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Voice
Sólin er runnin upp - The Sun has ascended
Soprano and piano
2002
Text by Hannes Pétursson
Composed for the celebration of the poet Hannes Pétursson's 70th birthday. Premiered at a gathering in his honor by Ingibjörg Guđjónsdóttir, soprano and Valgerđur Andrésdóttir, piano.
Ađ iđka gott til ćru - 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 Ásgerđur 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, Ásgerđur Júníusdóttir, mezzosoprano, Peter Tompkins, oboe, Jónína Auđur Hilmarsdóttir, viola, Sigurđur Bjarki Gunnarsson, cello, Helga Ingólfsdóttir, harpsichord, Suđurland Chamber Choir, dir. Hilmar Örn Agnarsson
The premiere took place at the Skálholt Summer Festial in July, 2001.
Snćfellsjökull gengur á land
Baritone and piano
2000
Text by Steinunn Sigurđardóttir
Mánuđurinn mars
Mezzosoprano and piano
2000
ca. 1'30''
Text by Steinunn Sigurđardóttir
CD:
SMK 21 Minn heimur og ţinn – Ásgerđur Júníusdóttir, mezzosoprano: Ásgerđur
Júníusdóttir, mezzosoprano and Steinunn Birna Ragnarsdóttir, piano
Living by the sea - Heimkynni viđ sjó
song cycle for soprano and piano
1997
ca. 23'
Text by Hannes Pétursson
The song cycle Living by the Sea appeared in 1997, with poems from Hannes Pétursson´s book of the same name (1980). The book contains sixty poems whose central theme is the poet´s home environment on the Álftanes Peninsula near Reykjavík. Karólína has chosen nine of these poems for her cycle, all reflecting man´s relationship with his environment.
Ingibjörg Guđjónsdóttir and Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir for whom the work was written, first performed this cycle in the National Art Gallery in Reykjavík on 19 April 1998.
CD:
smk 13 Karólína Eiríksdóttir - Spil: Ingibjörg Guđjónsdóttir, soprano and Tinna Ţorsteinsdóttir, piano
Sem dropi tindrandi
Soprano and piano
1996
Text by Hannes Pétursson
Sem dropi tindrandi was premiered at a gathering in the honour of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former president of Iceland. It is dedicated to her.
Sjávarsteinn
Baritone and piano
1996
Text by Hannes Pétursson
Frábćra, bćra
Old Icelandic psalm
arr. for soprano, viola da gamba and harps.
1994
Na Carenza
Mezzosoprano, oboe and viola
1993
ca. 7'
Na Carenza was written at the request of Austrian musicologist Regina Himmelbauer. Her idea was to get female composers from all over the world to write music to the text of female troubadors from medieval times. A good amount of their poetry has survived but none of their music. Na Carenza was premiered at an International Festival of Female Composers in Vienna in 1995. The Icelandic premiere took place in Skálholt in 2001. The piece has also been performed in Holland.
Premiere: Vienna, 9th International Congress on Women in Music: April 30th 1995, Kristin Nordeval, mezzosoprano
Ljóđnámuland - Land Posessed by Poems
song cycle for baritone and piano
1987
ca. 15'30''
Text by Sigurđur Pálsson
Land Posessed by Poems is from 1987, part of a collective project of the Nordic Conservatories and NOMUS. The piece was premiered in Gothenburg by Kristinn Sigmundsson and Guđríđur St. Sigurđardóttir.
CD:
ITM 7-01 Karólína Eiríksdóttir - Portrait: Kristinn Sigmundsson, baritone,
Guđríđur St. Sigurđardóttir, piano.
Sumir dagar - Some Days
Soprano, fl., cl., vlc. & pno. or soprano fl., cl.,vlc., harps. & guit.
1982
ca. 12'30''
Text by Ţorsteinn frá Hamri
6 poems: Gunnarshólmi, Eign, Sannleikurinn, Í hrapinu, Kvöld, Sumir dagar
Some Days was written in 1982 for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and piano. In 1991 the piece was reorchestrated for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello, guitar and harpsichord.
Premiere: Musica Nova at the Nordic House in Reykjavík: Feb. 21st 1982
Signý Sćmundsdóttir, Bernard Wilkinson, Einar Jóhannesson, Gunnar Kvaran, Guđríđur St. Sigurđardóttir
Six Poems from the Japanese
Mezzosoprano, flute and cello
1978
ca. 4'30''
Six Poems from the Japanese were composed in 1977 and premiered in Ann Arbor, Michigan the same year.
Japanese poetry is very concise and consequently the music consists of six miniatures.
CD:
DACOCD 423 New Nordic Chamber Music, Wärme-Quartet
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