Perfidia et Fortitudo

[STYLE] DARK CANTATA SCENIC, INSPIRED BY CARMINA BURANA. DRAMATIC AND POWERFUL [LANGUAGE] GREEK ARCHAIC [THEME] COURAGE, WAR, PERFIDY, AND FALL [MOOD] INTENSE, SOMBER, DYNAMIC Song Structure [OPENING] A CAPPELLA, DESPERATE VOICES ONLY, SYLLABIC WITH PHONETIC EXTENSION, NO INSTRUMENTS Full choir with powerful, drawn-out syllables to convey urgency and desperation. Lyrics [INTRO] DEEP MALE AND FEMALE CHOIR WITH FULL ORCHESTRA [STYLE] SYLLABIC WITH PHONETIC EXTENSION (Greek Archaic) Ἄ-ΜΑΡ, ΠΡΟ-ΔΟ-ΣΊ-Α, Ἀ-ΝΈ-ΜΟΙ ΦΛΈ-ΓΟΝ-ΤΑΙ, Ἀ-ΣΠΊΣ ΘΡΑΎ-Ε-ΤΑΙ, ΑΙ-ΣΧΎ-ΝΗ ΚΑ-ΤΑ-ΛΎ-ΕΙ. [MOVEMENT I] CHOIR AND MALE SOLOIST (BARITONE), INCREASING INTENSITY [STYLE] VIGOROUS AND EMPHATIC Lyrics: La-pis ca-dit, san-guis fu-dit, In gla-ci-em ca-den-tem Fu-ror Hel-le-nes sur-git, Ad Ther-mo-py-las. [INTERLUDE I] INSTRUMENTAL WITH STRINGS AND BRASS, SHADOWY AND SUSPENSEFUL [STYLE] MYSTERIOUS, PREPARATION FOR CONFLICT (Instruments): PIANO AND STRINGS WITH CRESCENDO OF TIMPANI [MOVEMENT II] CHILDREN’S CHOIR AND SOPRANO SOLO [STYLE] SOFT, MELODIC, TRANSITION Lyrics: Lux flam-mae de-fi-cit, Vi-tae ro-ta ver-ti-tur, Ter-ra cla-mat, cae-lum mu-tat, Fa-tum in-e-vi-ta-bi-le. [INTERLUDE II] SHADOW AND REFLECTION [STYLE] QUIET AND REFLECTIVE (Instruments): SOFT STRINGS, FLUTE, AND PIANO [MOVEMENT III] FULL CHOIR WITH MALE AND FEMALE SOLOISTS (TENOR AND SOPRANO) [STYLE] EXPLOSIVE STRENGTH AND COURAGE Lyrics: Cor te-la fran-git, Spes non mo-ri-tur, Sic tran-sit glo-ri-a mun-di, In bel-lo Ther-mo-py-la-rum. [ENDING] FULL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA, FINAL CRESCENDO WITH POWER [STYLE] TRIUMPHANT WITH A TOUCH OF TRAGEDY Lyrics: SOL CA-DIT, LA-CRI-MAE FLU-UNT, NOX TE-GIT THER-MO-PY-LAS, GLO-RI-A ET RU-I-NA, TEM-PUS FI-NEM DAT. [FINAL TAG] ORCHESTRA DECRESCENDO AND CHOIR IN WHISPERS