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Last Song

Una Sveinbjarnardottir (violin), Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir (piano)

Last Song
There’s a wistful melancholy about this collection of works, but it is by no means lacking in beauty. Sveinbjarnadóttir curates all, performs all and composes some; hers is a reassuring hand...

Last Song

Una Sveinbjarnardottir (violin), Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir (piano)

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There’s a wistful melancholy about this collection of works, but it is by no means lacking in beauty. Sveinbjarnadóttir curates all, performs all and composes some; hers is a reassuring hand...

About

The project is inspired by the moment before the realization of something that drastically changes your life, the moment of just being, existing in the moment. That moment in time is free and full, mindfulness-ish and unaffected by misery, sorrow, regret, shame, anxiety and depression. In my mind it is bright and has a sense of nostalgia. The title also refers to a daily tradition on Icelandic radio Rás 1, where a song, “last song before the news” would be played just before the news hour at noon. The song would typically be an Icelandic one, sometimes a lullaby, a love song or an ode to scary and gorgeous nature. Or an Icelandic traditional, sometimes an Italian canzone or a Scandinavian sorrow.

Contents and tracklist

Unmeasured Prelude No. 7 in A Minor (Arr. U. Sveinbjarnardottir & T. Þorsteinsdóttir for Violin & Piano)
Track length1:55
Mélodie (Arr. F. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)
Track length2:38
I. Ávarp
Track length3:07
II. Óttusöngur
Track length2:38
III. Þjóðlag
Track length3:03
IV. Fiðlulag
Track length3:21
V. Vikivaki
Track length3:26
Meditation (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
Track length4:10

Awards and reviews

September 2021

There’s a wistful melancholy about this collection of works, but it is by no means lacking in beauty. Sveinbjarnadóttir curates all, performs all and composes some; hers is a reassuring hand on our shoulder when things begin to look bleak.
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