Works for duos

Áki Ásgeirsson

2021

No instruments

Laser, Cassette recorder, 2 light thingies, plexiglass spades,open mind, smoke machine

2015

percussion instruments: marimba, adjustable wrench, pineapple

328° for harp, soprano timpani, sleglaspil, and bubble wrap

2008

Alexander Sigman

2017

this piece is written by our request for shamisen, harp and electronics

2014

percussion instruments: crotale (high a#), gong (+-12″), windgong (+- 22″), cymbal 18″, thundersheet (very thin, not too big), foot operated tambourine, high maraca, 3 congas, dreadlock brush, 2 bows, superball

Alexandra Fol

Dawn. Lake. Glistening Light.

2012

percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor, marimba 4.0 octaves

video available here

Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer

Heiligenschein

2012

percussion instruments: glockenspiel, crotales (low octave), 4 toms, 5 tuned cowbells, timpano with pedal, 3 latin cowbells, cymbal, bass drum, water gong, tam-tam (or wind gong), bow

harp also plays log drum, triangle, shaker

video available here

Anders Buckley Pedersen

Anders made this and he can do whatever he wants

2019

Percussion instruments: lukkalakki

Andras Spang Olsen

Medi’DIS’tation

2014

Percussion instruments: kalimba c major diatonic (2.5 octaves)

Both performers must sing

Andrew Gen. Popoff

Dance on water

2012

percussion instruments: vibraphone, chimes, 3 timpani, bongos, triangle, suspended cymbal, 1 maraca

Video available here

Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir

Tactility

2012

Percussion Instruments: bass drum, tam tam, wood object, temple block, F (octave below middle C) marimba bar, bow, superball mallets

Harpist needs e bow, contact microphone, metal tuning key, two superball mallets, long slightly rough string for bowing

Also requires a klakabönd (contact composer for more information)

Recording available from Deutsche Grammophon here

Eindir (Particles) for percussion and harp

2007

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, 2 tom toms, bass drum, tam tam, cymbal, 2 metal plates or objects, 2 wood blocks, bow.

Recording available on The Greenhouse Sessions

Anna Sóley Ásmundsdóttir

Nostalgia

2014

Percussion: Marimba 3.3 octaves, claves, orchestral sounding pedal bass drum

Harp: either electric harp with loop station and pedal harp or pedal harp connected to a loop station

Anthony Donofrio

Warm Glass on Stone

2019

percussion instruments: glockenspiel, crotales (2 oct), vibraphone, cabassa, tom tom, thimbles

Árni Bergur Zoëga

Psuchomanteion

2013

percussion instruments: 4 octave marimba, bass drum, superball mallet, 2 bows, crotales (F sharp and G, low octave), large tam tam

Árni Guðjónsson

Harmonika Lewinsky

For Accordion, Harp and Percussion

prepared harp plus guitar pic, ebow and jazz brush

percussion instruments:suspended cymbal, thundersheet, 2 bottles, bag with broken glass, bucket with broken glass, 2 wood blocks, 2 pvc tubes, cutlery, superbal

Án tillits for harp and percussion

2009

Percussion instruments: kick drum, snare drum, hihat, triangle, cowbell, xylophone, vibraphone, wind gong, cymbal, 4 metal objects, 4 glass objects

Ásbjörg Jónsdóttir

Stiklað á Steinum

2013

For Cello, Harp and Percussion

percussion instruments: vibraphone, 4 timpani, snare drum

Ugla sat á kvisti

2012

Percussion instruments: marimba 4.5 octave, 2 congas, pedal bass drum, pedal cabassa

Áskell Másson

Cantilene

For Flute, Harp and Marimba

percussion instruments: marimba 5 oct

Arabesques

2013

Percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor, marimba (5 octave), Promark X-pad, snare drum, rain stick, sand paper, bar chimes, 3 cymbals, maraca, thunder drum, two bows, two slap mallets

Harp is detuned for this piece.

Atli Heimir Sveinsson

Kviða

2014

percussion instruments: marimba 4 octave, vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales (C#, D#, G, A + high octave), 2 gongs (D1 + A1), 4 temple blocks, 5 cymbals, snare drum, 4 tom toms, bongos, 2 congas

Atli Ingólfsson

Fundur

2013

Percussion instruments: marimba, wind gong, temple block, almglock, korean drum, cymbal, log drum

*This piece was written by both Þuriður Jónsdóttir and Atli Ingólfsson.

