In the organizer's words:

Traveling with the migratory birds

For the first time, Iceland and Harpa in Reykjavik have joined the European Concert Hall Organization, which sends young artists on tour through the continent's major concert halls every year as "Rising Stars". And with Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, a singer from the Nordic island state who loves the poetic, mystical traditions of her country and currently not only shines on the major opera stages in Basel and Berlin, but also realizes unusual projects as a photographer and video artist, was nominated directly.

Cast

Álfheiður Erla GuðmundsdóttirSoprano

Kunal Lahirypiano

Program

"Migrations - Story of a Bird"

Olivier Messiaen
Pourquoi? / from: Trois Mélodies

Samuel Barber
The Crucifixion / from: Hermit Songs op. 29

Judith Weir
White Eggs in the Bush

Lyra Pramuk
Blur

Jean Sibelius
Vain Wishes / from: Eight Songs op. 61

Ein Entchen schwimmt auf der Theiß / Ukrainian folk song (arrangement for soprano and piano by Kunal Lahiry and Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir)

Nico Muhly
I saw swans

Claude Debussy
Apparition / from: Quatre chansons de jeunesse

Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Náðarstef / Commissioned by Harpa Reykjavík, Philharmonie Luxembourg and the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO)

-Intermission -

Errollyn Wallen
North

Sergei Rachmaninov
Dream / from: Six Songs op. 38

Joseph Haydn
The Wanderer Hob. XXVIa:32 / from: Six English canzonettas

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Witches' Song op. 8/8

Edvard Grieg
A Swan op. 25/2

Hadi Ya Bahar / Palestinian Folk Song (arrangement for soprano and piano by Kunal Lahiry and Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir)

Philip Glass
Etude for Piano No. 9

Shawn Okpebholo
Oh, Freedom

Jean Sibelius
The North / from: Six Songs op. 90

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Small Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik

Price information:

€ 28