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Today we re looking at two new releases from one of my favourite composers, Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Two albums were recently released by the small American imprint Sono Luminus, who have devoted a lot of loving attention to Thorvaldsdottir s music. One album is dedicated to her orchestral music, and the second is a compilation of Icelandic orchestral music, which leads off with a substantial composition of hers. Thovaldsdottir s music is massive and cosmic in scope, yet it is constructed with many small and subtle gestures and movements. Big like the movement of tectonic plates, but there are also moments of almost unbearable melancholy which emerge from the soundscape. It also stretches out time despite the modest length. Magnificent music! In between these two incredible recent orchestral compositions of Anna Thorvaldsottir, we will hear a work by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. She died at the start of June this year after a very active and accomplished career. Born in 1952, she st
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