Name: Sir John Tavener: Iero Oniro (Iepo Oneipo) Sacred Dream - Gudrún Ólafsdóttir and ensemble by Gudrun Olafsdottir
Duration: 16 min 8 s
Description: This work came to Sir John Tavener in a dream after attending an evening service. I upload it here from the CD John Tavener Iepo Oneipo. Soprano: Gudrún Ólafsdóttir. Conductor: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson. Sir John Tavener, rest in peace, it was a great privilege to get to know you.

This work came to Sir John Tavener in a dream after attending an evening service. I upload it here from the CD John Tavener Iepo Oneipo. Soprano: Gudrún Ólafsdóttir. Conductor: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson. Sir John Tavener, rest in peace, it was a great privilege to get to know you.

Sir John Tavener: Iero Oniro (Iepo Oneipo) Sacred Dream - Gudrún Ólafsdóttir and ensemble

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From a concert in Laichingen, Germany with Collegium Musicum, Ulm performing Mozart K 466 with Inese Klotina, piano. Conductor Thomas Johannes Mandl.

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The Icelandic mezzo-soprano Gudrún Ólafsdóttir has performed in concert and opera across Europe and in Latin America at venues such as Madrid’s Teatro Real, the St. Petersburg Philharmonia’s Glinka Hall, the Buenos Aires Coliseo and the Royal Festival Hall in London. She has won numerous international prizes for her singing and offered world premières of new works by composers of different nationalities, who have composed their works especially for her. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she has sung as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Sonor Ensemble, La Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the St. Petersburg State Symphony. Her CDs include Grieg-Schumann, Mine is Yours – Icelandic and Spanish Songs, John Tavener Iepo Oneipo (Gramophone Editor’s Choice), English and Scottish Romantic Songs for Voice and Guitar (EMEC Discos), Áskell Másson (Naxos) and Secretos quiero descubrir – Spanish Music for Voice, Violin and Guitar (ABU Records). www.gudrunolafsdottir.com

Sir John Tavener: Iero Oniro (Iepo Oneipo) Sacred Dream - Gudrún Ólafsdóttir and ensemble

Gudrun Olafsdottir

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