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Concert Season 2011/12 The Iceland Symphony welcomes you to Harpa. Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson Vladimir Ashkenazy

A Season to Remember

september–october 2011

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra celebrates Founded in 1950, the ISO is Iceland’s national THU 08 SEP 2011 » 19:30 THU 06 OCT 2011 » 19:30 its 62nd season with an exciting and distinctive orchestra. It gives around 60 annually : Concerto no. 3 NORDIC MUSIC DAYS programme ranging from Vivaldi and Handel and has received great international acclaim : Symphony no. 5 Uljas Pulkkis: Crystallizations to Takemitsu and John Cage. Among the focal for its recordings and international tours. Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor Perttu Haapanen: Obsession Park points of the season are the ISO’s ongoing The first volume of its series of the orchestral Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson piano Hendrik Strindberg: Neptuni åkrar Einar Torfi Einarsson: Repetition of Repetition cycle of Mahler symphonies and a complete works of Vincent d’Indy on the Chandos cycle of Beethoven’s symphonies. The brilliant label was nominated for a Grammy award in Martyn Brabbins conductor Sif Tulinius young conductor Ilan Volkov takes up his post 2008 for Best Orchestral Performance, and THU 15 SEP 2011 » 19:30 Janne Rättyä accordion as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the the second volume was an Editor’s Choice : no. 2 Iceland Symphony, and curates an exciting and selection in Gramophone magazine. The ISO Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances original festival of modern music in March 2012. has toured widely in Europe and the United Gennady Rozhdestvensky conductor THU 13 OCT 2011 » 20:00, 21:00 & 22:00 Viktoria Postnikova piano The opening of the 2011/2012 season features States, including two appearances in Carnegie Valgeir Sigurðsson: Dreamland two concerts conducted by the legendary Hall, in 1996 and again in 2000. Writing in Daníel Bjarnason: Processions (Piano Concerto) Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, the New York Times, Alex Ross described Daníel Bjarnason: Emergence THU 22 SEP 2011 » 19:30 the ISO’s Principal Guest Conductor, as well the ISO’s performance under Osmo Vänskä Steve Reich: Different Trains W. A. Mozart: Symphony no. 39 as a with Vladimir Ashkenazy, the as “sensational ... one of the finest Sibelius Daníel Bjarnason conductor Jean Sibelius: Tapiola orchestra’s Conductor Laureate. performances I have encountered.” Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson piano Leoš Janác�ek: Sinfonietta ICE (International Contemporary Gennady Rozhdestvensky conductor Ensemble)

THU 29 SEP 2011 » 19:30 THU 27 OCT 2011 » 20:00 Toru Takemitsu: I Hear the Water Dreaming CONCERT IN HOF, AKUREYRI Toru Takemitsu: Air Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto no. 2 Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 7 in E-flat major Ilan Volkov Music Director Ilan Volkov conductor : Symphony no. 3 Melkorka Ólafsdóttir flute in E-flat major, Eroica Ilan Volkov made his debut with the Iceland Symphony Daníel Bjarnason conductor Orchestra in 2003 and takes on the post of Music Einar Jóhannesson clarinet Director and Chief Conductor in September 2011. He FRI 30 SEP 2011 » 18:30 began his career as Assistant Conductor of the Boston MASTERCLASS FOR CONDUCTORS Symphony Orchestra under , and was Chief : Movements from Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Symphony no. 1 from 2003 to 2009. He is a frequent guest with orch­ Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, first half estras around the world, and his recordings have won Ilan Volkov director critical acclaim as well as prestigious awards, including the Gramophone Award and the Monaco prize. Hannu Lintu Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir Baldur Brönniman Osmo Vänskä

