Ólafur Arnalds: Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts

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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit - stripped-down sets, an intimate setting - just a different space.
Bob Boilen | March 4, 2021
Using an Edison "Fireside" cylinder phonograph and his own Stratus music software, Ólafur Arnalds' Tiny Desk (home) concert brings the past and the future into a heartfelt performance. Filmed in his tree-lined studio in Reykjavík, Iceland (the former studio of Sigur Rós), Ólafur and his string quartet perform three songs from my personal No. 1 album of 2020, some kind of peace. The pensive set opens with an older tune, "Happiness Does Not Wait," with Ólafur Arnalds seated at a short upright piano known as a Danish 'pianette.'
The delicate performance is the perfect window into this Icelandic composer's profound and passionate music. The Edison wax cylinder that we hear on "Woven Song" is a traditional Amazonian healing song sung by the late shaman Herlinda Agustin Fernandez.
Look closely at the piano toward the back of the studio during the tune "Spiral," and you'll see a piano playing seemingly without a performer. That piano is reacting to Ólafur Arnald's real-time performance using algorithms he and his coder friend, Halldór Eldjárn, developed. He used it extensively when he came and performed his Tiny Desk concert at NPR in 2018. Ólafur Arnalds is a gentle subversive of 21st century music, and I'm so grateful to be able to present his enchanting sounds.
SET LIST
"Happiness Does Not Wait"
"Woven Song"
"Spiral"
"We Contain Multitudes"
MUSICIANS
Ólafur Arnalds: piano
Geirþrúður Ása Guðjónsdóttir: violin
Sigrún Harðardóttir: violin
Karl James Pestka: violin
Unnur Jónsdóttir: cello
CREDITS
Audio: Ólafur Arnalds, Hafsteinn Þráinsson
Video: Blair Alexander
Local Production: Árni Þór Árnason
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#olafurarnalds #tinydesk #nprmusic

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@W4LT3Rego 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Olafur arnalds. This is all I wanted from a tiny desk home concert.

@W4LT3Rego 3 жыл бұрын

@@lizziventura2836 u ok?

@jimvandersteege 3 жыл бұрын

He did one before this as well. In case you didnt know

@W4LT3Rego 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimvandersteege You're right! I have watched it multiple times but somehow this still felt like a novelty. Thanks for reminding me!

@chuckforest4878 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful 🤍

@dude4173 3 жыл бұрын

This is his second tiny desk for those of you who don’t know. Check out his first one too!

@SeanStephensen 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the heads up! I've been a fan of his music for years and somehow didn't know this!

@dude4173 3 жыл бұрын

@@SeanStephensen enjoy! His first one (and of course this one) is amazing.

@johnstanderfer3692 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks @Dude

@Jordan04101 3 жыл бұрын

0:00 Happiness Does Not Wait 4:38 Woven Song 7:53 Spiral 11:53 We Contain Multitudes

@ApolosXV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I guess we're too early for the tiny desk youtube description....lol

@nanro275 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH

@papi77on 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@sofieannbracke 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't the second tune start at 4:18? When Olafur start the record?

@lenat113 3 жыл бұрын

@@sofieannbracke Agree. And I think it’s better than the album version.

@tonia7817 3 жыл бұрын

when you click on a tiny desk concert randomly and what you get is heaven 🤩

@severinebaume6246 3 жыл бұрын

Did you discover Ólafur with this?

@tonia7817 3 жыл бұрын

@@severinebaume6246 yes!!

@sergiomejialopez1168 3 жыл бұрын

@@tonia7817 you need to hear nils frahm live

@RodVester 3 жыл бұрын

If not already, Ólafur should consider movie scoring. He definitely has the compositional technique, mood, and sound to occupy that space and thrive. Brilliant musician!

@DRUMAdam91 3 жыл бұрын

He’s done a couple of TV shows (Broadchurch / Defending Jacob (Main theme)

@redcomputfox 3 жыл бұрын

He also did the movie "Gimme Shelter".

@cmcaggia3 3 жыл бұрын

he also has a few pieces in Nomadland

@squidly413 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to Happiness Does Not Wait I thought he did the score for Arrival haha

@redcomputfox 3 жыл бұрын

@@squidly413 The Bottom Line does have that same undertone of On The Nature Of Daylight which is great.

@camilogatica5980 2 жыл бұрын

This is where of Sigur Rós and Arvo Pärt come to dance. Thanks NPR and Ólafur

@marcusbotos169 3 жыл бұрын

His music affects me like no other. It is so intimate with hints of hopeful melancholy. Every time I listen, I feel in communion with the space present between all of us.

