Árstíðir

Mega Man II

On a 14 hour train ride between Petrozavodsk and Moscow, Hallgrímur and Karl passed the time by playing the old 8-bit video game Mega Man 2 on Karl’s laptop. With time to kill Karl transcribed the theme song for the level Dr. Wily’s Castle, and arranged it for a string quintet on the spot.

 

 

 
A few days later, while we were performing with the string players from iamthemorning in St. Petersburg, the string players decided to perform the piece at the beginning of our second set.

Intense Petrozavodsk

After riding on a train for 14 hours, we finally arrived in Petrozavodsk, where we had managed to sell out the Philharmonia.

Our arrival had attracted a lot of local media buzz, and during our sound check we were interviewed by three different television networks.

Reunited with our dear friends from iamthemorning, we performed part of our show with a string quintet, receiving standing ovations and flowers from the spectators, including the famous singer Leo Sevets.