Trevor Morris & Einar Selvik "Vikings Suite" REACTION & ANALYSIS by Vocal Coach / Opera Singer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2021
- This was absolute beauty. I am enamored by Norse culture, and this composition brings the beauty of Einar Selvik's vocals with exacting orchestral arrangements and a chillingly perfect cellist performance. I've literally listened to this three more times on repeat after filming.
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Trevor Morris and Einar Selvik performing "Vikings Suite" for the first time live.
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Performed by Trevor Morris, Einar Selvik & Tina Guo - Words and Music by Trevor Morris & Einar Selvik
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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I love your vids, they're a great mix of knowledge, enthusiasm and an infectious passion for art :)
Wow, didn't expect you here Gav!
Hey, it's him!
Thank you, Gavin! I absolutely adore your work. Thank you for making video game music exceptional!
And hot
Please react to miracle of sound
I've seen this guy live on an intimate concert in a fucking viking hall next to the biggest viking burial mounds in northern Europe. Unbelievable experience
Thank you Elizabeth, youve done it again, stunning, epic, I grew up in King Alfred, the saxon King country, (wessex), because of the close local
links we learnt a lot about the viking invasion at school and at home. I was, and still am into the stories and the legends of that time, and I've never heard a better soundtrack to those stories. Again thank you your a star.
I was going to go to Midgardsblot last year, had tickets, airfare, etc. but, then Covid happened. I really hope to make it some year soon!
@@billblackstarr5935 that's a bummer. Lucky for me I live there so I get to go every year. Its an amazing experience. Worth every penny
I was there too! Absolutely one of the best musical experiences I've had. A small, packed room with Einar performing Voluspa, is something I will never forget (and Heilung obviously, that same year). Can't wait to go back to Midgardsblot!
Midgardsblot! 2016? Or 2017? That was a show. Worth the trip from Texas.
Someone pointed this out in the original video. After the performance is over it looks like Einar comes out of a trance-like state. He looks almost confused at what just happened and where he is. Pure commitment.
Nah, it is both breathing technique and his body physically coming down form the strain he is putting it through. He goes through a LOT of muscles you wouldn't even think about being associated with singing when he does hi performances
I've seen other artists do this as well I believe that happens when they put so much emotion into their works I've seen the artist Arora do the same thing
@@michaelhoward9246 exactly, sometimes she looks like a lost child when she ends a performance
@@victorkreig6089 I don't see how your statement contradicts anything you commented on... (why the "nah"? It's true.)
I am really not surprised…he is clearly living his music 😂
Elizabeth, we would love a tea time interview with Einar if you could make it happen! He is such a talented artist and amazing person.
I wish I could like this 2000 times! Would LOVE for this to happen!
I let him know, so lets see what happens
That would be so cool
oh hel yes
Yes please!!
Einar's music is like a breath of fresh air.
He really is. I really think he and Aurora should collab more because they play off eachother so very well. Both are wonderful on their own though.
Its like a Breath of the Wild, aight ima head out
@@richardjerkins5755 lol
@Walter Of course not. I was going off their performance of Helvegen where, in my opinion, their voices work really well together and I would like to hear them sing together more. I don't care what style or that they do different styles from eachother normally. That really doesn't matter because I really enjoy that performance.
@Walter corrected the comment, cheers 👍👍👍
Interesting performance. Einar looks like some kind of viking time traveler who just happened to appear in the middle of a modern concert hall and decided to join the show. Beautiful contrast between classical instruments and raw nordic singing
He looks like a skald, that's what they looked like, he also prefers being barefoot to shoes or boots
I’ve often said this. At the end of the song it’s almost like he wakes up and doesn’t know where he is. Absolutely amazing that the music does that to him even though he’s the one singing.
Well said mate well said
Well said mate well said
22:25 He was so deep into the music that it took him a few moments to come back to reality.
Also, lets acknowledge the fact that Tina Guo is fantastic. This woman can just clap her hands and still would sound amazing and wonderful.
I was a huge fan of her before I realized she plays the new Wonder Woman theme, and then I loved her music even more. Tina Guo is incredible.
@@JimPekarek Yes, in that WW theme her Electric Cello sounds like a guitar, it's so badass. Tina is an amazing musician, every colaboration she does enhances the original music.
@@TheMarizanebogdan She played a few songs with Sabaton (metal band) during a festival 2019. She play's one of the guitar solos on her electric cello and it sounds great.
