[Instrumental, 76 BPM, 16 bars, the bare open fifth of D and G from before in the cellos, then a plucked concert harp begins the repeating cell of four notes that rises two steps then leaps, one note per beat, looping every bar, a small closed bud, tender and bright, G major, warm wooden hall] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a warm upright piano enters over the harp cell and plays the melody complete and flawless, two steps up and a leap up and the complete fall landing home on G] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the piano repeats the melody, a single bright celesta note every two bars like the first drops of dew, the harp cell continues] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the first wave begins, the violas and cellos enter on long warm notes opening outward from the middle like the first petals, the piano melody and the harp cell continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a solo cello carries the melody in its warm register while plucked violins walk one bright note per beat in the high register, the harp cell continues] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the first violins enter high on long legato notes and a bright breathy flute doubles the melody in its upper register, celesta dew every bar] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the melody is handed from the violas to the cellos to the violins phrase by phrase like open hands, the harp cell and the piano continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the first wave crests, a harp glissando, the strings opened wide from low to high, radiant, then the music settles to the harp cell and one bar of the piano melody, the heart choosing again] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the second wave begins wider and brighter than the first, shimmering violin harmonics drift across the stereo field and pizzicato strings dance on the off beats, the harp cell and the piano continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a solo violin and the solo cello walk side by side in parallel thirds carrying the melody, one octave higher than before, the harp cell continues] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the violas and cellos play one repeated chord on every beat with short bounced bows and a rounded tone, a light joyful dance, the melody in the violins] [Instrumental, 16 bars, bright celesta sparkles on every second beat, the flute bright above, harp glissandos, the register spreading wider both up and down like ripples] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the second wave crests, strings, flute, celesta and piano together, radiant, then the music settles to the harp cell and one bar of the piano melody, the heart choosing again] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the third wave begins, the cellos and basses hold one low G beneath, the harp cell and the piano melody continue, a large warm string section enters on one sustained chord] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the string section moves in one unified chord progression, one chord every two bars, the melody in the violins rising outward like ripples, celesta stars] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the flower opens, every voice spreading outward at once from the lowest G to the highest celesta, the melody landing home on G in the piano, violins and cello together, radiant and broad, never a wall of sound, warm wooden hall] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the bloom continues, the melody an octave higher in the violins, harp glissandos, celesta stars, the bounced light pulse in the violas, joyful] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the melody lands home again in the violins and the piano, the strings in one broad radiant chord, the harp cell and the light pulse continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the flower held fully open, the strings sustain a radiant G major chord, the celesta sparkles on, the piano plays the melody one last time landing home joyfully] [Instrumental, 16 bars, one sustained radiant G major chord in all the strings with the piano, harp harmonics and celesta, one wordless breathy mezzo soprano ah blended into the last chord, no words and no lyrics, the volume only falls until the sound ends naturally] [END]
