A Prayer To The Dynamo / Suites from Sicario & The Theory of Everything Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Daníel Bjarnason

• Jóhann Jóhannsson (b. 1973): Suite from The Theory of Everything:
• 1 Jóhannsson: Suite from The Theory of Everything: I. A Model of the Universe 01:27
• 2 Jóhannsson: Suite from The Theory of Everything: II. Domestic Pressures 02:42
• 3 Jóhannsson: Suite from The Theory of Everything: III. The Origins of Time 02:48
• 4 Jóhannsson: Suite from The Theory of Everything: IV. Forces of Attraction 01:58
• 5 Jóhannsson: Suite from The Theory of Everything: V. Cambridge 1963 01:59
• A Prayer To The Dynamo:
• 6 Jóhannsson: A Prayer To The Dynamo: Part 1 08:30
• 7 Jóhannsson: A Prayer To The Dynamo: Part 2 13:01
• 8 Jóhannsson: A Prayer To The Dynamo: Part 3 08:51
• 9 Jóhannsson: A Prayer To The Dynamo: Part 4 08:42
• Suite from Sicario:
• 10 Jóhannsson: Suite from Sicario: I. Target 01:51
• 11 Jóhannsson: Suite from Sicario: II. Desert Music 04:09
• 12 Jóhannsson: Suite from Sicario: III. Melancholia 04:45
• Total Runtime 01:00:43

Info for A Prayer To The Dynamo / Suites from Sicario & The Theory of Everything

Der zweifach Oscar-nominierte und vielfach für seine Filmmusiken für „Arrival“, „Sicario“ oder „The Theory of Everything“ ausgezeichnete isländische Komponist Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969–2018) war bekannt für seine innovative und einzigartige Mischung aus klassischen und elektronischen Elementen. Mit seinen originellen, tiefgründigen und bewegenden Werken für Film und Bühne erlangte er Weltruhm und gilt als einer der meistgefeierten Filmkomponisten des letzten Jahrzehnts.

“Jóhannssons Musik hinterlässt den Eindruck, als käme sie aus einer Zeitkapsel von einem fernen Planeten, der ein Spiegelbild unseres eigenen ist. Seine eigene Abwesenheit verleiht seiner einzigartigen Klangwelt nun noch mehr Mysterium und Magie.” (Gramophone)

Das einer verlorenen Sinfonie ähnliche monumentale Orchesterwerk “A Prayer to the Dynamo” wurde inspiriert von Jóhannssons großer Faszination für Technologie, insbesondere von den Tonaufnahmen elektrischer Anlagen und Generatoren, die er im Kraftwerk Elliðaár in Island gemacht hatte und die tief mit dem Orchesterklang verwoben sind.

Die Deutsche Grammophon veröffentlicht nun die Weltersteinspielung seines herausragenden Orchesterwerks, eingespielt vom Isländischen Symphonieorchester unter der Leitung von Daníel Bjarnason. Das Album enthält außerdem zwei Suiten aus den Soundtracks Jóhannssons zu “Sicario” und “Die Entdeckung der Unendlichkeit”.

Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Daníel Bjarnason, Dirigent

Daníel Bjarnason
Icelandic conductor and composer Daníel Bjarnason is currently artist in residence with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. From season 16/17, Daniel will be composer in residence at the Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven. A co-curator of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Reykjavik Festival, Daniel will be featured as both a conductor and composer in Los Angeles in April 2017.

Recent and upcoming commissions include works for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Rambert Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia, Jennifer Koh, So Percussion, Calefax and the Calder Quartet. Daníel is writing his first opera for the Danish National Opera in Aarhus and will be premiered in August 2017 as part of the Aarhus – Culture Capital of Europe celebrations. Based on the Susanne Bier film Brothers, the opera will be directed by Kasper Holten, and Steffen Aarfing will create the stage design. The librettist is Kerstin Perski.

Daníel Bjarnason’s music has been described as “coming eerily close to defining classical music’s undefinable brave new world” (Time Out New York), under conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, John Adams James Conlon, André de Ridder, Louis Langree and Ilan Volkov in venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lincoln Center, Harpa and the Barbican. Daníel’s versatility has also led to collaborations with a broad array of musicians outside the classical field including Sigur Rós, Brian Eno, Efterklang and Ben Frost.

Conducting engagements include appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Ulster Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, and The Icelandic Opera.

Bjarnason’s work has been recognised on numerous occasions at the the Icelandic Music Awards. This year with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Iceland Opera, he received the award for Best Performer for their performance of Peter Grimes. Previously he won Best Composer/Best Composition in 2010 for Processions and Composer of the Year, 2013 for his works The Isle Is Full of Noises and Over Light Earth. Also in 2013, he and Ben Frost won the Edda Award for best soundtrack for their score to film The Deep, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.

After studying piano, composition and conducting in Reykjavík, Daníel Bjarnason pursued further studies in orchestral conducting at University of Music Freiburg. Daniel is a member of Bedroom Community, the Icelandic record label and close-knit collective comprising nine like-minded, yet diverse musicians from different corners of the globe. Daníel Bjarnason is published by Peters Edition.

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