Join the 成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale Studios for UK premieres of recent works by four Icelandic composers. Cellist S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir is the soloist in a work written for her, P谩ll Ragnar P谩lsson's Quake, which was the overall winner at the 2018 International Rostrum of Composers. Valgeir Sigur冒sson is a record producer, sound engineer, musician and composer. In 1997 he founded Greenhouse Studios in Iceland, where he worked with a wide range of international artists from Bjork, Damon Albarn and Nico Muhly.
Anna 脼orvaldsd贸ttir鈥檚 Dreaming, inspired by imaginative listening to landscapes and nature, embodies a flowing world of sound. Haukur Tomasson鈥檚 From Darkness Woven is composed for orchestra without brass instruments and has its roots in the world of weaving and looms. Various sections of the piece had working titles like Installment, Battening, Fabric, Shuttle and Pattern.
This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on 成人论坛 Radio 3.
Haukur T贸masson From Darkness Woven (UK premiere)
P谩ll Ragnar P谩lsson Quake* (UK premiere)
Valgeir Sigur冒sson Eighteen Hundred & Seventy-Five (UK premiere)
Anna S. 脼orvaldsd贸ttir Dreaming (UK premiere)