nov–dec 2011 december 2011–februar 2012

THU 03 & FRI 04 NOV 2011 » 19:30 SAT 26 NOV 2011 » 14:00 FAMILY CONCERT FRI 09 DEC 2011 » 19:30 THU 12 JAN 2012 » 19:30 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 Reinhold Glière: from Harp Concerto BEETHOVEN CYCLE II A concert featuring the winners of this year’s young Gustav Holst: The Planets J. S. Bach: Badinerie from Orchestral Suite no. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 soloist competition, held in co-operation with the Rumon Gamba conductor Carl Maria von Weber: from Concertino Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 Iceland Academy of the Arts. Winners will be an- Denis Matsuev piano for Clarinet Hannu Lintu conductor nounced in October 2011 and the programme will Vox feminae W. A. Mozart: from Horn Concerto no. 4 be posted on the ISO’s website. Margrét Pálmadóttir choir director Lars-Erik Larsson: from Concertino Bernharður Wilkinson conductor for Fri 16 dec 2011 » 17:00 FAMILY CONCERT Soloists TBA Pablo de Sarasate: from Zigeunerweisen SAT 17 DEC 2011 » 14:00 & 17:00 FAMILY CONCERT Bernharður Wilkinson conductor SUN 06 NOV 2011 » 14:00 Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival Katie Buckley, Hallfríður Ólafsdóttir, THU 19 & FRI 20 JAN 2012 » 20:00 Iceland Symphony Youth Orchestra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Einar Jóhannesson, Joseph Ognibene, Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 5 The Nutcracker The Music of James Bond Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir, Hávarður Favourite Christmas Songs Baldur Brönniman conductor Tryggvason soloists Carl Davis, conductor Bernharður Wilkinson conductor Valgerður Guðnadóttir, Sigríður Thorlacius, Kristjana Stefánsdóttir vocalist Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir, Páll Óskar Hjálmtýs- THU 10 NOV 2011 » 19:30 FRI 02 DEC 2011 » 19:30 Sólveig Steinþórsdóttir violin son, Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson vocalists Sölvi Kolbeinsson saxophone Áskell Másson: Horn Concerto G. F. Handel: Students from the Iceland Ballet Academy Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 9 Matthew Halls conductor Kársnes School Choir THU 26 JAN 2012 » 19:30 Petri Sakari conductor Susan Gritton soprano Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir host Giacinto Scelsi: Hymnos Joseph Ognibene horn Robin Blaze alto Atli Ingólfsson: Mani James Oxley tenor Hugi Guðmundsson: Orkestur Matthew Brook bass THU 05, FRI 06 & SAT 07 JAN 2012 Iannis Xenakis: Metastasis » Kór Áskirkju and Hljómeyki choirs THU 24 NOV 2011 19:30 A New Year’s Gala concert with Viennese favourites, Hans Abrahamsen: 10 Sinfonias Magnús Ragnarsson choir director including Johann Strauss’s Blue Danube waltz and Anna Þorvaldsdóttir: aeriality Ilan Volkov conductor Henri Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain... Die Fledermaus overture, as well as a selection of Johannes Brahms: Symphony no. 4 favourite waltzes and operetta arias performed by » WED 07 DEC 2011 19:30 one of Iceland’s best-loved sopranos. Ilan Volkov conductor THU 02 FEB 2012 » 19:30 Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir BEETHOVEN CYCLE I Willy Büchler conductor Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir soprano Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 2 Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 6 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 3, Eroica Osmo Vänskä conductor Hannu Lintu conductor Helena Juntunen soprano Lise Berthaud Christine Schäfer Simone Kermes Peter Oundjian Mihaela Ursuleasa Hilary Hahn

