Sentence examples for section of the prelude from inspiring English sources

Occasionally — in the quiet section of the prelude from Shostakovich's Prelude and Fugue in D flat (Op. 87, No. 15), for example — Ms. Gulyak showed a capacity for delicacy and introspection.

Another close musical resemblance occurs in the scene of Commodus's triumphal entry into Rome, accompanied by music clearly evocative of two sections – the Prelude to Das Rheingold and Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung – from Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs.

Franz Liszt based works for keyboard (organ or piano) on the first section of movement 2, Prelude after a theme from by J. S. Bach (S.179, 1854) and Variations on a theme from by J. S. Bach (S.180, 1862).

I listened as Simon coaxed the first two notes of the prelude to Act One out of the cello section.

"This is particularly the sense of the Prelude," he continued.

By the end of the prelude, the listener is left unsatisfied and waiting for more.The prelude sets the tone for the rest of the opera.

The barbaric, sarcastic outbursts of the Prelude and Fugue No. 15 have symphonic grandeur here.

Particularly gorgeous is the stirring, passionate performance of the Prelude and "Liebestod" from "Tristan und Isolde".

I have no idea why this popped into my head, but I said to him, "Dick, were you by any chance playing that night in the old house -- it was a Friday night in the 1960s -- when Solti was conducting Tristan with Birgit, and at the top of the prelude, something fell on the timpani making an enormous boom?" [In case you do not know the prelude, it starts with just the cello section playing pianissimo.

As for the rest of the program, the Prelude to Act I of Wagner's "Lohengrin" is equally lustrous, with its shimmering, yearning string section performed beautifully here.

Before the dance section of each form, a diana, or sung prelude, establishes the mood: romantic, erotic, or competitive.