A quirky and driving energy. A gradual unfolding of the orchestration and musical ideas.

For flute, Bb clarinet, piano, violin and cello. Music by Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson. Commissioned by the Elektra Ensemble and premiered 19 May 2019 in Harpa Reykavík, Iceland. The composition was funded by the Iceland Artists’ Salaries.

The members of Elektra Ensemble are Ástríður Alda Sigurðardóttir piano, Emilía Rós Sigfúsdóttir flute, Helga Björg Arnardóttir clarinet, Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir violin og Margrét Árnadóttir cello.

This recording of ELEKTRA was released on Elektra Ensemble’s album with the same name in 2019. It is available on Spotify, Youtube and other major streaming services.

Premiered 2014 at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. Later performed in Kaldalón Hall, Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland in 2016 where the recording was made. Soloist on both occasions was Gudny Jonasdottir.

Premiered at Guildhall school by the Chroma Ensemble in 2012.

and video excerpt on youtube: https://youtu.be/6wn3Yf-PwOk

Revised in 2019 for Kammersveit Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Chamber Ensemble) and performed by them at MyrkirMúsíkDagar (DarkMusicDays) new music festival in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2019.

“Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson’s new work Loom [also known as “Vefur” and “Penelopeia/Penelope”] [...] made a striking impression [...] The orchestra [...] struck an interesting balance between sounding individual and acting as a group.”

— 5against4.com (2019)

Developed with and premiered by flautist Helen Whitaker and pianist Matthildur A. Gísladóttir. Premiere at the University of Iceland in October 2018. Recorded by Helen Whitaker and Katherine Tinker in January 2023 at Syrland Studios, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Written for Helen Whitaker. Inspired by "Les Foiles d'Espagne" (1701) by Marin Marais. Premiered at the University of Iceland in October 2018.

The Sterna paradisaea - Arctic Tern in English or Kría in Icelandic - is a tern in the family Laridae. This lively, and beautiful species is strongly migratory, seeing two summers each year as it migrates along a convoluted route from its northern breeding grounds to the Antarctic coast for the southern summer and back again about six months later. Average annual roundtrip lengths of about 70,900 km (44,100 mi) for birds nesting in Iceland.

Paradisea definition: of the genus Paradisaea (birds of paradise).

This piece is a re-imagining of some of the same material that was used for my Trumpet Concerto no.1 (2017) and the choral work Sumarsöngur / Summer Song Ríður Harpa í Tún (2019).

Duration approx. 4-5 minutes. Premiere pending.

Written for cellist Guðný Jónasdóttir who premiered Loftkastali in London, UK in 2012. The work was then revised in 2013 for cellist Clare O’Connell. Since then the work has been performed numerous times, for example in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Reykjavík and Beaconsfield by other renowned cellists such as Clare O’Connell in England and Wales and Martin Johnson in Ireland. The work received a 4 star review from the locally well-known Icelandic classical music critic Jónas Sen September 6 2015: "Helgi's music carries the composer's strong personal style." "…all sorts of clever nuances were introduced and the narrative was exciting and surprising." "Helgi had a lot on his mind, and he went his own way in delivering his message. The frame echoed the past, but the inspiration was completely unique."

— Jónas Sen, on Loftkastali / Castle in Air (2015)

Premiered and commissioned by Bartholdy Quartet for the Chamber Music Festival at Salurinn Music Hall, Kopavogur, Iceland.

Written for Guildhall school´s postgraduate composition concert February 24th 2012. Formerly known as “Become, a duet.”

Written for and developed with cellist Guðný Jónasdóttir. Based on a beloved choral melody of the same name by composer Jón Ásgeirsson.

Premiered at Hannesarholt, Reykjavík, 21st November 2021.

Written for Jökla Chamber Group, Guðný Jónasdóttir cellist and Gunnhildur Daðadóttir violinist, with funding from STEF Iceland.

Premiered at Hannesarholt, Reykjavík, 21st November 2021.

The piece is a fantasy, a variation on a popular melody by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Heyr Himna Smiður (“Hear me, smith of heavens”).