The Folk Music Centre

  Wednesday July 6th

Town square at 13.00
Hike to the Top

Hike up the road to Hvanneyrarskál above Siglufjordur, and then climb steep hills up to the top of Hafnarhyrna which offers spectacular views of the Trollaskagi peninsula.

Guide: Örlygur Kristfinnsson

Town square at 17.00

If the weather allows Icelandic hot-dogs will be BBQed for festival guests and town folk.

Siglufjarðarchurch at 20.00

Okkar glaða söngvamál - Our Joyful Singing

Choir concert held in the honor of the folk music collector rev. Bjarni Þorsteinsson and Geirharður Valtýsson former director of the esteemed male choir Vísir

Siglufjordur's Male Choir and band

Directors: Elías Þorvaldsson og Guðrún Ingimundardóttir

The Boat House at 21.30

Í stillunni hljómar - in Stillness it Sounds

The Folk Music Group Mógil:

Heiða Árnadóttir, voice

Hilmar Jensson, guitar

Joachim Badenhorst, clarinet

Ananta Roosens, violin

 

 

Thursday July 7th

 

The Church loft at 13.00

Una Margrét Jónsdóttir: lecture about song-games

 

Allinn at 17.15

Gýpugarnagaul

A play for children with the theater company Möguleikhúsið

Alda Arnardóttir, actress

Þórunn Elín  Pétursdóttir, voice

Birgir Bragason, bass

Sigrún Valbergsdóttir, director

Bára Grímsdóttir, director of music

Messíana Tómasdóttir, stage design and costumes 

 

Siglufjarðarchurch at 20.00

Stássmeyjarkvæði

Icelandic folk songs arranged by the composer Atli Heimir Ingólfsson

Kristín Ólafsdóttir, voice, and musicians from the Caput ensemble and the Youth Symphony Orchestra.

The Boat House at 21.30                                               

The Colorful Music of Columbia

Andrés Ramón, piano, charango, cuatro, tiple, gaita

Frank Aarnik, alegre maracón, capachos, cajon, marimba, tambora

Kolbeinn Bjarnason, flute, gaita og quena

Katie Buckley, harp

Karl Jóhann Bjarnason, cello

Gunnar Hrafnsson, double bass

 

Allinn at 23.00                                   

A dance

The folk-pop music band Varsjárbandalagið

Sigríður Ásta Árnadóttir, accordion and voice

Jón Torfi Arason trumpet, guitar and voice

Magnús Pálsson, clarinet

Steingrímur Guðmundsson, percussion

Hallur Guðmundsson, double bass and voice

Gréta Salóme Stefánsdóttir, violin

                                   

Siglufjarðarchurch at 23.00

Duo harpverk

New Icelandic music for harp and percussion

Frank Aarnink, percussion

Katie Buckley, harp

 

Friday July 8th

 

Church loft at 13.00

Andrés Ramon: lecture about Colombian folk music

 

Town square at 17.00

Danish and Icelandic folk dances

 

Siglufjarðarchurch at 20.00                                   

Icelandic Rhapsody                                                     

Þórarinn Stefánsson performs new Icelandic piano composition          

 

Rauðka Café House at 20.00

Duo Scandinavica

The folk music of Norwegian and Swedish emigrants

Lori Ann Reinhall, voice

Jim Nelson, voice, guitar and flute

 

The Boat House at 21.30                                                           

Glymur dans í höll -

The group Voces Thules performs Icelandic songs from old manuscripts.

Eggert Pálsson, voice, pipes, flutes, percussion

Einar Jóhannesson voice, shawm, percussion

Eiríkur Hreinn Helgason, voice, percussion

Guðlaugur Viktorsson, voice, lyre, percussion

Sigurður Halldórsson, voice, symphonia, dulcimer, percussion

Arngerður María Árnadóttir, voice, organ

                                                                                 

The Blue House at 21.30

Danish national costumes and dances

Folk dance group from Gudbjerg, Denmark

 

Allinn at 23.00                                                           

Nýr koss - New Kiss                                                            

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, voice

Tómas R. Einarsson, double bass

Ómar Guðjónsson, guitar

Matthías Hemstock, percusison

 

 

Saturday July 9th  

                          

Sports Center at 10.00-12.00           

Norwegian and Icelandic folk dances taught to festival guests.

 

The Folk Music Center at 14.00-16.00

Let's dance

The folk dance group from Sogni, Norway

The folk dance group Vefarinn from Akureyri

The folk dance group Sporið from Borgarfjordur

The singing of "rímur"

          

Allinn at 13.30

Thin Jim

The band Thin Jim performs music in the style of American country music

Margrét Eir, voice

Birgir Ólafsson, guitar

Andrés Þór Gunnlaugsson, guitar

Scott Mclemore, percussion

Jökull Jörgensen, bassi

 

The Boat House at 13:30

I denna ljuva sommartid - Sweet Summertime

The folk music group Katla

Svava Kristín Ingólfsdóttir, voice

Ingibjörg Guðlaugsdóttir, trombone

Hörður Bragason, piano and organ

Birgir Bragason, double bass

Allinn at 15.00           

Brother Grass                       

The band Brother Grass performs music in the style of American bluegrass music          

Örn Eldjárn, voice, guitar

Soffía Björg Óðinsdóttir, voice, guitar, percussion

Hildur Halldórsdóttir, voice, accordion, percussion

Sandra Dögg Þosteinsdóttir, voice, percussion

Ösp Eldjárn, percussion, guitar

 

Rauðka Café House at 15.00           

The songs of Oddgeir Kristjánsson

Hafsteinn Þórólfsson, voice

Jón Gunnar Biering Margeirsson, guitar

Ingólfur Magnússon, bass

 

Allinn at 17.00

Tropicalia                                                           

The band Tropicalia performs Brazilian music

Kristín Bergsdóttir, voice

Ómar Guðjónsson, guitar

Arnljótur Sigurðsson, bass

Gunnlaugur Briem, drummes

Siglufjarðarchurch at 17.00

Til þín - 2 U

The University Choir performs Icelandic choir music

Director: Gunnsteinn Ólafsson

Sports Center at 20.30

Harvest Festival followed by a dance

Students at workshops present what they have learned

The folk dance group from Sogni, Norway

The folk dance group Vefarinn from Akureyri

The folk dance group Sporið from Borgarfjordur

The Salsaband of Tómasar R.

Sunday July 10th

Siglufjarðarchurch at 14.00

The Youth Symphony Orchestra concert

Soloist: Sigurbjörn Ari Hróðmarsson, trombone

Conductor: Gunnsteinn Ólafsson

Gunnar Karel Másson: Lancharan (premier)

Hróðmar Ingi Sigurbjörnsson: Básúnukonsert (premier)

Georges Bizet: Dances from Carmen