The Cham­ber Mu­sic So­ci­ety - An­niversary Cel­eb­ra­tion: Pärt and Ravel

General ticket sales for the Chamber Music Society's concerts begin on Culture Night, August 23, but until then, you can purchase The Chamber Music Society Pass at Harpa's box office and on Harpa's website. The passes will be ready for pick-up at Harpa's box office from August 23, when the Chamber Music Society will hold a short concert as part of Harpa's Culture Night programme.

At the opening concert of the season, two of the most famous works by French composer Maurice Ravel, the Piano Trio and the Violin Sonata, will be enjoyed alongside the ever-popular Spiegel im Spiegel and the rarely heard piano trio Mozart-Adagio by Arvo Pärt. Ravel was born exactly 150 years ago and Pärt celebrates his ninetieth birthday on September 11, 2025. 

Programme

Arvo Pärt (1935)

Mozart-Adagio for piano trio
Spiegel im Spiegel for cello and piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Sonata nr. 2 for violin and piano
I. Allegretto
II. Blues. Moderato
III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro

Interval

Pianotrio
I. Modéré
II. Pantoum (Assez vif)
III. Passacaille (Trés large)
IV. Final (Animé)

Performers
Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson, violin
Sigurgeir Agnarsson, cello
Liam Kaplan, piano

Violinist Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson, artistic director of the Chamber Music Club, plays with two leading instrumentalists of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, cellist Sigurgeir Agnarsson and pianist Liam Kaplan.

The Chamber Music Society's concerts are part of Harpa's Sunday Classics series.