Avrohom Leichtling

Miðnætti tónlist fyrir hörpu og slagverk (‘norðurljós’)

2018

Percussion Instruments: glockenspiel, clockbells (or crotales) 2 oct, vibraphone with motor, marimba 4 oct, tamtam

Axel Ingi Árnason

Falli Næst

2013

percussion instruments: 4.3 octave marimba , triangle, glockenspiel

Bahaa El-Ansary

The Art of Leaving

2013

Percussion instruments: Hon, ear plugs

Atmosphere

2012

Percussion instruments: Hon (metal mortar and pestle, the mortar must have grooves on the inside.)

Harp also bows harp and hon, preferably a second hon or singing bowl.

Video available here

Bára Gísladóttir

Séríslenskt vögghljóð á hörpu (+ stúss fyrir Frank)

2020

With live electronics

percussion instruments: thundersheet, large tamtam, very high litle bell, handbells (d’, e’), sleighbells, crotales(twice a g from the low octave) 2 bows, big cardbord screen to hide behind

Confessions of a bloody dancer

2012

Percussion instruments: pedal bass drum, snare drum, wood block, temple block, 3 tam-tams, sleigh bells, 4 timpani, saw, kitchen blender with fake blood, mounted circular saw or other electric power tool

Bára Grímsdóttir

Blue Haze

2014

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, bow

Bára Sigurjónsdóttir

Endir

2014

percussion instruments: woodblock

Rondo

2012

Electric folk harp (or amplified folk harp) with distortion pedal
Percussion instruments: 3 temple blocks, suspended cymbal, bow, snare drum, 3 toms, kick bass drum, orchestral bass drum

Þarna

2008

Percussion instruments: Marimba 4.3 octaves, triangle, 2 cymbals, chinese cymbal, vibraslap, 3 tomtoms, 3 woodblocks

Bart de Vrees

For flute or piano or mandolin or percussion or……

2017

Video, click track and score

free instrumentation, we played it for trombone, harp and percussion

percussion instruments we used:

written for Insomnia

Nascent/Naissent

2015

For Sampler and Harp

Written for Wilbert and Miriam

Benedikt Hermann Hermannsson

Dinind & Bomkim

2009

For Guitar, Harp and Percussion

percussion instruments: glockenspiel, 3 tom toms, snare drum, susp cymbal

Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir

Vacuum +-

2013

For Clarinet, Harp and Percussion

animated score

percussion instruments: vibraphone prepared with aluminium foil and a little gong, bow

The oneness of 2 is 1

2012

Harp prepared with paper

Percussion instruments: prepared Cimbalom, 2 cowbells, 4 rototoms

Birgit Myschi

Nyjamulagira

2011

For Flute, Harp and Marimba

percussion instruments: marimba 4.3 oct

Mindwork

2013

percussion instruments: 5 temple blocks, 11 tuned gongs, djembe

Harp: electric lever harp with various effect pedals

Borgar Magnason

Trio

For Double Bass, Harp and Tamtam

percussion instruments: large tamtam, bow

Brian Martinez

Nothern Lights

2016

percussion instruments: vibraphone, preferably up to the high c, bows

Caleb Burhans

Once in a blue moon for harp and marimba

2010

Marimba 5 octaves

Chris Tilley

Seven Veils

2020

Percussion instruments:

vibraphone, marimba (4 oct),tuned sleighbells (g-flat, a-flat, d-flat, e-flat, or normal sleighbells), cymbals, snare drum, bass drum, triangle, vibraslap on stand, 2 templeblocks

Cinzia Nistico

I. Me

2014

percussion instruments: xylophone, 3 timpani (26, 29, 32, no pedals needed), bass drum, suspended maraca, suspended talking drum, wind gong, super ball mallet

Cornelius Hirsch

Spiel im Schilf

2013

Percussion Instruments: Vibraphone with high f# (fits on a soprano vibraphone)

Abendmusik

2013

percussion instruments: vibraphone

les Tombeaux de Ravel et Satie

2013

percussion instruments: vibraphone

Im Schwung implodierenden Wachstums

2013

Percussion instruments: wood block, tap shoes on a metal sheet

Daníel Bjarnason

Skelja

2006

percussion instruments: marimba 5 octaves, tubular bells low g# a, gongs, windgong,1 pedal timpano, cymbal, dobachi, prepared music box, bow

harp uses Ebow

Recording available from Bedroom Community here

Daniel Sigurðsson

Láttu þér Dreyma

2014

percussion instruments: vibraphone, tubular bells, suspended cymbal, thunder drum

Niðursoðin Lífsspeki

2012

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, kick bass, snare drum, ride cymbal

Daniel Verasson

Teikning

2016

harp, percussion and electronics

percussion instruments: vibraphone, crotales (cis, d, cis and one more), bass drum, nail- or key-chimes

This piece requires a max patch from the composer which is triggered from a computer by either the percussionist or harpist.