@@intron1353 I know, she played with them at Wacken \m/ Like I said before, she can do no wrong, she's incredible.
As Einar sings, I feel the presence of ancient gods and legends come to life. May Odin bless you.
I may not understand the words he is singing, but my soul know, my soul knows...
Oden shall bless every scandinavian soul and freja will give us love and happiness whom dwell in Scandinavia 🤘🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
So this is actually a combination of two poems from the Eddas: Völuspa and Daradarljód. The lyrics are as follows (keep in mind most letter D’s in the following are actually the Icelandic letter eth and my iphones just not having it today):
Völuspa part:
Brædr munu berjask ok at bönum verdask,
Munu systrungar sifjum spilla;
Skelfr Yggdrasil askr standandi,
Ymir it aldna tré, en jotunn losnar.
Daradarljód part:
Vindum vindum, vef darradar
Thar er vé vada, vigra manna
Látum eigi, líf hans faraz
Eigu valkyrjur, vals um kosti.
Vitt es orpit
Fyr valfalli
Vitt es orpit
Fyr valfalli
Rifs reidisky
Rignir blódi!!
English translation (to modern English so you don’t have to riddle out meanings)
Brothers shall fight and fell one another
And sisters sons shall kinship stain;
Yggdrasil shakes, and shivers on high
The ancient limbs, and the giant is loose;
Let us now wind the web of war
Where the warriors banners are forging forward
Let his life not be taken;
Only the Valkyries can choose the slain
Blood rains
From the cloudy web
Blood rains
From the cloudy web
On the broad loom
Of slaughter.
Feel free to comment any corrections! My Icelandic and old Norse are not as strong as my Norwegian!
The translation is pretty accurate. I'd only rephrase the last bit of "Darraðarljóð", but that's mostly personal preference. Old Norse is pretty difficult to translate accurately to modern languages. Even modern Icelandic isn't accurate enough for more than an educated guess in some cases.
For anyone reading through the comments looking for information on the poem themselves, I'd add that the first poem, Völuspá, is about Ragnarök; the end of the world. At least the part being sung here is. Völuspá in it's entirety is about both the creation and end of the world, as well as the known history of all in between those events.
The second poem, Darraðarljóð, is from Njáls Saga. It's not actually one of the Eddas and is believed by many scholars to have been written in the 12th or 13th centuries, with the author being unknown.
The part being sung here depicts a man in the Orkneys named Darraður. He finds 12 women, whom he believes to be Valkyries, who are weaving the fates of men on a loom, made of human skulls and intestines, and is fastened with swords. The women sing the poem "Darraðarljóð", and at the end of it they break the loom and ride on their way.
I hope this helps anyone looking for some insight on the song and the lyrics. Also well done again on the translation above Magni.
@@Kherian4393 thank you! I thought later that I wasn’t right on where Darradarljod originated but I wasn’t home to check my saga library!
Thank you. I love your translation. So helpful to understand more of this powerful enchanting music!
the translation is pretty accurate. Good job :-)
@@magnilehr1489 & @Hjörtur Már Helgason , Thank you both! This was hugely moving for me, and as a bit of amateur historian and a total fan boy for all things Norse, the ties back to literary sources really are icing on the cake. Fantastic all around. Thank you for sharing.
Fun fact: the newest Wardruna album "Kvitravn" was also Einar's stage name when he drummed for Gorgoroth (and some other session work in the BM scene). Gaahl (former frontman of Gorgoroth) actually helped create Wardruna, and is featured in backing vocals and instrumentation on the first 2 Wardruna albums before parting ways and helping in the background studio-wise for a time. Also, Einar Selvik and Ivar Bjornsson of the band Enslaved were commissioned by the Norwegian government to create music to celebrate the anniversary of Norwegian independence, that work and the Skuggsja project with Ivar has continued along with starting a record label called By Norse, and is equally as awesome.
oh,so cool
" that work and the Skuggsja project with Ivar" Skuggsjá was that work they did for the 200 year aniversary of the Norwegian independence. Hugsjá was the project that followed, which is a bit different, but equally awesome.
@@kheidal Correct, I mistyped that, thanks for catching that and correcting me. Definitely all great stuff!!!
So cool to see how these old BM musicians have eventually been recognised by the Norwegian higher-ups.
@@T1hitsTheHighestNote Definitely!
Einar is one of the most sincere, real, honest and down to earth men, and you can tell by his singing voice; it's genuine!
