Mountain music and Dances
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Íslensk Þjóðlög
Ragnheidur Gröndal sings Icelandic folk songs
Guðmundur Pétursson guitar
Matthias Hemstock percussion
Oriental and Balkan Music
Hanan EL-Shemouty, qanun
Hilmar Örn Agnarsson, indian organ
Steingrímur Guðmundsson, percussion
Nu skal seggjum segja
Icelandic Folk Songs arr. by Michael Jon Clarke
Michael Jon Clarke, teno,
Thorarinn Stefansson, piano
The Norwegian fiddle witch
Susanne Lundeng violin, Norway
“Witty Dog”
Hjörleifur Hjartarson guitar, vocals
Eirikur Stephensen bass, vocals
John the Farmer - Childrens concert and Sounding Rocks and Strings
New arrangements of Icelandic folk songs by Snorri Sigfus Birgisson will be premired
Duo Stemma:
Herdis Jonsdottir viola,
Steef van Oosterhout percussion
Echo – From the Alps to fjords
Improvisation on tunes from the Alps performed by
v o c e s s p o n t a n e from Austria
Johann Leutgeb, vocals
Karin Schneider-Riessner, vocals
Katharina Lugmayr, recorder
The International Troubadour Conspiracy
Samantha Burke guitar and vocals, Australia
Pete Uhlenbruch guitar and vocals, Australia
Svavar Knutur Kristinsson guitar and vocals, Iceland
Russian music from Sweden
Södrabergens balalaikor, Sweden
Harvest night
Students from the Academy and workshops play and sing
Icelandic vikivaki dances

Phil Jamison, caller
Hans-Hinrich Thedens banjo, guitar and vocals
Elizabeth Gaver fiddle and vocals
Members of Södrabergens balalaikor

Iceland Youth Symphony Orchestra and Benni Hemm Hemm
Conductor: Gunnsteinn Olafsson
Program:
Aaron Copland: Appalaichan Spring
Benni Hemm Hemm: New piece
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony Nr. 3, “Scotch”