Composing Music from Sounds of Sheep Recording in action. Photo/Contributed Vala Hafstað Composer Hafdís Bjarnadóttir is working on a musical composition involving the sounds of sheep, Morgunblaðið reports. She recently posted an ad, asking farmers for permission to visit their sheepsheds to record the sounds of sheep. In return, she offers instruction in spinning wool, sewing, knitting or needlework, as well as guitar lessons or musical theory and composition. Hafdís Bjarnadóttir. Photo/Contributed “I’d like to record the sounds of sheep and the sounds around sheep, but I also want to play the guitar for them and record it,” she tells journalist Kristín Heiða Kristinsdóttir. “This is part of a musical composition I’m working on, which will premiere this summer, COVID permitting, at the Reykjavík Fringe Festival.
Series of Avalanches over the Weekend From Flateyri. Archive photo. A series of avalanches occurred over the weekend – in North Iceland as well as in the West Fjords, Morgunblaðið reports. There were avalanches on Öxnadalsheiði mountain pass, which connects Skagafjörður and Eyjafjörður, and on the road between Ísafjörður and Hnífsdalur in the West Fjords. On Wednesday, several houses in Siglufjörður, North Iceland, had to be evacuated, due to the risk of avalanches, and not until yesterday were their residents allowed to return to their homes. Three homes were evacuated in Flateyri, the West Fjords, on Saturday, and two small avalanches occurred near the town yesterday. Later that day, residents were able to return to their homes.