Um jökla vafðist júnínóttin blá,

úr jörðu spruttu silfurskærar lindir.

Við áttum vor sem aldrei líður hjá

og elda sína bak við höfin kyndir.

Úr jörðu spruttu silfurtærar lindir.

Við áttum forðum eina slíka nótt

og ennþá spáir lífið sama vori.

Og ennþá get ég eldinn þangað sótt

og ennþá vaxa blóm í hverju spori

og ennþá spáir lífið sama vori.

-Davíð Stefánsson

The song is for high voice and piano (also available as soprano - bass duet).

Premiered 19th August 2022 in Tjarnarbíó theatre, Reykjavík, Iceland by Björk Níelsdóttir and Bjarni Thor Kristinsson. Second performance by Gissur Páll Gissurarson in Salurinn music hall, Kópavogur 2nd October 2022. Vornótt is part of Þögnin / The Silence opera (see “opera”) by Helgi R. Ingvarsson and Árni Kristjánsson but can also be performed on its own.

Þórgunnur Anna Örnólfsdóttir mezzo-soprano and Gunnar Guðbjörnsson tenor. Helen Whitaker on flute, Antonía Hevesí on piano, Helgi R. Ingvarsson on electroncis. Recorded live in Reykjavík, Iceland, october 2021.

Ecco mormorar l'onde,

E tremolar le fronde

A l'aura mattutina, e gli arboscelli,

E sovra i verdi rami i vaghi augelli

Cantar soavemente,

E rider l'Oriente;

Ecco già l'alba appare,

E si specchia nel mare,

E rasserena il cielo,

E le campagne imperla il dolce gelo,

E gli alti monti indora:

O bella e vaga Aurora,

L'aura è tua messaggera, e tu de l'aura

Ch'ogni arso cor ristaura.

Now the waves murmur

And the boughs and the shrubs tremble

in the morning breeze,

And on the green branches the pleasant birds

Sing softly

And the east smiles;

Now dawn already appears

And mirrors herself in the sea,

And makes the sky serene,

And the gentle frost impearls the fields

And gilds the high mountains:

O beautiful and gracious Aurora,

The breeze is your messenger, and you the breeze's

Which revives each burnt-out heart.

Vetrarþoka (Winter Fog) for voice and piano was commissioned by soprano Rannveig Káradóttir and pianist Birna Hallgrímsdóttir, and released on their album Krot in 2016. The song is available to perform in both Icelandic and English.

Music by Helgi R. Ingvarsson, poem by Árni Kristjánsson.

Score also available in English.

The mountainside is clothed in fog, a freezing quilt of patches, / and fallen snow that sits on cracks and cuts from years ago. / It breaks the skyline up ahead, a broken row of scratches, / full of seeds that hold the growth which coming years will show.

-Snorri Kristjánsson (transl.)

Also available as a trio for flute, piano and vibraphone. Premiered by Broken Line trio in St Lukes, Brighton, 6th April 2018.

"Fossinn minn" ("My Waterfall" / "Mein Wasserfall") was written in 2014, London, and world premiered at Landstheater Coburg, Germany, 16 may 2021. It was programmed as part of the concert "Isländische Lieder in the Klassik am Sonntag series.

Soprano: Rannveig Káradóttir (https://www.rannveigkaradottirsoprano.com/) Piano: Mairi Harris Grewar.

More here: http://helgiingvarsson.com/news/2021/5/16/fossinn-minn-world-premiere-in-germany

For baritone and piano. More information about the Football opera on my website under “opera” and “Fótboltaópera”.