This morning, I saw a girl - Trio Ljósa

Trio Ljósa is Diet Tilanus, violinist; Guja Sandholt, singer and Heleen Vegter, pianist. They have worked together for several years and performed in Iceland and the Netherlands.

During the concert in Háteigskirkja, they will perform music by Rebecca Clarke, Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, Jón Leifs and Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir. The pieces are inspired by youth, love and folk music.

The highlight of the concert is a new song cycle by Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir (1964) composed to poems of Þór Sandholt (1964-1984) (brother of Guja Sandholt, the singer of the trio). The cycle was commissioned by the trio to commemorate Þór's life in 2024, the year he would have turned 60 years old. He was a young poet that touched many by his mature poems but his life was cut short due to illness at the tender age of 20 in 1984.

Programme

Jón Leifs
Vertu guð faðir

Rebecca Clarke
Three Irish Folk Songs

Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir - Song Cycle for Trio
Poetry: Þór Sandholt
Vor / Spring
Nótt / Night
Lífsreynsla / Life experience
Reisn / Dignity

Johannes Brahms
From from Regensonate
Regenlied

Clara Schumann
Romanze

Rebecca Clarke
Cloths of Heaven
Seal Man

Joseph Haydn
Three folk songs

The concert starts at 20:00 and lasts around 60-70 minutes.

Performers
Diet Tilanus
http://diettilanus.com

Guja Sandholt
www.gujasandholt.com

Heleen Vegter
https://heleenvegter.nl