Sentence examples for passages work from inspiring English sources

In the hands of a lesser writer, this technique would be jarring but O'Farrell possesses such a lyrical touch that the passages work with seamless clarity.

WASHINGTON DEPOT "Passages," works by Vincent Giarrano and Adam Waimon.

To the south are the sandstone (marl) quarries of St. Pietersberg, comprising more than 200 miles (322 km) of underground man-made passages worked from Roman times to the 19th century.

Ms. Kudo was joined by Ms. Cuckson, Mr. Beck and the violist Jessica Meyer for Mr. Boyce's Piano Quartet No. 1 (2008), in which slowly shifting string textures led to more violent passages, working themselves out through juxtapositions of restless rhythms and more lyrical gestures.

However, the dynamic contrasts produced by opposing these onslaughts immediately with delicate filigree piano passages worked wonderfully, and it says much for his mannered music that the albums from this period (1953-56) remare asexcitingitinownow as they were then.

But her passage work was sometimes effortful.

Elsewhere the passage work would turn milky, soupy and, well, corny.

He dispatched the cascades of octaves and knotty passage work with command.

Rachmaninoff turns the Gigue into music of swirling colors and dizzying passage work.

The German bore and the choked mouthpiece also facilitate complex passage work and can deliver a more massive tone.

In the aria "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!" she dispatched the darting runs and passage work with agile technique.