AT­TAC­CA! - Open­ing Con­cert With Bar­bara Han­nigan

Barbara Hannigan, the new principal conductor and artistic director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducts a unique season opening concert where time and space merge. The concert is entitled Attacca!, a term used in music when sections or works are performed without a break between them. The evening begins with moving music for percussion and brass by American composer Charles Ives, which leads us into the premiere of Undark by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra's new composer in residence, Hugi Guðmundsson. Together, we will also get to experience the most famous silence in music history for 4 minutes and 33 seconds. This famous artwork is by the experimentalist John Cage, who wanted to awaken the listener to awareness of their own body, their environment, and the fact that there is no such thing as absolute silence. The concert ends with Mahler's First Symphony resounding in all its grandeur.

OPEN PRESENTATION - BARBARA HANNIGAN
On Tuesday, 1 September, at 18:00, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the Symphony's new principal conductor. Barbara Hannigan will discuss the artistic focuses and programme highlights for the new year. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Conductor
Barbara Hannigan

Program
Charles Ives From the Steeples and the Mountains
Hugi Guðmundsson Undark (World premiere)
John Cage 4:33
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1

Promoter

Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands