Radio shows

Radio programs about Halldór Hansen

Here you can find all the episodes of Sverris Guðjónsson, singer, about Halldór Hansen, a pediatrician, music lover and sponsor of the LHÍ music library and the LHÍ scholarship fund. Gullmolar is a series that weaves together a personal interview with the pediatrician and music lover Halldór Hansen and vocal and opera music from his rare collection. All the music in the shows comes from his album collection. The series was premiered on Rás 1 2002.

  • Episode 1. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: Childhood love

    This episode is about the opera singer Jarmila Novotna She sings arias from La Traviata by Giuseppi Verdi and Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß from Franz Lehar's operetta Giuditta The song is then performed Para mi pequeno y lejano pueblo by Dino Saluzzi Author performs Also, Sverrir Guðjónsson, 12 years old, sings A lullaby by Emil Thoroddsen to the poetry of Jón Thoroddsen. Supervisor reads from The nightingale by HC Andersen.

  • Episode 2 Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: The Nightingale

    The nightingale is opera singer Lotte Lehmann She sings Die toten Augen by Eugene d'Alber; Mein Herr, was dachten Sie von mir from Johann Strauss II's Bat; Ich ging zu ihm by Erich Korngold; Leise Leise from The magician by Weber; Hoffnung came from Fidelio by Beethoven and Liebsetod from Tristan und Isolde by Wagner. Halldór Hansen is interviewed and the supervisor reads from HC Andersen's Nightingale.

  • Episode 3. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: Söngdívur

    Opera singers Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Elisabeth Schumann and María Markan sing works by Puccini, Bellini, Schubert, Taubert and Grieg. Halldór Hansen is interviewed and the supervisor reads from HC Andersen's Nightingale.

  • Episode 4. Vocal stars in Halldór Hansen's life: The Seven Deadly Sins

    Kathleen Ferrier, Sigrid Onegin, Janet Baker and Lotte Lenya perform works by Brahms, Arditi, Handel, Weill and folk songs Halldór Hansen is interviewed and the supervisor reads from HC Andersen's Nightingale.

  • Episode 5. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: At the top

    Tito Schipa, Enrico Caruso, Lauritz Melchior, Jusse Björling, Beniamino Gigli, Hughes Cuenod, Charles Kullmann, Stefán Iceland and Einar Kristjánsson perform works by Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, von Flotow, Halle, Mozart, Árna Thorsteinsson and Jón Þórarinsson. Halldór Hansen is interviewed and the supervisor reads from Næturgalan by HC Andersen.

  • Episode 6. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: The art of the moment

    Gérard Souzay and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sing from The winter trip by Franz Schubert. Halldór Hansen is interviewed and the supervisor reads from HC Andersen's Nightingale.

  • Episode 7. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: Laid in the deep

    Bryn Terfel, Dimitri Hvarostovski, Leontyne Price and Jessye Norman perform the works of efit Handel, Gershwin and Wagner as well as folk songs and Negro hymns The supervisor talks to Halldór Hansen and reads from Brekkukotsannál by Halldór Laxness, a chapter about Garðar Hólm's return.

  • Episode 8. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: In the air

    Michael Chance, James Bowman, Alfred Deller, Sigur Rós, Sverrir Guðjónsson and Snorri Örn Snorrason perform works by Bach, Purcell, Handel, Dowland, Hróðmar Inga Sigurbjörnsson as well as folk songs. The supervisor talks to Halldór Hansen and reads from Brekkukotsannál about Halldór Laxness.

  • Episode 9 Vocal stars in Halldór Hansen's life. In the age of the broadcasting

    Erna Berger, Helga Roseaenge and Edith Piaff perform works by Wagner, Puccini, Mozart, Leoncavallo, Offenbach etc. The supervisor talks to Halldór Hansen and reads from Brekkukotsannál by Halldór Laxness.

  • Episode 10. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: Garðar Hólm

    Lotte Lehmann, Herbert Jansen and Eggert Stefánsson perform songs by Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss the Younger, Eugene Dálbert, Wagner, Brahms, Sigvalda Kaldalón and Björgvin Guðmundsson. The supervisor talks to Halldór Hansen and reads from Brekkukotsannál by Halldór Laxness.

  • Episode 11. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: Last song for news

    Engel Lund, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Guðmunda Elíasdóttir, Sigríður Ella Magnúsdóttir, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Gunnar Guðbjörnsson and Sverrir Guðjónsson sing songs by Björk, Sigvalda Kaldalón, Jón Leifs, Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson and Sigfús Einarsson. Supervisor talks to Halldór Hansen and reads from Brekkukotsannál by Halldór Laxness.

  • Episode 12. Singing stars in Halldór Hansen's life: Festival

    Final act Gunnar Eyjólfsson presents a festival program in the Hall, on June 19, 2000, held in honor of Halldór Hansen. Sveinn Jónsson, chairman of the music association gives a speech, Kársness School Choir sings Other music does not come from the festival program. Elly Ameling, Finnur Bjarnason and Sverrir Guðjónsson sing works by Erik Satie, Franz Schubert, Charles Ives, George Gershwin and Johannes Brahms. The supervisor reads from the Brekkukotsannál by Halldór Laxness.