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