Bushra El - Turk - Dramaticule IV - for 28 Non-Western and Western instruments

A son tries to have a conversation with his reluctant father after decades of silence.

Live recording.

Music by Helgi R. Ingvarsson
Words by Árni Kristjánsson
Gissur Páll Gissurarson tenor
Bjarni Thor Kristinsson bass
Matthildur A. Gísladóttir piano
Guðný Jónasdóttir cello

More information and synopsis here: http://helgiingvarsson.com/news2/2022/7/20/ingvarssons-latest-opera-announced-gnin-the-silence
here: http://helgiingvarsson.com/news2/2022/8/31/ingvarssons-latest-opera-premiere-gnin
and here: http://helgiingvarsson.com/thogninopera

Father and son arioso duet - Þögnin / The Silence opera excerpt (2022)

Neonskógur

Performed by Zubin Kanga, solo piano. Recorded live at The Independent Theatre, Sydney, 16 August 2012.

Audio 1 - Not Music Yet by David Young (7 minute version)

Silje Aker Johnsen - Soprano/ Tre Voci Cello Ensemble

Anuras

Premiered at Cycle Festival  15. august 2015 by The South Iceland Chamber Choir directed by Hilmar Orn Agnarsson. 

Program notes:
After my graduation from Mills College in 2015, I returned to Iceland for the summer.  The bright Icelandic summer light welcomed me in all its beauty. My eyes had gotten used to the Californian daylight,  more golden and dreamy than the Icelandic light. Icelandic daylight is colder, sharper, and somehow more clear.  My eyes needed time to adjust—it had never felt so bright, so colorful, so clear.  The Icelandic sunset and sunrise even have a completely different texture than in California. In Iceland the brightness projects  different colors on the landscape—the mountains in Iceland are blue, the mountains in California are gold.  Here, everything gets a sharper edge and different tone. These thoughts translated into ideas of difference in sound.  The color qualities of the human voice have always fascinated me, and in this piece I try to communicate different colors  and degrees of brightness. The Icelandic language has over one hundred words describing the brightness of daylight from dawn to dusk.  I used them as inspiration and but the piece is without words. Let the voices draw the pictures and shape the piece.

Recorded by Árni Möller for Cycle Festival 2015
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BIRTA (Brightness)

Beyond the Silver Pit, a poem by Adelle Stripe. Read by Russ Litten. Recorded at Engine 7. Project developed with Curated Place for Enlighten Festival 2015. Copyright Adelle Stripe.

For more information visit: http://adellestripe.com/2015/11/29/beyond-the-silver-pit/

Adelle Stripe | Beyond the Silver Pit (read by Russ Litten)

Smooth Road Duo:
Ami Oprenova - vocals 
Ed Rice - piano 

Recorded and mixed by Paddy Lester-Rourke 

Cheek to Cheek - (arr. Jane Monheit)

Performed by Helen Whitaker (Flute) and Martin Butler (Piano) in Brighton, February 2016

Duo for Flute and Piano - Aaron Copland

Beyond the Silver Pit, for chamber ensemble.
Based on poem by Adelle Stripe.

Premiere by Ensemble intercontemporain. Commission by Musica Nova Iceland.
Conductor: Julien Leroy.

Le Centquatre, P​aris, France.
Friday, July 1st 2016.

Recording: IRCAM.

Beyond the Silver Pit (2016)

Composer, conductor, singer. More here: http://helgiingvarsson.com/

Father and son arioso duet - Þögnin / The Silence opera excerpt (2022)

Helgi R. Ingvarsson

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