Daniele Corsi

Così come l’aria….

percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor

David Otten

Fánga, Óendilega

2014

percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor, marimba 3 octaves, 3 wood blocks

Ostinaten voor de Crisis

2013

percussion instruments: vibraphone

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

Ice Winds

2018

For Harp and 2 percussionists

percussion instruments: Cimbalom, Marimba (4.5 oct)

Shrutverk

2016

harp and 2 percussionists

percussion instruments: Shrutibox (pedal driven), glockenspiel, song bells, Cimbalom, small tamtam (with pedal) and tongue drum.

one of the players uses his or her voice

DEX ll, 3d

2018

Open instrumentation, we used harp and 2 percussionists:

harp, glass marimba, tilophone, several small funny stuff

Air

2012

percussion instruments: C Lead steel drum, song bells or glockenspiel, small cymbal, 5 small drums, bow

(*Both performers must do a considerable amount of singing and whistling while playing.)

Video available here

Eivør Pálsdóttir

Blue Light

2014

open instrumentation

Eli Kezler

Breaker-Neum

2013

to be played in a sound sculpture of extended piano strings

percussion instruments: crotales low octave, vibraphone, marimba (5 oct), snare drum, kick bass drum

Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir

Circle of sounds

2015

Percussion instruments: high drum, low drum

Á himni og Jörðu brot úr ballet

2011

Percussion instruments: marimba 4.3 octaves, glockenspiel, saw, bow

Available on CD with the book Englajól here.

Erla Axelsdóttir

3 Dansar/3 Dances

2011

Percussion instruments: glockenspiel, marimba (4.3), small drumset, woodblock, tamtam/windgong, flexatone, castagnettes, gong, big rattle from Lithuenia, 4 templeblocks

Essam El-Haggar

Happy B-day

2015

percussion instruments: marimba 3 octaves or vibraphone

Finnur Torfi Stefánsson

Duosono 2

2018

percussion instruments: marimba (4.3 oct), tom tom tuned to a, snare drum

Folkert Buis

Another story about the direction of rocks

2011

Harp and marimba 4.6 octaves (can be adapted to 4.3 octaves)

Gábor Taryán

Endless Rain

2015

percussion instruments: songbells, gong e (e3)

fragment from Latitude/Longitude

Latitude/Longitude

2015

Percussion instruments:

clockbells, crotales, songbells, chimes, several tuned gongs, mokushio, large woodblock, 1 pedal timpano (32″ or 29″)

Harpist plays 2 tuned gongs

Gerard Neurink

Three missing pages of the edda

2012

Harp and vibraphone

Gísli Magnússon

Fylgjur

2013

For Violin, Harp and percussion

percussion instruments: crotales (high octave), marimba (5oct)

Scherzo

2012

Harp and Marimba 4.3 octaves

Guðmundur Andrés Erlingsson

Flying Goats

2013

*Score is open instrumentation. Instrumentation given is what Duo Harpverk personally used.

Percussion: horse whip, goat “yo-yo”, parade drum, little music box, bow

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson

Ramminjálgur

2009

For Flute, Harp and Percussion

percussion instruments: pedal timpano, dobachi cis, superball

I met Csapo in Saskatoon

2015

percussion instruments: 16 porcelain bowls, tuned to a specific scale

harp is tuned to a specific scale

Njarðharður for harp and percussion

2010

Animated score. Harp preparation: 3 strings heavily dampened, 1 string with buzz.

Harp also uses one trap-drummers duck call.  

Percussion instruments: 2 staccato objects (originally a drink container and an apple), a car horn, a trap-drummers cow-call, a pot that resonates for a while, glockenspiel

Njarður for harp and percussion

2009

Animated score. Harp with dampened strings.  

Percussion instruments: 5 staccato objects for percussion (bottle, bowl, rock, etc.)

