Mig minnir a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hafi veri\u00f0 \u00ed desember 2001 sem Vox Academica h\u00e9lt mj\u00f6g minnisst\u00e6\u00f0a a\u00f0ventut\u00f3nleika \u00ed Landakotskirkju. Fr\u00e1 upphafi haf\u00f0i k\u00f3rinn haldi\u00f0 litla a\u00f0ventut\u00f3nleika \u00e1 hverju \u00e1ri \u00ed kapellu H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands fyrir vini og vandamenn. Ekkert augl\u00fdst n\u00e9 rukka\u00f0 inn, bara l\u00e1ti\u00f0 berast. En \u00feegar \u00fearna var komi\u00f0 s\u00f6gu h\u00f6f\u00f0u t\u00f3nleikarnir sprengt utanaf s\u00e9r kapelluna og horf\u00f0i til vandr\u00e6\u00f0a. Svo \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 var a\u00f0 flytja \u00fe\u00e1 yfir \u00ed Landakotskirkju, en halda samt \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 hef\u00f0 og \u00feann j\u00f3laanda a\u00f0 hafa \u00f3keypis inn\u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1. \u00deeir voru eitthva\u00f0 augl\u00fdstir, en ekki miki\u00f0 samt. \u00deeir m\u00e1ttu bara koma sem koma vildu.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 var\u00f0 h\u00fasfyllir og f\u00f3lk st\u00f3\u00f0 me\u00f0fram veggjum.<\/p>\n
\u00deeir h\u00f3fust \u00e1 hef\u00f0bundinn h\u00e1tt: k\u00f3rinn kom gangandi inn g\u00f3lfi\u00f0 og s\u00f6ng „H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 fer a\u00f0 h\u00f6ndum ein.“ \u00ddmis a\u00f0ventu-, Mar\u00edu- og j\u00f3lal\u00f6g \u00far lit\u00farg\u00edunni voru sungin, en einnig voru \u00e1 pr\u00f3gramminu metna\u00f0arfyllri stykki sem ger\u00f0u kr\u00f6fur til b\u00e6\u00f0i k\u00f3rs og hlustenda: Alleluia<\/a> eftir Randall Thompson. Ubi Caritas<\/a> eftir Maurice Durufl\u00e9. Agnus Dei eftir Samuel Barber (sj\u00e1 f\u00e6rslu g\u00e6rdagsins). Totus Tuus<\/a> eftir Henryk G\u00f3recki. O Magnum Mysterium<\/a> eftir Morten Lauridsen.<\/p>\n \u00deetta voru rafmagna\u00f0ir t\u00f3nleikar. Gr\u00ed\u00f0arlegur s\u00faxess. (En settu k\u00f3rinn reyndar \u00ed vanda \u00e1ri s\u00ed\u00f0ar \u00fearsem eiginlega var ekki lengur f\u00e6rt a\u00f0 hafa \u00f3keypis \u00e1 a\u00f0ventut\u00f3nleikana – \u00e6 s\u00ed\u00f0an hefur veri\u00f0 rukka\u00f0 m\u00e1lamyndagjald vi\u00f0 innganginn.)<\/p>\n \u00c9g var s\u00e9rstaklega hrifinn af s\u00ed\u00f0astnefnda verkinu. Svo mj\u00f6g a\u00f0 \u00e9g m\u00e1tti til me\u00f0 a\u00f0 heyra meira eftir h\u00f6fundinn. Svo \u00e9g panta\u00f0i m\u00e9r diskinn Lux Aeterna<\/a>, me\u00f0 samnefndu verki og nokkrum \u00f6\u00f0rum, \u00fear me\u00f0 t\u00f6ldu O Magnum Mysterium. Lux Aeterna<\/em> hefur veri\u00f0 \u00ed upp\u00e1haldi hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r \u00e6 s\u00ed\u00f0an.<\/p>\n