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Icelandic composers are creating sounds like no-one has ever heard, while record labels such as Reykjav铆k鈥檚 Bedroom Community channel a very Icelandic vibe, and take it global. From B谩ra G铆slad贸ttir genre-bending bass concerto Hringla (performed by the composer) to the poetic soundscapes of Dan铆el Bjarnason, everything in this concert is new to the UK.

The atmospheric soundworlds of 脫lafur Arnalds and Valgeir Sigur冒sson are familiar from TV and movies, but in Iceland, everyone stands on shifting ground. Two major new works take us into the heart of the modern Icelandic imagination: stunning, rarely-seen outtakes from the movie Dreamland merge with Sigur冒sson鈥檚 music to evoke a natural world as fragile as it is beautiful.