Choir
Christmas Song
For mixed choir
2002
Text by rev. Gunnar Pálsson
This Christmas Carol was commissioned by the Icelandic State Broadcasting Service for a premiere in the Church of Hallgrímur in Reykjavík on December 22nd 2002, performed by the Motet Choir and its conductor Hörður Áskelsson. The Radio premiere was on Christmas Day the same year. The text is from an old Icelandic manuscript.
Að iðka gott til æru - Prizing Virtue
Mezzosoprano, oboe, vla.,, vlc.,, harps. and mixed choir
2001
ca. 13'
"Prizing Virtue" was written by commission from the Skálholt Summer Festival for mezzosoprano Ásgerður Júníusdóttir, a chamber choir and four instruments. There are three movements, each built on material from tunes from old Icelandic manuscripts. The composer uses various compositional methods, both modern and traditional.
Premiere: Skalholt Summer Concerts Festival, July 14th 2001, Ásgerður Júníusdóttir, mezzosoprano, Peter Tompkins, oboe, Jónína Auður Hilmarsdóttir, viola, Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson, cello, Helga Ingólfsdóttir, harpsichord, Suðurland Chamber Choir, dir. Hilmar Örn Agnarsson
The premiere took place at the Skálholt Summer Festial in July, 2001.
Úr árstíðasöngli
For female choir
1999
Text: Steinunn Sigurðardóttir
Vetur - Winter
for mixed choir1991
Text by Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttr
Dedicated to Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir and the Choir of Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð. Premiered at a graduation seremony at the Hamrahlíð College.
CD:
2002 - Vorkvæði um Ísland
Hamrahlíðarkórinn. Stjórnandi: Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir. Íslensk
kórtónlist.
Smekkleysa. (SMK22)