The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre

"Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o'er the combers, looks downward to find us,
At rest in the hollows that rustled between. 

Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease.
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas!"

         -Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936

The Seal Lullaby is originally a poem written by Rudyard Kipling. It was used in the story The White Seal from The Jungle Book. Later on in 2010, a composer named Eric Whitacre used the words from the poem and created a beautiful choral piece called The Seal Lullaby. This piece is my favorite from Eric Whitacre by far. The mix of voice, piano, and string instruments is amazingly beautiful. I hope to one day perform this piece just because I want to experience how it feels to sing it. Performing this piece would definitely make me happy because Eric Whitacre is a big inspiration of mine.