KO3CD28

 

CD 1              Acoustic (Contemporary Music for Traditional Instruments)

 

1   “StringQ” (1987) for string quartet

Performed by: AVANTI! (Sakari Oramo violin, Anna Hohti violin, Tuula Riisalo viola, Lea Pekkala cello)

Venue: Vanha ylioppilastalo, Helsinki.

Festival: Korvat auki.

Year: 1988

07:12

 

2   “Variations on a Virgin” (1984) for guitar 

Performed by: Pétur Jónasson

Venue: Skálholt Church

Festival: Skálholt Summer Concerts

Year: 1990

08:33

 

  “Calculus” (1990)  for flute

Performed by: Manuela Wiesler

Venue: Gamla bíó, Reykjavík.

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 1990

11:18

 

4   Structure ll” (1988) for piano

Performed by: James Clapperton

Venue: Iceland National Gallery, Reykjavík

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 1993

06:46 

 

5   “Sextet II” (2003) for chamber group

Performed by: Caput Ensemble (Kolbeinn Bjarnason flute, Guðni Franzson clarinet, Gréta Guðnadóttir violin, Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir violin, Þórunn Ósk Marínósdóttir viola, Sigurður Halldórsson cello)

Venue: Iceland National Gallery, Reykjavík

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2005

08:40

 

6   “Light from Darkness” (2008) for viola and piano

Performed by: Helga Þórarinsdóttir viola, Dagný Björgvinsdóttir piano

Venue: Iceland National Gallery, Reykjavík

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2008

06:50

 

7   Calculus II (2009) for flute and piano

Performed by: Martial Nardeau flute, Snorri Sigfús Birgisson piano

Venue: Iceland National Gallery, Reykjavík

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2009

10:12

 

8   “Variations on Twenty Years” (2004) for guitar

Performed by: Ögmundur Þór Jóhannesson

Venue: Nordic house, Reykjavík

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2010

05:52

 

9   StringQ – Mozaik lV” (2010) for string quartet

Performed by: ISO Quartet

(Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir violin, Zbigniew Dubik violin, Helga Þórarinsdóttir viola, Sigurgeir Agnarsson cello)

Venue: Iceland National Gallery, Reykjavík

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2010

13:58

 

 

CD 2               Electronic music (analog and digital recordings)

 

1   Of Old Was the Age (2010)

Voice and singing: Sunneva Kjartansdóttir.

Premiered: Batteríið,Reykjavík

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2010

08:23

 

2   Manhattan 2002  (2002)

Premiered: Salurinn, Kópavogi

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2003

09:42

 

3   Soundbog (1985)

Premiered: Utrecht Conservatory Concert Hall.

Year: 1985

09:13

 

4   Sound of Collage (1986)

Premiered: Utrecht Conservatory Concert Hall.

Year: 1986

06:32

 

5   Höfner (has landed) (2009)

Premiered: Salurinn, Kópavogi

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2009

06:23

 

6   Sonology l (2008)

Premiered: Salurinn, Kópavogi

Festival: Dark Music Days

Year: 2008

09:39

 

7-11   Bonds I – V (2004) a piece for dance

Premiered: Reykjavík City Theatre

Festival: JBS Dance Festival

 

Part 1: Why? – 03:09

Part 2: If – 03:17

Part 3: Bonds – War – 02:53

Part 4: Hope – 03:45

Part 5: Free – 02.53

 

 

CD 3        Music for Theatre (…behind the scenes…)

 

1.   The Streets of Berlin from the play Bent by Martin Sherman

Vocals: Kjartan Ólafsson

Lyrics: Þórarinn Eldjárn

Company: The University Theatre

Year: 1982

03:46

 

 

2   Three Maries – suite (2005-2010)

Lyrics: Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir

Company: Strengjaleikhúsið Theatre Group

Year: 2005

09:12

 

3   Villa, from the teenagers´ opera Dokaðu við (2005)

Vocals: Kjartan Ólafsson

Lyrics: Þorsteinn frá Hamri

Company: Strengjaleikhúsið Theatre Group and the Icelandic Opera

Year: 2005

05:19

 

4   Peter Pan – suite (1998-2010)

Lyrics: Karl Ágúst Úlfsson.

Company: Reykjavík City Theatre

Year: 1998

05:57

 

5   Særún (2005)  from the teenagers´ opera Dokaðu við

Vocals: Kjartan Ólafsson

Lyrics: Þorsteinn frá Hamri

Company: Strengjaleikhúsið Theatre Group and the Icelandic Opera

Year: 2005

04:36

 

6   From “Alfa” (endless beginning), part IV – PEACE (2002)

Company: The Icelandic Dance School and the Reykjavík Festival of the Arts

Year: 2002

03:05

 

7   The Lost Ones (2005) from the teenagers´ opera Dokaðu við

Vocals: Kjartan Ólafsson

Lyrics: Þorsteinn frá Hamri

Company: Strengjaleikhúsið Theatre Group and the Icelandic Opera

Year: 2005

02:52

 

8   Suite from  Prjónastofan Sólin (1982)

Lyrics: Halldór Laxness

Company: Reykjavík Grammar School Theatre Group

Year: 1982

06:32

 

9   Sine Manibus from Prjónastofan Sólin

01:54

 

10   The Beauty Director from Prjónastofan Sólin

02:55

 

11   Védís (2010) – music for dance

Percussion: Frank Aarnink

Company: PARTS, Brussel

Year: 2010

10:46

 

12   The Lovers in the Metro (1983) by Jean Tardieu – final song

Company: The University Theatre

Year: 1983

03:54

 

 

 

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