During the festival world renowned conductors will present workshops on the following subjects:

Workshop 1:  Nordic choral music with orchestral accompaniment.

Denmark: Morgensang af Elverskud (Niels W. Gade, text: B.S. Ingemann)
Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

Iceland: Sólhjartarljóð for choir and soli: soprano and alto
(Jón Nordal, text: Matthías Jóhannessen) soloists: Þóra Einarsdóttir, soprano, Jóhanna Ósk Valsdóttir, alto
Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson

Norway: Landkjenning op. 31 for choir and baritone solo
(Edvard Grieg, text: Björnsterne Björnson) soloist: Ágúst Ólafsson, baritone
Conductor: Bjørn Sagstad

 

Workshop 2: Nordic music – a cappella

Sweden: Under Linden (Hans Ola Ericsson, text transl; Karl Ivar Hildeman)
Conductor: Christina Hörnell        

Finland: Den Signade Dag - (folklig koral från Vörå, text:N.F.S. Grundtvig, arr. Jan Hellberg)
Conductor: Rita Varonen

Finland: Älä lapsi paljon laula (Juha Holma, text from Kalevala)
Conductor: Rita Varonen  

 

Workshop 3: Baltic choral music

Estonia: Kangakudumise laul (Eduard Oja)
Conductor: Riho Leppoja

Latvia: Lígo, Lígo! (Dinduru, dandaru: part 3, based on Latvian folksongs) (Ugis Praulins, arr. Edgar Linde)
Conductor: Romāns Vanags

Lithuania: Ulioj, bitela, ulioj, (Lietuviska siuita IV); (Nijolé Sinkeviciüté)
Conductor: Alfonsas Vildziunas

 

Workshop 4: Icelandic contemporary choral music

Ég vil lofa eina þá (Bára Grímsdóttir, text from an old manuscript)
Conductor: Jón Stefánsson

Sólsetursljoð (Jón Leifs, text; Jónas Hallgrímsson)
Conductor: Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir

Stóðum tvö i túni (Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, text: trad.)
Conductor: Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir

Workshop 4 is for the three  invited guest choirs; from Denmark, Finland and Lithuania, and one Icelandic choir.