Chamber Orchestra
Oboe Concerto
Fl., oboe, cl., bsn., hn., perc., 2. vln., vla., vcl., db. and solo oboe.
Oboe Concerto was written for oboist Matthías Birgir Nardeau and The Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra.
Premiere took place at the Dark Music Days Festival in Reykjavík on January 29th 2012 in Harpa - Norðurljós.
Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, soloist: Matthías Birgir Nardeau, conductor: Bernharður Wilkinson.
Höfuðstafir - Main Staves
Fl., oboe, cl., vln., vlc., db.
2002
Höfuðstafir was written for the Caput group and premiered by them in 2002 in a concert with music by Karólína Eiríksdóttir.
Premiere: October 19th, 2002; 15:15 at the Reykjavík City Theatre; Caput: Kolbeinn Bjarnason, flute, Eydís Franzdóttir, oboe, Guðni Franzson, clarinet, Zbigniew Dubik, violin, Sigurður Halldórsson, cello, Hávarður Tryggvason, double bass
Rhapsody in C
Fl., oboe, cl., bsn., hn., pno., 2. vln., vla., vcl., db.
1990
ca. 9'
Rhapsody in C was written for the Nordia Ensemble in Sweden in 1990. The piece is an attempt to proof that the C major chord is still valid and can be used in connection with almost anything.
CD:
INTIM MUSIK, Nordia Ensemble
Five Pieces for Chamber Orchestra - Fimm lög fyrir kammersveit
2 vln., vla., vlc., hn., fl., cl., oboe, bsn.
1983
ca. 8'30''
Five pieces for Chamber Orchestra consists of five short movements, almost miniatures.
The work is based on small units which are not tied together by any thematic development, but in the background there is discernible a belif in some kind of logic.
Five Pieces was composed in 1982 for the Icelandic Chamber Orchestra.
CD:
ITM 7-01 Karólína Eiríksdóttir - Portrait: Icelandic Chamber Orchestra, dir.
Jean-Pierre Jacquillat