@dabrowkastepniewska 3 жыл бұрын

I feel exactly the same 🙏

@SusanBotich 2 жыл бұрын

So beautifully said.

@kalleeann 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully apt description:)

@egementon 2 жыл бұрын

Hopeful melancholy... what a lovely word.

@asunnyday3749 3 жыл бұрын

It’s like meeting an old friend you never knew. Haunting. Beautiful.

@1736Cinema 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I listen to Ólafur's music, my soul is healed.

@drinkzcoffee5183 3 жыл бұрын

Every piece of his music has a way of soothing the recesses of my brain that are constantly running in circles.

@neshayrobinson 3 жыл бұрын

Perfectly described❤

@dimitrisdiavatis9427 3 жыл бұрын

Jean-Michel Jarre once said something like : “it’s easy to make depressing music. To make happy music that’s hard...”

@pablobitho8738 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't say that better.. 👌🏻

@henkjanssen1252 3 жыл бұрын

Not a doctor but might be the coffee...

@phongon2005 2 жыл бұрын

So much to achieve in so little time.

@Buzz9530 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I've been doing music for as long as I can remember, and my lord, I've not cried like that to a piece in literally over a decade, maybe two.. for someone that cries very rarely.. these tears were pure.. thank you.

@LomasLifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you read this olafur. My students have made examiners cry when they ve used your music for their dance solos. Cry, big people tears.

@writeronthestormkyushu565 3 жыл бұрын

So awesome! As a teacher, I found your comment very powerful and true. Big people tears. Healing and cleansing tears.

@chrispygamin727 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a dance to his songs

@DUBaviator 3 жыл бұрын

It's like time has slowed down and all of lifes pressures have been lifted when I listen to Olafur's music.

@jaredbaez5457 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like a scene from a movie, so beautiful

@Gustavomazu 3 жыл бұрын

you should also check out his "a sunrise session" live video and his "island songs" performance movie!

@nabaddajulietjosephine05 Жыл бұрын

How are people so talented and humannnnn too.

@kjelldanao 3 жыл бұрын

this must be what peace feels like

@blanty1604 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine a world without music, I would rather not exist at all🥺😍

@mpumelelomazukwana 3 жыл бұрын

We should vibrate in similar spaces if you’re based in South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town)

@boipelo7056 3 жыл бұрын

not worth imagining Mothusi, its too painful a thought

@kevinhanson6106 3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!

@v.duskren8819 3 жыл бұрын

Here, here. I would've died without music, a long time ago.

@Scriabinfan593 3 жыл бұрын

You’d actually be completely fine if you were born in a reality where music didn’t exist, because you wouldn’t know what you were missing out on. You’d have no concept of music whatsoever.

@ge009 Жыл бұрын

I love how during “We Contain Multitudes” the other members of the group just sit there in silence and take it all in. When I saw him in Brooklyn you could hear a pin drop when he played it and I’ve just never experienced that at a concert before.

@Toebex 3 жыл бұрын

His hands are shaking so much and he looks so lost in what he is playing, such a pleasure to listen to

@alexjcorona2605 3 жыл бұрын

The way the strings sound... magical.

@mospeeking1 2 жыл бұрын

If my soul could make a sound it would be this song .... My heart beats to this rythem

@anughes Жыл бұрын

I love this guy!!! Just Beatiful!

@brujeriaconcept 3 жыл бұрын

YESSS!!! This man is a freaking genius! Thank you tiny desk !!

@janicestevenson6496 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Olafur for reminding me of this quote with your beautiful music. "Peace abides with me today....Abide with peace and receive its blessings. Come to peace with all that troubles you. Come not seeking answers....not seeking understanding....seeking its blessings. Peace cannot enter into a life of conflict, but you can enter into a life of peace. You come to peace, which is waiting for you, and in this your burdens will be released....Practice then receiving. Peace abides with you today. Today abide with peace." (Steps to Knowledge, New Message org)

@piafilms2804 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Janice.

@julieann1975 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@kevinhanson6106 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that, Beautiful!

@mort2247 3 жыл бұрын

this is so immersive and beautiful. i am so entranced by the very unique sounding, warm, and mallet-heavy pianos. and the acoustic rawness of the musicians as a collective gives so much charm and mystique to the compositiions. also the sound of the keys clacking + muted strings for pianos have always held a special place in my heart. i'd take those over bright and short grand pianos anyday

@bernios3446 2 жыл бұрын

The way Olafur composed the piano and song lines around that archaic tribal singing from the phonograph is so amazingly beautiful. The achingly beautful music + the modesty of Olafur makes it almost impossible not to love the guy...

