Seigla

Together & Apart


AUGUST 8th AT 20:00, Norðurljós

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How many vocal duets by female composers exist? Are the scores accessible? Who are - and who were - the women who composed this music, and why do we know so few of them? Who was Elísabet Jónsdóttir, Ida Boyle, Camille Chaminade? What do Ingibjörg Azima and Rebecca Clarke have in common? 

Join us at the opening recital of Seigla festival featuring stunningly beautiful music rarely performed. The event is at once a concert, an ode to poetry, an informal research project, and a feminist storytelling session, featuring a world premiere of several new vocal duets. 
 Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir soprano, Guja Sandholt mezzo-soprano and Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir pianist have been performing for a long time, but recently began exploring duets for voice by female composers that are buried deep in the worlds music archives.

Performing together, and at times separately, they will present vocal duets, art songs, and piano works by female composers, delve into their stories, highlighting their music.


Fest­ival Open­ing ceremony

The opening ceremony of Seigla takes place in Hörpuhorn - join us for a drink before the festival’s first concert together with performers, organisers, and friends of the festival. This is a unique opportunity to meet, connect, and celebrate the beginning of a weekend full of diverse events. The full festival programme and participating artists will be introduced, and we will start the weekend of music with a performance by some of this year’s artists.



PROGRAMME

Elísabet Jónsdóttir (1869-1945)
           Ég uni best
           Nú rennur sólin

María Markan (1905-1995)
             Hamingjuleit
            Rósir

Ingibjörg Azima (1973): Úr Árhring (frumflutningur)
           Gormánuður
           Sólmánuður

Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir (1964):  
          Haraldur kjúklingur
          Leitin að gullinu

Ina Boyle (1889-1967)
            Have you news of my boy Jack
           Sleep song

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
            Méditation úr Rómönsum án orða op. 76
           Dúett stjarnanna

Fanny Mendelsohn (1805-1847)
             Der Strauss
            Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
           La gallina

PERFORMERS

Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir
Soprano

Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir
Pianist

Guja Sandholt
Mezzo-soprano