From silence, sustained string chords — soft, held long, in a resonant room.

Over the long chords, a high violin line rises and takes the lead, soft and clear.

Each phrase comes to rest, and the resonance is left to drain before the next begins.

The melody presses upward, and the chords beneath begin to carry more weight.

The four voices blend into one close, sustained body — this stretch simply holds, changing only by degrees.

After the longest rests yet, the tempo lifts: the strings move again, quicker and lighter.

The motion runs steadily beneath while the phrases swell and settle in gentle waves.

The quick music draws back, winding down toward a softer close.

The slow music returns, and the sound is rounder — deeper in the body of the instruments.

The cadences keep landing lower, each phrase-end a step further down.

Out of those rests, the quicker step returns — the same light motion as before.

This time it thins as it goes, easing off until the motion stops and a deeper quiet takes over.

From that quiet, the slow chorale is back — low, settled, unhurried.

Beneath the melody the inner voices are moving now, the harmony breathing continuously under the long line.

The first violin lifts into its high register — a thin, floating tone over the lower strings.

The melody climbs to its crest and tips over, spilling gently down the far side.

One violin, nearly alone, traces a last rising curve.