Sentence examples for poignant symphony from inspiring English sources
Autumn is a beautiful, poignant symphony of memories, dreams and transient realities; the "endless sad fragility" of mortal lives.
Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philadelphia Orchestra; www.klaritymusic.com; three CD's) The effulgent awakening outburst of the "Spring" Symphony is especially poignant in light of the health problems Mr. Sawallisch was suffering last season, when these performances were recorded live.
Scorsese chose the operatic piece to score Raging Bull, the movie which immortalised La Motta on the silver screen, and the poignant, mournful strains of the symphony somehow emphasise the heroic tragedy of La Motta refusing to quit.
Or are the symphony's episodes of poignant longing and brutish vigor, capped by a suspiciously triumphant final flourish, meant to be taken as bitterly ironic?
Here is an excerpt of her performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, which has particularly poignant words.
In a poignant coincidence, on Monday night, Mr. Davis, 84 and a little frail, a supreme Berlioz interpreter, conducted the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Berlioz's Requiem at St. Paul's Cathedral, not far from Covent Garden.
The San Francisco Symphony's performance of "Perséphone" is an opportunity for listeners to rescue one of Stravinsky's most poignant and melodious works from the usual charges of emotional coldness and stylistic chaos.
