Mæðramáttur - Seigla 2026
Norðurljós in Harpa, Austurbakki 2, 101 Reykjavik Directions
Sun 09.08.2026 17:00
Tónleikarnir Mæðramáttur eru helgaðir mæðrum, móðurhlutverkinu og þeim fjölmörgu þráðum sem það spannar.
Á efnisskránni eru einsöngsljóð og dúettar sem varpa ljósi á hinn hlýja og verndandi móðurfaðm, vaggandi róminn og þær margbreytilegu tilfinningar sem bærast um í móðurhjartanu. Þar mætast umhyggja, mildi og stolt, en einnig ákefð, ótti, þreyta og jafnvel reiði. Einnig fær sterk rödd konunnar sjálfrar hljómgrunn, langanir hennar og lífskraftur handan þeirra hlutverka sem hún gegnir fyrir aðra.
Þessi þemu eru samofin söngvum um vorið, sem frá fornu fari hefur verið tákn frjósemi, endurnýjunar og nýs upphafs. Tónleikarnir eru óður til móðurástarinnar og lífs sem vex og dafnar, líkt og vorið í náttúrunni.
Flytjendur
Vera Hjördís Matsdóttir, sópran
Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir, mezzó-sópran
Matthildur Anna Gunnarsdóttir, píanóleikari
Áætluð lengd: 60 mínútur, án hlés.
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Hátíðardagskrá Seiglu, upplýsingar um flytjendur og aðra viðburði má finna á www.seiglafestival.com og í hátíðartímaritinu Seiglazine.
Harpa er sérstakur styrktaraðili Seiglu 2026. Tónlistarhátíðin Seigla er einnig styrkt af Tónlistarsjóði, Styrktarsjóði SUT og Ruthar Hermanns, Ýli, Menningarsjóði FÍH, Listaháskóla Íslands og Hollvinum Seiglu.
Performers
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Vera Hjördís MatsdóttirTeacher
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Hildigunnur EinarsdóttirMezzo-soprano, awarded Singer of the Year in 2023.
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Seigla FestivalSeigla Festival is a classical music festival held in Harpa on the 5th-7th of August. Browse the festival programme on our website at: seiglafestival.com Seigla Festival’s final recital features music by American and Nordic composers, starting with Hallelujah Junction, a two piano piece by John Adams. The main characteristics are short rhythmic patterns that echo between the two instruments, and serve as an analogy for how traffic at a junction moves. The rhythmic patterns of the opening derive from the word „Hallelujah“, where the accent lands on the third syllable, through which one might hear the rhythm of the pianos say “llelujah, llelujah, llelujah…”. The two instrumentalists play the rhythms at a slight delay, creating a sense of planned resonance or echo. Hallelujah Junction is loosely structured into three contrasting movements whereas the music flows in gradual changes towards the final moments: a true onomatopoeic feast. Here, we get to hear the rhythmic pattern of the full four syllables in the word „Hallelujah“ as well as the „Junction“ being thrown rapturously between the two instruments. Despite the fact that the Nordic composers and contemporaries Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius never managed to actually meet in person, they respected one another’s music and even wrote letters stating their mutual admiration. Both were big admirers of the German Lied and wrote significant collections in the style. Six Songs, Op. 48, by Edvard Grieg are among his best known and beloved. After the intermission we will hear three short and romantic solo pieces by Jean Sibelius from his Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 24. Sibelius’ larger-scale pieces are by far his best known, his symphonies and violin concerto, but he also wrote a considerable amount of incredibly beautiful lieder, chamber pieces and piano pieces which are seldom performed. Seigla Festival’s Final Recital concludes with Amy Beach’s songs for voice, violin, cello and piano. Beach was the first American woman to achieve widespread recognition as a composer. An incredible artist and pioneer, she wrote over 150 songs to poems both by herself and others, and often influenced by folk music. Performers: Hlín Pétursdóttir Behrens, soprano Vera Hjördís Matsdóttir, soprano Ólafur Freyr Birkisson, bass baritone Gunnhildur Daðadóttir, violinist Guðný Jónasdóttir, cellist Elisabeth Streichert, pianist Erna Vala Arnardóttir, pianist Pétur Ernir Svavarsson, pianist
