Hi!

[Kiddiarni]

Looks like I forgot to introduce myself.

Well, I'm 17, going on 18... Icelandic.

I play the oboe and sing Tenor in the Hamrahlíð Choir (look us up, we're famous ).  Apart from that I'm in an Electronica Duo which started this summer.

I like most music, and because of the Choir and the Oboe I've been listening to Classical for some time now, need to do more of it though.  After I started singing I got really interested in Choir music, and have, with the Choir, sung masterpieces, like Mozart's Requiem, under the conduction of Petri Sakari and last autumn we sung some of Mozart's early work (which he composed I think while he was about the same age as me), Sancta Maria and other works, which was conducted by Robert King (look him up, he's famous too ).

Anyways, apart from Music I read a lot.  Started really reading in the last year, and have been catching up on all the classics (To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, Dorian Gray etc.) and just started Brave New World.

Okay...

That's a rough sketch of me.

[mahlertitan]

Welcome! Brave New World is probably on my top 10 list of the greatest books ever written.

Now you are here, maybe you ought to pay a visit to this thread, to get yourself started.
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,767.0.html

[bhodges]

Hi Kiddiarni, and welcome.  I think I've heard you guys -- the choir, that is -- here in New York!  Is that possible?  It's been a few years...

Anyway, let us know what you're listening to in Iceland, and good luck with your studies. 

--Bruce

[knight66]

And Dorian Gray is a favourite of mine. I remember the shock I first had when Dorian is haunted one night by the face of Sibel Vain's brother at the window, like a white handkerchief.

Welcome, enjoy yourself here. The Mozart Requiem is quite a strenuous sing. Are you preparing any other major pieces?

Mike

[BachQ]

Welcome! 

[david johnson]

hi!
i enjoy the sakari/iceland cd's i have.

dj

[Hollywood]

Hi and welcome to the forum Kiddiarni. 

[Harry]

A Oscar Wilde fan is always welcome in my abode, so come in, and join the crowd.
Even have a quote from him under my postings.

[Kiddiarni]

Welcome! Brave New World is probably on my top 10 list of the greatest books ever written.

Now you are here, maybe you ought to pay a visit to this thread, to get yourself started.
http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,767.0.html

Yeah, I've been using naxosmusiclibrary a lot to listen to samples from the powerful/spooky songs you guys recommended, it helped me a lot.  Although you can only listen 15 minutes at a time.

Hi Kiddiarni, and welcome.  I think I've heard you guys -- the choir, that is -- here in New York!  Is that possible?  It's been a few years...

Anyway, let us know what you're listening to in Iceland, and good luck with your studies. 

--Bruce

It's quite possible, the Choir has been all over the world (For instance, the older group has been invited to two places in China this year...).  But the thing is that the choir is a school choir, so people tend to stay from maybe 2-6 years as members at the most, with people graduating and new freshmen joining the school and such.

Welcome, enjoy yourself here. The Mozart Requiem is quite a strenuous sing. Are you preparing any other major pieces?

Mike

I believe we're going to sing Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms next season.  Not sure though...


And thanks to all the warm welcome:)

[knight66]

The Stravinsky is a whole different bag of ferrets. Tuning, tuning, tuning. It is so easy for the choir to go out of tune, one section against another.

Mike

[Kiddiarni]

Yeah, but we'll handle it.

We're good, and the conductor is really good.

She founded the choir in 1967 when she was in her early twenties, and is still conducting it...

[knight66]

I see the Wilde quote, I also like the following ones.

Of an inelegant woman . 'She looks like she got up in a storm and dressed in a whirlwind'

Of a very merry widow. 'Her hair turned quite blond from grief.'

And this one, close to my heart. 'Youth is wasted on the young.'

Mike

[Kiddiarni]

Nice ones...

I also enjoy his sayings on aesthetic importance, like:

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

and

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.

Both are from The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[karlhenning]

Welcome, Kiddiarni!

[Bonehelm]

Hey welcome! And thanks for giving me an excuse to increase my post count!

[Solitary Wanderer]

Hey welcome! And thanks for giving me an excuse to increase my post count!

Same for me!

Hi and welcome

[Maciek]

Welcome!