For the first time, Iceland with Harpa in Reykjavik is joining the European Concert Hall Organisation, which sends young artists on tour every year to the continent’s major concert halls as »Rising Stars«. Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, a singer from the Scandinavian island who loves the poetic, mystical traditions of her country, was nominated without further ado. She is currently not only making a name for herself on the major opera stages in Basel and Berlin, but also implementing unusual projects as a photographer and video artist.
PERFORMERS
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir soprano
Kunal Lahiry piano
PROGRAM
»Migrations – Story of a Bird«
Samuel Barber
The Crucifixion
Nico Muhly
Sá ég svani
Jean Sibelius
The North
Errollyn Wallen
North
Judith Weir
White Eggs in the Bush
Sergej Rachmaninow
Spring Waters
Lyra Pramuk
Blur
Deborah Pritchard
Everyone Sang
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Composition commissioned by Harpa Reykjavík, Philharmonie Luxembourg and the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO)
Joseph Haydn
The Wanderer Hob. XXVIa:32
Déodat de Séverac
Les hiboux
Sergej Rachmaninow
The Dream
Maurice Ravel
Oiseaux tristes
Margaret Bonds
Summer Storm
Errollyn Wallen
Rain
