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