Slagharpan Sings 2024 - Program

Friday, November 29, 2024

12:15 - 13:00
Dynjandi, LHÍ Skipholt 31

Lecture
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson: An Icon in Icelandic Piano Music.
Dr. Kristin Jonina Taylor

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 15:30 – 16:45
Dynjandi, LHÍ Skipholt 31

Piano concert

Styrmir Þeyr Traustason (LHÍ)
Styrmir Þeyr Traustason: „The ounce from Vonarskarði“

Polina María Viktorsdóttir (Kópavogur Music School)
Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson: Two dances

Rita Björk Lövdahl (MÍT)
Hjálmar H Ragnarsson: Prelude no. 2

Oliver Raehni (LHÍ)
Atli Heimis Sveinsson: L'ombre et les lumières

Þórir Hermann Óskarsson
Þórir Hermann Óskarsson: 12 preludes (selected chapters)

Finn Karlsson
Music Center and Music Provider - Presentation

Þórarin Stefánsson
Complete edition of Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson's piano works - presentation

Helgi Heiðar Stefánsson
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson: Impromptu - Nocturne
Leifur Þórarinsson: Children's song category

Jon Sigurdsson
Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson: Four abstract visions

Peter Máté
John Speight: chapters from Sonata per pianoforte

1. Calmo
2. Molto adagio

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17:00 – 18:00
Dynjandi, LHÍ Skipholt 31

Introduction of arrangements for two pianos
Richard Simm

Guðríður S. Sigurðardóttir and Kristinn Örn Kristinsson
Icelandic Suite (Selected Chapters) - Arrangements e. Richard Simm

Nina Margrét Grímsdóttir
Jón Leifs: Wake dream
Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson: Little song
Páll Ísólfsson: Noktúrna

Jane Ade Sutarjo
Finnur Karlsson: Three winter films

Edda Erlendsdóttir
Úlfur Hansson: Star

Saturday, November 30, 2024

11:00 - 12:30
Hljóðberg, Hannesarholt, Grundarstígur 10

Piano concert

Yuichi Yoshimoto (LHÍ)
Snorri Sigfús Birgisson: Prelude for a New World

Oliver Raehni (LHÍ)
Árni Björnsson: Sonata in D minor op. 3 - I. Allegro con fuoco

Styrmir Þeyr Traustason (LHÍ)
Jórunn Viðar: Reflections on 5 old moods

Lecture 
Jórunn Viðar's piano music
Erna Vala Arnardóttir

Erna Vala Arnardóttir
Jórunn Vidar: You blacken clouds

Nina Margrét Grímsdóttir
Jónas Tómasson: Sonata VIII
Hallgrímur Helgason: Sonata no. 2 - Adagio non troppo

Edda Erlendsdóttir
Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Five pieces for piano

Kristin Jonina Taylor
Atli Ingólfsson: ...Ma la melodia

Snorri Sigfús Birgisson
Snorri Sigfús Birgisson: in Stundarheim

14:30 – 15:30
Sal High School in Music, Skipholt 33

Guðrún Hrafnhildur Steinthórsdóttir and Matilda Harríet Mäckalle (Musical School of Ísafjörður)
Vilberg Viggóson: On Sprengisandi, Veröld fláa, Kvalda takes a seat is sunny, Krummi crunches outside

from Seven Icelandic folk songs, four-handed for piano

Halldór Gylfason (LHÍ)
Tryggvi M Baldvinsson: Reflection on Icelandic folk song

Helga Sigríður E. Kolbeins (LHÍ)
Tryggvi M Baldvinsson: Nachtstück - Juni

Hekla Björnsdóttir (LHÍ)
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson: Ydill

Adrian Aron Nastor (LHÍ)
Jón Hlöðver Áskelsson: Dreamy and Reluctant blue forward - from 6 piano songs

Steinar Ari Kristmundsson (LHÍ)
Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Lullaby and Grímseyjargæla - from Icelandic folk songs

Mariann Raehni (LHÍ)
Hafliði Hallgrímsson: The light comes far and narrow - from Icelandic folk songs

