[Intro: Instrumental, an A open fifth held on soft strings resolves into D major, solo piano begins a rising arpeggio, first light in the dark, 8 bars] [Aurora Begins: Instrumental, piano plays cascading arpeggios in D major, bright flute states the motif above, clear and luminous, 8 bars] [Ribbons: Instrumental, harp arpeggios join the piano, flute and piano interweave, a thin bright bed of strings sustains, 8 bars] [Color Shift: Instrumental, strings in divided parts begin gentle swells, the harmony brightens and turns toward the relative minor and back, 8 bars] [Swell 1: Instrumental, strings swell and ease in waves, flute climbs in register, piano arpeggios continue steadily, 8 bars] [Climb: Instrumental, violins in three parts sing the motif in sweeping legato, violas and cellos rise in flowing figures, piano and harp ripple, 8 bars] [Crescendo: Instrumental, strings build in divided parts, one soft touch of the mark tree with a yarn mallet, suspended cymbal swell, rushing shimmer, 8 bars] [Crest: Instrumental, all strings at their brightest and richest, flute sings above, piano arpeggios cascade, sparse mark tree shimmer, luminous and never loud, 8 bars] [Dancing Ribbons: Instrumental, strings ease, flute and violins trade the motif, harp glissando, ribbons of light, 8 bars] [Settling: Instrumental, strings thin to a soft bed, piano arpeggios continue, flute carries the long descent of the motif, 8 bars] [Last Light: Instrumental, only piano, flute and soft harp remain, arpeggios slow into single notes, 8 bars] [Outro: Instrumental, soft piano plays the last note of the motif, a G and D open fifth rings out and sustains on piano and soft strings, the first note of the next heaven, 8 bars] [END]
