raven magic performed again
11/05/2003

hrafnagaldur oðins (oðin’s raven magic) will be performed once again, this time at the st.
olav festival in trondheim, norway. the piece is set to be performed twice, on the 28th and 29th of july. tickets for both concerts are already available at billetservice.no.
the set-up will be the same as it was at the two previous occasions it was performed last year, at the barbican in london and at the reykjavík arts festival: the band will be accompanied by a string and brass orchestra and choir, as well as steindor andersen, who will be chanting the 13th century icelandic poem upon which the piece is based. the stone marimba, made up of 54 stones which were picked from the highlands of iceland, will be implemented once again. maría huld markan, one of the violinists from the amina string quartet, will be joining the band to play on the marimba. two sound clips from the barbican performance are available for download on the download music page and you can read more about oðin’s raven magic in this brochure distributed at the barbican premiere:
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