watching fireflies

for piano

about

"I love Hayao Miyazaki's films. Their innocence, simple elegance and profound beauty move me deeply. Combined with Joe Hisaishi's sublime music, I think they're some of the greatest films ever made.

Think of this piece as a soundtrack to a scene from an imagined Miyazaki film: two people in the early stages of blossoming love sit next to each other under a large tree late at night. Millions of fireflies light up the sky as their fingers intertwine."

— Eli Tausen á Lava

acknowledgements

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

composition year

2021

duration

4′ 30″

Instrumentation

Piano