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«
Olivier Messiaen
Pourquoi? / aus: Trois Mélodies
Samuel Barber
The Crucifixion
Judith Weir
White Eggs in the Bush
Lyra Pramuk
Blur
Jean Sibelius
Fafäng önskan / aus: Acht Lieder op. 61
A Duckling Swims in the Tisza
Nico Muhly
Ich sah Schwäne
Claude Debussy
Apparition / aus: Quatre chansons de jeunesse
Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Composition commissioned by Harpa Reykjavík, Philharmonie Luxembourg and the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO)
- Interval -
Errollyn Wallen
North
Sergej Rachmaninow
The Dream
Joseph Haydn
The Wanderer Hob. XXVIa:32
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Hexenlied op. 8/8
Edvard Grieg
Ein Schwan op. 25/2
Hadi Ya Bahar /
Philip Glass
Etüde Nr. 9 für Klavier
Shawn Okpebholo
Oh, Freedom
Jean Sibelius
The North
