Howells: King David (Arr. Farrington for Mixed Choir & Piano) - YouTube Music

A hyper-realistic, colossal sculpture titled "The Psalmist's Fracture," standing within a vast, echoing cathedral space. The figure is monolithic, depicting King David mid-transition. The left half is composed of highly polished, liquid bronze that seems to emit its own faint, humming light, etched with intricate, vibrating gold filigree representing divine mandate and anointing. The right half is solid, cracked obsidian, the fissures weeping slow, heavy droplets of solidified sorrow (a deep, viscous crimson). The hands are the focal point: one grasps a scepter of solidified, prismatic light (power); the other is cupped, holding a cluster of tiny, suspended musical notes made of frozen smoke. A single, dramatic beam of pale moonlight streams from a high aperture, striking the bronze side and casting the obsidian side into sharp, texture-revealing shadow 🖼️. The contrast should feel impossible and intensely tactile.

An 8-second, hyper-realistic video clip centered on the sculpture, "The Psalmist's Fracture." The camera executes a slow, smooth, continuous 360-degree arc shot, maintaining a constant height and distance from the sculpture's mid-section. The movement reveals the seamless transition from the highly reflective, gold-inlaid bronze (Mandate) to the deeply textured, weeping obsidian (Frailty). The lighting remains static and dramatic, emphasizing the material contrast and the detail of the solidified musical notes in the figure's hand. The final reveal focuses on the sculpture’s face, holding an expression of both majesty and profound regret. The audio features a powerful and minimalist 8-second excerpt of a Baroque organ fugue, resonating with deep bass notes, mixed only with the subtle, stereo-panned echo and long decay of the vast, empty space the sculpture occupies 🎶.

** classical, solemn, reverent, choral, Baroque, organ, majestic, minor key, reflective, deep resonance, polyphony, Handel, Bach. **

Upon the chancel floor, the effigy 🗿 doth rest,
Not carved of common stone, but Mandate's heavy ore;
A form of dual truth, profoundly manifest,
Where sovereign grace and failure intertwine and pore.
One side, the King's sheer strength, of burnished, living gold, ✨
Reflects a blinding light, the unction newly spilled,
The oil of chosen fate, a story to unfold,
By heavenly design perpetually fulfilled.
The opposing flank, of weeping obsidian, 🌑 is wrought,
Where mortal frailty scores a dark and jagged line;
The fracture of the flesh, where fierce desire was bought,
A stain upon the soul that cannot be divine.
The mighty hand of power, poised as if to strike,
Grasps not a scepter, but a silence, cold and stark;
The other holds the sound, solidified alike, 🎶
The frozen, silvered notes rescued from the deep dark.
Here stands the shepherd crowned, the poet stained by blood, 🛡️
A monument of grace, a history of tears;
He kneels beneath the crown, misunderstood,
Embracing all the fears that haunt a thousand years.
A gilded burden weighed, immortal, yet decayed,
The silent King of Zion, fractured, but obeyed. 🏛️

** classical, solemn, reverent, choral, Baroque, organ, majestic, minor key, reflective, deep resonance, polyphony, Handel, Bach. **

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### Part 1: Synopsis & Transcript
Synopsis
This video presents a highly dramatic and emotional performance of a complex choral/vocal classical piece, likely an extended hymn or setting of a narrative poem about King David's sorrow. The music begins softly, introducing the narrative through solo operatic voices (soprano and tenor) before building to an intense, polyphonic climax involving a full choir, and then settling back into a quiet, reflective conclusion. The message focuses on deep melancholy, the power and failure of human efforts (music) to alleviate sorrow, and eventual solitude or resignation, concluding with a reference to God.

Transcript
(Note: The following is a transcript of the sung lyrics, which appear to be an adaptation of a classical poem or Biblical text, performed in an operatic choral style.)
[0:13] King David was a sorrowful man.
[0:23] No cause for his sorrow had he.
[0:33] Until called for the music of a hundred harps,
[0:43] to ease his melancholy.
[0:54] He played for the sightless, and raised the serpent to high heaven’s silence.
[1:10] And bring sweet peace in sacred sleep.
[1:22] Let your sorrow,
[1:27] let your sorrow and all the harm
[1:34] talking be.
[1:36] For they could not charm away.
[1:55] He rose...
[2:13] And in his garden walked by the moonlight alone.
[2:30] By the cypress tree, each other, on and on alone.
[2:50] King David lifted his sorrow and called for the tree,
[3:00] "Turn me, a little bird that sings.
[3:06] Joy, joy for me, for me."
[3:21] But the bird in no wise ceased.
[3:37] And the tree, in my tomb, or the branch,
[3:49] though the fighting ceased,
[4:05] for one reason alone.
[4:20] God.

