The Chamber Music Society was founded in 1957 and now presents its 69th season. A Season Pass can be purchased for ISK 20.000, whereas the individual ticket price for each concert is ISK 4.900. Please turn to Harpa's box office or click here.

This concert will feature the first work ever written for clarinet, viola and piano, Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio, along with Schumann's Adventures for the same instrument combination. Grigory Frid's Viola Sonata, written in 1971, will also be premiered in Iceland. Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir and Elisaveta Blumina regularly perform chamber music together in European concert halls, but Elisaveta is now performing in Iceland for the first time. Grímur Helgason, from the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, will also be performing for the Chamber Music Society for the first time.

Programme

Grigory Frid (1915-2012): Sonata nr. 1 op. 62 for viola and piano

I. Moderato - Allegro

II. Lento

III. Moderato

R. Schumann (1810 - 1856): Märchenbilder op. 113

I. Nicht schnell

II. Lebhaft

III. Rasch

IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

HLÉ

Märchenerzählungen op. 132 for clarinet, viola and piano

I. Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell

II. Lebhaft und sehr markiert

III. Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck

IV. Lebhaft, sehr markiert

W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791): Kegelstatt-Triotríó K. 498 for clarinet, viola and piano

I. Andante

II. Menuetto

III. Rondeuax: Allegretto

Performers

Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir, viola

Grímur Helgason, clarinet

Elisaveta Blumina, piano

The Chamber Music Society's concerts are part of Harpa's Sunday Classics series.