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At All Hallows the chamber choir Schola Cantorum will give a candlelight concert in Hallgrimskirkja under the title Rest.

Schola Cantorum's candlelight concerts on this ancient holiday, where the deceased are remembered, have become a tradition. This year's programme consists of intensely beautiful 20th and 21st century music truly fit for the eternal rest. Among those are John Tavener's simple but stirring The Lamb, Eric Whitacre's unearthly Lux aurumque and two of the most beautiful Icelandic choir pieces ever written: Jon Leifs' Requiem for the young daughter he lost and Thorkell Sigurbjornsson's Heyr himna smiður (Hear Heaven's Maker).