Friday, March 29, 2013

Upcoming concerts

Náttúruljóð (Nature Poems) for soprano and string quartet will be performed at Tallinn Music Week in Mustpeade maja on April 6th by Tui Hirv - soprano, Ida Teppo - violin, Laur Eensalu - viola and Theodor Sink - cello. Poem by Sjón.

Undir yfirráðum kyrrðar (Supremacy of Peace) for 12 stings will be premiered on Estonian Music Days April 7th by Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by Risto Joost. 

Varjust varju (From Shadow to Shadow) for soprano and string orchestra will be premiered at Tartu Composers Festival on June 8th in St. John's Church by Tui Hirv and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by Mikk Murdvee. Poem by Indrek Hirv.


Monday, January 21, 2013

Nostalgia

On Thursday 31st of January the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov, will premiere my new piece, Nostalgia. Solo violin by Una Sveinbjarnardóttir.

The piece is composed on the occation of Dark Music Days, a festival dedicated to contemporary music in Iceland. The concert, that will also include works by Gunnar Andreas Kristinson, Davíð Brynjar Fransson and Gerald Barry, starts at 19:30 in Harpa concert house in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Here are a few words about the composition:


My piece, Nostalgia, is among other, inspired by The Myth of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus; the films of Andrei Tarkovski, that have many references to lost time; and last but not least, my staying in a country where time has not travelled in the same tempo as I grew up in.

At the beginning of the composition there is stillness. After a while some hidden emotions start to emerge and from there starts a procedure where it is needed to look inwards and try to understand everything better, at the same time as things  are getting more complicated. This development reaches a point of culmination and then starts to unravel. What we did not know before, comes to light.


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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Væntanlegir tónleikar / Upcoming concerts

(see english below)

Dómkirkjukórinn, ásamt Kára Þormari, organista, munu frumflytja eftir mig nýtt verk, Davíðssálm 141, í sunnudagsmessunni þann 28. október. Verkið er pantað af kórnum í tilefni af 200 ára afmæli Péturs Guðjohnsen, fyrsta organista dómkirkjunnar, en þess má geta að hann er langa-, langa-, langaafi minn. 

29. október verður dagskrá í Dómkirkjunni þar sem verkið verður flutt aftur ásamt fleira efni sem tengist Pétri. Hér er texti úr fréttatilkynningu fyrir tónleikana:

Á þessu ári eru liðin 200 ár frá því að Pétur Gudjohnsen fæddist. Pétur var fyrsti organisti Dómkirkjunnar, og sinnti starfinu frá árinu 1840 þegar hann kom úr námi í Danmörku og allt til dauðadags. Jafnframt sinnti hann tónlistarkennslu og ýmsum öðrum störfum. Hann var frumkvöðull í íslensku tónlistarlífi. Kirkjusöngurinn var honum einkar hugleikinn og hann samdi m.a. tvær sálmasöngsbækur.

Í tilefni af þessum tímamótum verður haldin dagskrá í Dómkirkjunni Mánudaginn 29.október kl 20.00. Þar koma fram Dómk

órinn í Reykjavík, MR kórinn, Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir, Svanur Vilbergsson, Steingrímur Þórhallsson, Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, Þröstur Eiríksson og Hjálmar Jónsson. Flutt verður tónlist eftir Pétur og tónlist sem tengist honum og starfi hans. Þröstur Eiríksson flytur erindi um Pétur og störf hans. Þá verður verkið ‘Davíðssálmur 141´ fyrir kór og orgel, eftir Pál Ragnar Pálsson frumflutt, en tónskáldið er langa-langafabarn Péturs.

Dagskráin er samstarf Tónlistardaga Dómkirkjunnar og Tónskóla Þjóðkirkjunnar




29. október munu Repertorio Vocale flytja verk mitt, Ég bið til sólargeislans frá glugganum, við ljóð eftir Önnu Akhmatova. Stjórnandi er Karol Kisiel, sem einnig pantaði af mér verkið fyrir sama kór. Tónleikarnir verða í Pühavaimu kirik (Kirkju heilags anda), í Tallinn.


Fyrir nánari upplýsingar, þá er hér heimasíðan mín.

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On sunday 28th of October a new piece by me will be premiered in Reykjavík Dome Church by the Dome Church Choir and organist, Kári Þormar. The piece was commissioned by the choir on the occasion of the 200 year anniversary of Pétur Guðjohnsen, the first organist of the church, who also is my great-, great-, great grandfather.

October 29th in Tallinn's Church of the Holy Ghost will be a concert where Repertorio Vocale will perform my piece I Pray to the Sunbeam from the Window, to the poem of Anna Akhmatova. The piece was commissioned by Conductor Karol Kisiel for the same choir. The concert starts at 18:00.


