[Luca Ricci] - Ainulindalë (Symphonic Cantata on "The Music of the Ainur" by J.R.R. Tolkien)

Ainulindalë (Symphonic Cantata on "The Music of the Ainur"), composed in 2023-2024 by Luca Ricci, as Bachelor's Degree Thesis.

The thesis and discussion went well, I graduated with 110 cum laude.

A HUGE thanks to my brothers, sisters and colleagues from DELIRIUM (our UNI group), to my friends and family, and last but not least to my teachers Luca Cori, Claudio Scannavini and Cristina Landuzzi, who guided and nurtured me, guiding me to a better version of myself.

A Cantata for Choir and Orchestra inspired by Tolkien's The Silmarillion:

Movement I - Namárië (Madrigal Prelude):
There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. And he spoke to them, propounding to them themes of music; and they sang before him, and he was glad. But for a long while they sang only each alone, or but few together, while the rest hearkened; for each comprehended only that part of the mind of Ilúvatar from which he came, and in the understanding of their brethren they grew but slowly. Yet ever as they listened they came to deeper understanding, and increased in unison and harmony.

Movement II - Ilúvatar (Fugato):
And it came to pass that Ilúvatar called together all the Ainur and declared
to them a mighty theme, unfolding to them things greater and more wonderful than he had yet revealed; and the glory of its beginning and the splendour of its end amazed the Ainur, so that they bowed before Ilúvatar and were silent.
Then Ilúvatar said to them: ‘Of the theme that I have declared to you, I will now that ye make in harmony together a Great Music. And since I have kindled you with the Flame Imperishable, ye shall show forth your powers in adorning this theme, each with his own thoughts and devices, if he will. But I will sit and hearken, and be glad that through you great beauty has been wakened into song.’
Then the voices of the Ainur, like unto harps and lutes, and pipes and trumpets, and viols and organs, and like unto countless choirs singing with words, began to fashion the theme of Ilúvatar to a great music; and a sound arose of endless interchanging melodies woven in harmony that passed beyond hearing into the depths and into the heights, and in the places of dwelling of Ilúvatar were filled to overflowing, and the music and the echo of the music went out into the Void, and it was not void.

First Movement's Lyrics (Namárië):

Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen,
yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!
Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier
mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lírinen.

Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?

An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
i falmalinnar imbë met,
ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa,
Valimar!

Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar.
Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!

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Mockup with NotePerformer4 w/ Spitfire's BBC Symphony Orchestra Professional and East West's Hollywood Choir

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