Mr. Grebenshikov's forceful themes — once nationalistic, now veering more introspective — have anchored the popular folk-rock band Aquarium since the early 1970s, though the group first drew attention in the States with its inclusion on the 1986 compilation "Red Wave: 4 Underground Bands from the U.S.S.R".
And even a low-wattage cast (Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, France Nuyen, Ray Walston) can't dim the power of the drama, with its yearning for escape and forceful antiracist themes.
Neubauer compares the poem to "Phenomenal Woman", both of which share the same strong rhyme scheme, forceful rhythms, and theme of women's vitality.
As the work opens, Strauss offers a theme that is forceful and energetic with bold interjections from the brass section.
What changes, though, is the dynamic of the quartet's playing: the gentle theme becomes a forceful wave of sound.
Meditation XVII was also the focus of Robert Jungman, who, writing in American Notes and Queries, noted it as the most forceful statement of Donne's theme in what was ultimately a "powerful psychological analysis".
Manifesting encyclopaedic knowledge, Psellus composed treatises and poetry, all characterized by forceful and sometimes virulent expression, on themes in theology, philosophy, grammar, law, medicine, mathematics, and the natural sciences.
— Four days before the Republican presidential primary here, Mitt Romney swept into Wisconsin, sounding general election themes and offering a forceful — and at times lyrical — speech laying out a stark and clear contrast between himself and President Obama.
— Just days before the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney swept into Wisconsin, sounding general election themes and offering a forceful, and at times lyrical, speech laying out a stark and clear contrast between himself and President Obama.