Óskar Atli Kristinsson (LHÍ)
Þórður Magnússon: Scenes of Iceland (selected chapters)

 
16:00 – 17:00
Sal High School in Music, Skipholt 33

Piano concert

Ragnheiður Ósk Kjartansdóttir (Tónskólinn I Reykjavík)
Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson: Elegía from Cyrano de Bergerac - premiere for piano

Kolbeinn Flóki Þórsson (Gardabær Music School)
Jóhann G. Jóhannsson: The song that was never sung (Stef for short putta no. 27)

Anna Margrét Pálmarsdóttir (in private lessons)
Jóhann G. Jóhannsson: The lost waltz (Stef for short putts no. 12)

Egill Dofri Agnarsson (Gardabær Music School)
Agnar Már Magnússon: Threads no. 1

Jon Ingvi Seljeseth (LHÍ)
Agnar Már Magnússon: Threads no. 4 and no. 7

Piano students from MIT:
Páll Ísólfsson: Portraits

No. 3 - Jakob Piotr Gribos
No. 10 - Vigdís Erla Davíðsdóttir
No. 12 - Sól Björnsdóttir
No. 14 - Kristin Hong Sveinsdóttir

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Festival program in the Hall in Kópavogur on Icelandic Music Day.

11:00 – 12:30
The hall in Kópavogur, Hamraborg 6

Festival program.
Piano concert and lecture

Kristin Jonina Taylor
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson: MA KNOTT

Þórdís Árnadóttir (MÍT)
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson: Sindur

Lilli Eva Eisenberg (LHÍ)
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson: Der Wohltemperierte Pianist

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Chadman Naimi (Sigursvein's Music School)
Páll Ísólfsson: Gletta I

Matvii Levchenko (Sigursvein's Music School)
Páll Ísólfsson: Gletta II

Tryggvi Tobiasson Helmer (Kópavogur Music School)
Páll Ísólfsson: Three pieces of piano op. 5 no. 1, Burlesca

Nina Margrét Grímsdóttir
Páll Ísólfsson: Three pieces of piano op. 5 no. 2, Intermezzo

Vasyl Zaviriukha (Sigursvein's Music School)
Páll Ísólfsson: Three pieces of piano op. 5 no. 3, Capriccio

Lecture
Piano technique in late romantic Icelandic works Dr. Nina Margrét Grímsdóttir

 
14:30 – 15:30
The hall in Kópavogur, Hamraborg 6

Presentation
„88 keys on the 66 north“
Domenico Codispoti

Domenico Codispoti
Þórður Magnússon: Scenes of Iceland

Helgi Heiðar Stefánsson
Jón Leifs: Four songs, op. 2

Aladár Rácz
Ríkarður Örn Pálsson: Rondino Negro and Valse Mélancolique, from Piano Suites 1 and 2

Jane Ade Sutarjo
Haukur Tómasson: Glacial Pace

Nina Margrét Grímsdóttir
John Speight: Manhattan Moments

Presentation
Complete edition of Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson's piano works
Þórarin Stefánsson

16:00 – 17:30
The hall in Kópavogur, Hamraborg 6

Presentation
Music Center and the Music Provider
Finn Karlsson

Jon Sigurdsson
Fjölnir Stefánsson: Five sketches

Þórarin Stefánsson
Hafliði Hallgrímsson: 2 folk songs (first performance)

Þórarin Stefánsson
John Speight: Evening Poem II

Kristin Jonina Taylor
Mist Þorkelsdóttir: Sonata to life

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Sólborg Valdimarsdóttir and Laufey S. Haraldsdóttir
Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir: Distance at the moment
Kristín Þ. Haraldsdóttir: By a rocky beach
Andrés Ramón: Portraits of other realities

Guðríður S. Sigurðardóttir and Richard Simm
Icelandic Suite (Selected Chapters) - Arrangements e. Richard Simm

Þórarinn Stefánsson and Alexander Edelstein
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson: Noveletta for two pianos (first performance)

Attention is drawn to the fact that admission to all events of the festival is free.