Hallgrímskirkja Choir Autumn Concert

AUTUMN CONCERT OF THE HALLGRÍM CHURCH CHOIR

AUTUMN CONCERT OF THE HALLGRÍM CHURCH CHOIR

Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 5 p.m.

Hallgrímskirkja Choir

Steinar Logi Helgason manager

Tickets are sold at Hallgrímskirkja and at Tix.is.

Admission fee 4,900 kr.

The Hallgrímskirkja Choir is waiting for an autumn concert in Hallgrímskirkja on October 26th at 5 pm.

Pearls from the history of church music will be performed for unaccompanied choir. The program is divided into three parts and will begin with three outstanding works of German/Austrian romanticism by Mendelssohn, Bruckner and Reger. Then there will be recent works with Latin texts by Icelandic composers, all commissioned by the Hallgrímskirkja Choir. Finally, attention will be turned to the 20th and 21st centuries with motets by John Tavener, Knut Nystedt and Arvo Part, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday this September.

Table of contents:

Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)

Richte, mich, Gott (Psalm 43) op. 78 no. 2 (1844)

Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896)

Locust (1869)

Max Reger (1873 – 1916)

Nachtlied Op. 138 no. 3 (1914)

Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir (1964 - )

Psalm 116 (2022)

Hugi Gudmundsson (1977 - )

Hail Mary (2025)

Ingibjörg Yr Skarphéðinsdóttir (1990 - )

Our Father (2024)

Hjalmar H. Ragnarsson (1952 - )

Hail true corpus (2022)

Arvo Pärt (1935 - )

The Deer's Cry (2007)

Knut Nystedt (1915 – 2014)

Sing and rejoice (1983)

John Tavener (1944 – 2013)

Song for Athena (1993)

Hallgrímskirkja Choir was founded in the fall of 2021 and now has over 60 members. Since its founding, the choir has participated in celebrations in Hallgrímskirkja, as well as performing concerts and recording. It puts a lot of effort into performing Icelandic choral music and promotes innovation by premiering new compositions. The choir has had fruitful collaborations with the Brák Baroque Band, the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Steinar Logi Helgason is the conductor of the Hallgrímskirkja Choir.

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