[Sung entirely in Mandarin Chinese. Natural Mandarin pronunciation; all narrative lines sung, never spoken.] [TITLE: 午夜钟声] [EL ESTUDIANTE DE SALAMANCA] [ACT III — MOVEMENT 19 OF 28] [MANDARIN CHINESE ADAPTATION] [ZEMFIRA DE GRANADA — SOLO LYRIC-SPINTO SOPRANO] [SPANISH SUPERNATURAL PASSACAGLIA] [72 BPM — 4/4 — D MINOR] [TRANSFORM INTO 6/8 — 132 TO 156 BPM] [FINAL RETURN TO 72 BPM] [MAJESTIC, BEAUTIFUL, HYPNOTIC, TERRIFYING] [ONE FEMALE VOICE — NO CHARACTER SWITCHING] [NO MALE VOCALS — NO CLARINETS] [MAIN THEMES] [BELLS: D–A–Eb–Bb–D] [PROCESSION BASS: D–C#–C–Bb–A] [ELVIRA: FOUR-NOTE DESCENDING LAMENT] [LADY: D–F–E–A–G–F] [FELIX: E–F–G#–B–A–G#] [INTRO — 16 BARS] [72 BPM — 4/4 — PPP] [ONE LOW TUNED BELL] [SECOND BELL ANSWERS A PERFECT FIFTH ABOVE] [INTRODUCE THE FIVE-NOTE BELL MOTIF] [LOW CELLO BEGINS THE CHROMATIC PASSACAGLIA] [FLAMENCO GUITAR PLAYS SPARSE TREMOLO] [HARP ENTERS WITH DISTANT HARMONICS] [ROMANI VIOLIN SUSTAINS A FRAGILE HIGH NOTE] [ADD BELLS GRADUALLY, NEVER SIMULTANEOUSLY] [DEEP SILENCE BETWEEN PHRASES] [VERSE 1 — THE IMPOSSIBLE HOUR] [VOICE VERY CLOSE, PURE LEGATO] [SOFT GUITAR, CELLO AND BELLS] 午夜敲响十三声钟， 石头听见自己的颤动。 月亮俯向萨拉曼卡， 风也失去了声音。 无人触碰，门却敞开， 影子开始行走； 唐费利克斯望着街道， 又带着微笑向前。 [INSTRUMENTAL — 20 BARS] [CELLO REPEATS THE FIVE-NOTE DESCENDING GROUND] [BELLS ENTER IN THREE DIFFERENT REGISTERS] [PIANO PLAYS SOFT CHROMATIC SUSPENSIONS] [ROMANI VIOLIN INTRODUCES ELVIRA'S LAMENT] [FLAMENCO GUITAR ADDS FLOWING COUNTERPOINT] [GRADUAL CRESCENDO PP TO MF] [PRE-CHORUS — THE PROCESSION APPEARS] [THE PASSACAGLIA BECOMES MORE INSISTENT] [VOICE RISES GRADUALLY] 他们不带火把，不带鲜花， 没有开端，也没有尽头。 脚步惊醒了塔楼， 面孔不愿重返生命。 [CHORUS — THE BELLS] [96 BPM — 6/8] [BROAD, BEAUTIFUL, MEMORABLE MELODY] [ZEMFIRA SOARS ABOVE THE BELL MOTIF] [LYRICAL RATHER THAN OPERATIC] 午夜的钟声！ 你在唤谁归来？ 钟声，幽暗的钟声！ 你要把谁带走？ 石头记得那些名字， 大地也没有忘记。 午夜的钟声！ 让死者安睡吧！ [INSTRUMENTAL — 24 BARS] [BELLS FORM A FIVE-NOTE OSTINATO] [CELLO PLAYS ELVIRA'S THEME IN AUGMENTATION] [VIOLIN ANSWERS WITH THE LADY'S THEME] [HARP AND QANUN EXCHANGE DELICATE ARPEGGIOS] [PIANO INTRODUCES WARM BUT UNSTABLE MAJOR CHORDS] [FLAMENCO GUITAR CONTINUES THE PASSACAGLIA] [THE HARMONY GRADUALLY BECOMES LUMINOUS] [VERSE 2 — THE DEAD PASS BY] [96 BPM — 6/8] [VOICE INTIMATE, SPELLBOUND] [VIOLIN AND CELLO SING COUNTERMELODIES] 没有祖国的士兵走过， 没有声音的恋人走过； 一个白衣姑娘， 走着，看不见太阳。 