Sonata Appassionata

“Sebastian, you know who she is. As the two of you embrace and sing I shall be with you and the wave of pleasure the three of us will ride will attract even the attention of the Trinity.”

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In the middle of the moonless night, Felix took Esperanza by the hand and led her to a hillside where the fieldstone excavated by Emilio’s workers seemed to form a natural grotto. They embraced and began to sing softy, moving slowly: at first a Largo
then an Adagio,
then Allegretto con Amore, then Accelerando!
Allegro con moto,
Crescendo!



Then another voice was heard singing, a third body embracing the two lovers. There was thunder and lightning though no one else heard it,
And in the sky that was moonless, three brilliant full moons, with glowing halos appeared.

Crescendo!
Allegro con brio, con brio!
Then furioso
!Vivace con fuoco!




Finally, Appassionata and Volante!!!!

Toward morning,
Ritardano and Diminuendo,
became Lento,
Dulce and Languidamente.

As dawn appeared, just the two --- or was it three?--- humming voices:

Pianissimo Cantabile

The sun began to rise and Felix had completed his mission: to bring Sybian back to earth and make Esperanza and Sybian one. Heaven and earth were indeed wedded to one another.

As Felix fell back asleep, Esperanza walked softly back to the estate, bathed in the morning sunlight, ready to lead others in the pursuit of the father’s pleasures, ready to carry the torch of passion into the eternity that is the present.



"Now is Eternal" --- St. Sybian




Felix returned to Chicago; he had music to compose and rehearse.