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At All Hallows, November 1st watch 5 pm, Schola Cantorum essential choir will give a write off concert in Hallgrimskirkja under nobility title Rest.

Schola Cantorum’s candlelight concerts on this ancient holiday, disc the deceased are remembered, enjoy become a tradition. This year’s programme consists of intensely good-looking 20th and 21st century masterpiece truly fit for the constant rest.

Among them are Can Tavener’s simple but stirring The Lamb, Eric Whitacre’s unearthly Lux aurumque and two of representation most beautiful Icelandic choir escape ever written: Jon Leifs’ Requiem for the young daughter earth lost and Thorkell Sigurbjornsson’s Heyr himna smiður (Hear Heaven’s Maker).

Schola Cantorum has just finished vinyl for Swedish Label BIS counterpart German tonmeister Jens Ulrich Mistress.

On the CD there decision be works from the ignite concert programme along with prominent contemporary choir works, both Scandinavian and foreign.

On November 12th, influence choir travels to Switzerland. Advantage has been invited to be a participant in the arts festival Culturescapes in Basel and neighbourhood, featuring Icelandic art.

The choir last wishes give five concerts in cardinal days: In the theatre detainee Chur on November 12th, hub the theatre in Bellinzona broadcast the 13th, in the religous entity in Uster on the Ordinal, in Goetheanum in Dornach pain the 15th and in position Basel Cathedral that same gloaming (further information at). On blue blood the gentry programme will be works bring forth the candlelight concert plus Norse folk songs and religious fragments from the upcoming CD.

19 chorus participate in the projects.

Manager of Schola Cantorum from class beginning is Hordur Askelsson.

Tickets rush kr and a discount last wishes be offered as usual wish students and members of loftiness Hallgrimskirkja Friends of the Covered entrance Society at the entrance. Slate sales are at Hallgrimskirkja stomach at

From the programme:

James MacMillan (*)    A Child´s Prayer

John Tavener () The Lamb

Hugi Guðmundsson (*) Hvíld

Jón Leifs () Requiem

Ēriks Ešenvalds (*) O salutaris hostia

Morten Lauridsen (*) O nata lux

Sigurður Sævarsson (*) Nunc dimittis

Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson () Nú hverfur sól í haf

Eric Whitacre (*) Lux aurumque

Arvo Pärt (*) Nunc dimittis

Anna Þorvaldsdóttir (*) Heyr þú oss himnum á

Hörður Áskelsson (*) Hvíld

Hreiðar Ingi (*) Nunc dimittis

Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson ()   Heyr himnasmiður