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Preludes

for piano solo

  1. Pavement ends (2010)
  2. Blind Hills (2010)
  3. Ripple Circles (2010)
  4. Dripstones (2010)
  5. Sandgrasses (2010)
  6. Detour (2010)
  7. Crepuscular Rays (2010)
  8. Scree (2010)
  9. River Pebbles (2010)
  10. Nightfrost (2010)

Total time: 00:23:05

 

 

Sceneries

for violin and piano

  1. Icebound (2009)
  2. Fog Layers (2009)
  3. Black Coasts (2009)
  4. Singing Cave (2009)
  5. Glacier Breeze (2009)

Total time: 00:14:20

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE:

The 28th November, 2009 in Zug, Switzerland: Pieces no. 1-3

 - Violin: Astrid Hotz

 - Piano: Salbjörg Hotz

 

 

Bagatelles

for piano solo

  1. Irrelevance (2009)
  2. Illusion (2009)
  3. Remorse (2009)

Total time: 00:04:45

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE:

The 28th November, 2009 in Zug, Switzerland 

 - Piano: Moritz Weber

 

 

 

The Desolate City

for piano solo

  1. The Seagate (2001)
  2. Glittering Waves (2001)
  3. The Old City Wall (2005)
  4. Light in Narrow Streets (2006)
  5. Ruins (2008)
  6. Two Windows beyond the Moat (2008)
  7. In the Fortress Courtyard (2008)
  8. The Citadel (2008)
  9. The Landgate (2009)

Total time: 00:25:35

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE:

The 28th November, 2009 in Zug, Switzerland 

 - Piano: Moritz Weber

 

 

 

Two Wings

for two pianos

  1. Expectation (2003, rev.2009)
  2. Transience (2003, rev. 2009)
  3. Longing (2003, rev. 2009)
  4. Unity (2003, rev. 2009)
  5. Castles of Air (2003, rev. 2009)
  6. Beyond the Time (2003, rev. 2009)

Total time: 00:22:40

 

 

24 Songs

for solo voice and piano

        Prayers - Texts by Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá

  1. Er nokkur sá er firrir erfiðleikum / Is there any Remover of Difficulties (1998) 
  2. Seg: Guð nægir öllu framar öllu / Say: God Sufficeth all Things (1998)
  3. Ég hef vaknað í skjóli þínu / I have Wakened in Thy Shelter (2003)
  4. Skapa í mér hreint hjarta / Create in me a Pure Heart (1998)
  5. Ég heiti á þig / I Adjure Thee (2001)
  6. Nafn þitt er lækning mín / Thy Name is my Healing (1998) 
  7. Sameina hjörtu þjóna þinna / Unite the Hearts of Thy Servants (2005) 
  8. Endurnýja og gleð anda minn / Refresh and Gladden my Spirit (1998) 
  9. Ó Guð, leið mig / O God, Guide me (2001)

 

        Meditations - Texts from THE HIDDEN WORDS by Bahá'u'lláh 

  1. Fyrsta ráð mitt / My first Council (2000) 
  2. Kærast alls fyrir augliti mínu / The Best Beloved of All Things (2000) 
  3. Hjúpaður ómunaverund minni / Veiled in My Immemorial Being (2000) 
  4. Ég unni sköpun þinni / I loved thy Creation (2001) 
  5. Elska mig / Love Me (2001) 
  6. Þú ert virki mitt / Thou art My Stronghold (2001) 
  7. Þú ert lampi minn / Thou art My Lamp (2000) 
  8. Voldugum höndum gerði ég þig / With the Hands of Power I Made thee (2000) 
  9. Auðugan skóp ég þig / I Created thee Rich (2000) 
  10. Þú ert ríki mitt / Thou art My Dominion (2000) 
  11. Krafa mín á hendur þér / My Claim on thee is Great (2001) 
  12. Ljá eyra þessum orðum / Give Ear unto This (2001) 
  13. Aragúi dulrænna tungna / Myriads of Mystic Tongues (2001) 
  14. Ljós hjarta þíns / The Candle of thine Heart (2001) 
  15. Blessaður er bletturinn / Blessed is the Spot (2004)

Total time: 01:12:33

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE:

The 30th July, 2000 in the Icelandic Opera in Reykjavík, Iceland

Prayers no. 1-2, 4, 6, 8 and Meditations no. 1-2

 - Soprano: Birna Ragnarsdóttir

 - Piano: Salbjörg Hotz

 

Meditation no. 1 and 13, My First Council and Myriads of Mystic Tongues:


14 Songs

for solo voice and piano

        Poems by Edvard T. Jónsson

  1. Birtan tæra / The Pristine light (2000)
  2. Fanginn á fjallinu / The Prisoner on the Mountain (1998)
  3. Brúðkaupið á torginu / The Wedding in the Marketplace (2000)
  4. Sýn af eldi / Vision of Fire (1999)
  5. Söngur fanganna / The Prisoners' Song (1998)
  6. Útlaginn / The Outlaw (1999)
  7. Ef veröld aðeins vissi / If the World Only Knew (1998)
  8. Hin aldna dýrð / The Ancient Beauty (1998)
  9. Bahá'u'lláh / Bahá'u'lláh  (1999)
  10. Í hafdjúp orðsins / In the Ocean of Words (1999)
  11. Greinin skíra / The Purest Branch (2000)
  12. 'Abdu'l-Bahá / 'Abdu'l-Bahá  (1999)
  13. Kallið frá Karmel / The Call from Carmel (1999)
  14. Aldahvörf / The Turning Point of Centuries (1998)

Total time: 01:05:30

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE:

30th July, 2000 in the Icelandic Opera in Reykjavík, Iceland

 - Baritone: Bergthór Pálsson

 - Soprano: Signý Sæmundsdóttir

 - Piano: Salbjörg Hotz