So touching and moving. He makes me think of a responsible father fighting everyday for his child's well-being, Viking style :p
I’ve been obsessed with this performance for about two years now. He is the most incredible musician. The passion and emotion he can put into his music just astounds me and his talent blows me away. I am so pleased I stumbled across him a couple years ago and that others love him as much.
This is a remix you may say of a Wardruna song called Voluspa. That song in turn is an excerpt of the poem Voluspa a 66 verse poem from the 9th century detailing the death of the world (Ragnarök) and the rebirth of the world. That poem is written in the Norse rhyming style where many of the words in a sentence begins with the same letter. If you listen for it you can hear it.
this, and they mixed in a stanza of Darraðarljóð from Njáls Saga.
Thank you for the insight in to to piece. Its great to have some context.
Rhyming at the start of words is called alliteration.
Just being a pedantic here and gonna say that it's not a "remix" but a composition; with elements from Voluspa.
The video for "Volupsa" is wonderful as well; from album "Skald" (bard) it is Einar accompanying himself and the length of some vocal notes is remarkable.
This mans voice sends chills up my spine
I'm only just coming across this, and your reaction to the drumming on the cellos matches mine EVERY SINGLE TIME I listen to this. Just huge grins every time.
I love this arrangement of the Vikings Suite. It's the thing that made me decide to see Wardruna in concert last year (finally, after it was pushed off twice due to the pandemic). If you ever have an opportunity to see them, TAKE IT. It's an experience. I had two friends who went with me completely unaware of what they were getting themselves into, and both promptly bought music afterward. One of them ended up grinning after the second song and held that grin through the whole show...he didn't anticipate enjoying it at all.
Another great performance from Einar is his performance with the German folk group Faun. Their live performance of the song Odin is fantastic.
Good one! This Band is definitely a candidate for her to review. I bet she will like it...
:)
I saw that live on stage. It was a hypnotizing!
I was just going to recommend that one
That performance, like 'Helvegen' with Aurora, is a quasi- religious experience. And I am saying that as someone who gives a damn on any bloody religion!
Totally agree 😁👍
Elizabeth continues to takes us to new places in the world of music. Looking forward to it.
I had the absolute privilege to see Wardruna in Dallas in 2022. Einar played this for us to close out the evening. The entire experience awoke something inside and changed me forever.
To quote the Pick of Destiny, that was like electric dynamite
What about African music Giddes and Namadingo I found it quite by accident but feel in love with it yours sincerely Ian Watson. Keep up the good work ❤️👍
I love how your face embodies what you are feeling / hearing from a song hahaha
Been listening to this for years now. And its amazingly well orchestrated and really captures what it wants to tell you. Chakras were exploded , what a epic piece of art.
This looks interesting. I'm more of an old school hard/progressive rock guy, so this will be something different for me. I think I first saw Elizabeth doing a reaction of a rock song I liked when it showed up in the suggestion row on the right while watching another reaction by Lost In Vegas. I stuck around for the sheer joy of watching emotions written so expressively across her face, and in the process have heard some really cool stuff I probably would not have been exposed to otherwise.
I'll echo that too. Discovered a whole bunch of stuff through this channel :)
I love her reactions. I’m introduced to many different artists watching her. Unlike most other react videos I’ve seen she breaks down all the little things she is hearing and seeing. So glad I found her channel
@@TNJenni42, most other reactors aren't classically trained singers, much less professional singers. For instance, she enjoys what I enjoy, but I have no idea how it is done, and what it takes to do it. Other trained professional vocalists are also excellent reactors/analysts/coaches/teachers on TH-cam. You might be surprised by how many Opera singers appreciate other genres just because they love great music.
@@jeffstumpf9129 I also like the way Tara Simon breaks down the mechanics of how people are singing.
Same!
Wonderful man. Paved the way for the now very relevant and popular genre of ancient Nordic and Germanic folk music. Still remains utterly humble and down to earth.
I listen to this over and over and over. It never gets old and rejuvenates my soul. You’ll find yourself doing the same I’m sure. It’s got so many layers to listen too.
The Show Vikings was so good first 4 seasons I miss that show
I love this performance and can't wait to watch it with you Elizabeth. This is going to be epic.
I've had the privilege to see Tina Guo perform live as part of Hans Zimmer's traveling outdoor concerts, and she was amazing. In case you didn't know, she's the one behind the iconic theme for the recent Wonder Woman movies.
