On Friday, 27th November, 140 years had passed since the birth of Fri\u00f0rik Bjarnason, an organist and composer, whose wife, Gu\u00f0laug P\u00e9tursd\u00f3ttir, wrote our local anthem, \u201eYou Shining Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur\u201c.<\/p>\n
The couple gave the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur almost all of their possessions before they died, and a fund was established from their gift to support and promote the musical life in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Grants from the fund were recently advertised, and the presentation of the grants took place via a remote meeting on Friday, 27 November, where Mayor R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir formally presented the grants.<\/p>\n
The Hafnarborg Song Festival received a grant of kr. 445,000, which was accepted by the singer Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3hanna \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, and <\/strong>Andr\u00e9s \u00de\u00f3r \u00deorvar\u00f0arson received a grant of 210,000 kr. for the project.<\/strong> \u201e\u2026On New Notes\u201c, which is about new arrangements and performances of the songs of Fri\u00f0rik Bjarnason.<\/strong><\/p>\n Singing Festival at Hafnarborg<\/strong> was founded in 2017 and the fifth festival will take place from 24 June to 4 July 2021. It offers concerts with soloists, choirs and instrumentalists, a masterclass for young singers and vocal students which concludes with a public concert, singing courses for amateurs, and courses for children and teenagers. The singing festival aims to promote the art of the voice and has received well-deserved media attention, good attendance at concerts and courses, very positive reviews from critics and significant viewership on YouTube<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n \u2026On new notes:<\/strong> In collaboration with the Fri\u00f0rik's Department of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Library, Andr\u00e9s \u00de\u00f3r will select and arrange four songs by Fri\u00f0rik Bjarnason, which are held in the department's collection. The arrangements will be designed to highlight the timelessness of Fri\u00f0rik's compositions and to present the works in a new light.sion for singing and performance. The performance will take place in the Fri\u00f0rik's Department, with the piano taking centre stage in the arrangements, in order to celebrate one of Fri\u00f0rik's greatest gifts to the collection: a grand piano. The Outreach Department of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Library will follow the process and produce short web features on the project's progress, with the aim of releasing a short documentary about the project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately, due to the gathering restrictions, several events that had been prepared for this occasion could not go ahead, but on this day, nursery school children sang Fridrik's song to the folk poem \u201eJ\u00f3lasveinar ganga um g\u00f3lf\u201c. the children of a nursery sang Fridrik's song to the folk poem 'J\u00f3lasveinar ganga um g\u00f3lf' at the lighting of the Cuxhaven Christmas tree in the Christmas Village in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, in front of a small crowd. Then the event concluded. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Church for a memorial service for Fri\u00f0rik Bjarnason, organist and composer<\/a> <\/strong>on Sunday, 22nd November, which can be accessed on the church's website and social media.<\/p>\n\n
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