Week 1Sunday 29 June
8pm Latino Baroque The Swedish group Ensemble Villancico performs and dances to baroque music from Ecuador and Latin America. Conductor: Peter Pontvik. Monday 30 June 2pm When Europe lost its monopol - Baroque Music in Latin America Peter Pontvik, Swedish conductor, composer, researcher and producer, gives a background to the unique fusion of the music of three continents - about 400 years ago. Lecture with musical examples. 3:30 pm Masterclass - Ann Wallström 8pm Shades of Silence Nordic Affect performs contemporary compositions written for baroque instruments by Anna Þorvaldsdóttir, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Úlfar Ingi Haraldsson a.o. The event also includes premiere of a new work by Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir. Tuesday 1 July 2pm Masterclass - Jaap Schröder 20:00 The Embodiment of Knowledge Lecture with Johannes Boer about the role of knowledge in our world of historical performance practice and beyond. Is there still a belief in objectivity, which is guiding our performances or do we have more nuances in our approach, which gives place for creativity and intuition. Wednesday 2 July 2pm All living music… Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir, baroque violinist and artistic director of the award winning ensemble Nordic Affect, presents the ensemble's creative collaborations with contemporary composers. 8pm 40th year in Skálholt - Ann Ann Wallström, Sigurður Halldórsson and Guðrún Óskarsdóttir play music by Bach, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Roman, Händel and Corelli. Supported by Helga Ingólfsdóttir's memorial fund. All concert income goes to the memorial fund. Thursday 4 July 8pm EAR-ly Third Nordic Young Early Music Competition 2014 - Final. In the final concert of EAR-ly, the Swedish groups Ensemble Flautino and Bastard Barock will perform along with the Finnish duo Marini-Ollberg Duo. Friday 4 July 8pm 40th year in Skálholt - Jaap Skálholt String Quartet performs string trios by Haydn and Schubert, along with Haydn’s String Quartet op. 76 no. 6. Saturday 5 July 3pm 40th year in Skálholt - Ann Ann Wallström, Sigurður Halldórsson and Guðrún Óskarsdóttir play music by Bach, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Roman, Händel and Corelli. Repeated from 3 July. Supported by Helga Ingólfsdóttir's memorial fund. All concert income goes to the memorial fund. 5pm 40th year in Skálholt - Jaap Skálholt String Quartet performs a string trio by Boccherini and string quintets by Boccherini and Mozart. Guest: Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir, violin/viola. Sunday 6 July The day is dedicated to Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Skálholt Summer Concerts’ cooperation with The Iceland Academy of the Arts about research on his music. 2pm Thorkell’s Vocal Music Students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts present their research project about the Icelandic composer Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson. The project is supported by Nýsköpunarsjóður Námsmanna and is supervised by Hróðmar I Sigurbjörnsson. 3pm Thorkell’s Vocal Music Students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts perform works by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson. 5pm Mass With music by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson. |
Week 2Thursday 10 July
4pm Skálholt Summer Concerts for 40 years Seminar about the future of Skálholt Summer Concerts. 8pm New wave Chamber ensemble Nordic Affect performs works by some of French baroque music's innovators, i.e. Leclair, Blavet and Rameau. Saturday 12 July 2pm Composing for Melangell, the 500 AD Honey Angel, female saint and mystic. Hanne Tofte Jespersen speaks about her composition The Testimony of Melangell. 3pm The Testimony of Melangell Music for the Mysteries, Kammerkór Suðurlands and actress María Ellingsen perform The Testimony of Melangell by Danish composer Hanne Tofte Jespersen. Conductor: Stefan Parkman. Icelandic translations by Þórarinn Eldjárn. 5pm New wave Chamber ensemble Nordic Affect performs works by some of French baroque music's innovators, i.e. Leclair, Blavet and Rameau. Repeated from Thursday 10th of July. Sunday 13 July 3pm The Testimony of Melangell Music for the Mysteries, Kammerkór Suðurlands and actress María Ellingsen perform The Testimony of Melangell by Danish composer Hanne Tofte Jespersen. Conductor: Stefan Parkman. Icelandic translations by Þórarinn Eldjárn. Repeated from Saturday 12 July. 5pm Mass With music from Skálholt Summer Concerts. |
Week 3SKÁLHOLT FESTIVAL
Thursday 17 July 8pm Sól eg sá Lena Willemark and Voces Thules improvise and perform Icelandic medieval music and Swedish folk music from Älvdalen. Friday 18 July 8pm 40th year in Skálholt - Skálholt Bach Consort Programme to be announced. Leader: Peter Spissky. Soloist: Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, violin. Saturday 19 July 4pm 40th year in Skálholt - Skálholt Bach Consort Programme to be announced. Leader: Peter Spissky. Soloist: Jóhanna Halldórsdóttir, alto. 9pm 40th year in Skálholt - Skálholt Bach Consort Programme to be announced. Leader: Peter Spissky. Soloist: Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, violin. Sunday 20 July 11am Organ concert - Jón Bjarnason 2pm Skálholt Festival Mass 4.15pm Skálholt Festival Gathering |
Week 4Thursday 24 July
8pm Tristia CAPUT Ensemble performs music by Hafliði Hallgrímsson and others. Saturday 26 July 2pm The development years in Estonia Páll Ragnar Pálsson will talk about his study years in Estonia and cast light on the works performed at the concert (Saturday at 5pm/Sunday at 3pm). 3pm 40th year in Skálholt - Hljómeyki Chamber Choir Hljómeyki performs pieces by this summer’s composer in residence Páll Ragnar Pálsson. Soloists: Tui Hirv and Hafsteinn Þórólfsson. Conductor: Marta Guðrún Halldórsdóttir 5pm Tristia CAPUT Ensemble performs music by Hafliði Hallgrímsson and others. Repeated from Thursday 24 July. Sunday 27 July 3pm 40th year in Skálholt - Hljómeyki Chamber Choir Hljómeyki performs pieces by this summer’s composer in residence Páll Ragnar Pálsson. Soloists: Tui Hirv and Hafsteinn Þórólfsson. Conductor: Marta Guðrún Halldórsdóttir. Repeated from Saturday 26 July. 5pm Mass With music from Skálholt Summer Concerts. |
Week 5Thursday 31 July
8pm Music for two A conversation, dancing and wrestling between the harpsichord and the piccolo cello. All is allowed. Everything that comes to mind sounds through the masters Ortiz, Selma og Cabezòn. Corpo di Strumenti: Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir piccolo cello and Brice Sailly harpsichord. Saturday 2 August 2pm Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas Patrick Bismuth discusses Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas in the light of the period’s polyphonic music for solo instruments. 3pm Jukebox Patrick Bismuth isn’t just what he seems. He has all of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas up his sleeve and the audience gets to enjoy a “hit” of their wish. An unpredictable concert presented by an irresistible musician. 5pm Cordes Vocales Where is the musician’s voice? Corpo di Strumenti looks for a voice and sound in the sea of madrigals, so that their instruments may sing. Out comes a 17th century instrumental feast. Works by Bassano, Castello and others. Hélène Houzel violin, Patrick Bismuth violin, Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir piccolo cello, Mathurin Matharel basse de violon, Brice Sailly harpsichord. Sunday 3 August 3pm Cordes Vocales Where is the musician’s voice? Corpo di Strumenti looks for a voice and sound in the sea of madrigals, so that their instruments may sing. Out comes a 17th century instrumental feast. Works by Bassano, Castello and others. Repeated from Saturday 2 August. 5pm Mass With music from Skálholt Summer Concerts. |
