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Icelandic computer and electronic music festival where music, science and technology meet.

With a firm foothold in the recent past, ErkiTíð points to the future - showcasing front-line contemporary musical composition, innovative approaches to live performance and cutting-edge scientific research into various aspects of modern music making. Witness critical states where composer, performer and audience interact in real time, on-stage composition while children are invited to unleash their creative forces through special children´s computer music workshops.

Programme

11:00 – 17:00
CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE
(Free entrance, workshops commence every hour, on the hour)
Childrens´ computer music workshop
Mussilla
Margrét J. Sigurðardóttir

13:00

ÚTKOMA: ÓRÁÐIN

UNEXPECTED MUSIC - CRITICAL STATES

Concert and open workshop
Composer, performers and audience interact in real time, on-stage composition. (Free entrance)
Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, Júlía Mogensen, Pétur Jónasson Kjartan Ólafsson, Ævar Þór Benediktsson.

14:00

ELECTRONIC MUSIC 1 (Free entrance)
Celebrating 100 years of independence in Iceland
Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson: Elektrónísk stúdía (1959) – 9:40
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson: Fípur (1971) – 7:05
Atli Heimir Sveinsson: Búr (1975) – 9:25
Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson: Hvarvetna leita ég þín (1994) – 12:05

15:00
A FOOTHOLD IN THE RECENT PAST
Honoring Iceland´s master composer ATLI HEIMIR SVEINSSON
Introduction: Guðmundur Andri Thorsson, novelist and MP

Torrek in memoriam Magnús Jónsson
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, flute,
Eggert Pálsson, percussion,
Sigurður Ingvi Snorrason, clarinet,

Siggi String quartett,
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir, fiðla
Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir, fiðla
Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir, víóla
Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson, selló

Við verkalok
 Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, piano, Ágúst Ólafsson, baritone

SNERT HÖRPU MÍNA, MADRIGALETTO, UMÞENKING I, VIKIVAKI, MARÍUKVÆÐI, MÁRÍUVÍSUR, MARÍUKVÆÐI, ÍSLENSKT RAPP - Rondo fantastico VI
The Hamrahlíð College Choir
Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, conductor

17:00
FRONT-LINE CONTEMPORARY WORKS
The CAPUT Ensemble
Aaron Holloway-Nahum, conductor
Richard Craig, Contrabass flute, Soloist

Ann Cleare: eyam iv (pluto’s farthest moon)
Clara Iannotta: The People Here Go Mad
John Luther Adams: The Light Within
Lars Graugaard: New work
Aaron Holloway-Nahum: as our shadows tremble on the walls

20:00
ELECTRONIC MUSIC 2 (Free entrance)
Celebrating 100 years of independence
20th century Icelandic electronic and computer music:

Lárus Halldór Grímsson:
Hjarnfjúk – 7:21
Skammdegisórar – 6:33
Himinglætur – 5:58

Þorsteinn Hauksson: Chantouria (1988) – 9:55
Ríkharður H. Friðriksson: Líðan II (2002/2008) – 12:40
Haraldur Vignir Sveinbjörnsson: Ariel II (2008) – 6:40

21:00
PAST-FUTURE
Premiers of new works by young composers, especially comissioned by ErkiTíð and inspired by the music of Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

Úlfur Eldjárn:  Rafrænt verk - flutt af höfundi á tölvu, stafræna, hliðræna og lífræna hljóðgjafa

Ingibjörg Friðriksdóttir: Endurómun hljóð- og vídeóverk

Hlöðver Sigurðsson: 21 afleiða

Curver Thoroddsen: "hugleiðing um fjölstranda samtíðarstorm"

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