Eeim - III for Voice, Violin and Percussion

«Eveeu 1 - 4» . Released on Rune Rebne «Venom» on Aurora Records 2025

Performed by Sile Aker Johnsen - Voice, Victoria Johnson - Violin, Anders Kregnes Hansen - Percussion

Eeim-III is based on a poignant final poem by Norwegian writer Tor Jonsson. The music hovers between brightness and darkness, with humming as a gentle counterpoint to the text’s gravity.

The trio version of «Eeim» is based on my solo work originally composed in 2006 for voice to a text by Tor Jonsson. This new trio version, premiered in Germany in 2023, expands and recomposes the original material, opening it into a chamber dialogue.

Jonsson’s text is taken from the final poem he wrote before ending his life. The music circles around this fragment, attempting to rise with the melodic line toward brightness, yet continually drawn back into darkness. The singer alternates between sung text and wordless humming, the latter offering a thread of comfort and intimacy—set in poignant contrast to the weight of the words.

The text of the work is presented here in Norwegian, English, and German versions:

No bryt mi einsemd mot si ytste grense 

Mitt liv var draum utan dagklår visse 

Difor eig eg ikkje jorda meir

Men livet vil eg aldri, aldri misse

English translation: Nina Nielsen

Now my solitude breaks against its utmost perimeter 

My life was dream without clarity of day 

Therefore, I no longer possess the earth

But life I will not ever miss

Deutsche übersetzung: Rune Rebne

Jetzt stößt meine Einsamkeit an ihre äußere Grenze 

Mein Leben war Traum ohne Tagesklar Gewissheit 

Deshalb besitze ich die Erde nicht mehr

Aber das Leben werde ich niemals, niemals verloren