Scene 1: "Do You See" β Complete Score
β MEASURES 1-4: Opening Question p (tender)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β "do" "you" "see" β~~~~~~~~
β [O++,H+] [O++,H+] [O++,H+] C5 (held)
β Ascending E4βG4βB4βC5. Questioning, intimate. Each word rises toward wonder.
β MEASURES 5-8: The Central Question mp
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "what" "do" "you" "see" "when" "you"
β [O++,N+,P+] Building the question, reaching upward.
β MEASURES 9-12: "close your eyes" mp (ethereal)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ~~~~~~~~ββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "close" "your" "eyes" (ascending to D5)
β [H++,N+] Head voice bloom, ascending C4βD4βE4βG4βB4βD5
β MEASURES 13-16: "some don't see they sleep" p (mysterious)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β β
β "some" "don't" "see" "they" "sleep"~~~~~~~~
β [C+,O+,L+] Grounded start, descending to rest. A3βB3βC4βE4βG4
β MEASURES 17-24: "what i see is the light" mf (revelation)
β
β π β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "what" "i" "see" "is" "the" "light"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (F5)
β [H+++,O++,Ey+] BRIGHT! Ascending C4βD4βE4βG4βB4βD5βF5
β MEASURES 25-32: "an infinite number of stars" f β fff β
CLIMAX β
β
β π β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ C5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F4
β β
β β
β "an" "in-" "fi-" "nite" "num-" "ber" "of" β
STARS! β
β [H+++,N++,Oc+] fff COSMIC EXPANSION! Ascending E4βF4βG4βA4βC5βE5βG5
β MEASURES 33-40: "swirling around in a cloud" mf (flowing)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G5
β
β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ~~~~~~~~ββββββββββββ E5
β β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ C5
β β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F4
β
β
β "swirl-""ing" "a-" "round" "in" "a" "cloud"~~~~~~~~~
β [H++,O+] Flowing, wave-like cosmic dust motion. E5βC5βA4βB4βC5βD5βE5
β MEASURES 41-48: "some see the dark, i see the light" mp β mf
β
β π β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β
β "some" "see" "the" "dark" "i" "see" "the" "light"~~~~~~~~
β [C+,O+] mp [H++,Ey+] β mf Contrast: darkβlight, ascend!
β MEASURES 49-64: "some say it is the snow..." mp (wondering)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "some" "say" "it" "is" "the" "snow..."~~~~~~~
β [H+,O++] Light, wondering. Ascending D4βE4βG4βA4βB4βD5βF5
β MEASURES 65-72: "the echo of all from the start" p (ancient)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "the" "e-" "cho" "of" "all" "from" "the" "start"~~~~~~~~
β [C++,Oc+] Ancient resonance. Rising D4βE4βG4βA4βB4βC5βD5βE5
β MEASURES 73-80: "do you see the dark" (reprise) p
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "do" "you" "see" "the" "dark" ~~~~~~~~
β [O++,P+] Introspective reprise, ascending C4βE4βG4βA4βB4βD5βE5
β MEASURES 81-96: FINALE "i see the universe" mf β fff β
β
β
β
β
β
β
β π β~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "i" "see" "the" "light" "and" "the" "stars" "u-ni-verse!"
β [H+++,O+++,Oc+++,M+++] fff FULL COSMIC EXPANSION! β
β
β
UNIVERSE β
β
β
β Rising E4βF4βG4βA4βB4βC5βD5βF5βA5 β SCENE CLIMAX!
Performance Notes: "Do You See" establishes the central question of the opera. The final A5 on "universe" is the first major climax β a full two-octave ascent representing cosmic awakening.
Scene 2: "Look" β Complete Score
β MEASURES 1-8: "look as far as you can see" mp (searching)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E5
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ C5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F#4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D4
β β
β β
β "look" "as" "far" "as" "you" "can" "see"~~~~~~~~~
β [O++,H+] [H+,N+] [H++,N+] Searching upward!
β Ascending C4βD4βF#4βG4βA4βC5βE5. Eyes reaching toward the infinite.
β MEASURES 9-24: "this life is a journey..." mf
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ~~~~~~~~ββββββββββββ E5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ C5
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F#4
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D4
β β
β
β "this" "life" "is" "a" "jour-" "ney" "end-less"~~~~~
β [O+,H+] [H++,N+] [H+,O+] [O++,P+]
β Arc ascending: D4βA4βB4βC5βD5βE5. Life's journey soaring upward.
β MEASURES 25-32: "you can only see as far as your eyes..." mp
β
β π β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "you" "can" "on-" "ly" "see" "per-" "ceive"~~~~~~~~
β [O++,H+] [H+,N+] [H++,N+] [H+++,Ey+]
β Ascending D4βE4βG4βA4βB4βD5βF5. Perception expanding upward.
β MEASURES 33-40: "you can only hear the waves..." mp
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "you" "can" "on-" "ly" "hear" (waves)~~~~~~~~
β [O++,H+] [H+,N+] [H++,N+] [H++,O++]
β Ascending D4βE4βG4βA4βB4βD5βE5. Ears opening to cosmic frequencies.
β MEASURES 41-48: "you can only feel as much as your heart..." mf
β
β π β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "you" "can" "on-" "ly" "feel" "bleed"~~~~~~~~
β [O++,H+] [H+,N+] [H++,M+] [H+++,Ey+,C+]
β Ascending D4βE4βG4βA4βB4βD5βF5. Heart opening, emotional surge!
β MEASURES 49-52: "for a time" p (reflective)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F5
β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β
β
β "for" "a" "time" ~~~~~~~~
β [H+,O++] [H+,O+] [O++,P+]
β Ascending G4βB4βD5βE5. Reflective pause, embracing temporality.
β MEASURES 53-72: "the eye of my mind" mf β fff β
CLIMAX β
β
β π β~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F#5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β β
β β
β "i" "have" "found" "the" "way" "is" "in" β
MIND! β
β [O++,H+] [H+,N+] [H++,N++] [H+++,N+++,Oc+++]
β Ascending D4βE4βG4βA4βB4βD5βF#5βA5! fff REVELATION! Mind's eye OPENS!
β MEASURES 73-88: "it can see through all space and time..." f
β
β π β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A5
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F#5
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β
β
β "it" "can" "see" "through""space" "and" "time"~~~~~~~~
β [H+++,O++] [H++,N+] [H+,O+] [H+++,N++,Oc+]
β Wave: A5βF#5βD5βB4βD5βF#5βA5. Vision transcends space-time dimensions!
β MEASURES 89-96: "i hope you find your eye" mp β p
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F#5
β β β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D5
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ B4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ G4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E4
β
β
β "i" "hope" "you" "find" "your" "eye" ~~~~~~~~
β [H++,O+] [H+,O+] [O++,H+] [O++,P+]
β Descending blessing A5βF#5βD5βB4βG4, rising again to D5βF#5. Hope!
β MEASURES 97-104: "you can only look as far as you can see" p (CODA)
β
β π
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ E5
β β~~~~~~~~β~~~~~~~~
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ C5
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ A4
β β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ F#4
β β
β ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ D4
β β
β β
β "you" "can" "on-" "ly" "look" (fading)~~~~~~~~
β [O+,H+] [O+,H+] [O++,H+] [H+,N+] β pp
β Return to opening: C4βD4βF#4βG4βA4βC5βE5. Full circle. Fading light...
Performance Notes: "Look" is the Seeker's aria about the limits and possibilities of perception. The revelation about "the eye of my mind" reaching A5 is the breakthrough moment β the inner vision awakens.