Ólafur Arnalds - Saman. Harp cover by Tamara Young

I was asked to record a lockdown recital as part of the Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation Synergy concert series back in March. This is a little preview I thought would be nice to share of the last piece I chose to play by the Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. Volcanism by Jónas Þorbjarnarson (1960-2012) Translation by Bernard Scudder We are the ever-changing earth always taking shape new maps immediately misleading new upheavals I was someone and then I met you. . . people change each other even cause eruptions within each other for deep down we are kindled, determined by all kinds of magmatic associations and a mountain of love rises— lifting the landscape of our lives we are the ever-changing earth