铁铸的王冠走过， 昨日的承诺走过； 死神认得他们的名字， 他们却无人看见它。 [INSTRUMENTAL — 16 BARS] [THE FIVE-NOTE BELL MOTIF BECOMES RHYTHMIC] [PALMAS ENTER SOFTLY] [BENDIR INTRODUCES A DISTANT WALKING PULSE] [VIOLIN PLAYS THE LADY'S THEME IN DOUBLE NOTES] [PIANO AND GUITAR DEVELOP CONTRARY MOTION] [ACCELERANDO TO 132 BPM] [THE DANCE OF THE DEAD — 132 BPM — 6/8] [INSTRUMENTAL — 24 BARS] [SPANISH FANDANGO EMERGES FROM THE PASSACAGLIA] [FLAMENCO GUITAR: BRILLIANT PICADO AND RASGUEADO] [ROMANI VIOLIN: FIERY CHROMATIC VARIATIONS] [CELLO: OBSESSIVE DESCENDING GROUND] [HEAVY PALMAS, TABLA, BENDIR AND CASTANETS] [BELLS REPEAT THEIR MOTIF ABOVE THE DANCE] [BRILLIANT, GROTESQUE, EXHILARATING] [MODULATE D MINOR TO F MINOR TO E MAJOR] [BRIDGE — THE WOMAN IN WHITE] [72 BPM — 3/4] [REMOVE ALL PERCUSSION] [SOLO HARP AND CELLO] [THE LADY'S THEME RETURNS ON VIOLIN] [VOICE ALMOST WHISPERED] 在死者之中，一位女子 披着光芒走来。 她的面纱仿佛火焰， 她的脚步不离十字架。 是埃尔薇拉从梦里归来？ 还是死神披上爱情的衣裳？ 唐费利克斯笑着追随， 不肯倾听自己的心。 [INSTRUMENTAL — 24 BARS] [ELVIRA'S THEME IN SOLO CELLO] [THE LADY'S THEME IN ROMANI VIOLIN] [THE TWO MELODIES FINALLY INTERTWINE] [HARP PLAYS LUMINOUS ARPEGGIOS] [PIANO INTRODUCES CHROMATIC SUSPENSIONS] [ONE DISTANT BELL INTERRUPTS] [THE PASSACAGLIA RETURNS AT 132 BPM] [CHORUS — TRANSFORMED] [132 BPM — 6/8] [SAME CHORUS MELODY] [MORE PASSIONATE, MORE URGENT] [FULL STRINGS AND FLAMENCO ENSEMBLE] 午夜的钟声！ 你在唤谁归来？ 钟声，幽暗的钟声！ 你要把谁带走？ 石头记得那些名字， 大地也没有忘记。 午夜的钟声！ 让死者安睡吧！ [GRAND INSTRUMENTAL PROCESSION — 32 BARS] [ACCELERANDO 132 TO 156 BPM] [LOW CELLO: DESCENDING CHROMATIC PASSACAGLIA] [ROMANI VIOLIN: LADY'S THEME IN RAPID VARIATIONS] [FLAMENCO GUITAR: FELIX'S GAMBLER MOTIF] [PIANO: ELVIRA'S THEME IN CONTRARY MOTION] [BELLS: FIVE-NOTE MOTIF IN RHYTHMIC CANON] [HEAVY TABLA, BENDIR, PALMAS AND CASTANETS] [CYMBAL CRESCENDOS] [HARP AND QANUN PLAY CASCADING FIGURES] [EVERY THEME DEVELOPS INDEPENDENTLY] [BUILD TO A MONUMENTAL FFF CLIMAX] [ALL THEMES COLLIDE ON A DIMINISHED CHORD] [ABSO