She is also super-nice! :)
The first time I saw Tina Quo was in this Joe Bonamassa video. th-cam.com/video/D_IRnDyyVyg/w-d-xo.html
Voluspá is just a really beautiful song. Can't get enough of it. It speaks directly to my soul. Terrific.
Ending is awesome, Einar looked like he was in some kind of trance...
"He would make a great bard."
A Skald, to be more precise.
he should go to the bards college in solitude
He would, and yall would make for a fun campaign.
There is something very important in Nordic music and it is that sound of the exalations, it is the representation of Odin himself, because when Odin created humans the first thing he gave them was the breath
I haven't seen Elizabeth geek out this much for ages! Lovin' it.
The black metal connection is deep. Einar (Kvitrafn) and Gaahl were both members of Gorgoroth. They founded Wardruna with Lindy Fay Hella. Einar's music and Wardruna are, well, a bit different from Gorgoroth, but the connection is apparent once you've immersed yourself in black metal for a bit.
Never knew how to pronounce that: Kvitrafn.
@@21boomslang The closest to an english pronunciation would be "quit-rav", the "u" should be pronounced more like a "v" and an "a" as the "u" in "drum". Depending on the Norwegian dialect, the ending "n" is sometimes silent.
My absolute favorite part of watching Elizabeth is watching her get her fix, as an amazing vocalist/performance like this is her Drug of choice and rightly so! Been watching for forever and it has always brought me joy and so much entertainment to see this lol. Just as an aside I can totally relate, Keep rocking :)
This music speaks to my bones.
Something about this music sends shivers down my spine and just speaks to me on an emotional level. Even if I don’t understand a word of what’s being sung. I’ve always found myself drawn to Viking history and Norse mythology. Maybe it’s the Swedish part of my heritage.
Its like listening to a painting...its takes you back in time. Wonderful.
I get chocked up every time I hear this composition. No idea about the lyrics, just emotional.
This is my favorite rendition of the Voluspa. It is the prophecy of Ragnarok as spoken in the Poetic Eddas. Here Einar details the shaking of Yggdrasil, the fall into immorality of man and kin, and the giants being unleashed.
I love Einar, his voice is gorgeous. Also I was lucky enough to stand next to him during Jorvik Viking festival a few years ago before he came on to the field during the battle to sing a poem 😃
YES! I have been waiting for this! Einar's music is otherwordly!
Einar's voice really does sound like he's from another time.
At 4:00 you say he’s playing the tagelharpa. He’s actually playing a Kravik Lyre in the beginning. Towards the end he transitions to a Tagelharpa, think it may be a bass tagelharpa but I’m not entirely sure on that.
Spot on, in both cases!
I figured that was a tagelharpa, but didn't want to look like an idiot. Thanks!
Its not a bass taglharpa,those have longer string length ,this is the finnish jouhikko variant of a taglharpa.
After Einar, i hope you return to react & analysis Eivor. She is incredible..
This is a song that invokes every portion of the Eddas that I know of. The lore, the passion, the rage, the resignation, the doleful certainty of fate. This is a piece that should be required listening.
This is why I keep coming back to Nordic stories, influences, and music, because these are the emotional responses that they trigger. I'm glad to have been shown this. Thank you Elizabeth.
I now feel a need to go reread a saga. Just as an outlet. Or listen to metal.
This concert is one the best production that i see in my life! Einar Selvik is a genius musician.
Looking forward to this, Einar is incredible
Here are the lyrics and translation.
From Voluspa
Bræðr munu berjask ok at bönum verðask,
munu systrungar sifjum spilla;
Skelfr Yggdrasils askr standandi,
ymr it aldna tré, en jötunn losnar."
From Darraðarljoð
Vindum, vindum
vef Darraðar,
þars vé vaða
vígra manna;
látum eigi
líf hans farask,
eígu valkyrjur
vals of kosti.
Vítt es orpit
fyr valfalli
rifs reiðiský.
Rignir blóði;
Translation
Voluspa
Brothers shall fight and fell each other,
And sisters' sons shall kinship stain;
Yggdrasil shakes, and shiver on high
The ancient limbs, and the giant is loose.
Weaving, weaving
the web of spears [war],
where they wander
brave men [warriors];
we will not
let his life be lost,
the Valkyries hold
this choice.
"See! warp is stretched
For warriors' fall,
Lo! weft in loom
'Tis wet with blood;
Finally someone hears what i hear too! Its pure emotion! I always start sweating and my hearts starts pounding when I listen to this performance. Its so... so unique, full of energy and power!
