Anna Þorvaldsdóttir: Metacosmos

Anna Þorvaldsdóttir: Metacosmos (2017)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daníel Bjarnason, conductor
From a concert in Harpa, Reykjavik, January 31st, 2019.

[@clicktoris1]

i'm here because of TÁR

[@fabiocastellotto8049]

Sincerely, this new "modern" 21st Century classical music is starting to really bother me...bring back Rautavaara please.

[@derekjeary8849]

I don’t get it. It may be the work is more for orchestra than the listener; this listener lasted 7 minutes and I feared for my sanity if I listened any more.

[@lifeboundlove784]

This is other worldly. I have never heard something like this. I loved every second of it.

[@aclockworkkubrick]

Saw the US premiere of this in NYC. Just as amazing as I remembered.

[@rebeccaroberts2589]

🤓 This is a beautiful piece, excuse my nerdiness, we're playing this at the moment in Scotland with 5 bassoons, there seems to be one missing in this excellent performance here. 🤓🤓

[@GreasySlick]

I love the traces of Penderecki in there. Very intense.

[@fredrodgers2197]

This piece for me sort of encompasses and summarizes all of orchestral nordic music from Leifs through Pettersson and beyond; and surpasses it all! Thorvaldsdottir keeps progressing from strength to strength - I can't wait to hear what she will copmose next.

[@markusreuter]

Great! Thank you.

[@wideseen]

Ok, now they are done tunlng. When will the music start?

[@knallfroosch]

I witnessed a performance of this piece in Vienna today and I was absolutely riveted.

[@grapesh77]

I happened to enter Hallgrimskirkja this morning with no idea Natl Symphony Orchestra were doing live recital of this piece inside, with Anna being there too. It was truly unexpected and the most authentic rendezvous with Icelandic musical spirit I could ever imagine.

[@Bruce-hy2uo]

I just saw this performed last night here in Detroit by the wonderful Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Tabita Berglund conducting.

[@ericmarcus2679]

I really want to see a film that uses this for a soundtrack!

[@MaxArceus]

I just saw the premiere of this piece in the Netherlands, and my god, it was breathtaking.

[@timec0ntroller]

Love the trace of Romanticism in the ending passage

[@mrnnhnz]

Great composition, and very nicely played. Frábær!

[@tryggvifranklinhakonarson5178]

Simply amazing.

[@OrdenJust]

Beautiful!

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

She's getting better and better.