Ensemble Elja performs Í Skuggsjá vængja þinna for 17 piece ensemble in Skálholt July 27th 2019.

Í Skuggsjá Vængja Þinna

A composition for 29 Gigjas made in the Glasir Gymnasium in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Performed and asssembled by students of Glasir for Nordic Music Days 2021.

Dhorpma I - Salarro

Iceland Symphony Orchestra performs in the Tectonics Festival, Reykjavík 2013. Conducted by Ilan Volkov. Premier. 

Grafgata

Sporgýla (2014) for an ensemble of 36 players.

Sporgyla

The Wasp's Nest. A piece for baroque flautist Georgia Browne and electronics consisting mostly of herself. Perhaps this is a sister work to La noche oscura del alma available here: http://tonestrukt.bandcamp.com/album/la-noche-oscura-del-alma

The piece was premiered in Denmark in April 2016 but this is a performance from Skálholt in Iceland in July 2016.

Vespuhreidrid

Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble, directed by Steed Cowart. From a concert on April 26th in Mills College, Oakland, California. 

Performers:

Gina Bonati: voice
Tate Carson: contrabass
Abigail Crocker: clarinet
Tess Imhof: violin
Soo Yeon Lyuh: haegeum
Isaac Otto: clarinet/saxophone
Eric Glick Rieman: piano/melodica
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir (Teaching Assistant): French horn
Tom Weeks: saxophone
Josie Weight: violin
Marc Zollinger: guitar

Oktett no. 1

Recording of the premier of this entire cycle of octets. Most of them have been played separately. This performance was made by members of Fersteinn and Fengjastrútur: Lárus H. Grímsson, Bára Sigurjónsdóttir, Gunnar Grímsson, Arnljótur Sigurðsson, Ingi Garðar Erlendsson and Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson. It is originally for 1-7 players having a computer fill in the missing voices. The concert took place in Mengi January 24th as part of Dark Music Days 2018. 
 The piece was written in an abandoned Franciscan Library located in The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland - which is an artist residency. During the end of my residency Pauline Oliveros held a concert along with myself and various Irish sound artists celebrating her honorary doctorate from the University of the city. The concert took place in this same Library I had been working in. These pieces are dedicated to Pauline Oliveros.

Octet no. 8

Octet no. 7

Octet no. 6

Octet no. 5

Collaboration with Marina Rees and the Whale Choir. Members of Listaháskóli Íslands organized by María Sól Ingólfsdóttir

Hvalkór - Tonleikar Önnur Atlaga

Sinfonia

Sinfonia 4th movement - Yfirvegun og ofsi

Excerpt of the BBC Scottish Symphony Performing Sporgýla in 2014.

Sporgyla (5 minute excerpt)

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson is a composerwriting music with rhythmic elasticity often using animated notation as a means to communicate to musicians. He has been active with a composer collective in Iceland called S.L.Á.T.U.R. and taken part in founding its festival Sláturtíð and also been a member of the Jaðarber concert series and Fengjastrútur Ensemble.

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