Fylgjur (2013)
Instrumentation:
1st version: percussion, harp & violin
2nd version: percussion, piano & violin
3rd version: percussion, piano, harp & viola
Fylgjur was originally written for violin, harp and percussion and premiered by Gunnhildur Daðadóttir and Duo Harpverk in April 2013. The music is loosely inspired by the Icelandic word fylgja (plural: fylgjur), which can have several meanings. In Icelandic mythology it refers to a supernatural being that accompanies a person in connection to their fate or fortune, not unlike the Irish fetch or the German doppelgänger. But more literally it simply means “someone or something that follows”.