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- Ólafur Arnalds
Another Kind of Peace (2024)
(Symphonic Suite)- Bosworth Music (World)
Orchestra version conceived by Ólafur Arnalds and Viktor Orri Árnason. Orchestration by Viktor Orri Árnason.
For more information, please contact classical.berlin@wisemusic.com.
- 1+afl+bfl.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.0.2.1.2flg/timp.bdr.mba.vib/cel.2hp/str
- 25 min
- 22nd February 2026, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
Programme Note
‘We cannot control what happens to us, but we can control how we react to the things that life confronts us with’, said Ólafur Arnalds about the theme of his last solo album Some Kind of Peace. What does it mean to be alive? How much courage does it need to stay vulnerable? These questions direct the artist’s view from the chaotic outside world towards the inner world. It was his most personal album and the focus on inner contemplation was captured by music of fragility and quiet beauty.
Now Ólafur has revisited this album together with his composer friend Viktor Orri Árnason in order to create an orchestral suite based on the album. The result is mythical and magical at the same time. Set for a symphonic orchestra and it’s acoustic instruments it is a radical departure from the electronic and partly vocal original album. It is a journey into a unique immersive soundscape, a beautiful and haunting experience.