RENDEZVOUS

The concert has been postponed. A new concert date TBA.

Rendezvous with Nino Rota, Igor Stravinsky, Chick Corea, Elena Kats-Chernin and Jóhann G. Jóhannsson.

An hour of a happy mixture of music:

• Russian Rag – for string quartet by Elena Kats-Chernin
• Songs by Jóhann G. Jóhannsson to the lyrics of Halldór Laxness and Þórarinn Eldjárn (arranged for soprano and chamber ensemble)
• Three Pieces for String Quartet by Igor Stravinsky
• Four pieces from Children’s Songs by Chick Corea (arranged for saxophone and string quartet by Ian Stewart).
• Rendezvous – short dances for violin, saxophone and marimba by Jóhann G. Jóhannsson
• Themes from Fellini’s films – music by Nino Rota (arranged for saxophone and string trio by Jóhann G. Jóhannsson)

Performed by

The Camerarctica String Quartet:
Bryndís Pálsdóttir, violin
Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir, violin
Svava Bernharðsdóttir, viola
Sigurður Halldórsson, cello

with

Sigurður Flosason, saxophones
Steef van Oosterhout, marimba

and a very special guest:

Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir (Diddú), soprano.