Program:

Thomas Tallis: If ye love me
O Lord, in thee is all my trust

Johann Hermann Schein: Israels Brünnlein

Johann Hermann Schein: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
An Wasserflüssen Babylon

Charles Villiers Stanford: Bluebird

Páll Ragnar Pálsson: I pray to the sunbeam from the window

Tõnu Kõrvits: The Night Is Darkening Round Me


Performers:

Repertorio Vocale ensemble
Einike Leppik - harpsichord
Lili Kirikal - soprano, Aule Urb - soprano, Kadri-Liis Kukk - soprano
Karolina Normak - violin, Laur Eensalu - viola, Margus Uus - cello

Karol Kisiel - conductor


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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Væntanlegir tónleikar / Upcoming concerts

Kammerkór Suðurlands flytur verk mitt Kom, skapari, heilagi andi á tónleikum í Reykholti í dag, 14. apríl klukkan 16:00. Einnig verða á tónleikunum verk eftir John Tavener, Arvo Pärt og Völu Gestsdóttur.

Sama dagskrá verður endurtekin í Kristskirkju á Landakoti 26. apríl.

The Chamber Choir of Southern Iceland performs my piece Kom, skapari, heilagi andi at a concert in Reykholt today, 14th of april. Also at the concert will be works of John Tavener, Arvo Pärt and Vala Gestsdóttir

Same program will be repeated in the Catholic Church in Reykjavík on the 26th of April.


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Listahátíð í Reykjavík / Reykjavík Art Festival

Á Listahátíð í Reykjavík verða tónleikar þar sem Duo Harpverk ásamt Tui Hirv flytjaKátínuvísindin, verk eftir mig fyrir sópran, hörpu og slagverk við ljóð Eiríks Arnars Norðdahl,Hýperbólusetning og Parabólusetning. Einnig verða á tónleikunum verk eftir Völu Gestsdóttur, Pétur Grétarsson og Andrew Gen Popoff (Rússland).

Tónleikarnir verða í Hörpu, Kaldalóni, föstudaginn 1. júní klukkan 17:00

Hér má lesa nánari upplýsingar um viðburðinn.

At Reykjavík Art Festival will be a concert where Duo Harpverk along with Tui Hirv will perform Kátínuvísindin (The Merry Science), a piece by me for soprano, harp and percussion to the poems by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Hýperbólusetning (Hyperbolic Inoculation) andParabólusetning (Parabolic Inoculation). Also will at the concert works by Vala Gestsdóttir, Pétur Grétarsson and Andrew Gen Popoff (Russia).

The concert will be in Harpa, Kaldalóni, friday 1st of June at 17:00

Here you can read more about the event.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Listahátíð í Reykjavík / Reykjavík Art Festival

Á Listahátíð í Reykjavík verða tónleikar þar sem Duo Harpverk ásamt Tui Hirv flytja Kátínuvísindin, verk eftir mig fyrir sópran, hörpu og slagverk við ljóð Eiríks Arnars Norðdahl, Hýperbólusetning og Parabólusetning. Einnig verða á tónleikunum verk eftir Völu Gestsdóttur, Pétur Grétarsson og Andrew Gen Popoff (Rússland).

Tónleikarnir verða í Hörpu, Kaldalóni, föstudaginn 1. júní klukkan 17:00

Hér má lesa nánari upplýsingar um viðburðinn.

At Reykjavík Art Festival will be a concert where Duo Harpverk along with Tui Hirv will perform Kátínuvísindin (The Merry Science), a piece by me for soprano, harp and percussion to the poems by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Hýperbólusetning (Hyperbolic Inoculation) and Parabólusetning (Parabolic Inoculation). Also will at the concert works by Vala Gestsdóttir, Pétur Grétarsson and Andrew Gen Popoff (Russia).

The concert will be in Harpa, Kaldalóni, friday 1st of June at 17:00

Here you can read more about the event.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Website and facebook

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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Væntanlegir tónleikar / Upcoming concerts


Estonian Music Days 19.03.2012 in Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's chamber hall at 18:00

Konveier concert: curated by Páll Ragnar Pálsson and Tui Hirv

Program

Sander Saarmets (1985) - Pram Tak Mir for solo violin and electronics (2011)
Javier Elipe Gimeno (1980) - Ombres/éclats for flute and piano (2011)
Bryan Christian (1984) - Airs no Oceans keep for soprano, flute, violin, viola and cello (2011)
Páll Ragnar Pálsson (1977) - Kátínuvísindin (Hýperbólusetning/Parabólusetning) for soprano, harp and percussion (2010-2011)


Performers

Tui Hirv - soprano
Adrian Rannut - violin
Laur Eensalu - viola
Marcus Uus - cello
Leonora Palu - flute
Age Juurikas - piano
Liis Viira - harp
Alexandra Kremenetski - percussion