Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Soprano

For the first time, Iceland with Harpa in Reykjavik is joining the European Concert Hall Organisation, which sends young artists on tour every year to the continent’s major concert halls as »Rising Stars«. Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, a singer from the Scandinavian island who loves the poetic, mystical traditions of her country, was nominated without further ado. She is currently not only making a name for herself on the major opera stages in Basel and Berlin, but also implementing unusual projects as a photographer and video artist.

PERFORMERS

Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir soprano

Kunal Lahiry piano

PROGRAM

»Migrations – Story of a Bird«

Samuel Barber
The Crucifixion

Nico Muhly
Sá ég svani

Jean Sibelius
The North

Errollyn Wallen
North

Judith Weir
White Eggs in the Bush

Sergej Rachmaninow
Spring Waters

Lyra Pramuk
Blur

Deborah Pritchard
Everyone Sang

Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
Composition commissioned by Harpa Reykjavík, Philharmonie Luxembourg and the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO)

Joseph Haydn
The Wanderer Hob. XXVIa:32

Déodat de Séverac
Les hiboux

Sergej Rachmaninow
The Dream

Maurice Ravel
Oiseaux tristes

Margaret Bonds
Summer Storm

Errollyn Wallen
Rain