Sentence examples for wistful melody from inspiring English sources

The three strings enter, one at a time, with a wistful melody.

But Mr. Lovano gave it his courtliest treatment, caressing the wistful melody with a whispery, feathery grace.

The first orchestral statement of this long-spun, wistful melody is taken by the violas and a discrete solo oboe.

A little later, I heard a wistful melody coming from an unseen bamboo flute, and went in search of its source, hoping for another revelation.

Finally the music is not radically simple but straightforwardly simple: a wistful melody, hymn-tune harmonies, the strains of a church harmonium.

The night before I left, a band showed up on the terrace of my Santiago hotel and played "Guantanamera," the wistful melody about the peasant girl from Guantánamo.

These attractive, evocative miniatures were filled wistful melodies, striking sonorities and driving Minimalist rhythms.

Harsh, angular lines and abrasive textures cede to wistful melodies and touches of hymnody; unorthodox instrumental techniques enhance mood without distracting.

In twenty minutes, Adès reinvents Classical sonata form, developing wistful melodies reminiscent of Schubert and Berg into a structure girded by the rhythmic complexity of Ferneyhough and the iron logic of Ligeti.

The combination of Mr David's dramatic words, Mr Bacharach's wistful melodies and Mr Pitney's tear-filled tremolos was powerful stuff.Unlike a Rolling StoneAsked to sum up Mr Pitney, critics found it difficult.

The program also featured Howard Skempton's eclectic "The Flight of Song," set to a poem by Longfellow, which includes an aleatoric section, with Longfellow's text interspersed with that of other poets; an edgy, chromatic movement; and wistful melodies.