Guðný Valborg Guðmundsdóttir

Milli Svefns og vöku

2012

Harp and vibraphone, whole tone chimes

Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson

Passacaglia B

2016

Version for Bass Clarinet, Harp and Percussion

percussion instruments: marimba (4.3), suspended cymbal, bass drum with pedal ( “boomy sound”)

Passacaglia

2011/2012

percussion instruments: marimba (4.3 octave), suspended cymbal, bass drum with pedal (“boomy sound”)

Gunnar Karel Másson

3 Myndir úr gini ljónsins for harp and percussion

2009

Percussion instruments: kick drum, snare drum, 3 tom toms, 3 templeblocks, marimba 4.3 octaves, tam tam, tuned gongs

Gyula Csapo

Maté Szigeti Gewidmet

2011/2013

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, marimba 5 octaves, bongos, bow

Hafdís Bjarnadóttir

Fjöll/Mountains

2011

For Accordion, Harp and Percussion

percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor, saw, chimes des, es, as, 2 bows

Halldór Smárason

6 2013

percussion instruments: bass drum on tilting stand, bow, scotch tape or gaffa tape, thick piece of rope around 1 foot long, superball mallets

harp needs assorted mallets, superball mallets, metal tuning key

Hans Blok

Ad Hominem

2020

percussion instruments: steeldrum, almglocken, c’, c#’, d’, d#’

Haraldur V. Sveinbjörnsson

Málverk (Painting)

2016

Percussion instruments: Cimbalom, Glockenspiel, 2 tuned gongs, d” a”

Haukur Tómasson

Nature morte

2019

For Harp, Cimbalom and small ensemble

percussion instruments: cimbalom, vibraphone, short metal tube for gliss on cimbalom

harp needs metal tuning key

Offshoots

2012/2013

percussion instruments: vibraphone, 2 gongs (middle C and G below middle C), flexatone, bow, 4 middle to high, short sounding metal objects, thunder drum in F #

Note: Both performers must sing while playing and one must also whistle

Helgi Jóhannesson

Tvíbreiða/Double Cover

2022

Percussion instruments: snare drum, bass drum

both players need noise cancelling headphones

Hildigunnur Runarsdóttir

Kona

2018

for Harp, Percussion and mixed choir

percussion instruments: 4 woodblocks, suspended cymbal

Hjalti Nordal Gunnarsson

Rapsodía fyrir hörpu og slagverk

2014

percussion instruments: vibraphone, marimba 4.3 octaves, tubular bells, bass drum, tamtam, bow

Hlöðver Sigurðsson

2 Ljóð

2013

percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor, big tamtam, bow

harpist needs e-bow

Hreiðar Ingi Þórsteinsson

Ave Maris Stella

2016

For Harp, Percussion and mixed Choir

percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor, tubaphone (or glockenspiel), tamtam

Ig Henneman

Four Dances

2013

Percussion instruments: marimba 4.5 octaves

Igor Iofe

Met Ons

2014

percussion instruments: vibraphone detuned with blue tack

Harp is also detuned.

Ingi Garðar Erlendsson

Hörpuleikari með hellu og jólagæsin á fyrsta í aðventu

2016

Percussion instruments: tile to be broken, sledge hammer, candle, goose whistle

Harp to be laid flat on the floor, pick up or microphone, several effect pedals, amplifier

Snorkeling Snooker

2012

Ingibjörg Fríðriksdóttir

Piece of Cake

2022

Percussion instruments: vibraphone (with motor), suspended cymbal, 2 pieces of wood

harp needs a vibrating toy

Ingólfur Magnússon

Óminnishegri for harp and percussion

2010

Percussion instruments: xylophone, triangle

Ivan Olsen

Fantasia Islandia

2010

Percussion instruments

Mechnical doll for harp and percussion

2012

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, tuned gongs and glockenspiel

J.C. Combs

The Old Cellar

2013

Percussion instruments: tubaphone or crotales 2 octaves, glockenspiel, vibraphone, woodblock, bongos, 29″ timpano