@bayareaknight4814 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tiny Desk and thank you Olafur

@sareena132 3 жыл бұрын

Love you from the bottom of my heart Olafur 💜💜

@WilbertvandenBosch Жыл бұрын

4:20... I was sold, can't get over it..

@Grett_dma 3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting eagerly for this one. His music is so very evocative and emotionally charged, it transports me to the shores of Iceland anytime I listen.

@james_mackey 3 жыл бұрын

OLAFUR x TINY DESK FOREVER!!!

@Gabriela-tb5uv 3 жыл бұрын

The way he feels the music and plays it, it's incredible. I wish I could meet him so I could tell him how his music makes me feel.

@abracadaverous 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I clicked on this. It lowered my blood pressure and heart rate by a lot. Absolutely lovely

@jonathanestradaestrada7039 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias Olafur..

@irinakarelina7057 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for existing Oláfur.

@merkytippery 3 жыл бұрын

Ah man, this is so beautiful and full of emotion

@kazminhenkin 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing when you find something like this and realize its exactly what you needed to make you feel just right. 🙌🙏

@illucid8te Жыл бұрын

Thankyou, Your work is beautiful

@felipecarvalho1233 3 жыл бұрын

Pure Magic

@lanaflowersflowers300 3 жыл бұрын

💞🎵🙂'*beautiful🌼

@Ramaphala1 3 жыл бұрын

Finally! Olafur is on Tiny Desk. This had to happen after that beautiful album that came out in December, Some Kind of Peace. He should have a session where he performs Back to the Sky and Undone. The two being thee most favourite for me on the album but overall the entire album is a Masterpiece. Love and Light Everyone!

@benjadamon 3 жыл бұрын

You do know that he’s been on Tiny Desk before, right?

@dyensn7113 3 жыл бұрын

So natural, comfortable, simple, sensitive sounds~ just like dreaming working through air where fill with woods and fresh wind^^

@1962RJP Жыл бұрын

Bravo, just bravo

@user-ri2xu5tg7m 2 ай бұрын

I always come to tears, deep in the cave of my being, touching bliss, when I listen to Olafur music...cosmic.

@abstractsymmetricity 3 жыл бұрын

They really got Olafur Arnalds, well played tiny desk.

@jocelynviviani1247 3 жыл бұрын

his music is breathtaking. i feel like i am in a dream.

@gabriele55957 2 жыл бұрын

just one word, AMAZING!!!!!!!This is the first time that I listen you, and it was very incredible

@burntieburntwell7111 3 жыл бұрын

This music latches onto you, so careful and melodic.

@TheTransitmtl 3 жыл бұрын

If you have a chance take a listen to a well recorded live rendition of Says by Nils Frahm or almost anything from Finally We Are No One or Summer Make Good by Múm

@XSemperIdem5 2 жыл бұрын

During the first song, the moment he stops playing and turns to face the other musicians you can tell he doesn't just hear the music, he feels it. And it comes across all of his compositions. It's so difficult to explain to others but his music expresses emotions better than even words can in such a universal manner.

@writeronthestormkyushu565 3 жыл бұрын

Fresh air and light after a long, hard winter... Sending love to everyone that survived... and sadly to those that did not... like my dad. Love you pops. Miss you.

@sallyh.2695 3 жыл бұрын

My condolences 😰

@hendrixpoem2002 2 жыл бұрын

This is BEAUTIFUL

@ProgologDe0 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you

@NiklasMX 3 жыл бұрын

Spiral is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, it makes me almost cry every time I hear it. Wonderful, beautiful, thank you.

@XSemperIdem5 2 жыл бұрын

Almost? Right from the beginning of the song my eyes were getting filled with tears. Only his music has ever had this effect on me.

@Unapologetically_human8349 3 жыл бұрын

While listening, I had the same feeling watching a craftsman working on raw material and seeing their creation progressively taking shape while being certain the outcome would be a masterpiece. Thanks Tiny Desk.

@aubreywright8280 2 жыл бұрын

we contain multitudes is the song i listen to when i’m having anxiety attacks

@fibzwavez8601 3 жыл бұрын

He just made me appreciate his albums even more...lately everyday I have to repeat a few songs from "Some Kind of Peace" album...brilliant :)

@danielfrancis2332 3 жыл бұрын

I feel as though the music captures something very deep in my soul- as if someone had taken a picture of me without my knowing it and showed it to me. Thank you, Ólafur!