feb–mar 2012 april–june 2012

THU 09 FEB 2012 » 19:30 THU 01, FRI 02 & SAT 03 MAR 2012 SAT 28 APR 2012 » 14:00 FAMILY CONCERT FRI 01 JUN 2012 » 19:30 Claude Vivier: Orion FESTIVAL OF MODERN MUSIC : from The Seasons BEETHOVEN CYCLE III W. A. Mozart: no. 4 A three-day festival of modern music curated by the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no. 11 ISO’s Music Director, Ilan Volkov. The programme Johann Strauss: Thunder and Lightning Polka Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 Peter Oundjian conductor will feature an exciting selection of works by John Ludwig van Beethoven: from Pastoral Symphony Hannu Lintu conductor Hilary Hahn violin Cage (in commemoration of the composer’s cen- Bedrich Smetana: Moldau tenary), Gérard Grisey and Morton Feldman, as Bernharður Wilkinson conductor well as music by Icelandic composers. A whole day Sif Tulinius violin THU 07 JUN 2012 » 19:30 will be devoted to the Icelandic composer Magnús THU 16 & FRI 17 FEB 2012 » 20:00 Blöndal Jóhannsson, who was one of the pioneers of BEETHOVEN CYCLE IV Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 modernism in Iceland in the 1950s and 60s. THU 10 MAY 2012 » 19:30 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 Ludwig Wicki conductor Ilan Volkov conductor Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1 Kaitlyn Lusk vocalist John Tilbury piano Hannu Lintu, conductor Jean Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 Kór Áskirkju, Hljómeyki, Oren Ambarchi instrumentalist Hulda Björk Garðarsdóttir, soprano Reykjavík Children’s Choir Pietari Inkinen conductor Nathalía Druzin Halldórsdóttir, mezzo-soprano Margrét Pálmadóttir, Magnús Ragnarsson Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir violin Andrew Kennedy, tenor choir directors THU 15 MAR 2012 » 19:30 Ágúst Ólafsson, bass Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir W. A. Mozart: SAT 19 MAY 2012 » 14:00 FAMILY CONCERT Hörður Áskelsson, choir director for violin and THU 23 FEB 2012 » 19:30 W. A. Mozart: Mass in C minor Alexander Glazunov: Winter, from The Seasons Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso op. 6 no. 4 Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty Paul McCreesh conductor THU 14 JUN 2012 » 19:30 G. F. Handel: Arias from and Lotario : Mother Goose Suite Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin Antonio Vivaldi: Arias from Griselda Jórunn Viðar: Fire, ballet music Jón Nordal: Adagio Lise Berthaud viola and L’Olimpiade Alban Berg: Altenberg Lieder Miah Persson, Lisa Milne sopranos Bernharður Wilkinson conductor Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concertos in D major W. A. Mozart: Non mi dir, from Andrew Staples tenor Students from the Iceland Ballet Academy and E minor W. A. Mozart: Misera, dove son, K. 369 Ágúst Ólafsson bass Valur Freyr Einarsson narrator : Unfinished Symphony Enrico Casazza conductor and violin Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir Simone Kermes soprano Hörður Áskelsson choir director Ilan Volkov conductor FRI 25 MAY 2012 » 19:30 Christine Schäfer soprano : Roméo et Juliette FRI 30 MAR 2012 » 19:30 Ilan Volkov conductor W. A. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, overture Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir mezzo-soprano W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 Sveinn Dúa Hjörleifsson tenor in C major, K. 467 Nicolas Cavallier baritone W. A. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C major, Jupiter Kór Áskirkju, Hljómeyki, Bernard Labadie conductor Söngsveitin Fílharmónía choirs Mihaela Ursuleasa piano Magnús Ragnarsson choir director ticket information Tickets for performances of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra are sold in several price categories. Individual tickets generally range from ISK 2,000 to 6,500.

Bookings: Phone: (+354) 528 5050 Box office hours in Harpa: 12:00–18:00 Online: www.sinfonia.is, www.harpa.is

On concert evenings, the box office remains open until concert start time.

Concerts take place in Harpa, Reykjavík Concert Hall, Austurbakki 2, IS-101 Reykjavík. ticket information Tickets for performances of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra are sold in several price categories. Individual tickets generally range from ISK 2,000 to 6,500.

Bookings: Phone: (+354) 528 5050 Box office hours in Harpa: 12:00–18:00 Online: www.sinfonia.is, www.harpa.is

On concert evenings, the box office remains open until concert start time.

Concerts take place in Harpa, Reykjavík Concert Hall, Austurbakki 2, IS-101 Reykjavík. Iceland Symphony Orchestra Harpa Concert Hall » Tel. +354 528 5050

Box office » www.sinfonia.is » www.harpa.is

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