(guzheng sparse plucks xun drone rubato whispered low E3)
左手抚越水
右手摘天姥云
(whispered low E3 nearly spoken no reverb sparse strings)
海客谈瀛洲烟涛微茫信难求
越人语天姥云霞明灭或可睹
天姥连天向天横
势拔五岳掩赤城
天台四万八千丈
对此欲倒东南倾
我欲因之梦吴越
一夜飞度镜湖月
湖月照我影
送我至剡溪
谢公宿处今尚在
渌水荡漾清猿啼
(building intensity taiko drums enter half-step modulation up)
脚著谢公屐身登青云梯
半壁见海日空中闻天鸡
千岩万转路不定
迷花倚石忽已暝
(rubato xiqu coloratura two ascending passes strings swelling violently)
熊咆龙吟殷岩泉
栗深林兮惊层巅
云青青兮欲雨
水澹澹兮生烟
熊咆龙吟殷岩泉
栗深林兮惊层巅
云青青兮欲雨
水澹澹兮生烟
(FULL ORCHESTRAL TUTTI widest vibrato belt to C6 hold 12 sec with trill-trill-trill)
列缺霹雳丘峦崩摧
洞天石扉訇然中开
青冥浩荡不见底
日月照耀金银台
霓为衣兮风为马
(3 seconds total void no reverb tail no breath)
(completely dry a cappella no instruments not singing raw chest voice)
我……醒了
(E3 cracked spoken)
枕席尚温
(whispered airy)
烟霞……
(voice falls breaks downward)
没了
(guzheng solo only 20 seconds rubato)
(whispered low dry slowly returning)
忽魂悸以魄动恍惊起而长嗟
惟觉时之枕席失向来之烟霞
世间行乐亦如此古来万事东流水
别君去兮何时还
(dry snap then explosive hit anchor phrase C6 belt with xiqu trill HARD CUT after)
(after silence E3 whisper one guzheng string pluck decaying)
左手抚越水
右手摘天姥云
啊……