James Black

Kakashi

2016

percussion instruments: latin cowbell, 2 woodblocks, bass drum, large chain, plastic bucket, British police whistle, 2 tom toms, whip, cassette player, sandpaper, superball

harpist needs to sing (in a microphone), also plays rachet and slide whistle

James Romig

Dorsia 2a

2013

Percussion: vibraphone

Jeffrey Mumford

echoes from within brightening fabric… fragments of quickened light…

2015

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, marimba 4.3 octave

Jenny Hettne

Ting and Twine

2017

Harp detuned, prepared with Sticky Fix, and using a bank card to gliss

Percussion Instruments: 10 tuned Flower Pots, 3 tuned Anvils, 6 tuned Gongs, 8 wooden Dowels, 2 tuned Stones, 4 Dobachi, 5 Temple Blocks (Korean), Frame Drum, rubber Mallets, Bank Card

Wavering wood, whirling metal for harp and percussion

2009

Percussion instruments: Marimba 4.3 octaves, 7 tuned gongs, suspended cymbal, music box*, suspended peking gong, conga, log drum, 2 templeblocks, maracas or “musical egg”, paint brush *Harpist also has a music box. Both music boxes were modified by Jenny and are specific to the piece. Harpist also uses a paint brush and mallets.
recording available on: The Greenhouse Sessions

Jeppe Ernst

Fight/Freeze/Flight for harp and bass drum

2010

Jesper Pedersen

U-Bahn

2017

Electric Harp with different implements

Percussion: Handclaps, Gestures, Dance

original written for Contrabass Clarinet

Haarp

2017

Electric Harp with different implements, pencil, honey dipper, brush, pipe cleaner

Percussion instruments: Bass Drum, 4-6 Woodblocks, small wooden balls, Jing Cymbal, Superball

original written for Harp and …

The Phoenix Experiment

2016

percussion/harp requirements: 2 chairs, Fisher Price tape recorder, tape

Flaarpel

2014

For Flutechoir, Harp and Percussion

Harp plays percussion

percussion instruments: cromatic octave of children’s bells, various percussive sounds

Bated Fouls

2016

animated score

both harp and percussion have 6 different sounds

Breathalizer

2013

Instruments: both players play “air pipes.” China cymbal for percussionist and harpist plays harp prepared with honey stirrer.

Score uses animated notation.

Spúki Spíral / Spooky spiral

2012

Harp with metal tuning key, red sound machine

 Percussion: musical saw, thunder sheet, black sound machine  projected animated notation

Gouda

2011

Harp: Electric harp, sheep sound box

Percussion: amplified “krumphorn”, sheep sound box

Arduino controlled bubble machine animated notation

video available here

Amsterdam

2011

Harp: Electric harp, dog training clicker

Percussion: “The Pipe”, marbles, “The Messenger”  Animated and tactile notation

video available here

Mind control

2010

Performers, various instruments and cassette recorder

video available here

Það kemur Í ljós / It comes into light

2010

Harp with custom LED notation system.

Percussion instruments: goats hooves, cows hooves, woodblock, flight case, hammer, custom viking helmet with baby rattles (“The Helmet”)  Custom LED notation system, 2 Arduinos, computer and Pd

video available here

Present time 3

2009

Harp, steelpan and live composition (animated notation in Pd/GEM)

Recording available on The Greenhouse Sessions

John E. Zammit Pace

Belt1

2018

percussion instruments: marimba (4 oct) 4 timpany with pedals or malletkat, barchimes, 2 tom toms, snare drum, suspended cymbal, tamtam

Jónas Tómasson

Ariel, a Prelude

2015

For Flute, Harp and Percussion

flute needs piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute, double bass flute

percussion instruments: vibraphone, 5 woodblocks

Birtan er of skær fyrir Dimmufuglinn

2015

for soprano, harp and percussion

percussion instruments:

vibraphone, marimba (4.3 oct)

Ballet V in three movements

2007, 2008, 2010

1. Adagio (2007)
2. Bel air de dans for harp and percussion (2008)
3.   (2010)

(can be performed as separate pieces)

Percussion instruments: Movement 1- 4 metallic objects, 6 wooden things, 5 drums

Movement 2- marimba (5 oct)

Movement 3- same as mov 1

Joseph Hallman

The Buckley Suite

2021

Percussion Instruments: xylophone, vibraphone

Joseph Pereira

Aldebaran

2017

percussion instruments: thundersheet, slightly thicker than normal, with a variety of sticks, beaters, combs and brushes, bow

Josiah Carr

Pyrite

2015?

percussion instruments: vibraphone, crotales (2 oct), anvil, 5 cymbals, tamtam, 2 bows, superball

Juri Seo

vii

2014

Percussion: vibraphone with motor, glockenspiel, bow

Karen Heath

Island for marimba, harp and recording.