I perked up a bit when you mentioned "Dragon Age: Inquisition". Some of the most moving music I've ever heard comes from games I've played over the years.
It brings me so much joy that she's a gamer!
I gave the video a like just for that mention, lol. Love the Inquisition soundtrack, I think that some of the tracks like In Hushed Whispers and Lost Elf Theme are exceptional.
Ooooh, Elizabeth reviewing Einar's Voluspa, this is going to be a treat
Einar from another world. I've listen alot of singers in my life,BUT this man ( half god idk xD ) just sending me in a trance. I can listen to his every song and never get bored or think about something els except his vocie. Try his new songs from WARDRUNA,you won't regret
When i first time heard this, i have an eargasm. And i still have. That was awesome chose, Elizabeth :)
Thank you Elizabeth, for listening to this beautiful piece.
This will be glorious. So much to nerd out about!
Yes!!! This performance is amazing!
It's the first time I listened this awesome song of norse ancient history
His music is like living thru an epic, it's empowering, powerful and enchanting at the same time.
It was amazing performance and whole concert. I have pleasure to watch it live in Cracov, which is my family town.
Yes! I'm delighted that you reacted to this , this song gives me goosebumps every time :D. Einar's passion for Viking history is visibly oozing out of him. Much love from Belgium! PS: I dig the Lilith statue, can't wait for D4!
your explanation of this piece made the music and song 100 times better than i would have appreciated with my understanding, THANKYOU
This makes me think of the show Vikings... and it's over now. That saddens me to no avail. This song gives me chills EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!!!!!
im enjoying the Vikings Valhalla offshoot "sequel"
Amazing. Never seen this before... Def gonna watch it many times now... This music just shakes the soul
His songs with Ivar Bjornson are great too. Skuggsja especially. They have two albums, the first is more rock oriented, the second a lighter folk.
The title song is so amazing
I really like the second one, Hugsja, better. It still has some of the rock elements from the first one, but the music just feels far more complete. The Skuggsja album is still really good, but it feels a bit disjointed. To my ears, Hugsja feels like a more cohesive album.
Recurring goosebumps!
It never gets old I can listen to that over and over again beautiful
Oh, finally :D Really looking forward to this one. :)
Wardruna and Einar are from my hometown, and I was at their concert in Bergen a couple of years ago, where Aurora joined on Helvegen. I think you already have react to that one :)
Elizabeth has already reacted to Helvegen with Aurora already, that was her first encounter with Einar.
I lived at Bergen in 2016... Missed a couple of Wardruna concerts, and BOY how I am ashamed of such.
Have to go back to Bergen and watch it.
By the way, Bergen is THE best city in the world.
Considering his pagan/animistic background, I think this particular performance is one of the best examples that magic does exist. Einar holds so much magic and energy that he's able to transport even through a screen. Everytime I have seen him perform live, it gave me a rollercoaster of emotions! He's definitely my top favourite artist!
I love how excited you get about the science behind why you find something so great! It helps me see new things about songs I've taken for granted. Your passion for music is very contagious.
Awww I love your reaction, the way you give your point of view and how you put your hands together, your smile... So sweet!
I love Trevor Morris. He’s worked on The Tudors and Downton Abbey (I think he did DA). He’s an amazing composer. He’s so underrated.
The fact that i live 2h from Krakow and i wasn't there to witness the performance will always be my villain origin story
The fact that I actually live in Krakow and somehow missed that event, even though back then I lived within a waliking distance of the venue, will haunt me for the rest of my life.
@@AeponViroth you win, that's awful 😬
@@AeponViroth Oof
I just keep coming back to this reaction time and time again. I love this whole performance, but your reaction to it is fantastic.
I love the body language of the guest cellist! So fierce
Tina Guo*
Sorry for not checking prior to posting ;) She is amazing!
I love Trevor Morris' work on the Dragonage Inquisition soundtrack - amazing! Can't wait for this one!
I'm so happy you do this analysis! The whole performance is so beautiful and awesome but moreover I really LOVE Einars Voice and its so joyfull to see how you react to his voice and analyze him. His voice is so unique to me, besides it is so beautiful how he really >feel< while he sings. At the end Einar looks like if he totally has forgotten where he is and need a few seconds to find back to the audiance. I hope we will see a lot more reaction & analysis from you with Einars performances. Thank you!!
That was fantastic!
I bet that you are going to listen to it a few more times straight through.
