3 Icelandic Folksongs / 3 íslensk þjóðlög, for children’s choir and orchestra  (2013)

SSA chorus/2222/4221/timp. 2perc. hrp./str. (7′)

3 folksongs arrangements for the Maximus Musicus project, premiered in April 2014

Resistance, for tuba and large orchestra (2012)

Tba/2+pic 2+ca 32(cbn)/432+btbn/timp 3perc hrp pno/str (20′)

Written for the tuba player Tim Buzbee

String tunes the finger / Streng stillir fingur, for school orchestra (2010)

2(pic)232/4331/timp perc pno/str (9′)

Written for the orchestra of Reykjavik College of Music to commemorate the school’s 80th anniversary. Based on the icelandic folksong “My mouth sings”

World Light – Icelandic Requiem / Heimsljós – íslensk sálumessa, for soloists, choir and small orchestra (2010)

solo S T/ SATB chorus/1(pic afl)1(ca)1(bcl)1(cbn)/221+atbn+btbn/2perc pno/str(min.5.4.3.2.1) / (50′)

Text from World Light by Halldor Kiljan Laxness (1902-1998)

Written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Filharmonia Choir.

1. Where the glacier meets the sky / Þar sem jökulinn ber við loft

2. The sonic rvelation of the deity / Kraftbirtingarhljómur guðdómsins

3. God punishes all those who shirk / Guð refsar öllum sem svíkjast um

4. Your wait is nearly at an end / Bið þín er bráðum á enda

5. I bid him welcome / Ég býð hann velkominn

6 Think of me when you are in glorious sunshine / Hugsaðu um mig þegar þú ert í miklu sólskini

The Girl inthe Tower / Stúlkan í turninum,  fairytale for narrator and orchestra (2007)

Narr/2(pic)2(ca)2(ebcl:bcl)2(cbn)/4331/timp 2perc hrp/str (28′)

Story by Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807 – 1845)

Commisioned by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Jonas Hallgrimsson

Sprint / Sprettur, for small orchestra  (2006 / 2010)

2222/2200/timp/str (min. 6.5.4.3.2.) (7′)

For the Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra (Ungfónían)

Monologues – Dialogues for bass clarinet and sinfonietta (2004)

1(afl)1(ca)1/1110/perc pno(cel)/str5t (30′)

1. Tutti – Monologue

2. Dialogue with three

3. Dialogue with five

4. Dialogue with three

5. Tutti – Monologue

6. Dialogue with eight

7. Diaglogue with thirteen

Written for Rúnar Óskarsson and the Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra

The Key / Lykillin, for narrator and sinfonietta (2002)

narr/1111/1110/perc pno / str5t (20′)

Story by Sveinbjörn I Baldvinsson (1957)

Commisioned by the North Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Suite from Minotaurus / Mínótársvítan,  for orchestra (1993 / 2001)

2(pic)222/2221/timp perc pno/str  (18′)

Music from the ballet Minotaurus, written for the orchestra of Reykjavik College of Music

Minotaurus, ballet for sinfonietta (1992 – 93)

1111/1110/perc pno/str5t (30′)

Written for the Hafnarfjörður Art Festival