Nýbyrjan

for piano

About

"Hello and goodbye, spring and autumn, birth and death — beginnings and endings are fundamental facts of life. But at the end of every ending, there waits a new beginning.

I had trouble finding a name for this piece, but blooming spring imagery was always present when I listened to it, so I decided to give it a title that means new beginning in Faroese."

— Eli Tausen á Lava

Acknowledgements

Nýbyrjan was composed with the support of the National Culture Fund of the Faroe Islands and Koda Kultur.

Composition Year

2021

Duration

2′ 30″

Instrumentation

Piano