Event info

Our Classics has long since become a fixture in Iceland's musical calendar. The National Broadcasting Service televises a live programme performed by the ISO and curated by the listeners. In this year's concert, movie music takes centre stage – from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven to John Williams and Jóhann Jóhannsson and Hildur Guðnadóttir, along with unforgettable songs from Icelandic film classics.

There is something for everyone here. Suspense, drama, humour, or deep emotion – you can find it all in the irresistible melodies that have come alive on the silver screen. This is the eighth collaboration between the National Broadcasting Service and the Iceland Symphony on this ever-popular project. The programme is as varied as ever and will be led by conductor Sarah Hicks.

*Unfortunately Daníel Bjarnason has had to withdraw from the engagement for Our Classics due to unforeseen circumstances. Instead Sarah Hicks will conduct the concert.

Program:

· Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra from 2001 Space Odyssey

· Lalo Schifrin: Main Theme from Mission Impossible

· John Williams: Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter

· John Williams: Main Theme from Star Wars

· Sigfús Halldórsson: Vegir liggja til allra átta from 79 af stöðinni

· Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Act 2, Scene 10) from Billy Elliot and Black Swan

· Bernard Hermann: Suite for Strings (excerpt) from Psycho

· Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duettino - Sull 'aria from The Shawshank Redemption

· Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 7, Allegretto from The King's Speech

· Magnús Eiríksson: Draumaprinsinn from Okkar á milli í hita og þunga dagsins

· Sigmund Romberg: Hraustir men from Karlakórinn Hekla

· Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyire from Apocalypse Now, The Birth of a Nation, Valkyrie, The Running Man, etc

· Hildur Guðnadóttir: Bathroom dance from Joker

· Jóhann Jóhannsson: Domestic Pressures og Cambridge, 1963 from Theory of Everything

· John Williams: Flying Theme from E.T.

· Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz 2 from Eyes Wide Shut

· Ennio Morricone: Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso

· Ennio Morricone: Main Theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

· Valgeir Guðjónsson: Slá í gegn from Með allt á hreinu

CONDUCTOR
Sarah Hicks

SOLOISTS
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir
Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
Katrín Halldóra Sigurðardóttir
Gissur Páll Gissurarson
Ragnhildur Gísladóttir
Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir
Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, Diddú

CHOIR
Karlakórinn Fóstbræður Árni Harðarson, choir conductor