Tíðindi

Every tradition has a starting point. This year we hope to start a new one, as we have decided to let the beautiful tones of Ellen Lindquist’s piece for carillon, Sacredness of Trees, mark that Nordic Music Days is in town– just as the piece did in 2019, when Nordic Music Days was held in Bodö, Norway.

But when Sacredness of Trees was premiered in Bodø, it did not only sound there. The piece was also performed from 16 carillons around the world during the festival days. In this way the piece became a beautiful sounding symbol of Nordic Music Days and by the end of the festival it was decided to perform the piece at further festivals as a kind of NMD baton.

This year the piece will once again be played worldwide during the festival week, and the list is quite impressive:

August 28
Vor Frelsers kirke; Købehavn, Danmark
15:00 (CEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon

August 30
Í Vágsbotni; Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands: Nordic Music Days 2021
13:00 (WEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon
played on The Nordic Carillon, a traveling carillon built by Petit & Fritsen (50 bells)

August 31
Í Vágsbotni; Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands: Nordic Music Days 2021
13:00 (WEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon
played on The Nordic Carillon, a traveling carillon built by Petit & Fritsen (50 bells)

September 1
Í Vágsbotni; Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands: Nordic Music Days 2021
13:00 (WEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon
played on The Nordic Carillon, a traveling carillon built by Petit & Fritsen (50 bells)

The Collegiale of Dinant; Dinant, Belgium
11:00 (CEST): Fabrice Renard, carillonneur

Smith College; Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
noon (EST): George Matthew Jr., carillonneur

September 2
Í Vágsbotni; Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands: Nordic Music Days 2021
played on The Nordic Carillon, a traveling carillon built by Petit & Fritsen (50 bells)
13:00 (WEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon

City Hall; Albany, New York, USA
noon (EST): George Matthew Jr., carillonneur

September 3
Í Vágsbotni; Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands: Nordic Music Days 2021
played on The Nordic Carillon, a traveling carillon built by Petit & Fritsen (50 bells)
13:00 (WEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon

The carillon of the Grote Kerk; Den Haag, The Netherlands
12:00 (CEST): Gijsbert Kok, city carillonneur in The Hague

Middlebury College; Middlebury, Vermont, USA
06.00pm (EST): George Matthew Jr., carillonneur

University of Michigan, School of Music, Theater and Dance; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
12.00 PM (EST): Xiaoying Pu, carillonneur

Palau de la Generalitát de Catalunya; Barcelona, Spain
18.00 (CEST): Anna Maria Reverté i Casas, carillonneur

Vår Frelsers Kirke; Haugesund, Norway
12.00 PM (CEST): Goos Ten Napel, carillonneur

September 4
Í Vágsbotni; Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands: Nordic Music Days 2021
played on The Nordic Carillon, a traveling carillon built by Petit & Fritsen (50 bells)
13:00 (WEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon

Norwich University; Northfield, Vermont, USA
05.00 pm (EST): George Matthew Jr., carillonneur

Í Vágsbotni; Tórshavn, The Faroe Islands: Nordic Music Days 2021
13:00 (WEST): Vegar Sandholt, carillon
played on The Nordic Carillon, a traveling carillon built by Petit & Fritsen (50 bells)