Aurora by Gísli Magnússon

Program Notes

Aurora was written for the concert project Tvístrun (Dispersion), a collaboration between UNM and Elja Ensemble. Loosely inspired by the Northern Lights dancing across the skies, the music is characterised by fast scales, arpeggios and trills, mixed with longer sustained notes. The harmony is based on distorted harmonic series, which is an attempt to reflect on the colorful and exotic character of the Northern Lights.

Recording Notes

Rrecording date: 08/11/2018

Performers: Elja Ensemble (Björg Brjánsdóttir (fl) Matthías Ingiberg Sigurðsson (cl) Ísak Ríkharðsson (vln) Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir (vlc) Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason (pno))

Location: Tjarnarbíó, Reykjavík, Iceland

Recorded by UNM Iceland

Performer Credits

Elja Ensemble

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