Presented here are a few of my efforts of getting into classical music - whatever that means. More accurately I'm presenting here some music I've written for violins and cellos and shit. More more accurately it's post-romantic orchestral and chamber music inspired by late 19th century, early 20th century music such as Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky and Gustav Holst. And of course jazz, because well, it's what I do.
These were written around 2015, probably. They stayed in the drawer until a friend of mine who is also a composer helped me get a some people together. Though the years 2017 - 2019 we managed to get some of these recorded. So here, presented for your pleasure are "Three String Sextets" - a string sextet here meaning string quartet with double bass and piano added.
We did get a chance to perform some of it on Reykjavík Culture Night 2018. Here is a little picture of that happy occasion, with my friend Þórir (now Fenrir) who put it all together in the beginning and played piano. Fenrir is on the far left.
I have been an on-and-off member of the Reykjavík City band since I was a teenager, back when I was taking my first steps as a trumpet player. This is basically a marching band which does a lot of marching in the rain here in Reykjavík. But the band is also a Wind Orchestra which regularly rehearses and plays some more advanced and interesting things. I floated the idea of writing something for the band and our band director basically promised me that we'd play everything I'd write. So here are three pieces called "Dented Trumpets", recorded at Harpa, downtown Reykjavík by Kjartan Kjartansson.
I mean, the title syas it all. It has not yet been played by a symphonic orchestra. If you have a symphonic orchestra just sitting around, picking their noses, then hit me up, I've got something! Also it's only one movement. I guess that was enough of that. I'd taken this line of thought to its conclusion and then life got in the way. Here it is, played with the Dorico sample library: