Stella Arcana Ⅱ
[do not sing following descriptions until the word “Lyrics”,Trance, voices are like a human sigh at dawn, Harmony flows as air — rising, fading, returning, Every tone a fragment of light, every silence, Adagio · BPM=30,Impressionism,Debussy,Ravel,Satie,Ensemble Planeta Horngacher Harp — crystalline tone F, Lorée English Horn— warm and lyrical Strings section of The Boston Symphony Orchestra— divided layers, transparency, Strictly Played in sul tasto, Serene and very quiet adagio,Narcotic-like,addictive,fragmented melodic gestures unfolds in the strings from the beginning, short introduction (within 4 bars), strings inner-melody has to be lyrical, flowing and melody emerges and disappeares,suspended sense of time,no clear and extremely weak pulse,no metric emphasis,floating temporal feeling,music unfolds without goal,parallel harmonic motion,planing chords,unresolved harmonic fields,avoidance of cadential motion,harmonic color over function,accompaniment must be simple with maximum 2 layers, support harmony sustained while melody moves, The “waving” ーshape must be played very smoothly with delicate transition,Such transition is done on very fine note such as 64th note or 32th note,sound behaves like continuously morphing texture rather than discrete notes,transition is achieved by extremely small incremental dynamic and spectral changes,no excessive ornaments,instruments answer each other with call and response (not simultaneously), hand over,keep transparency and clarity, continuous transformation of texture, then back to simplicity and quiet ending, warm velvet strings, soft bow pressure, silky legato, diffused orchestral texture, low velocity articulation,all musical transition should be done very smoothly,sound must be well-polished,surface of sound should be polished and shine,each tone is clear and mellow, melodic motion should be distributed across the orchestra,light woodwinds,music must not suggests vocal phrasing or song-like structure,woodwinds must be played much softer,passing naturally between sections,strings should have silky surface,strings should be played more legato and well connected with following notes,,localized tempo flexibility,micro-rubato within phrases,tempo breathes, but never collapses,rubato without acceleration,no clear pulse / no metric emphasis, floating temporal feeling,no pops-like harmonic progression,no cinematic harmonic progression,no cinematic climax,no cinematic orchestration,music unfolds without goal,no rhythmic pulse of detache strings,avoidance of cadential motion,no traditional climax,continuous transformation of texture,no sense of forward motion,time seems suspended rather than slow,music resists progression,no teleological development,no regular pulse is perceptible,tempo is felt only through harmonic breathing, events are widely spaced in time,long spans of sustained harmony with occasional gestures,rubato emerges locally, not globally,Music should have no fast fine move like scale or arpeggios,all sound pattern should be legate and long but not like songs,Multiple layered and divided Strings ensemble, layered strings of high register, strings move with slow crescendos and ends that melodies at the bottom of decrescendos in ppp, tonal, this piece, consisting of repetitions of slow crescendos and slow decrescendos by strings ensemble and high registered strings, such moves have to be played continuously, crescendos have to start from ppp, then it rises slowly about 2 measures toward the top notes played with mf, then strings ensemble starts to play 2 measures of decrescendos slowly toward to the bottom notes which are played in ppp, keep such “waving” shape strictly, Layered strings ensemble have to assemble precise and beautiful harmonies, Layered high registered strings have to move with strings ensemble with same move, harp have to move with strings ensemble by playing soft,] (Lyrics) [Intro — Fantasy] Stella arcana, Luneth aloria, Serena velira, Aureth… aureth… Mirelia, solena, Caelorum anima, Elaria nocte, Vireth, vireth… [Verse I — Latin] Stella secreta super nos, quasi memoria caeli. Quis te vidit ante lucem? Quis audivit tuam vocem? Per silentium venisti, sine sono, sine umbra. Et anima mea te secuta est, nesciens quo duceretur. [Pre-Chorus] Non timeo noctem, non timeo infinitum. Nam ubi lumen tuum est, ibi etiam cor meum. [Fantasy Chorus] Lunaria, lunaria, Astra velena, Sola mirena, Eliora! Caelira, caelira, Vox in aeternum, Mira solena, Aurelia! [Chorus — Latin] O stella arcana, descende super me. Trahe me in somnium, trahe me in lucem. O lumen absconditum, quod nemo comprehendit, te sequar usque ad finem, te sequar sine metu. [Verse II] In nocte odor florum, velut memoria amara. Quid est quod me retinet? Quid est quod me desiderare facit? Forsitan vox tua, forsitan lux tua, forsitan ipsum caelum, quod in te habitare videtur. [Bridge — Fantasy] Mirea solena… Luneth, luneth… Aurea velis, Elaria… Do not wake me, do not call me away. Dulce est hoc s [Intro — Fantasy] Stella arcana, Lune
