5 Icelandic pieces for your choral playlist

In this article, we'll explore five choral works from Iceland that have shaped the country’s musical landscape over the past ...

BBC Total Immersion: Icelandic Chill review – ambience, flowerpots and drones in varied day of new music

This celebration of Iceland’s outsize musical talents was a mixed bag, but highlights such as Bára Gísladóttir’s double bass concerto and Daníel Bjarnason’s I Want to Be Alive revealed singular and in ...
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The Choir Björk Sang In As A Teen Covered “Cosmogony” With Her Help

When Björk was a teenager, she sang in the Hamrahlíð Choir, an ensemble made up of graduates of the Hamrahlíð College in Reykjavík, whose programs have exposed more than 2,500 Icelandic teenagers to ...
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Björk Teams With Iceland’s Hamrahhlíð Choir on ‘Cosmogony’

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - MARCH 29: Bjork performs onstage at Auditorio Nacional on March 29, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) Björk and frequent collaborator Sjón ...