SIGLUFJÖRÐUR FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021
LET’S SING AND DANCE
Artistic director: Gunnsteinn Olafsson
Siglufjörður Folk Music Festival aftermovie 2017
Wednesday 7th of July 2021
Siglufjord Church 8.00 – 9.00 pm
Jon Leifs accompanied by Mahler
Songs by Jon Leifs and Gustav Mahler
Oddur Arnthor Jonsson baritone and Sigurdur Helgi Oddsson piano
The Boat House 9.30 – 10.30 pm
South American ballads
Uwe Eschner guitar and Axel Meyer guitar, Germany
The Meal Factory Grána 11.00 – 12.00 pm
On life’s tragic slippery slope
Rimur chanter and cellist Kristín Lárusdóttir
Thursday 8th of July 2021
Siglufjordur Church 17.15 – 18.00
The Magic Drum. Story for children in music, words and pictures. World premier.
Free admission.
Øyonn Groven Myhren folk music singer and SISU percussion ensemble, Norway. Narrator: Gunnsteinn Ólafsson
Siglufjord Church 8.00 – 9.00 pm
Listener’s Delight. Songs of food, summertime and love by Thorunn Gudmundsdottir.
Björk Nielsdóttir soprano, Erla Dora Vogler mezzosoprano, Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson tenor, Hafsteinn Thorolfsson baritone, Eva Thyri Hilmarsdottir piano
The Boat House 9.30 – 10.30 pm
White Water Rapids
Folk Music Band JAEJA, England
Kieran Towers fiddle, Evan Davies mandolin, Sam Quintana bass, Bragi Olafsson guitar
Siglufjord Church 11.00 – 12.00 pm
The Runic Stroke. A Norwegian ballad about the destiny of a bride on her wedding day.
Øyonn Groven Myhren singer and lyre and SISU percussion ensemble, Norway
Friday 9th of July 2021
Folk Music Centre 5.00-6.00 pm
Dance and singing at the Folk Music Centre (by good weather)
Boathouse 8.00 – 9.00 pm
Enchanted Children. Icelandic folk music in new arrangements by Ragnheidur Gröndal
Ragnheidur Gröndal vocals, piano, Gudmundur Petursson guitar, Haukur Gröndal clarinet, Kjartan Valdemarsson piano and Matthías Hemstock percussion
Siglufjord church 9.30 – 10.30 pm
Music Between Times of War
Trio Amasia
Ármann Helgason clarinet, Helen Erlendsdóttir violin and Thröstur Thorbjörnsson guitar
Restaurant Rauðka 11.00 – 12.00 pm
Dancing on the Balkans
Silhouettes of Byzantine
Asgeir Asgeirsson saz, bouzouki, Haukur Gröndal clarinet, Eric Quick percussion and Thorgrímur Jonsson double bass
Saturday 10th of July 2021
Siglufjord Church 10.00 – 12.00 am
Norwegian Folk Dances. Free admission. Øyonn Groven Myhren.
Siglufjord Church 2.00 – 3.00 pm
Surrounding Sounds of Sheep
Music by Hafdis Bjarnadottir and the Icelandic domestic sheep
Passepartout Duo, Italy and Hafdis Bjarnadottir
Nicoletta Favari synthesizers, Christopher Salvito percussion, Hafdis Bjarnadottir electric guitar
Folk Music Centre 3.30 – 4.30 pm
Coffee time with folksingers. Rimur chanters from Siglufjördur and Olafsfjördur present a new CD.
Siglufjord Church 5.00 – 6.00 pm
The Blooming Heather. Hommage paid to Nonni from South River in Olafsfjördur.
Folk Music Band Kolga
Kristin Sigurjonsdóttir violin and vocals, Jon Kjartan Ingolfsson double bass and vocals, Magni Fridrik Gunnarsson guitar and vocals, Helgi Thor Ingason accordeon and vocals.
Boat House 8.30 – 10.00 pm
Final evening. Artists of the Folk Music Festival take part in the concert.
Special guests: Duo Brasil (Guito Thomas guitar and Rodrigo Lopes percussion)
The Meal Factory Grána 10.30 – 11.00 pm
Midsommer night rattle
Percussion trio SISU, Norway, plays on the machines of the meal factory.
Tomas Nilsson, Bjørn Skansen and Bjørn-Christian Svarstad percussion, Norway.
Sunday 11th of July 2021
Siglufjord Church 2.00 – 4.00 pm
Iceland Youth Symphony Orchestra
Halldor Eldjarn: A Youth Symphony (World Premiere)
Florence Price: 2nd Violin Concerto (Iceland Premiere)
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 – To the New World
Hulda Jonsdottir violin
Conductor: Gunnsteinn Olafsson
