Choir Festival Videos

The videos from the Icelandic-Choirs-in-Europe festival have been published. There you can see me conducting my dear friends in the London choir on the 13th of April this year in the Cathedral in Lund, Sweden. 

Öfugmælavísur

Stefán S. Stefánsson. 

Raddsetning: Hróðmar I. Sigurbjörnsson

Hættu að gráta hringaná

Íslenskt þjóðlag

Útsetning: Hafliði Hallgrímsson

Kata litla í koti

Sigvaldi S. Kaldalóns

Útsetning: Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir

And finally, I got the chance to conduct the United Icelandic Choirs of Europe. That was quite a thrill.

Björt mey og hrein

Íslenskt þjóðlag

Raddsetning: Róbert A. Ottósson

"Bráð" for theater

Tonight me and Friðþjófur (Fiffi) have the 1st rehearsal for our new theater version of the music for "Bráð" ("Soon"?), about the decline of Snæfellsjökull-glacier (http://helgiingvarsson.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/bra-and-bbcso.html). 

I for one cant wait to hear our 7 piece ensemble and soprano have a go at the music. Awesome people like Jessica Kabirat (fl.), Caoimhe de Paor (rec.), Joy Boole (cl.), Ruth Hardwick (bassoon), Ching Man Ho Judy (harp), Andrew Power (vc.), Iurii Gavryliuk (db.) and Rannveig Káradóttir (sopr.). See you all at the premiere in the end of May.

Choir festival in Lund, Sweden

Last weekend, 12th-14th of April I went on a trip with my lovely choir to Lund, Sweden where 9 Icelandic choirs from around Europe gathered for their bi-annual festival. Long story short, the concert was extraordinary beautiful and fun, followed by a grand dinner and party.

Here you can see the gathered forces of the 9 choirs, which I was so lucky to get the chance to conduct. Great experience and fun for me as a young conductor.

The Icelandic choirs in Europe

I would like to congratulate the Lund Choir committee formally for a job well done. We, the Icelandic choir in London, will host the next festival in 2015. We´re very excited and have started looking for a venue already.

The Cathedral in Lund. Magnificent venue.