“Then I will rejoice and cry” is a live event where the connection between the voice, the piano and the clarinet are explored through art songs (Lieder) and works by Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. The art songs are usually a conversation between a voice and a piano, but the clarinet, which is often described as the instrument which resembles the human voice the most in sound and timbre, will take part in the conversation and bridge the gap between instruments and voices as a mixture of both.

Program:

Chosen duets from Spanisches Liederspiel op. 71 (1849) Schumann

Fantasiestücke Op. 73 for clarinet and piano (1849) Schumann

Chosen songs from Frauenliebe und Leben op. 42 (1840) Schumann

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D. 965 (1828) Schubert

Performers:

Harpa Ósk Björnsdóttir, soprano

Jara Hilmarsdóttir, mezzo-soprano

Romain Þór Denuit, piano

Símon Karl Sigurðarson Melsteð, clarinet