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Mother Power

August 9th at 17:00, Norðurljós

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The concert Mother Power is dedicated to mothers, motherhood and the many threads that weave through the maternal experience.

The programme features art songs and duets that illuminate the warmth and protection of a mother's embrace, the soothing voice that rocks a child to sleep, and the rich spectrum of emotions that reside within a mother's heart. 
Here, care, tenderness, and pride meet with passion, fear, exhaustion, and even anger. The concert also gives voice to the woman herself - her desires, her vitality, and the life that exists beyond the roles she fulfills for others.

These themes are intertwined with songs celebrating spring, which since ancient times has symbolised fertility, renewal, and new beginnings. The concert is an ode to maternal love and to life as it grows and flourishes, much like the awakening of nature in spring.

programme

    F. Mendehlson
           Dúettar  Op. 63:
           Ich wollt, meine Liebe ergösse sich
           Abschiedslied der Zugvögel
           Volkslied
           Maiglöcken und die Blümelein

    B. Britten (1913-1976)
           Charms of a Lullaby Op. 41:
           Sephestia's Lullaby
           A Charm
           The Nurse’s Lullaby

    Richard Strauss
           Wiegenlied úr Op. 41
           Muttertandelei úr Op. 43

    Pauline Viardot
           Cossack Lullaby

    A. Dvořák
           Mährische Duette Op. 32:
           Ich schwimm dir davon
           Die Taube auf dem Ahorn
           Wasser und weinen
           Grüne, Du Gras!

    Jórunn Viðar
           Mamma ætlar að sofna

    Haukur Tómasson
           Fögnuður

    Hjálmar Ragnarsson
           Vögguvísa Sólveigar

    Jón Leifs
               Vögguvísa

    Jón Nordal
           Hvert örstutt spor

    performers

    Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir · mezzo-soprano

    Vera Hjördís Matsdóttir · soprano

    Matthildur Anna Gísladóttir · pianist