AKUREYRI CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024
Please find directions to all concerts below.
Lunchtime Concert on Hrísey Island
Sæborg Community Centre, Hrísey
August 17 @ 12.30pm
Ticket price: 2.500 kr.
The Akureyri Chamber Music Festival teams up with the annual Hrísey Dance Festival to present a short and sweet lunchtime concert in Sæborg Community Centre. A perfect way to warm up your spirits before heading onto the dance floor. To get visit Hrísey, visit www.hrisey.is/en and check out the ferry schedule which leaves every two hours from Árskógsssandur. Tickets to the concert can be purchased at the door or on www.tix.is.
Philippe Hersant: Eleven caprices for violin and cello
J.S. Bach: Fifteen inventions (arr. for violin and cello)
Antonín Dvorák: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 "American"
Performers
Sólveig Steinþórsdóttir, violin
Rannveig Marta Sarc, violin
Anna Elísabet Sigurðardóttir, viola
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, cello
Conversations
Beethoven, Brahms & Caroline Shaw
Glerárkirkja Church, Akureyri
August 17 @ 19.30pm
Ticket price: 4.500 kr.
This evening concert in Glerárkirkja Church features three works from different time periods, starting with a string quartet by the youthful Ludwig van Beethoven. Second on the programme is a string quartet deeply inspired by Beethoven’s quartet by the living American composer Caroline Shaw. Finally, a dramatic and emotional piano quartet by Johannes Brahms closes the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the door or on www.tix.is.
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18/6
Caroline Shaw: Blueprint for string quartet
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in c minor
Performers
Sólveig Steinþórsdóttir, violin
Rannveig Marta Sarc, violin
Anna Elísabet Sigurðardóttir, viola
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, cello
Þóra Kristín Gunnarsdóttir, piano
Schumann & Dvorák
Finale in Hof
Hamrar Concert Hall, Hof Cultural Centre, Akureyri
August 18 @ 16.00pm
Ticket price: 4.500 kr.
The final concert of the festival takes place in Hamrar Hall at Hof Cultural Centre right on the beautiful fjord of Eyjafjörður. Two staples of the chamber music repertoire are on the programme, both jubilant and exhilirating to perform and the listen to. Firstly, Dvorák’s most famous string quartet, inspired by his trip to the New World in the 1890s. Secondly, Schumann’s piano quintet, an undisputed masterpiece and sure to bring this ebullient concert to a triumphant finish.
Antonín Dvorák: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 "American"
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Performers
Sólveig Steinþórsdóttir, violin
Rannveig Marta Sarc, violin
Anna Elísabet Sigurðardóttir, viola
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, cello
Þóra Kristín Gunnarsdóttir, piano
Directions
Sæborg, Austurvegur, Hrísey
For the ferry schedule to Hrísey visit
www.hrisey.is/en. Sæborg is a short walk from the ferry.
Glerárkirkja Church, Bugusíða 3, 603 Akureyri
Hof Cultural Centre, Strandargata 12, 600 Akureyri