Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Elegy for the Arctic


At the request of Greenpeace, award-winning Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi created an original masterwork titled "Elegy for the Arctic." He performed the piece while floating on a platform in the Arctic Ocean, with the towering Wahlenbergbreen Glacier (in Svalbard, Norway) slowly melting in the background.
O mover of the eons,
O bender of the bluffs,
O great spirit of the glaciers,
We turn to you now, seeking peace and courage
For the great tasks before us.
Make soft and strong our human hearts.
Awaken in us a new devotion to you
And to your passion for life and evolution
And communion through all generations.
Amen and amen.