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Sono Luminus

HIK

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Details

Composer
Arngerthur Arnadottir, Una Sveinbjarnardottir
Artist
Translations
Format
CD
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Aug 15, 2025
Catalog #
SLE-70039
UPC
053479703903

About

Hik Hail to the hesitation Hik is an old Icelandic word for hesitation. Hesitation is the moment of pause or delay before saying or doing something. It is a glimpse in time filled with uncertainty, even doubt. "A feeling of uncertainty, doubt or indecisiveness facing difficult decision or situation. A state of being reluctant or hesitant to act, speak, or make a choice." This album is in many ways an ode to hesitation. It is composed by improvisation, and as a conversation between the violin and the organ, reacting and coexisting in sound and metrum. The feeling of hesitation is that glorious moment before playing on, lingering on an overtone or diving into next phrase. It can feel endless, wonderful, natural, weird, distressing or impossible, but mostly exciting, hopeful and mysterious. These pieces were composed in Laugarneskirkja in Reykjavi´k where we also recorded: August 7th, Hik and Tango These pieces were composed in Reykholtskirkja in West - Iceland, very close to where Una ´s grandmother was born on the farm Rauthsgil in 1905: Disclosure 1, Disclosure 2, Fuga in G, Skylight 1 and Skylight 2.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Disclosure II 05:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Disclosure II
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations
  2. 2 Tango 06:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tango
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations
  3. 3 Fuga 04:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fuga
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations
  4. 4 August 7th 10:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    August 7th
    Duration
    10:44
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations
  5. 5 Skylight I 02:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Skylight I
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations
  6. 6 Hik 07:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Hik
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations
  7. 7 Skylight II 01:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    Skylight II
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations
  8. 8 Disclosure I 07:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    Disclosure I
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Arngerður María Árnadóttir, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
    Ensemble
    Translations