Listen to ARCHORA on Bandcamp / Spotify
Listen to the BBC Proms world premiere with the BBC Philharmonic and Eva Ollikainen
An excerpt from the world premiere of CATAMORPHOSIS with the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko, in January 2021
Full performance available in the Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall: www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/53139
An excerpt from AION, a 38 min symphony-scale orchestral work - from the first movement titled Morphosis. Performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anna-Maria Helsing.
AION was nominated for the 2021 Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco Music Composition Prize
Listen to AION on Bandcamp / Spotify
METACOSMOS (2017) for orchestra - a live recording with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Daniel Bjarnason. The ISO’s recording of METACOSMOS, conducted by Daníel Bjarnason, was among the NY Times’s “25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2019” - the album, Concurrence, received a 2021 GRAMMY nomination.
Aeriality for orchestra. Recording from the premiere of the work performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov in November 2011.
Aeriality is featured on Anna's portrait album Aerial, released by Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Music Classics.
Dreaming (2008) for orchestra [excerpt 2:37 / the entire piece is 17:25]
Performed by The Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daníel Bjarnason.
Recording from Rhízōma, Anna’s debut portrait album. Click here for a recording of the entire piece.
Dreaming was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize in 2012.
Hrím (2010) for chamber orchestra of 12 performers [entire piece 8:03]
Performed by CAPUT Ensemble, conducted by Snorri Sigfús Birgission. Recording from Rhízōma, Anna’s debut portrait album.
Hrim was awarded composition of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards in 2011.
Shades of Silence (2013) for string trio & harpsichord [excerpt 1:29 / the entire piece is 7:37]
Performed by Nordic Affect. Shades of Silence is featured on Anna's portrait album Aerial, released by Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Music Classics.
Streaming Arhythmia (2007) for chamber orchestra of 13 performers [excerpt 1:51 / the entire piece is 19:32]
Performed by the CAPUT ensemble, conducted by Snorri Sigfús Birgisson. Recording from Rhízōma, Anna’s debut portrait album.
Click here for a recording of the entire piece.
Heyr þú oss himnum á (2005) for choir [entire piece 5:07]
Performed by Hljómeyki chamber choir, studio recording from 2005.