{"id":4274,"date":"2023-12-13T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/index.php\/2023\/12\/13\/ovaentad-utgava-av-symfoniskum-jolalag\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:57:04","slug":"ovaentad-utgava-av-symfoniskum-jolalag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heinesen.fo\/en\/index.php\/2023\/12\/13\/ovaentad-utgava-av-symfoniskum-jolalag\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected release of a symphonic Christmas song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BFpgQKcEylY?si=px4Svcrk5OWomf-S\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Completely unexpectedly and without prior announcement, yet another symphonic song is now being released, sung by Elin Brimheim Heinesen. On December 1 this year, Elin released the complete symphonic album \u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d with songs she has composed to poems by her father, Jens Paula Heinesen. But now an additional symphonic piece is being released, also sung by her, which no one knew about. This time it is a Christmas song called \u201cJ\u00f3lafri\u00f0ur \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0\u201d by the Italian composer Enzo De Rosa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elin Brimheim Heinesen has previously collaborated with Enzo De Rosa on her album \u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d. Enzo has composed the new Christmas song, which is also recorded with a symphony orchestra and with Elin as the vocal soloist, as well as eight little girls \u2013 all around 10\u201311 years old \u2013 from the Eystursk\u00falin Girls\u2019 Choir, conducted by Joanna Johansen. Elin herself has adapted the original English lyrics for the song.<\/p>\n<h4>Honored His Son With a Christmas Song About Peace on Earth<\/h4>\n<p>This is how Enzo De Rosa explains how the song came to be: My son Leonardo was born on November 11th, 2011. To mark this joyful occasion, I asked my dear friend and songwriter, Paul Oxley, to participate by writing lyrics for a song I composed for the event. The aim was to convey the profound meaning of this moment in connection with the time of year. The Christmas season is a time when all humans should remember to be one united people. The snow that blankets the edges of houses, cities, and nations conceals boundaries, reminding everyone that limits are merely imaginary and serve only to divide. This fall I asked composer and singer Elin Brimheim Heinesen from the Faroe Islands, whom I have worked with before on another project, if she could translate my song to her native language &#8211; Faroese &#8211; and sing it in Faroese. She did so and we made the recordings in november 2023. Elin also found a choir of 8 girls, aged 10-11 years, to sing the backing vocals. This song is very dear to me, so I am grateful that now we can present it to the public in a beautiful symphonic form.<\/p>\n<h4>Is Very Fond of the Faroese Language<\/h4>\n<p>That autumn, Enzo De Rosa decided to make a symphonic recording of the Christmas song with Elin as vocal soloist. He asked her if she could write lyrics in Faroese, because he is very fond of the Faroese language and thinks it sounds so beautiful. As Enzo puts it: \u201cIt sounds like an ancient echo from times long past.\u201d Elin explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnzo De Rosa is an exceptionally talented musician and composer who, over the last 40 years, has worked with countless musicians and singers all over the world. So I feel it is a great honour that Enzo approached me and entrusted me both with writing the lyrics and singing the Christmas song he composed for his son. It means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Faroese Girls\u2019 Choir Sings Together With Elin<\/h4>\n<p>Elin got in touch with Joanna Johansen to have the Eystursk\u00falin Girls\u2019 Choir sing together with her on the release. The vocal and orchestral recordings took place at the end of November this year. Enzo himself mixed the orchestral music, while the Faroese music producer B\u00e1r\u00f0ur H\u00e1berg recorded and mixed the vocals by Elin and the girls\u2019 choir. The orchestral part was recorded by the Moscow Metropolitan Session Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Podgoretsky. The mastering was done