barbican concert
17/12/2001

sigur rós will play a unique one-off concert in london on april 21st. the show will be at the barbican theatre and will consist of brand new unheard material that has been written with icelandic composer hilmar örn hilmarsson (angels of the universe). the concert will feature an orchestra and choir, as well as pieces with steindór anderson. the material is for a forthcoming icelandic film based on the ancient icelandic poem ‘hrafnagaldur óðins’ of the edda collection, which is a collection of poems about heroes and mythology that were passed down generation to generation by word-of-mouth in the years 800-1100, and written down in the 12th century. you can read all about hrafnagaldur óðins on this webpage and you can purchase tickets to the concert here.