Víkingur Ólafsson has included a solo piano version of the lullaby Farðu að sofa fyrir mig (‘Sleep for Mama’), which he describes as “music for a candlelit winter’s night, hovering between light and shadow, and eventually fading into a dream.” American pianist and composer Dustin O’Halloran and multi-instrumentalist and composer Bryan Senti have drawn inspiration from the ancient hymn Hvað flýgur mér í hjarta blítt for What Gently Flutters. Winter Tales includes two Icelandic-inspired works. “Music for a candlelit winter’s night” – Víkingur Ólafsson Scottish cellist and composer Peter Gregson has reimagined Taladh Chriosta (‘Christ’s Lullaby’), a carol traditionally sung by the islanders of the remote Outer Hebrides on Christmas Eve, which seeped into Gregson’s consciousness when he was a child.
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