múrurin (for string quartet)

it's the early 1300s. In the village of kirkjubøur in the medieval faroe islands, bishop erlendur has just started construction of the st. magnus cathedral, which will be the largest and most beautiful cathedral in the archipelago.

it is unknown whether the cathedral was ever finished, but seven hundred years later, only the walls remain as a reminder of bishop erlendur's dream. among the islanders, the ruins are simply known as múrurin, "the wall".