Tectonics Music Festival - Full Schedule

curator Ilan Volkov March 1 - 3

THURSDAY - MARCH 1st
JOHN CAGE PORTRAIT

 

18:30 FOYER

John Cage: Fifty-Eight
Concert Band
Rehearsed by Össur Geirsson

19:30 ELDBORG MAIN HALL (ISO WITH GUESTS)

John Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra
John Tilbury, piano
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov

John Cage: Improvisation III
(for cassette players)
Reptilicus, Dagur Kári Pétursson, Stilluppsteypa,
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Maya Dunietz, Þóranna Björnsdóttir.

John Cage: Experiences No. 2 for solo voice
Soloist: Ragnar Kjartansson, vocal

John Cage: Music for 13
Maya Dunietz and Frank Denyer, piano
Iceland Symphony Orchestra

21:00 ELDBORG MAIN HALL

New work for electric guitar and orchestra
Oren Ambarchi, electric guitar
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov

21:30 FOYER

Christian Wolff: Burdocks
Fengjastrútur

22:00 NORÐURLJÓS RECITAL HALL - CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

John Cage: Music for Amplified Toy Pianos
John Tilbury, Frank Denyer, Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Davíð Þór Jónsson, Maya Dunietz.

John Cage: FIVE
Hestbak
Áki Ásgeirsson, Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, Ingi Garðar Erlendsson, Jesper Pedersen, Páll Ivan Pálsson.

John Cage: FIVE
Christian Wolff: For five or ten people
Oren Ambarchi, Frank Denyer, Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Maya Dunietz, Davíð Þór Jónsson.

Alvin Lucier: Music for Piano with Amplified Sonorous Vessels
Frank Denyer, piano

FRIDAY - MARCH 2nd
MAGNÚS BLÖNDAL PORTRAIT

 

17:45 KALDALÓN  RECITAL HALL - INTRO

"On the blue": Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson Ph.D
Short Introductions on Magnús Blöndal

Word music: Magnús Blöndal
Film by Ari Alexander

19:00 NORÐURLJÓS RECITAL HALL - CHAMBER MUSIC BY MAGNÚS BLÖNDAL

Magnús Blöndal:

Minigrams
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, flute
Matthías Nardeau, oboe
Einar Jóhannesson, clarinet
Brjánn Ingason, bassoon

Solitude
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, flute

Dimension
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, violin

Selection of Songs

Dream Vision, Song of the Raven, Hands &Vocalise
Herdís Anna Jónasóttir, soprano
Árni Heimir Ingólfsson, piano

Four Abstractions
Sonorities I, II & III
Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, piano

 

20:00 ELDBORG MAIN HALL - ORCHESTRAL MUSIC BY MAGNÚS BLÖNDAL

Magnús Blöndal:

Pourquoi
for solo violin and orchestra
Punktar
for orchestra and tape
Tvímánuður
for flute and strings
Adagio
for strings

Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir, violin
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov

21:30 NORÐURLJÓS RECITAL HALL - HOMAGE TO MAGNÚS BLÖNDAL

 

Magnús Blöndal: Constellation and Atmos 1
Kira Kira: New work
Ríkharður Friðriksson: Líðan III
Stilluppsteypa: New work
Auxpan: New work

 

SATURDAY - MARCH 3rd     ELECTRIC JELLYFISH

 

15:00 -21:00  KALDALÓN RECITAL HALL

Maya Dunietz - Installation with live performance

16:00 NORÐURLJÓS RECITAL HALL

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson: Horpma III
Charles Ross: The Ventriloquist (world premiere)
Fengjastrútur
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ilan Volkov

Áki Ásgeirsson: 284° (world premiere)
(This work was chosen in an open call by Ilan Volkov and Hafþór Ingvason)
Osnat Kelner, dancer
Iceland Symphony Orchestra


17:00 ELDBORG MAIN HALL - ORCHESTRAL CONCERT

Jesper Pedersen: Electric Light Orchestra (world premiere)
(This work was chosen in an open call by Ilan Volkov and Hafþór Ingvason)
Katie Buckley, harp
Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Frank Denyer: The Colours of Jellyfish (world premiere)
Co-commission of Iceland Symphony Orchestra and BBC Radio 3
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir, soprano
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Reykjavík Boys Choir

Conductor: Ilan Volkov

18:30 NORÐURLJÓS RECITAL HALL

Benedict Mason: third music for a european concert hall (espro; eic: i love my life)
Bergþór Pálsson, narrator
Iceland Symphony Orchestra

20.00 ELDBORG MAIN HALL

Morton Feldman: Palais De Mari
John Tilbury, piano

DUO
John Tilbury, piano
Oren Ambarchi, electric guitar

21.00 NORÐURLJÓS RECITAL HALL  - S.L.Á.T.U.R.

Þráinn Hjálmarsson: MMXII (premiere)
Þorkell Atlason
Magnús Jensson
Páll Ivan Pálsson
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir
Ingi Garðar Erlendsson
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir

22.00 FOYER - FINALE

Luciano Berio: Accordo for four brass bands
Kópavogur Youth Conert Band, conductor Össur Geirsson
Reykjanesbær Music School Concert Band, conductor Karen Sturlaugsson
Reykjavík-East Youth Concert Band, conductor Vilborg Jónsdóttir
Mosfellsbær Youth Concert Band and Grafarvogur Youth Concert Band, conductor Daði Þór Einarsson

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