Sentence examples for a vivid setting from inspiring English sources

Here, with the American Boychoir and men of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Mr. Masur arrives at the St .John Passion, a vivid setting from the Gospel of John.

Robert Kitson Even when the home side are not playing well the Stade Mayol in Toulon offers a vivid setting: passionate fans in the stands, great talent on the pitch, yachts bobbing in the adjoining Mediterranean.

What we get instead is a vivid set of philosophical tales that are notable for their judicious use of sources, including rare early works.

She never lied about what she'd done: she has often written of the experience, and it inspires a vivid set piece in her new book, Fear of Dying.

That's a vivid set-up, and it indicates the promise Hohoff recognized in this draft nearly 60 years ago.

In the end, it suggests a vivid set of contradictions, as much between the author and the character as between the character and himself.

This staging clicks, too, with a vivid set by Daniel Ettinger and generally spot-on sound design by Neil McFadden (I could live without the all-too-predictable burst of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons").

Sumptuous sofas, rugs and oddities, and walls hung with gilt-framed paintings make the cocktail lounge a suitably vivid setting in which to enjoy the creations of Tony Conigliaro – who earned a reputation for his groundbreaking cocktail making at his other venture 69 Colebrooke Row.

The Miniaturist has a singular and vivid setting, and by rights it should beguile utterly.

Obama begins with a long, vivid set piece about the time he spent in Indonesia as a child, which suggests that he comes to the subject of foreign policy with a sense of how America looks to non-Americans.

The Etude No. 8, "Erlkönig," was a vivid, Lisztian setting of a Goethe poem.