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
3 “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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