The programme offers two concerts with performances of Bára Gísladóttir's works, including two world premieres: Veil of Stone, The Deity Disguised and Veritas/residue.
In the programme note of Veil of Stone, The Deity Disguised Gísladóttir writes: "The piece is a collection of wandering thoughts on life, philosophical and religious concepts, real life events and humour(!), portrayed throughout 11 miniature movements. An imagination of layers within layers, disguised by more layers. Always within a somewhat dreamy, flowing texture. All steered with a to some extent grotesque, wheel-like appearance of the harpsichord part, serving not only as a driving force and trigger of the electronic landscape, but also somewhat a tasteless contrary to its surroundings (however, these surroundings become very impressionable towards its demander)."
Veil of Stone, The Deity Disguised is written for baroque ensemble and live electronics. The work was commissioned by the ensemble Barokkbandið Brák and will be performed at Skálholt 6 and 7 July.
Read through the score of the piece here.
Skálholt Summer Concerts is Iceland’s oldest summer music festival, founded in 1975 by harpsichordist Helga Ingólfsdóttir (1942-2009). During the first years of the festival, the focus was mostly on baroque music, but since 1978 new compositions have been premiered every year. Now, the main emphasis of Skálholt Summer Concerts is on contemporary music and early music performed on period instruments.
Find more information about the programme of Skálholt Summer Concerts here.