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Well, folks, I'm very pleased to offer you the final installment of Íslensk svíta! This one is called "Lofsálmur," which means "hymn." It's a kind of song without words, and brings together a few themes from the other movements (if you look closely 😜). It represents the simple, glorious joys of that North Atlantic island. This movement begins easily and quietly, then moves through various dark passages before the main theme is realized near the end. Then the piece ends as simply as it began. I find this finale to be extremely moving, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do! As always, I look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions! And... it feels great to finally be done with this suite! 😅

m. 47 - The double E# in a row will take a very steady hand to not emphasize both and sound awkward. I would pick one to emphasize, but that's just me. m. 81 - the way you have the arpeggio written is a little strange, since the notational contour is one-directional but there's a note that goes down. Overall, I think this is a lovely piece. Great mixed sonorities reminiscent of Debussy's good ol' underwater cathedral. If I had one formal complaint it would be that the beginning kinda takes a while to get going. Establishing themes is great and in a sort of hymn style it makes some sort of sense, purely as a listener and not a theorist I found it a little start-stoppy. As soon as you start going, however, everything flows beautifully.

Hey! I just find this piece very enjoyable! I'd recomend listening to Egberto Gismonti as your style reminded me of some of his pieces. He's a Brazilian composer pianist and guitarist, and I'd recomend his album "Infância". I believe its available at spotify, apple music, deezer, etc. Might be great inspiration for your next pieces. Best of luck!

Hi, Em! This was a great melancholic piece and I enjoyed listening to it! It seems to me you start the piece in A major and end it in D major, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. You tend to "color" your major triads (at least the tonic and subdominant) as maj7 chords, so this piece never seems to have a home key—it sort of walks in the neighborhood of A/D major and their relative minors. I like it when songs have this ambiguity! The repetition didn't bother me, as I don't think you were going for a strictly classical feel. To me, it sounded like a pop/classical hybrid—maybe even something from a movie—so the repeated phrases seemed to belong. I will mention a troubling bar or two from the score, if that's ok. In m48-49 you have the RH playing a sustained F# while the LH is supposed to hit that same note a few times, too. This, of course, won't be playable, so that passage may need to be adjusted. I think you definitely have talent as a composer! Your musical form will become more structured the more you compose. Keep up the good work!