Lendh (2018) for orchestra
From the World Premiere in Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, January 31st, 2019.
Stúdíó Sýrland.
Performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason, conductor.
Nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards 2020 - Composition of the Year (category: classical/contemporary)
Nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2020.
Listen on Spotify [Sono Luminus]
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Gemæltan (2020) Cello Concerto
From the World Premiere in Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, 29th September 2022
Performed by Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen, conductor.
Programme note by Andri Snær Magnason
Nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards 2023 - Composition of the Year (category: classical/contemporary)
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Flowen (2019) string quartet
From a concert in Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, January 2023
Performed by Siggi String Quartet: Una Sveinbjarnardóttir (violin), Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir (violin), Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir (viola), Sigurður Bjarki Gunnarsson (violoncello)
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Vanescere (2021) Viola Concerto
From the World Premiere on March 6, 2022, in Harpa Concerto Hall, Reykjavík, recorded by Páll Sveinn Guðmundsson
Performed by Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir and the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra / Kammersveit Reykjavíkur, Mirian Khukhunaishvili, conductor.
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Inmost (2023) for orchestra
From the World Premiere in Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, November 9th 2023
Performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen, conductor.
Programme note by Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Neige éternelle: 1. (2022) for solo violoncello
From the World Premiere in Harpa Concert Hall, on 30th September 2022. Recorded by RÚV. Performed by Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir
Neige éternelle is a series of five for solo cello. This work emerged after Gemæltan, a cello concerto written for Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir. Each piece is an imagined phase in the formation of a glacier.
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Ofdune (2020) for solo violin
Recorded at Artscape Bayside, Toronto, Canada on May 20, 2023.
Performed by Arlan Vriens
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Vötn (2021) for countertenor and strings
Live recording from Villa Elizabeth Berlin 2021 as part of their concert FLOW.
Performed by Michael Taylor and Opus XX Orchestra, Vanessa Chartrand-Rodrigue, conductor.
Poem by Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir [Fugl/Blupl, 2018 Sæmundur]
Score and parts coming soon.
Listen to the original version for soprano and piano (2020)
Sceadu (2019) Violin Concerto
From a concert in Breiðholtskirkja, Reykjavík
Performed by Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and Caput Ensemble, Guðni Franzson, conductor
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Erlendis / Gætni (2015/2020)
Director: Samantha Shay
Production Company: Source Material
Cast: Samantha Shay
Director of Photography: Victoria Sendra
Editor: Samantha Shay
Dressmaker: Ása Bríet Brattaberg
Listen on Spotify [mr001] Moderna Records