Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Archora & Aion

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In effect, both works demonstrate the inseparability of time and space – and their key lies finally in Thorvaldsdottir’s extraordinarily subtle, constantly shifting details of foreground and... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 16th Jun 2023
Catalogue No: DSL-92268
Label: Dorian Sono Luminus
Length: 61 minutes

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Þorvaldsdóttir: Archora

Work length20:51

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Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen

Þorvaldsdóttir: Aion

Work length40:56

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$12.85

$17.50

Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen

AIŌN I. Morphosis

Track length13:15

$3.00

$3.85

$5.25

AIŌN II. Transcension

Track length16:48

$4.00

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AIŌN III. Entropia

Track length10:53

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As with my music generally, the inspiration behind ARCHORA and AIŌN is not something I am trying to describe through the music or what the music is 'about', as such. Inspiration is a way to intuitively tap into parts of the core energy, structure, atmosphere and material of the music I am writing each time. It is a fuel for the musical ideas to come into existence, a tool to approach and work with the fundamental materials, the ideas and sensations, that provide and generate the initial spark to the music - the various sources of inspiration are ultimately effective because I perceive qualities in them that I find musically captivating. I do often spend quite a bit of time finding ways to articulate some of the important elements of the musical ideas or thoughts that play certain key roles in the origin of each piece but the music itself does not emerge from a verbal place, it emerges as a stream of consciousness that flows, is felt, sensed, shaped and then crafted. So inspiration is a part of the origin story of a piece, but in the end the music stands on its own. - Anna Thorvaldsdottir

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August 2023

In effect, both works demonstrate the inseparability of time and space – and their key lies finally in Thorvaldsdottir’s extraordinarily subtle, constantly shifting details of foreground and background.

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