Svífandi fuglar/Soaring Birds

Fifteen songs by Thorvaldur Gylfason for high/low voice, piano, and cello set to poems by Kristján Hreinsson and arranged by Thórir Baldursson. The song cycle is an ode to life and to the beauty of the heavens. Available in music book stores. Kristinn Sigmundsson (bass), Bryndís Halla Gylfadóttir (cello) and Jónas Ingimundarson (piano) gave a sold-out premiere of the cycle in Salurinn in Kópavogur, one of the Reykjavík area’s two main concert venues, 7 September 2014. The concert was repeated in Salurinn 14 September and in Dalvík near Akureyri 21 September. The poet briefly introduced each song. The concert was filmed, and was aired on Icelandic State Televison (RÚV) 16 March 2020 and again 22 March.

EFNISSKRÁ/PROGRAM
1.   Í köldu myrkri/In Cold Dark
2.   Í faðmi fugla/Embraced by Birds
3.   Fuglshjartað/A Bird´s Heart
4.   Vals/A Waltz
5.   Vegur þagnar/The Path of Silence
6.   Sólskríkjan mín syngur/My Songbird Sings
7.   Fuglar minninga/Birds Remembered
8.   Unaðsreiturinn/Bed of Bliss
9.   Dúfa/Dove
10. Erlan/The Songbird
11. Spegill fuglanna/Mirror of the Birds
12. Vorið brosir/The Smile of Spring
13. Ég syng fyrir þig/I Sing for You
14. Einn kafli/One Chapter
15. Grátur Jarðar/Earth Lament
Ljóð/Translations

Layout: Jón Kristinn Cortez.
Cover painting: Vignir Jóhannsson.
Back coverportrait: Gunnar Karlsson.