Last Song: Music for Violin & Piano
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Label: Sono Luminus
Cat No: DSL92248
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 3rd September 2021
Contents
Works
Anima ProcessionalI Ensomme Stunde (arr. U Sveinbjarnardottir)
Prelude non mesure no.7 (arr. U Sveinbjarnardottir, T Thorsteinsdottir)
Winter
In a Dream
Lullaby
Aubade provencale (in the style of L Couperin)
Melodie (after the Ballo from 'Orfeo ed Euridice' by Gluck)
Thais: Meditation
Ave Maria
Last Song before the News
Marian Prayers (3)
Icelandic Suite for violin and piano
Artists
Una Sveinbjarnardottir (violin)Tinna Thorsteinsdottir (piano)
Works
Anima ProcessionalI Ensomme Stunde (arr. U Sveinbjarnardottir)
Prelude non mesure no.7 (arr. U Sveinbjarnardottir, T Thorsteinsdottir)
Winter
In a Dream
Lullaby
Aubade provencale (in the style of L Couperin)
Melodie (after the Ballo from 'Orfeo ed Euridice' by Gluck)
Thais: Meditation
Ave Maria
Last Song before the News
Marian Prayers (3)
Icelandic Suite for violin and piano
Artists
Una Sveinbjarnardottir (violin)Tinna Thorsteinsdottir (piano)
About
‘That moment in time is free and full, mindfulness-ish and unaffected by misery, sorrow, regret, shame, anxiety and depression. In my mind it is bright and has a sense of nostalgia.
‘The title also refers to a daily tradition on Icelandic radio Rás 1, where a song, “last song before the news” would be played just before the news hour at noon. The song would typically be an Icelandic one, sometimes a lullaby, a love song or an ode to scary and gorgeous nature. Or an Icelandic traditional, sometimes an Italian canzone or a Scandinavian sorrow.
‘Jórunn Viđar’s piece Icelandic Suite sums up all these elements, a piece written for the 2000 years anniversary of inhabitation in Iceland in 1974.
‘The lightness and the longing are with us throughout the program except in the title piece of mine, Last Song before the News, where apocalyptic visions are awfully obvious and take over early on.
‘The album is dedicated to my father, Sveinbjörn Rafnsson, whose lightness and passion for music, poetry and history along with his sense of humor has been a lifeline to many people.’
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