I wrote this piece within a two day time span (as a gift for my (favorite) orchestra teacher who will be going off to grad school next year), after a writer's block of over two months. So finally I presented her with this and now she wants the orchestra to perform the piece. So I'm happy to get my first real performance in front of a real audience.
Anyway, this piece is only about 2.5 minutes in length, but it was my first real attempt at dividing a piece into discreet but related sections. I chose to use a lot of unusual tonality (the most severe in m. 12), and the melodies were partly inspired by eastern-European tunes with a lot of influence from Bartok.
About the title -- This one is in Icelandic, but I don't know exactly what it would translate to. I chose such an unusual title because it looked interesting. so... there you go.
Err... Please let me know what you think. Comments and criticism--both good and bad--would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
MP3:
http://www.elliotrogers.com/content/...therbraett.mp3
Score (Sibelius) is attached.