First performed on 14 January 2010 in Reykjavik, Iceland, by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernharður Wilkinson

Winner of the Nordic Music Prize 2012

  • 3(afl).2.3(bcl).3(cbn)/4221/3perc/hp.cel/str
  • 17 min

Media

Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Dreaming

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Reviews

'Dreaming' is an imposing monolith that emerges from silence and recedes back into it, speaking of natural desolation, severe beauty and precarious tectonics in between.
Andrew Mellor, Gramophone
1st January 2019

Discography

Rhízōma

Rhízōma
  • Label
    Sono Luminus
  • Catalogue Number
    SLE-70018
  • Conductor
    Daniel Bjarnason / Snorri Sigfús Birgisson
  • Ensemble
    Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Caput Ensemble
  • Soloist
    Justin De Hart, percussion
  • Released
    23rd October 2020

Recurrence

Recurrence
  • Label
    Sono Luminus
  • Catalogue Number
    DSL-92213
  • Conductor
    Daniel Bjarnason
  • Ensemble
    Iceland Symphony Orchestra
  • Released
    7th April 2017

Rhízōma

Rhízōma
  • Label
    Innova Recordings
  • Catalogue Number
    810
  • Conductor
    Daniel Bjarnason / Snorri Sigfús Birgisson
  • Ensemble
    Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Caput Ensemble
  • Soloist
    Justin DeHart, percussion
  • Released
    25th October 2011