Name: Metaxis
Start: 2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Harpa Concert Hall

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Conductor

Eva Ollikainen

Orchestra

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Reykjavík Arts Festival

Metaxis

Reykjavík

Iceland

Harpa Concert Hall

Metaxis: METAXIS Thorvaldsdottir

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METAXIS

Rahul Karaguppi

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Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

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Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

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Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

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Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

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Tenor

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

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METAXIS is a new composition by Anna Þorvaldsdóttir, in which the open spaces and hallways of Harpa play a key role. The composer describes the work as 'an installation for scattered orchestra and space'. In METAXIS, the orchestra is divided into several groups of varying sizes and placed in different locations all around Harpa.

Audiences have a unique opportunity to actively explore the music from different perspectives, as they wander through the halls of Harpa and feel how their experience of the music changes with every step. This gives each and every listener the chance to connect with the building blocks of Anna's music: the layers of sound, the musical progression, and the reverberation of the space. 

The musicians are spread out over different levels in the building and blend together in myriad ways, creating a unique sound world with innumerable textures. The piece is half an hour in length and is conducted by Eva Ollikainen, chief conductor of the ISO.

The world premiere of METAXIS is part of the opening celebration of the 2024 Reykjavík Arts Festival and of the festival's collaboration with Harpa and the ISO.

English

„Ein besta fiðlufrumraun áratugarins,“ sagði gagnrýnandi BBC Music Magazine um fyrsta geisladisk Johans Dalene, sænska fiðlusnillingsins sem er aðeins 22 ára að aldri en hefur þegar lagt tónlistarheiminn að fótum sér. Nýlega
valdi tónlistartímaritið Gramophone hann á lista tíu tónlistarmanna sem móta munu klassíska tónlist á 21. öldinni.

Á þessum tónleikum leikur Dalene hinn glæsilega fiðlukonsert Korngolds, hrífandi verk sem sýnir allar bestu hliðar einleikarans. Korngold var í aðra röndina kvikmyndatónskáld og má segja að frásagnargáfa og litadýrð fiðlukonserts hans gefi hinum myndræna miðli ekkert eftir þegar kemur að því að örva ímyndunaraflið.

Konsert Bartóks fyrir hljómsveit er sömuleiðis innblásið verk sem reynir á hvern einasta hljóðfæraleikara sveitarinnar og spannar allt frá tregablandinni angurværð til æsilegra danskafla. Upphafsverk tónleikanna býr einnig yfir hugmyndaauðgi og fjöri, en það er konsertforleikur Samuels Barber, saminn fyrir leikrit Richards Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal. Barber samdi verkið meðan hann var enn við nám og hjálpaði það til við að koma tónskáldinu unga á kortið. 

*Upphaflega átti Roderick Cox að stjórna tónleikunum en hann hefur því miður þurft að afboða komu sína. Í hans stað mun breski hljómsveitarstjórinn Andrew Manze stjórna tónleikunum.

íslenska

Metaxis by Thorvaldsdottir, Sat 01 Jun 2024, From (2024/2024), Conductor Eva Ollikainen, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland

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