Andrés Thor – guitar
Karl Olgeirsson – piano
Jón Rafnsson – bass
“Psalmes” is a continuation of Hátíðarnótt, which was published in 2015. Here guitarist Andrés Thor Gunnlaugsson, pianist Karl Olgeirsson and double bass player Jón Rafnsson work with hymns that have accompanied Icelandic church services throughout the decades, including some that are not heard that often in the country’s churches, but there will also be new hymns, such as Ljósfaðir by Sigurður Flosason.
They approach the melodies quite accurately, but allow themselves new ways in chord phrases and the form is improvised, so the hymns take on a completely new feel and can thus stand completely as independent jazz compositions.
- Lýs, milda ljós
- Eigi stjörnum ofar
- Hærra, minn Guð, til þín
- Sjá, bát á bárum hrakti
- Nú bráðum vetrar byrja él
- Fræ í forsti sefur
- Guð sem skapar líf og ljós
- Haustvísur til Máríu
- Bænin má aldrei bresta þig
- Víst ertu Jesú kóngur klár
- Ljósfaðir