Heyr himna smiður by Árstíðir
“Want to feel a shiver up your spine? This 800-year-old Icelandic hymn rendered here in a train station recreates the chill of a wind blowing across an iceberg in the North Atlantic ...”
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Want to feel a shiver up your spine? This 800-year-old Icelandic hymn rendered here in a train station recreates the chill of a wind blowing across an iceberg in the North Atlantic ...
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The Icelandic group Árstíðir (a folkish pop ensemble) on tour in Germany, and decide to stage an ad-hoc concert at a trainstation in Wupperthal due to its acoustics. The song itself is a hymn, music written in the late 20th century, the poetry being from the 13th century or thereabout.
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Icelandic hymn "Heyr, himna smiður" written by Kolbeinn Tumason in 1208, music by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson in the 1970s.
I saw this on Facebook recently, fell in love with it and their voices. Found their group on TIMJ. There is another performance of this in a concert hall, but I really like the pace and the overall sound better on this one in the train station. I know! Crazy!
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Beautiful hymn performed in lush acoustics! So wanna see these kids live (look them up! So much good music!!)
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Lovely 13th century Icelandic hymn from Bahnhof Wuppertal on the streams this morning.
