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Kivalina: III. The Sea Rises

from Sea Tangle: Songs from the North by Maren Montalbano

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By Kamala Sankaram (b. 1978)
Kivalina is a small Inuit village of only 1.9 square miles, located on a barrier island in Alaska. The rising sea level threatens to submerge the village, its people, and their culture.
This work was written for Duo Cortona and premiered in 2014.

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The sea rises.
Rises up.
The sea is just behind the door.
And we are weary.
Weary.
Weary from watching and waiting.
The sea rises.
Rises up.
The sea is lapping at our toes.
The earth is weary.
Weary.
Weary of fighting our battles.
She melts away, releases the swirling blue, and the sea rises.
Rises up.
Beneath, Agloolik waits.
And he is hungry.
Hungry.
Hungry to swallow the world.
This was my home.
This was my home.
This was my home.

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from Sea Tangle: Songs from the North, released December 21, 2016
Maren Montalbano, mezzo-soprano
Rebecca Harris, violin

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Maren Montalbano Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Maren Montalbano can be heard in 3 GRAMMY Award- winning albums: John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls (2005), Gavin Bryars’ The Fifth Century (2018) & Lansing McLoskey's Zealot Canticles (2019). Ms. Montalbano lives in New Jersey and sings most often with Opera Philadelphia, Trio Eos, and The Crossing. ... more

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