2009

Marimba 4.3 octaves

Kári Bæk

Nocturne

2012

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, crotales (low octave), 5 toms, suspended cymbal, triangle

Kevin Joest

Autumnfall

2015

percussion instruments:

mov 1: Cajon, Bongos, Congas, Snare Drum, Bass Drum

mov 2: Clockbells or Crotales (2 oct), suspended Cymbal, Vibraphone

mov 3, Logdrum (2 pitches), Marimba (5 oct)

Kolbeinn Bjarnason

Febrúarhiminn

2017

For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Harp, Piano and Percussion

Written for Duo Harpverk and the Elektra Ensemble

percussion instruments: glockenspiel, low D-flat gong, big snare drum (15×8), 4 tomtoms, 4 latin cowbells, bass drum, cymbal, high japanese bell, pin chimes, belltree, logdrum, 6 to 8 tuned anvils, pulli sticks

Life Friends

2017

percussion instruments: several different windchimes (wood, metal and more), high japanese bell, 3 fingercymbals, 3 cymbals, 2 temple blocks, 2 wooded headed tom toms, logdrum (2pitches), 4 tom toms, snare drum, bass drum, wind gong, tam tam, (remote) hihat stand

Kristian Blak

Encore

2014

Percussion instruments: Marimba 4.3

The voice of Tsjelovek

2012

Harp needs metal tuning key

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, concert bass drum with pedal, tomtom, suspended cymbal, tamtam, thundersheet, 4 woodblocks

Kristján Guðjónsson

Spring thaw

2010

Percussion instruments: vibraphone

Lárus Grímsson

Tímahrak 2

2014

percussion instruments: vibraphone, marimba 4 octaves

Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir

Það augnar í loftberan himin

2017/2019

Trio for Hulda, Harp, Percussion and Electronics

the Hulda is an instrument designed, build and played by the composer

percussion instruments: glass marimba (3oct), 7 anklung-notes, shrutibox, crotales (2oct), waterphone, trine, suspended cymbal, bow

Magni Freyr Þórisson

The Depth of Winter

2019

percussion instruments: 32″ timpano with pedal, woodblock, keychimes, suspended cymbal, waterphone, bow, hotrod, super ball

Maria Lithell Flyg

Okjökull – The enormous scale of loss happens slowly

2022

Harp, Percussion and Playback

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, crotales (low octave), dobachi (e-flat, b-natural, and one low one), bow, pedal timpano, tamtam

Marti Epstein

Virga

2015

Percussion Instruments:

Dulcitone, crotales high octave plus low f and g#, clockbells, chimes, almglocken d#,e,g,g#,a,a#,d,f
stone marimba d#,e,f,f#,g,g#,d#,f, 3 triangles, 3 dobachi, 3 gongs, 3 break drums

Martial Nardeau

Quartuor pour hautbois, trompette, percussion et harpe

2012

quartet for oboe, trumpet, harp and percussion

harp needs low octave of crotales

oboe needs wind chimes

trumpet needs wind chimes

percussion instruments: marimba (4.5 oct), ocean drum, wind gong, 5 temple blocks, wind chimes

Martin Skafte

Moss for harp and percussion

2010

Percussion Instruments: Vibraphone

Máté Szigeti

For duoharpverk for harp and percussion

2010

Percussion instruments

Michael Vincent Waller

Echoes

2015?

percussion instruments: mov 1 Marimba (5 oct), mov 2 Vibraphone (with motor)

Michiharu Matsunaga

In the Depth of a Dream in Summer

2013

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, high f# chime, snare drum, scottish high tension snare drum,chinese tomtom, rototom, 3 wooden headed tomtoms, mini bongos, bongos, 3 congas, 2 woodblocks, suspended cymbal, 3 tamtams

Mikael Blak

Duo Harpverk

2014

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, 2 timpani (G +B), 4 bows

harpist must also bow vibraphone

Nathan Hall

Jökulsárlón (Glacial Lagoon)

2013

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, shaker, 2 toms, large gong, cymbal, sizzle cymbal, 2 bows

This piece is with a backtrack

Nectarios Karantzis

Freja

2013

Percussion instruments- Vibraphone (if available with a high f# and high g)