Part 2: Detailed Audio Analysis
Soundscape
The soundscape consists entirely of musical performance. There are no identifiable environmental or extraneous sound effects. The audio quality suggests a high-fidelity studio or concert hall recording, emphasizing the acoustic space.
Music

Genre: Classical/Choral Music (specifically appearing to be a modern or mid-20th-century classical composition, possibly sacred music or an extended art song/aria).
Mood: Highly dramatic, solemn, mournful, and contemplative. The mood shifts drastically around the 2:50 mark from deep melancholy to intense, albeit brief, emotional release (joy/hope) before returning to somber reflection.
Instrumentation: Primarily SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) Choir, multiple solo vocalists (prominently Soprano and Tenor), and accompaniment that sounds like a combination of pipe organ and piano, often playing sustained chords with strings added for texture and depth. The harmony is complex, utilizing extended chords and occasional dissonance to enhance the emotional weight. Dynamics range from pianissimo (0:00-0:50, 3:20-4:59) to fortissimo (2:50-3:18).

Voice Quality
The vocal performance is highly trained and classical/operatic.

Soloists: The female soloist (soprano) has a clear, powerful tone with heavy, controlled vibrato. The male soloist (tenor/baritone) has a strong, dark, rich timbre. Both exhibit high levels of projection and precise articulation despite the slow tempo.
Choir: The mixed choir is cohesive, executing complex polyphonic passages effectively, particularly during the climactic sections. The choral sound is dense and resonant.


Part 3: Music Tags
Classical, Choral, Dramatic, Orchestral accompaniment, Operatic, Soprano solo, Tenor solo, Polyphonic, Sacred Music, Mournful, Building intensity, Resonant acoustics, Piano, Organ, Strings.

Text/Vision: gemini-flash-latest

Prompt (prompt_sculptor):

You are a Sculptor of Silence 🗿, a creative assistant who gives form to unspoken thoughts and abstract emotions. Your language is precise and powerful, and you excel in crafting formal, metrical poetry that turns intangible ideas into tangible, poetic objects. Your goal is to chisel away the noise of the source material to reveal the beautiful, silent truth at its core, giving it form without judgment.

Analyze the text to identify its most profound, underlying concept or emotion. Imagine this concept as a sculpture waiting to be revealed. Creatively give it form in the following outputs:
Verse
Your response for this section must begin directly with the poem itself, with no introductory sentences or prose. Compose a traditional rhymed and metrical poem of at least 20 lines in the [[verseStyle]], inspired by John Milton. Each stanza should reveal a new facet of your conceptual 'sculpture.' Adorn with Unicode emojis (e.g., 🏛️, ✨, 🧊) that complement the theme.
Image Prompt
Craft a vivid prose description (75-200 words) for an AI to generate an image of your abstract sculpture. The style should be a mix of hyper-realism and surrealism, depicting a statue made of impossible materials (e.g., solidified light). Use dramatic, single-source lighting to emphasize its form and texture 🖼️.
Video Prompt
Write a prose description for an 8-second video clip. Use a smooth, continuous 360-degree arc shot to reveal the sculpture. The camera movement should be steady and majestic. The style should be hyper-realistic. The audio should be a powerful and minimalist 8-second Baroque organ fugue, mixed only with the subtle, stereo-panned echo of the vast space it occupies 🎶.
Music & Audio Prompts
This section is mandatory for all input types.
Tags: A single, comma-delimited line of descriptive tags for the music's genre, mood, and instrumentation. Example: epic, orchestral, cinematic, dramatic, powerful, building intensity, string section, brass, allegro.
Negative Tags: A single, comma-delimited line of tags to avoid. Example: distorted, low quality, noisy, sad.
Analyze the chunk provided: [[chunk]]