#lucy simon

~the buildup of mistress mary quite contrary as everyone dies

~the opening of there’s a girl in all its intense, gothic glory

~the harmonies around the lines “there in a house sits a lonely man still haunted by her beauty asking what a life can be when naught remains but duty.”

~really, all of the house upon the hill harmonies

~the opening “ooo” of i heard someone crying

~the three part harmony of i heard someone crying

~the dreamy waltz opening to a girl in the valley

~the way the dance just... cuts off when mary enters

~”spring i say” and really any time when dickon jumps up into his higher register in winter’s on the wing

~how much that flute sounds like a bird and has so much personality

~the entire bridge of a bit of earth, but especially the horns

~the transition between storm i and lily’s eyes

~lily’s eyes, in its entirety

~how chaotic final storm gets with its nine part harmony

~the end of act one instrumental of come to my garden as mary enters the door

~the way neville and rose’s parts in the quartet have a rigid rhythm whereas archie lily’s are legato and dreamlike

~the string version of the girl i mean to be in the middle of the quartet as archie leaves

~the wick vamp

~how perfectly the come to my garden and lift me up melodies fit together

~the sheer beauty that is a bit of earth (reprise)

~hold on being beautiful and moving and in my range so it has become my go-to audition song

~the driving force of the instrumentals of where in the world that only get more intense as the song goes on

~everything about how could i ever know, but especially the octave jump on the word “forgive” and the phrase immediately following that

~echoing a girl in the valley (lily and archie’s hello) in how could i ever know (their goodbye)

~the chorus all slowly exiting in the finale until it’s eventually just albert and lily singing and then just lily

@projectbway event 01 : performance — doctor zhivago cast recording

i pray to god i’ll make it through and live to learn why i’m alive

I did a thing

and by “thing” I mean published this rant about music theory and dead characters