Anna Thorvaldsdottir

A work for mixed voices from 2009 as recorded by US ensemble Skylark.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Ad Genua (To The Knees) is arranged for Soprano solo, SATB chorus and string ensemble. Commissioned by The Crossing and Donald Nally, conductor, with major support from the Pew...

Anna Thorvaldsdottir wrote Heyr þu oss himnum á for the Skálholt Summer Concert Series, August 2005. The work is written from an old Icelandic psalm by Olafur á Söndum (1560-1627). There are num...

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Scape was composed in 2011 for Piano.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Sola for solo viola and pre-recorded electronics was composed for Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti. The music, which features extended techniques, was inspired by the search for calm am...

Originally scored for solo cello, this version for solo viola was written in 2019. The theme of the work is 'man & machine' as commissioned by the cellist Michael Nicolas.

A work for soprano, flute, guitar and pre-recorded electronics. The first performance was given on 5 August 2010 at the Skálholt Summer Concerts, Iceland, by Tiffany DuMouchelle (soprano), Berglind Ma...

Commissioned by the Spektral Quartet, Carnegie Hall, and Washington Performing Arts and first performed in 2019. According to the composer Enigma was inspired by 'the notion of the 'in-between', juxta...

Rituals, a string quartet by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, had its World Premiere in Copenhagen in 2023 by the Danish String Quartet. It was comissioned by the Danish String Quartet with the support of Carneg...

Score and Parts for Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Shades Of Silence for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano accompaniment.

Reflections was written for Nordic Affect. The first performance was given on 30 September 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Arranged for Violin, Viola and Cello. Duration: 8 minutes. Anna Thorvaldsdottir f...

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Spectra for Violin, Viola and Cello. Duration: 9 minutes

Score and Parts for Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Sequences. Written for bass flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone and contrabassoon. Composed for the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) for the IC...

The theme of this work is 'man & machine', as commissioned by Michael Nicolas. The theme is represented in that the Cellist becomes both in the piece - man & machine - where man indicates performing e...

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Hidden for Percussionist and Grand Piano. Duration: Approximately 13 minutes.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's - AURA - Revised version for the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet of aura (2011) for percussion trio Duration: c. 6 minutes

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's - aura - was composed in 2011 and is arranged for 3 percussionists. Duration approximately: 6 minutes. Instrumentation includes: Station I Bass drum 2 almglocken (C and Db) Stat...

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Hvolf was composed in 2009 and is arranged for Soprano with Piano accompaniment.

Fingerprints, for harpsichord, was written in 2003 and has been recorded by Guðrún Óskarsdóttir on the Smekkleysa label.

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Trajectories arranged for Piano & Electronics. Duration: 14 minutes.

Written for the International Contemporary Ensemble and for Tenor Peter Tantsits. The work was created through ICE's First Page Commissioning Program thanks to the lead support of Frances Kazan. The f...

Year composed: 2016

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Shades Of Silence was composed in 2012 and is arranged for violin, viola, violoncello and harpsichord. Written for Nordic Affect. The first performance was given on 2 February 2...