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, currently living in Bath, England. Hafliði was the principal cellist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, but left that position in 1983 to pursue a full-time career as a composer. In 2008, he became

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Selected compositions

* ''Verse I'' for flute and cello (1975) * ''Poemi'' for violin and string orchestra (1983) * ''Eight Pieces'' for wind quintet (1991) * ''Intarsia'' for wind quintet (1992 revision of Eight Pieces for wind quintet) * ''Rima'' for soprano and string orchestra (1994) * ''Herma'' for cello and string orchestra (1995) * ''Crucifixion'' for orchestra (1997) * ''Mini-stories'', music theatre work (1997) * ''Passía'' for mezzo-soprano, tenor, choir and chamber orchestra (2001) * ''Die Wält der Zwischenfälle'', chamber opera (2003) * ''Cello Concerto'' (2003) * ''Dagbókarbrot'' (Notes from a Diary) for viola and piano, Op. 33 (2005); dedicated to the memory of

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* ''Narratives from the Deep North'' for symphony orchestra, Op. 41 (2009)

Selected recordings

''Herma; Ombra; Rima''
- Smekkleysa SMK 38
''Daydreams in Numbers; Jacob’s Ladder; Strönd; Tristia; Verse I''
- Merlin MRFD 88101
''Four Movements for String Quartet; Offerto; Solitaire; String Quartet No 1''
- Eye of the Storm EOS 5004 * ''Passía''. Ondine ODE 1027-2 (2003) * ''Cello concerto''; ''Herma''. Ondine 1133-2 (2009)

References

External links

Haflidi Hallgrímsson's homepage at Chester Music
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