{"id":966,"date":"2023-08-28T09:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T09:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/?page_id=966"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:03:40","slug":"about-the-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/en\/index.php\/a-popular-song\/about-the-song\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE SONG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elin Brimheim Heinesen and her father, the author Jens Pauli Heinesen at his 75th birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

THE FIRST VERSION OF THE SONG<\/h3>\n

The song Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0<\/em> (A Chasm of Precious Time) was one of the most popular songs on the album NALJA<\/em> featuring Elin Brimheim Heinesen and K\u00e5re Linderoth Jacobsen. The album was released the first time as an MC in 1988 and re-released on CD in 1998 by the record company TUTL on the Faroe Islands. The music was recorded in Bl\u00f8ndal Studio in Copenhagen in 1988. Elin Brimheim Heinesen wrote and arranged the track Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0<\/em>.<\/p>\n

SHE LEFT HIM AND BEAUTIFUL ART WAS CREATED<\/h3>\n

Elin’s father, the Faroese author Jens Pauli Heinesen, wrote the lyrics to the song back in 1953 \u2013 at only 21 years old. At that time he was engaged to a young lady called Kirstin. He was quite sure that she was the one and that they were going to marry. But after having been a couple for two years, she suddenly left him for one of his best friends.<\/p>\n

His heart was broken. So he sat down to write a poem. You would think he would write a poem about being unhappily in love, but no. He wrote about how precious life is and how much life is worth living in spite of challenges and misfortune. He wrote essentially about hope. Perhaps to comfort himself, but nevertheless – an impressively deep and beautiful poem was created, which today is one of the most beloved song lyrics in the Faroe Islands. Many people find it unbelievable that such a young man could write something so profound and insightful.<\/p>\n

Here is Jens Pauli Heinesen at the time when he wrote the poem Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0:<\/em><\/p>\n

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THE SONG IN A NEW SYMPHONIC VERSION<\/h3>\n

The 10. and the 17. November 2002 a TV documentary in two parts was broadcasted for the first time in the Faroese national television. The documentary about the author and the man Jens Pauli Heinesen was made by Gulla \u00d8regaard as a tribute to him on his 70 years birthday the 12. November 2002.<\/p>\n

In the making of the documentary a new version of the song Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0<\/em> was made. Gulla \u00d8regaard managed to get the symphonic recordings financed, and Elin contacted the Danish film composer S\u00f8ren Hyldgaard<\/a> who helped with making the arrangements for symphony orchestra and a mens choir. The music was recorded partly in Prague with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra under the conduction of Mario Klemens \u2013 and partly in T\u00f3rshavn with the T\u00f3rshavn Men\u2019s Choir under the conduction of Bjarni Restorff and with Elin Brimheim Heinesen as a vocal soloist.<\/p>\n

This last symphonic version of the song has been released two times \u2013 the first time in 2003 on a Faroese compilation CD called Popp List 2, published by 3\u2019arin and the second time on another Faroese compilation CD with Faroese female artists only, published as an introductory gift to people who subscribe to the Faroese womens magazine \u2018Kvinna\u2019. This CD was released the first time in November 2004.<\/p>\n

The symphonic version was re-released in November 2023 on the album of the same title – Eitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0<\/em> – in an updated mix and mastering.<\/p>\n

See also Elin’s\u00a0DISCOGRAPHY.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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