Nicolas Marty

si l’eau caressée par la lune lui murmure les étoiles

2014

Percussion instruments: crotales high octave, glockenspiel, chimes, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba 4.3 octaves, bass drum, 8 temple blocks

Oene van Geel

Akhnaton part 2

2013/2019

Percussion instruments: Vibraphone (if available with a high g)

Ólafur Björn Ólafsson

Let Vibrate

2016

Percussion instruments: Vibraphone, glockenspiel, 2 tuned gongs, b’ b”

Systur

2010

Harp and marimba

Recording available on The Greenhouse Sessions

Óliver Kentish

“Commedia alla maschera”

2021

For trombone, harp and percussion

percussion instruments: marimba (5oct), piccolo snare, td, triangle, cassa mit, tambourine, 5 templeblocks, theremin (or musical saw), referee whistle, whip

Dioskouroi

2014

For Harp, Percussion and small Orchestra

percussion instruments: vibraphone with motor, glockenspiel, small drumset, bongos, splash cymbal

Prelude

2012

For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Harp, Piano and Percussion

percussion instruments: theremin, vibraphone, temple blocks, susp. cymbal, tamtam, tambourine

piano also plays celeste

Still Life

2012

Harpist uses temple bell, two temple blocks and small bow
Percussion instruments: triangle, 4 woodblocks, 6 tuned gongs, cymbal, 29 inch timpano, foot operated tamtam, 5 octave or bass marimba (may be adapted to 4 octave marimba) 2 bows

Leyndir dansar (Hidden Dances) for harp and percussion

2007

Percussion instruments: glockenspiel, ‘splash’ and ‘sizzle’ suspended cymbals, whole tone chimes, 2 chinese temple blocks, 1 woodblock, 2 mini-bongos, 4 tom-toms
recording available on: The Greenhouse Sessions

Orlando Boeck

Stimmungen

2019

For Harp and Celeste (5.5 oct)

Needed: whip, mallets, sticks, styrofoam, cloth, deskbell or glass in e, pocket umbrella

Written for Zoë Knoop

Örn Eldjarn

Veðrátta

For Piano, Harp and Percussion

percussion instruments: vibraphone, marimba, cymbals

Páll Ivan Pálsson

Bíbb

2012

Prepared harp, voice

Percussion: 3 sounds, voice

Deathskull deathsquadron

2011

Small toy harp with wire mute on strings

Percussion: “enigma X” Cardboard cover to hide computer screen from audience Video score notation

Dubhghall

2008

Harp with contact microphone through “Big Muff” distortion pedal and poweful bass amplifier. Harpist also plays a field drum.

 Percussion instruments: Oildrum lions roar, hard dry calfskin, bucket full of broken glass played with large hammer, large orchestral bass drum, large broken tam tam

Panayiotis Demopoulos

Per aspera ad astra

2012

video available here

percussion instruments: marimba (4.3 oct), bongos, bass drum, tamtam, 9 thai gongs

! Players have to shout insults to eachother!

Peter Bjuhr

Strings, skins and wood

2009

Percussion instruments: splash cymbal, small headed tambourine, 2 woodblocks, bongos, djembe, conga, surdo, bow. *percussionist plays on harp

Petúr Grétarsson

Peculiar place

2012

percussion instruments: 5 octave marimba (can be played on any mallet instrument), 3-6 drums (very low to bongos)

Ragnheiður María Benediktsdóttir

Sólmyrkvi

2014

percussion instruments: marimba 3.5 octaves or bigger

Reuben Fenemore

Fika

2017

percussion instruments: vibraphone

bothplayers: water kettle, tea or coffee, plates, knives and forks if needed, cookies, crackers, cheese etc

Ríkharður H. Friðriksson

Scherzo

2013

Percussion Instruments: 4.3 marimba

Both performers have to use their voices

Robin Lilja

A Dialogue Between Woods and Plains

2020

Percussion Instruments: Cimbalom, Yun Lou (3 oct chromatic), Trine

Rodney Newton

Huldufolk

2018

Percussion Instruments: tuned frying pans, clockbells, marimba (4 oct), vibraphone with motor, 3 tom toms

Rusty Banks

Seep

2016

percussion instruments: stone marimba (middle c up 2.5 oct), 4 octobans, windgong, piece of wood, dampened gong, thrasher

