Norse stories and landscapes around the northern sea-routes form the inspiration for this performance by Nordic Viola.

Live performance of new commissions by Scottish-based and Faroese composers stand alongside stunning video by Craig Sinclair of Far Northern landscapes and specially commissioned artwork by Orla Stevens, as well as interviews with the composers.

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Award-winning Scottish-based Irish composer Linda Buckley’s Aud reflects on the journey from Ireland via Scotland and the Northern Isles of this remarkable early settler of Iceland as told in the Icelandic Sagas in a piece specially commissioned by Nordic Viola.

 

Lillie Harris’ sextet Elsewhen seeks to capture the strangeness, wonder, and melancholy of Orkney’s ancient sites, whilst in Carry His Relics for flute and viola, Orkney composer Gemma McGregor describes the journey of the remains of St Magnus from Birsay to Kirkwall along the present-day St Magnus Way.

 

Eli Tausen á Lava from the Faroe Islands reflects on legends of the Selkies, common across the cultures of the Far North, in Søgnin um Kópakonuna í 10 Myndum (The Tale of the Sealwoman in 10 pictures) for flute and clarinet. This piece was co-commissioned by Nordic Viola and the Aura Duo from Spain/Denmark.