SKU: HL.250604
9.0x12.0x0.062 inches. English.
Written for the International Contemporary Ensemble and for Tenor Peter Tantsits. The work was created through ICEs First Page Commissioning Program thanks to the lead support of Frances Kazan. The first performance was given on 3 August 2016 in Hearst Plaza at Lincoln Center, New York City, U.S.A. Performance notes: As a composer I have a tendency to write music in rather low dynamics. The dynamics indicate an atmosphere and the urge to approach the music with a sense of calm rather than merely indicating the dynamic level. I do not intend for the music tobe too quiet but rather projecting a sense of serenity. I would kindly ask that the dynamics be tuned to the location of the performance and subtly dramatized as appropriate with regards to the performance space and/or concert venue. To the accompaniment of everyday lifeindicates an atmospheric approach to the music that suggests fragility and loneliness. The work was commissioned to be premiered outside, so the music was inspired by the notion of hearing the environment accompanyingthe music. - Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Language: English.
SKU: HL.255632
9.0x12.0x0.1 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Shades Of Silence was composed in 2012 for violin, viola, violoncello and harpsichord. Written for Nordic Affect. The first performance was given on 2 February 2013 at Kaldalon Hall, Harpa Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland.
SKU: HL.250606
14.5x10.0x0.453 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Hvolf was composed in 2009 and is arranged for soprano with piano accompaniment.
SKU: HL.250607
UPC: 888680957650. 9.0x12.0x0.075 inches. English.
Reflections was written for Nordic Affect. The first performance was given on 30 September 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Arranged for violin, viola and cello. Anna Thorvaldsdottir frequently works with large sonic structures that tend to reveal the presence of a vast variety of sustained sound materials, reflecting her sense of imaginative listening to landscapes and nature. Her music tends to portray a flowing world of sounds with an enigmatic lyrical atmosphere. Duration: 8 minutes. LANGUAGE: English.
SKU: HL.50603728
ISBN 9781705133248. UPC: 840126957341. 10.5x14.0x0.043 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Sola for solo viola and pre-recorded electronics was composed for Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti. The music, which features extended techniques, was inspired by the search for calm amidst chaos and turmoil. To obtain the pre-recorded electronics, please contact promotion@wisemusic.com.
SKU: HL.262852
9.0x12.0x0.096 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Trajectories for Piano & Electronics. Duration: 14 minutes. To obtain the pre-recorded electronics, please contact promotion@wisemusic.com.
SKU: HL.275459
9.0x12.0x0.087 inches.
Score and Parts for Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Sequences. Written for bass flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone and contrabassoon. Composed for the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) for the ICEcommons Project and the New York Public Library. The first performance was given on 2 February 2013 at Kaldalon Hall, Harpa Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland. Duration: c. 8 minutes.
SKU: HL.277291
UPC: 888680991524. 9.25x12.0x0.127 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Fields for Ensemble and Electronics. Year composed: 2016 Duration: 6 minutes To obtain the pre-recorded electronics, please contact promotion@wisemusic.com.
SKU: HL.265678
14.5x10.0x0.4 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Impressions for prepared harpsichord. Written for Gudrun Oskarsdottir. The first performance was given on 30 January 2016 at Harpa Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland.
SKU: HL.250603
UPC: 888680990268. 6.5x9.75x0.138 inches. English.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Ad Genua (To The Knees) is arranged for Soprano solo, SATB chorus and string ensemble. Commissioned by The Crossing and Donald Nally, conductor, with major support from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. The first performance took place on 24 June 2016 at the Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. with The Crossing and International Contemporary Ensemble. The score is in C. Duration 10 minutes.
SKU: HL.284544
9.0x12.0x0.15 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Spectra for Violin, Viola and Cello.
SKU: HL.260594
9.0x12.0x0.085 inches. English.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Scape was composed in 2011 for Piano.
SKU: HL.250608
UPC: 888680908195. 9.0x12.0x0.4 inches. English.
The theme of this work is man & machine, as commissioned by Michael Nicolas. The theme is represented in that the Cellist becomes both in the piece man & machine where man indicates performing expressively with emotion, and a musical approach to the music, and machine indicates more precise rhythmic and technical accuracy, a somewhat stricter approach to the music. These two approaches gradually transition from one to another throughout the work. Anna Thorvaldsdottir frequently works with large sonic structures that tend to reveal the presence of a vast variety of sustained sound materials, reflecting her sense of imaginative listening to landscapes and nature. Her music tends to portray a flowing world of sounds with an enigmatic lyrical atmosphere.
SKU: HL.259446
ISBN 9781540041272. UPC: 888680898861. 10.0x14.0x0.5 inches.
Revised version for the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet of aura (2011) for percussion trio.
SKU: HL.1446139
ISBN 9798350124491. UPC: 196288206538.
What Things Become was written for the Dream House Quartet which consists specifically of two pianos and two electric guitars. It was first performed in the United States in 2022.
SKU: HL.278652
UPC: 888680908249. 9.0x12.0x0.235 inches.
Includes 2 performance scores. Spiral bound.
SKU: HL.50602256
UPC: 888680987152.
Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic Society with the generous support of The Marie-Josee Kravis Prize for New Music. The firstperformance was given on 4 April 2018 at the Lincoln Center, New York City by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
SKU: HL.50603901
ISBN 9781705154748. UPC: 196288022657. 9.0x12.0 inches.
This work was co-commissioned by Spektral Quartet, Carnegie Hall, and Washington Performing Arts. The World Premiere was given by Spektral Quartet in the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater in Washington, D.C. on October 29, 2019.
SKU: HL.268901
UPC: 888680908607. 12.0x9.0x0.45 inches. English.
Spiral bound score.
SKU: HL.327928
ISBN 9781705147429. UPC: 840126900040. 6.75x10.5 inches.
The work is written from an old Icelandic psalm by Olafur á Söndum (1560-1627).There are 52 verses in the psalm - four of them are used in this piece.
SKU: HL.286453
11.75x16.5x0.481 inches.
The performance was given on 14 January 2010 in Reykjavik, Iceland, by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernhardur Wilkinson.
SKU: HL.50602172
UPC: 888680975951. 9.0x12.0x0.103 inches.
A work for soprano, flute, guitar and pre-recorded electronics. The first performance was given on 5 August 2010 at the Skálholt Summer Concerts, Iceland, by Tiffany DuMouchelle (soprano), Berglind MarÃa Tómasdóttir (flute) and Pablo Gómez Cano (guitar). To obtain the pre-recorded electronics, please contact promotion@wisemusic.com.
SKU: HL.251163
14.0x10.0x0.223 inches.
Set of three spiral bound players' scores. Aura was composed in 2011 and is arranged for three percussionists. Instrumentation includes: Station 1 - bass drum, 2 almglocken (C and Db); Station II - Tam-tam, 4 bells; Station III - Bass drum; 2 almglocken (F and Gb); Shared instrument - 1 vibraphone, reachable from all three stations.
