The National Athem sung by Icelandic choirs from London, Stockholm, Oslo, Lund, Gothenburg and Copenhagen.
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Same song with the men voices of Hamrahlíðarkórinn:
Reykjavik Boys Choir in Hallgrimskirkja:
Þrestir from Hafnarfjörður:
Hreimur from Aðaldalur:
“Sestu hérna hjá mér”
Hamrahlíðarkórinn sings “Sofðu, unga ástin mín” (Lullaby)
Voces Thules sing this folksong:
And here they sing in fifths which is the traditional folkton:
Man choir and orchestra perform: “Brennið þið vitar” (Burn you lighthouses)
The Raven is a caracter in many of our sagas. He is said to have come upon windows to ask for food:
In the olden days. Unwanted children were carried out after birth and left to the element.
This folklore song is about a farmers help who had a child out of wedlock and carried it out. Soon after there were a dance near by. She could not go to the dance due to she? had no dress. One evening when she was milking.
The ghost of her child appear to her and offer her the rags of its body to make a dress. And it drove her insane in the end:
Folkdances
“Ríðum, ríðum”
“Vorvindar glaðir”
“‘O, fögur er vor fósturjörð”
“Öxar við ána”