Seraphim

[Intro - single distant sustained soprano voice, very high, ethereal, barely present, the first sense of arrival] Ahhh [Build - more voices entering in high register, sustained vowels layering, dense clusters beginning to form, light accumulating] Ahhh [Build continued - voices multiplying, micropolyphonic density rising, massed sopranos in overlapping sustained tones, overwhelming presence approaching] Ahhh [Build to apprehension - full massed women's choir, dense overlapping sustained clusters, building toward overwhelming peak, the reveal approaching] Ahhh [Climax - overwhelming massed women's choir at maximum density, dense micropolyphonic clusters, blazing sustained fortissimo, the full reveal, sublime and terrible] Ahhh Ahhh [Sustained peak - choir holds at overwhelming density, sustained blazing clusters, awe held without release, the burning ones apprehended] Ahhh Ahhh [Outro - clusters slowly thinning, voices sustaining and ascending higher, fading into vast luminous reverb, the radiance receding] Ahhh