Perkins - The Siren's Call for Soprano, Harp, and String Orchestra (III. Lament, IV. Return)

The Siren's Call for Soprano, Harp, and String Orchestra Soprano, Sofia Dell'Agostino Conductor, Shahab Paranj ALL POETRY BY NAVEED PERKINS ___________________________________ III. LAMENT The sea is calm now, And yet a stirring remains. Is it me? A yearning hunger consumes Me in my wake, unending. Is it me? Is this love? Bones chilled by such violent waters, I could never live in any calm, yet I yearn. A warmth in this water no longer remains. A warmth I’ve never felt before. Is it you? Is this love? Was I wrong? O Sailor, please come back. I love you, I love you. ___________________________________ IV. RETURN This pain, this love, my heart, It hurts. This pain, I yearn, I hurt. O Sailor, my heart is crying for you. A desire consumes me now without you here. These waves, this ocean, all but myself calm. What is this presence I feel? No, do my eyes deceive me? Oh, it is you my Sailor! Oh how I have missed you! Oh how I have longed For your warmth, For your touch, For your scent, For your flesh. ___________________________________ Violin I Xenia Deviatkina-Loh Ally Cho Nikki Iv Brian Cheng Violin II Isabella Mija Reyes Gabriel Esperon Jerimiah Youngblood Makiba Kurita Viola Laila Zakzook Ellen Lozada John Hollywood Isaac Chan Cello Mark Bassett Kaya Ralls Annabelle Lo David Robinson Double Bass Colin Wyse Harp Alaina Stark ___________________________________ Copyright © 2025 by Monarch Horizons Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.