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

Fanny Mendelsohn (1805-1847)
            Abschiedslied der Zuvogel
           Der Strauss
           Strahlender Ostsee

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

María Markan (1905-1995)
             Hamingjuleit
            Rósir

Ingibjörg Azima (1973)
           Nótt eftir nótt
           Mörsugur
           Gormánuður
           Skerpla
           Sólmánuður

Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir (1964): 3 dúettar úr Vísum fyrir vonda krakka  
           Haraldur kjúklingur
           Skrímslin
           Vísan um heilbrigðu hjónin
           Leitin að gullinu

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
            Duet of the stars

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

Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
            Nacht für Nacht
           The Seal Man

Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
           Les bohemiennes

PERFORMERS

Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir
Soprano

Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir
Pianist

Guja Sandholt
Mezzo-soprano