by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These people took part in the production of \u201cJ\u00f3lafri\u00f0ur \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><em>Music and orhestration for symphony orchestra:<\/em> Enzo De Rosa<\/div>\n<div><em>Lyrics in Faroese:<\/em> Elin Brimheim Heinesen<\/div>\n<div><em>Original lyrics:<\/em> Paul Oxley<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Instrumental Music:<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Orchestra:<\/em> Moscow Metropolitan Session Orchestra<\/div>\n<div><em>Conductor:<\/em> Vladimir Podgoretsky<\/div>\n<div><em>Sound Engineer:<\/em> Alexandr Serenko<\/div>\n<div><em>Recordings:<\/em> Bow Tie Remote Recordings<\/div>\n<div><em>Mix:<\/em> Enzo De Rosa<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Vocals:<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Lead Vocalist:<\/em> Elin Brimheim Heinesen<\/div>\n<div><em>Backing Choir:<\/em> Gentuk\u00f3r Eystursk\u00falans (Aleksandra Glerfoss, Anna S\u00e1ra P\u00e6tursd\u00f3ttir, Ey\u00f0dis Iversen, Gloria Schmidt, J\u00f3na Bj\u00f8rg Berg, Maibritt Trondesen, Mira Absalonsen og T\u00f3rger\u00f0 Lamhauge &#8211; 8 girls aged 10-11 years).<\/div>\n<div><em>Choir Conductor:<\/em> Joanna Johansen.<\/div>\n<div><em>Sound Engineer:<\/em> B\u00e1r\u00f0ur H\u00e1berg<\/div>\n<div><em>Recordings:<\/em> Private Studio<\/div>\n<div><em>Mix:<\/em> B\u00e1r\u00f0ur H\u00e1berg<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Mastering:\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div>Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div><strong>LYRICS<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div>1. Flykrurnar dala av himmali h\u00e1tt,<\/div>\n<div>sum gimsteinar glampa og dansa \u00ed n\u00e1tt.<\/div>\n<div>G\u00f8turnar t\u00f3mar, frystar \u00ed snj\u00f3.<\/div>\n<div>Kvirra n\u00fa r\u00e6\u00f0ur, alt hv\u00edlir \u00ed r\u00f3,<\/div>\n<div>t\u00ed at n\u00fa fjalir kavin hv\u00f8rt str\u00ed\u00f0 og hv\u00f8rt s\u00e1r,<\/div>\n<div>fjalir \u00f8ll landam\u00f8rk, l\u00ed\u00f0ing og t\u00e1r.<\/div>\n<div>Her \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0 valdar fri\u00f0ur,<\/div>\n<div>n\u00fa vit \u00f8ll halda j\u00f3l.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div>2. J\u00f3lini brei\u00f0a seg um allan heim.<\/div>\n<div>F\u00f3lk sm\u00edlast fegin, og \u00f8ll halda gleim,<\/div>\n<div>syngja av hjarta eitt bl\u00edtt takkarlj\u00f3\u00f0.<\/div>\n<div>T\u00f3nleikur, l\u00e1tur, \u00f8ll eru so g\u00f3\u00f0,<\/div>\n<div>t\u00ed n\u00fa savnast vit saman eitt bil, kn\u00fdta bond,<\/div>\n<div>dansa um tr\u00e6i\u00f0 so fitt hond \u00ed hond.<\/div>\n<div>Her \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0 valdar fri\u00f0ur,<\/div>\n<div>n\u00fa vit \u00f8ll halda j\u00f3l.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div>3. Lalala&#8230;<\/div>\n<div>Her \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0 valdar fri\u00f0ur,<\/div>\n<div>n\u00fa vit \u00f8ll halda j\u00f3l,<\/div>\n<div>t\u00ed vit halda j\u00f3l.<\/div>\n<div>T\u00ed halda vit \u00f8ll n\u00fa j\u00f3l.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div><strong>The song \u201cJ\u00f3lafri\u00f0ur \u00e1 j\u00f8r\u00f0\u201d by Enzo De Rosa can be found on Spotify here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/68VGjAo2ZnQGROm4czF8Cw?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>On Apple Music here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/j%C3%B3lafri%C3%B0ur-%C3%A1-j%C3%B8r%C3%B0-feat-elin-brimheim-heinesen-faroese\/1721094838\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And on other digital media platforms here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/enzoderosa2\/jlafriur--jr-feat-elin-brimheim-heinesen-faroese-version\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/enzoderosa2\/jlafriur&#8211;jr-feat-elin-brimheim-heinesen-faroese-version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff Completely unexpectedly and without prior announcement, yet another symphonic song is now being released, sung by Elin Brimheim Heinesen. On December 1 this year, Elin released the complete symphonic album \u201cEitt d\u00fdpi av d\u00fdrari t\u00ed\u00f0\u201d with songs she has composed to poems by her father, Jens Paula Heinesen. 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