Nordic Chamber Music: Iceland - Sonorous Sagas (Tacoma)

The sonorous sounds of the Icelandic Sagas will be on full display through music and spoken word. The epic world of the original Icelandic Vikings will ring through the sanctuary through chamber music by Icelanders, Norwegians, and Swedes as they expound upon their mutual past into the present. Excerpts from the sagas will be spoken in Old Norse (with translations) between music selections for piano, voice, narrator, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello in every combination.
Featuring:
Timothy Bourns, narrator
Rachelle Moss, contralto & narrator
Laura Loge, soprano
Jenna Calixto, flute
Rachel Yoder, clarinet
Yi-Ting Kuo, vioin
Luke Fitzpatrick, viola
Kumiko Chiba, cello
Michelle Huang, piano
Faith Foster, conductor
On the program:
Arnljot Gelline by the Northern Sea by Gerard Tonning
“Arnljot helsar Jämtland” and “Vainos sång” from Arnjot by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Bergljot by Edvard Grieg
Sagan by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
Ástarvísur úr Eddu op by Jón Leifs
Four Icelandic Folksongs by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
Vatn by Veronique Vaka
Gylfaginning by Þórður Magnússon

Concert offered free with suggested donation levels
Concert duration: 75 – 90 min with brief intermission
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to concert
House opens 30 minutes prior to concert

Nordic Chamber Music is produced by the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society. Additional support comes from 4Culture, the City of Bellevue, & ArtsFund.
Free and reduced access supported by 4Culture.