rúmd

for brass quintet or strings or piano

about

"I originally wrote this piece to explore how to create a varied piece of music from as little material as possible through musical metamorphosis. However, right around the time I finished the piece in February 2021, NASA's rover Perseverance landed on Mars.

Seeing the fantastic, high-definition images from our neighbouring world awakened entirely new associations in my mind. I named the piece Rúmd (Faroese, Space) — a name with a double meaning, referring both to outer space and to the mostly empty measures of the music."

— Eli Tausen á Lava

acknowledgements

Rúmd was premiered on 31 March 2021 by strings from Tórshavn Music School at Hátún, Tórshavn Music School, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

composition year

2021

duration

6′ 30″

instrumentation

Trumpet 1 in B-flat

Trumpet 2 in B-flat

Horn in F

Trombone

Tuba

or

Violin I

Violin II

Viola

Violoncello

Contrabass

or

Piano