Right now, #Thorvaldsdottir #Sibelius & #Adès with Kuusisto #Leifs and #Stravinsky from #Berlin https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/thorvaldsdottir_sibelius__ades_with_kuusisto_leifs_and_stravinsky_from_berlin/86003/ #wch
In 20 minutes, #Thorvaldsdottir #Sibelius & #Adès with Kuusisto #Leifs and #Stravinsky from #Berlin https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/thorvaldsdottir_sibelius__ades_with_kuusisto_leifs_and_stravinsky_from_berlin/86003/ #wch
@classicalmusic
#JónLeifs 1899 – 1968
#Hafis (Drift Ice) , Op. 63 (Text: #EinarBenediktsson)
#HörðurÁskelsson
#IcelandScholaCantorum ·
#IcelandSymphonyOrchestra
#AnneManson
#classicalmusic
#modernclassical #modernistmusic
#musik #music #musique #musica #Leifs
@classicalmusic
#JónLeifs 1899 – 1968
#Sögusinfónía (Saga Symphony) for orchestra Op. 26 (1941-42)
#IcelandSymphonyOrchestra
#OsmoVänskä
I. Skarphédinn (from Njáls Saga)
II. Gudrún Ósvifrsdóttir (from Laxdaela Saga)
III. Björn ad baki Kára (from Njáls Saga)
IV. Glámr og Grettir (from Grettis Saga)
V. Tormódr Kolbrúnarskáld (from Fóstbraedra Saga and Heimskringla)
#classicalmusic
#modernclassical #modernistmusic
#musik #music #musique #musica #Leifs
I didn’t have room for hashtags in the previous tweet, so let’s make this thread a little more searchable.
Jón #Leifs, being from #Iceland, is fittingly the #composer of a quartet of vocal-orchestral nature pieces, including the notorious evocation of the #volcano piece to end all others, #Hekla, opus 52:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cYRVRCvAZ4
Geysir, opus 51:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqUzaGhye_o
Dettifoss, opus 57:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjMBjmm3C00
Hafís, opus 63: