Sentence examples for poignant intensity from inspiring English sources

Personal and political recollections bleed into one another with poignant intensity.

But it hardly mattered for all the poignant intensity of her singing.

From the melancholy, brooding opening — which unfolded with poignant intensity here — to the final movement, their richly hued, passionate playing sounded both polished and spontaneous.

Soaring over the orchestra and chorus during fervent passages, she may have pushed her voice too much — she faltered in a few high pianissimo phrases toward the end of the sublime "Libera me," which concludes the piece — but it hardly mattered for all the poignant intensity of her singing.

The stoicism and vigor of these interviewees, often first viewed as young people in vintage Super-8 or 16-millimeter film, and then as elders in contemporary digital formats, create a dialogue between the inspired, committed youth they were and the wizened, wistful, sometimes disappointed middle-aged folks they became, discourses that no fiction has yet matched for their poignant intensity.

Her Edgardo was the appealing young Polish tenor Piotr Beczala, whose impassioned singing had poignant colorings and virile intensity, that ping that opera buffs call squillo.

The principals sang splendidly: Susan Graham as Octavian, Heidi Grant Murphy as Sophie, and Renee Fleming, who brought her poignant voice and subtle intensity to the role of the Marschallin.

Her enigmatic intensity made her poignant, and you started wondering about this character.

The joys are less cluttered, there is less distraction, and experiences are so much more poignant because of their unique intensity.

Yet these phrases teem with intensity and patches of poignant lyricism, meltingly conveyed by this impressive singer.

Mr. Kaufmann is a terrific Florestan, singing with burnished sound, virile power and anguished emotional intensity, as well as poignant pianissimo phrases, a Kaufmann trademark.