Öll náttúran enn fer að deyja
Öll náttúran enn fer að deyja is a folk song arrangement commissioned by the Helsinki-based Akademiska Damkören Lyran for a tour of Scandinavia in the spring of 2018.
I found the folk song in Bjarni Þorsteinsson’s notated folk music collection “Íslensk Þjóðlög”, but it’s exact origins are unclear, as often is the case with folk music. The song’s lyrics describe the ending of the summer with the familiar metaphor that nature is dying.