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Hafliði Hallgrímsson

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Education
  
Royal Academy of Music

Hafliði Hallgrímsson wwwresonusclassicscomimagedataartistshaflidi

Albums
  
Þórarinn Jónsson / Johann Sebastian Bach / Hallgrímur Helgason / Hafliði Hallgrímsson

Record labels
  
Ondine, Polarfonia Classics ehf, SkrEf

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Hafliði Hallgrímsson (born 1941 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic composer, currently living in Bath. Hafliði was the Principal Cellist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, but left that position in 1983 to pursue a full-time career as a composer. In 2008, he became composer-in-residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (through 2010).

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In 1970, Hallgrímsson played the (uncredited) cello solo in the Atom Heart Mother (suite) from Pink Floyd.

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Selected compositions

  • Verse I for flute and cello (1975)
  • Poemi for violin and string orchestra (1983)
  • Rima for soprano and string orchestra (1994)
  • Herma for cello and string orchestra (1995)
  • Crucifixion for orchestra (1997)
  • Mini-stories, music theatre work (1997)
  • Passía for mezzo-soprano, tenor, choir and chamber orchestra (2001)
  • Die Wält der Zwischenfälle, chamber opera (2003)
  • Cello Concerto (2003)
  • Dagbókarbrot (Notes from a Diary) for viola and piano, Op. 33 (2005); dedicated to the memory of Anne Frank
  • Narratives from the Deep North for symphony orchestra, Op. 41 (2009)

    • Selected recordings

  • Herma; Ombra; Rima - Smekkleysa SMK 38
  • Daydreams in Numbers; Jacob’s Ladder; Strönd; Tristia; Verse I - Merlin MRFD 88101
  • Four Movements for String Quartet; Offerto; Solitaire; String Quartet No 1 - Eye of the Storm EOS 5004
  • Passía. Ondine ODE 1027-2 (2003)
  • Cello concerto; Herma. Ondine 1133-2 (2009)

    • Songs

    Concerto in B Minor for 4 Violins - Cello and Strings: Larghetto-Adagio-Largo-AllegroString Concertos · 1985
    Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins - Cello and Strings - op 3 no 11: Allegro-Adagio E Spiccato-AllegroString Concertos · 1985
    Concerto in B Minor for 4 Violins - Cello and Strings: LargoString Concertos · 1985

    References

    Hafliði Hallgrímsson Wikipedia
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