Love your reaction to it all.
Thank you for reacting to this! I love every single second of this performance. It gives me chills and makes my chest swell with emotion. Einar's and Tina's passion and energy while performing this are extraordinary. I'm a metal head (Dio!) but this may be the greatest thing I've ever heard. I've loved this song for a while now and it introduced me to the goddess known as Tina Guo!
Great choice! I recommend adding "Raido" to your list, one of my favorite Wardruna songs.
I didn't recommend this but I knew it would inevitably come up and I have been waiting for it.
Thank you so much for finally doing this video! 😬🖤
Ahh, sitting in the audience there and listening to this was definitely one of the most beautiful moments in my life, for sure
I loved vikings so much , still busy with the last 4 or 5 episodes . this uploads timing is perfect
I've listened to a couple of Wardruna albums so I knew what to expect, but I've never seen this live performance, and it totally kicks arse!
As your Patreon folks no doubt noted, the opening is from Völuspá. A really beautiful solo performance of it by Einar is the Live at Castlefest Winter Edition from 2016. That simple haunting repeating pattern and the intense emotion he packs into his voice. Check it out.
My goose bumps had goose bumps!! I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT PIECE!!!
Absolutely LOVED your reaction! It fills my heart with so much joy, when people who are new to this genre discover Einar's magic.
Elizabeth rules! Everyone else just drools.
Well I've seen them. They have a little bit still on their chin.
Personally, Einar's voice sounded a lot like Marko's (Nightwish) in that he has a bit of a natural primal distortion that is very ethnic and folk-y that makes it almost impossible to not listen to and enjoy it. I loved this song and I'll definitely add it to my playlist!
I'm so thrilled to see you react to this! This song was shared to me from a friend back in 2015. THIS is the song that sent me down the rabbit hole of Viking/Nordic music, and it's been like 6 years now and I'm still not out. Einar's voice is incredible, and I can't get enough of the vibes and emotions from this style of music.
Einar was defnitly blessed by the old gods. I am so happy to have a ticket for next years show here in Germany in an amphotheater
Einar's skaldic version of "Völuspá" is amazing, just Einar and his harp. As for the lyrics for it, he took various stanzas from the poem. Some from the start, some from the middle and some from the end. He was once asked if he would ever record the entire poem, to which he laughed and said "I would love to! But it's like 66 stanzas, so I'm not sure if I could manage to remember them all."
I won't give up hope, but I understand if he never does it :P
But I would highly recommend some of the songs off Wardruna's latest album "Kvitravn"!
I love how your nerdom continues to manifest, and that your passion for voice really come across! You should check out SKÁLD another Nordic group, she has a great voice and there are some fascinating video portrayals.
I am absolutely in LOVE with your expressions and reactions to the intricacies of this movement. So pure and enthusiastic!
what a great choice. his voice gets me every time. its so good.
The cellist in this video/consert is Tina Guo, she has a awesome youtube channel where she plays all kind of cool stuff
Hey. I recognized a word. at 6:07 he says “Yggdrasil” or the Norse word for tree of life that is supposed to connect the realms. I learned that word when I was young and read Norse mythology. I heard it again in assassins creed Valhalla. Shit I love Einar so much. And I really love him and aurora together.
Einar’s music speaks to my past lives. I’d like this song played at my funeral.
This modern era of video and music which brings a chance that almost any performance is being recorded, somehow has allowed the listener and the viewer a unique opportunity. We are able to experience unique moments in a performers life that they will most likely never experience again. There is no doubt that this is such a moment for Einar as watching the ending you can see it in his expression, and how he almost seems to be coming out of trance as well. Your performance of Marten aller Arten is another example as well, as I believe you said you can only perform in that competition once. I've gotten to experience this as a personal moment a couple times in my life on much smaller scale, but it is something in music and video that when I stubble across it that I am ripped open emotionally in the best way possible.
That performance is worthy of an entry to the great hall og Odin!🍻
And since I'm still here early I'm going to just keep going. Please also watch Eivor perform her song Falling Free, live at the Old Theater in Torshavn. Another vocal masterpiece. 😁
Second this recommendation.
Oooh yes please!
That was amazing. The old school Viking feeling was very strong and emotional. Excellent execution.
Thank you for the video. Your passion has kept me from plunging into depression after loosing my job. Listening to music with you is like being taken by the hand, and shown something magical. Thank you!
Your joy of music has reminded me of parts of my joy. You truly have a talent for music therapy.