@relentless_m7614 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the medicine 🙏

@AaronPlaya100 3 жыл бұрын

Perfection on a whole new level

@Gfreydank 3 жыл бұрын

Man, i was so obsessed with this some years ago. It's beautiful to hear them again, thanks

@amethysteallee3760 2 жыл бұрын

Such beautiful, soft and original music!

@damhood2033 3 жыл бұрын

I just can't with this guy!

@LolaLoneWolf 3 жыл бұрын

I've loved this man for years!!!!! This is so soothing

@747scorpio 3 жыл бұрын

Max Richer & you my favorite artist -love you

@horstwin1019 3 жыл бұрын

Wunderbar .......... Danke !!!!!!!!!

@sandrascheffer403 3 жыл бұрын

This gives the peaceful feeling I've been missing the last few months. Beautiful.

@mikedelferro 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Olafur has influenced my music and opened an ambient world for me.

@MattLeFaitMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Such talent in this room!

@oers66 3 жыл бұрын

Thx NPR, been waiting for this. sweet, bitter, sad, happiness, so much emotions.....Olafur is such a genius

@leechong5335 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this beautiful composer Olafur Amalds it was a great romantic moment thank you very much tiny desk 🌸

@hvanmegen 4 ай бұрын

You channel my hope for all things that are good.. this is the music that gives me hope for everything.. this is home... thank you for this.. all of you.

@HugoJuarezJ 3 жыл бұрын

You can see art everywhere in the background, the lights and shadows and the respect for the music.

@MendelBouman 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ólafur and Tiny Desk for comforting me with this music session.

@Iskimoi 3 жыл бұрын

After a long time (too many sad memories, which were connected with the songs) I'm hearing Ólafur again and it is as wonderful as ever! Thank you, again!

@v.s.santoni4488 3 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderfully evocative pianist. Arnalds' music always sets my soul flying.

@christinebeckett5511 3 жыл бұрын

What beautiful musicians, every one. Thank you so much to you all.

@rs8319 3 жыл бұрын

Unabelievably beautiful! Thank you sooo much 💐👏

@kennethdavis5309 3 жыл бұрын

You can feel the soul in every sound brings joy..

@alicialee7491 3 жыл бұрын

How beautiful!!

@dokproduction9881 2 жыл бұрын

It's more than music, it's a sonic experience.. Beautiful. Thanks Olafur and Tiny Desk!

@cindypaul1127 3 жыл бұрын

Your music is like a warm embrace, and those are not as easy to come by these days so, thank you! ❤️

@oliverheath4500 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful, echoes in my soul 🫀🫀🫀

@kayluhluh6973 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean, “echoes in my heart”?

@MeetMySoundtrack 3 жыл бұрын

There is beauty in this world. Thank you for this!

@wanderalmeida9584 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderfull. Big thanks from Brazil.

@marina668 2 жыл бұрын

This music is so wonderful!! Thank you for sharing your talent 🙏

@robertlaguniak 3 жыл бұрын

I love every note in this concert

@pastormolez8235 3 жыл бұрын

Been a fan of Òlafur since ages ago, this brings a smile to my face

@unclefreddy2009 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible, another great performance.

@MikeKobb 2 жыл бұрын

Saw him perform last night in San Francisco, and it was just wonderful. They played a beautiful version of Woven Song where the violins took the melody line that Herlinda Agustin Fernandez sings on the original. It worked beautifully.

@ge009 2 жыл бұрын

I was at his Brooklyn show and they did that same thing there. It was the first concert I’ve ever been to where you could hear a pin drop in the audience throughout the whole show, everyone was that captivated by him and the music.

@wstibor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. I love you guys.

@Fala_Elias 2 жыл бұрын

I like this so much

@chaezfunk5793 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been in love with him since i saw his live performances. So creative! Simple and ultimately good.

@willinwoods 3 жыл бұрын

Simply wonderful.

@pythonetics1 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to thank you on this platform for your BBC Front row solo pieces during the first lockdown. And here too thank you .

@nisa2115 3 жыл бұрын

This feels ethereal. Like I am in this imaginary world with no pressure nor burden. This could make you cry by feeling emotions you never thought you could ever feel. Those you cannot describe or categorize, you just drown in it. Thank you, Ólafur 🖤