Ruud Wiener

Eyjafjallajökull

2015

percussion instruments: marimba 5 octaves

Ryan Ross Smith

Study No. 21

2013

Percussion instruments: 3 triangles, 7 woodblocks

Harp: Electric lever harp, one percussion instrument of choice, voice

Animated notation score

Sigriður Árni Jónsson

Vaknaðu

2015

For mixed Choir, Vibraphone and Harp

percussion instruments: vibraphone (motor ad lib), bow

Simon Mawhinney

The Pinkbow at Backnamullagh

2015

percussion instruments: vibraphone, marimba 5 octaves

Stewart Copeland

Poltroons in Paradise

2015

for Harp, Percussion and Orchestra

Percussion instruments: Cimbalom, saw, bongos, kick bass drum, tuned cowbells 3 oct, clockbells or crotales, drumset

Harp optional with step shoes and loopstation

Sunleif Rasmussen

Krevgals go Aprah

2012

Percussion instruments: marimba (4 octave), vibraphone, glockenspiel (with low F), 5 tuned gongs, 4 tomtoms, 3 wood blocks

Teitur Lassen

5 Year Old Little Girl Skips Down the Street and Finds a Ring

2014

percussion instruments: vibraphone

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Musical Doodle 1

2015

trio for harp, clarinet and bassclarinet, percussion

percussion instruments: marimba (5 oct), high tension snaredrum, 3 cymbals, 2 tambourines, 1 on stand, high bongo

Töve Kattström

Stundom/stundum

2019

Percussion instruments: glass marimba (or a regular marimba), vibraphone, glockenspiel

Harp also plays sizzle cymbal

Tróndur Bogason

Diversions

2011

Percussion instruments: electric guitar (best if open bodied), contact mic, 2 channel amplifier

Úlfar Ingi Haraldsson

Shadows and silhouettes

2008

Percussion instruments: Tambourine, cymbals, tam tam, maracas, guiro, wood blocks, log drum, cotales, gongs and vibraphone
recording available on The Greenhouse Sessions

Diversion for harp and percussion

2007

Percussion instruments: vibraphone, medium tam tam, wind chimes, 3 small wood or skinned percussion instruments, timpani 23”, log drum, tamborine (without skin), dry/mute dark skin drum, almglocken (D), tuned gongs

Una Sveinbjarnadóttir

Gátt

2017

Harp prepared with plastic foil

Percussion instruments: Cimbalom

Unnur Malín Sigurðardóttir

Kósímós

2015

percussion instruments: marimba 4.3, loop station

Dýrðin

2015

percussion instruments: vibraphone, tubular bells, c,g,c, 2 bongos, 2 congas, loopstation

Skáldamálverk

2016

For Harp, Percussion and mixed Choir

percussion instruments: marimba 4.3, bass drum with pedal, thunder sheet, triangle, bamboo chimes

Scheissen Achtung/Shy Zen Achtung

2014

percussion instruments: marimba 4 octaves, tubular bells, suspended cymbal, pedal bass drum, pedal operated cabasa

No Conclusion

*optional singer and or choir in first movement

percussion instruments: marimba 4.3 oct,vibraphone, chimes, repinique, suspended cymbal, 1 maraca, guiro
Last movement can be played separately.
Percussion instruments (last movement only): vibraphone, maraca, guiro, susp cymbal

Vala Gestsdóttir

Dögun

2013

Percussion instruments: marimba 3.5 octaves

Restless

2012

percussion instruments: 4.3 octave marimba, crotales (g,a,b,c), suspended cymbal, wind gong, bow, 1 temple block, tom tom, bass drum with pedal
electronics controlled by musicians

Veronique Jacques

Marée Hautes

2014

Percussion: vibraphone, marimba (4 octaves), low-octave crotales C, C sharp, F, G, G sharp, 1 pedal timpano, 1 orchestral sounding pedal bass drum

Wesley Stephens

Blóm 2

2022

Percussion instruments: metal tuned percussion of your own choice ( f.i. deskbells, vibraphone, glock etc), drumset prepared with tinfoil, thundersheet, 2 ching-rings, springs, extra hihat cymbal in water, cymbals, popcorn-snare and vibrating objects

Harp needs tuning fork, screwdriver,1 mallet, damp cloth, delay pedal, distortion pedal, reverb, amplifier

Blóm

2020

percussion instruments: vibraphone, tuned flower pots ( a, c, c#, d#, e), bow, tamtam, dobachi in e, metal plate, bottle, high woodblock, chrasher, wooden slate

harp needs battery operated fan