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28 — Tăcerea din Salamanca | Salamanca Romanian

V6

[Sung entirely in Romanian. Natural Romanian pronunciation; all narrative lines sung, never spoken.] [TITLE: EL SILENCIO DE SALAMANCA] [EL ESTUDIANTE DE SALAMANCA] [ACT III — MOVEMENT 28 OF 28 — FINALE] [ROMANIAN ADAPTATION OF SPANISH LIBRETTO INSPIRED BY ESPRONCEDA] [64 BPM — 4/4 — D MINOR TO D MAJOR] [INTIMATE SPANISH ROMANTIC CHAMBER BALLAD] [ZEMFIRA DE GRANADA — SOLO LYRIC-SPINTO SOPRANO] [PURE CLASSICAL TONE — BEAUTIFUL SPANISH POP DELIVERY] [EXTREME PPP–MF DYNAMICS] [NO GRAND CLIMAX — NO DRAMATIC PERCUSSION] [ONE FEMALE VOICE THROUGHOUT] [EVERY WORD SUNG — NO RECITATIVE] [LONG INSTRUMENTAL PASSAGES] [EXQUISITE LEGATO — EXPRESSIVE RUBATO] [NO MALE VOCALS — NO CLARINETS] [PROLOGUE — 16 BARS — PPP] [COMPLETE SILENCE FOR THE FIRST TWO BARS] [SOLO CELLO INTRODUCES ELVIRA'S ORIGINAL FOUR-NOTE THEME] [VERY SLOW, PURE, UNACCOMPANIED] [NYLON FLAMENCO GUITAR ENTERS WITH DELICATE ARPEGGIOS] [HARP ADDS SHIMMERING HARMONICS] [SOLO ROMANI VIOLIN ANSWERS THE CELLO] [PIANO ENTERS WITH SOFT SUSPENDED CHORDS] [WARM VELVETY STRINGS BLOOM GRADUALLY] [NO PERCUSSION] [VERSE 1 — THE FIRST LIGHT] [ZEMFIRA — VERY CLOSE, TENDER, CLEAR] [CELLO AND GUITAR ONLY] Salamanca deschide ochii, prima rază a sosit; clopotele nu mai cheamă, orașul s-a trezit. Pe străzi rămâne vântul, pe marmură, ziua de ieri; nimeni nu știe ce-a murit, nimeni nu știe ce să creadă. [INSTRUMENTAL — 24 BARS] [ROMANI VIOLIN SINGS ELVIRA'S MELODY] [CELLO ANSWERS WITH A WARM DESCENDING PHRASE] [FLAMENCO GUITAR PLAYS FLOWING FINGERSTYLE ARPEGGIOS] [HARP WEAVES DELICATE COUNTERPOINT] [PIANO INTRODUCES LUMINOUS MAJOR-SEVENTH HARMONIES] [STRINGS SWELL VERY GENTLY] [REMAIN INTIMATE — NEVER ORCHESTRAL FFFF] [CHORUS — THE FINAL LULLABY] [UNFORGETTABLE, TENDER, SOARING MELODY] [LONG BEAUTIFUL LEGATO PHRASES] [THE CHORUS MELODY RETURNS IDENTICALLY] Dormi, Elvira, dormi, noaptea s-a sfârșit. Nu mai sunt nici jurăminte, nu mai e durerea aceea. Dormi, Elvira, dormi, sub cerul de cristal; sunt iubiri care se pierd, dar nu vor muri nicicând. [INSTRUMENTAL — 32 BARS] [EXTENDED ROMANTIC CELLO AND VIOLIN DUET] [ELVIRA'S FOUR-NOTE THEME EXPANDS INTO LONG MELODIC ARCS] [VIOLIN INTRODUCES A BEAUTIFUL RISING COUNTERMELODY] [HARP AND GUITAR EXCHANGE FLOWING ARPEGGIOS] [PIANO ADDS RICH BUT TRANSPARENT HARMONIC SUSPENSIONS] [GRADUAL MODULATION FROM D MINOR TOWARD F MAJOR] [CONTINUE TOWARD D MAJOR] [ONE RADIANT LYRICAL CLIMAX — MF] [NO HEAVY PERCUSSION — NO LOUD TUTTI] [VERSE 2 — WHAT REMAINS] [ZEMFIRA — CONVERSATIONAL TENDERNESS] [PIANO AND GUITAR, SOFT CELLO] Ferestrele se luminează, lumea începe din nou; dar unele despărțiri nu pot fi date uitării. În aer rămâne un nume, în piatră, un cântec; iar în adâncul tăcerii o inimă încă trăiește. [INSTRUMENTAL — 16 BARS] [SOLO VIOLIN REPRISES THE LADY'S THEME] [THE THEME GENTLY TRANSFORMS INTO ELVIRA'S MELODY] [CELLO HOLDS A WARM D PEDAL] [PIANO INTRODUCES D MAJOR WITHOUT FANFARE] [HARP AND GUITAR MAINTAIN DELICATE MOTION] [FINAL CHORUS — RADIANT D MAJOR] [THE ORIGINAL CHORUS MELODY] [ZEMFIRA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL, INTIMATE LEGATO] [LIGHT STRING HARMONIES SUPPORT THE VOICE] Dormi, Elvira, dormi, noaptea s-a sfârșit. Nu mai sunt nici jurăminte, nu mai e durerea aceea. Dormi, Elvira, dormi, sub cerul de cristal; sunt iubiri care se pierd, dar nu vor muri nicicând. [INSTRUMENTAL EPILOGUE — 24 BARS] [SOLO NYLON GUITAR RECALLS MOVEMENT 1'S OPENING MOTIF] [VERY SOFT — LIKE A DISTANT MEMORY] [CELLO ANSWERS WITH DIEGO'S FOUR-NOTE THEME] [ROMANI VIOLIN PLAYS THE LADY'S MELODY] [THE THEMES GENTLY RESOLVE INTO ELVIRA'S FOUR NOTES] [PIANO AND HARP ADD LUMINOUS SUSPENSIONS] [GRADUALLY REMOVE VIOLIN, STRINGS, PIANO AND HARP] [ONLY GUITAR AND CELLO REMAIN] [VERY SLOW RITARDANDO] [FINAL WORDS — ALMOST A WHISPER] [SOLO GUITAR] Salamanca păstrează visul... Salamanca păstrează iubirea... [FINAL CODA — 12 BARS] [CELLO PLAYS ELVIRA'S ORIGINAL FOUR-NOTE MELODY] [THIS TIME THE PHRASE RESOLVES COMPLETELY] [SOLO GUITAR ANSWERS WITH ONE GENTLE D-MAJOR ARPEGGIO] [ONE LAST NATURAL STRING HARMONIC] [LET THE SOUND DECAY COMPLETELY] [NO FADE-OUT] [END]