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, piano


Magnús Blöndal:
Pourquoi

for solo violin and orchestra

Punktar

for orchestra and tape

Tvímánuður

for flute and strings

Adagio

for strings

Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir, violin
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov


Saturday - march 3


Electric Jellyfish

Maya Dunietz: Open Mic Knight

Sound An interactive sound installation


Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson: Horpma III (world premiere)

Charles Ross: The Ventriloquist (world premiere)

Fengjastrútur
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov

Áki Ásgeirsson: 284° (world premiere)

Conductor: Osnat Kelner
Iceland Symphony Orchestra


Jesper Pedersen: Electric Light Orchestra (world premiere)

Katie Buckley, harp
Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Frank Denyer: The Colours of Jellyfish (world premiere)

Co-commission of Iceland Symphony Orchestra and BBC Radio 3
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir, soprano
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Reykjavík Boys Choir

Conductor: Ilan Volkov


Benedict Mason: third music for a european concert hall
(norðurljós; iso: i love my life)

Bergþór Pálsson, narrator
Iceland Symphony Orchestra


20:00

Eldborg Main Hall

Feldman: Palais De Mari

John Tilbury, piano

Duo

John Tilbury, piano
Oren Ambarchi, electric guitar


22:00

Foyer - Finale

Luciano Berio: Accordo for four brass bands

Kópavogur Youth Conert Band, conductor Össur Geirsson
Reykjanesbær Music School Concert Band, conductor Karen Sturlaugsson
Reykjavík-East Youth Concert Band, conductor Vilborg Jónsdóttir
Mosfellsbær Youth Concert Band and Grafarvogur Youth Concert Band, conductor Daði Þór Einarssonn


John Cage: Suite for Toy Piano

John Cage: Child of Tree

Ilan Volkov

John Cage: Interdeterminacy

Ghostigital and Ásgerður Júníusdóttir

Hrafnkell Kaktus Einarsson

A collaboration with Reykjavík Art Museum