Word: somberly
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...created an everlasting impression with piercing sounds throughout the hall, truly making the first movement one that sets the tone for the entire concert. But it was the second movement of the symphony that truly displayed the artistry of the orchestra. The Allegretto resembled a funeral march in the somber key of E minor, and though the orchestra played it a bit too fast, Levine still managed to evoke loneliness and sorrow in every member of the audience. The strings delicately tossed the melody around, all the while building up to a climax in which it seemed the funeral march...
Director Sean P. Bala ’09 uses sparse scenery and simple blocking, as he explains in the program, to highlight the more dramatic elements of the story. By adhering to the melodrama of the musical, however, the production cuts out all the fun. Somber movement cumbers the play’s lively moments. At times, the company seems caught in a deadlock of its own—whether to adhere to the musical’s pseudo-serious tone or surrender to its campy underpinnings...
...second movement, described by Yannatos as Lear’s lamentation of his misfortune, the king begs his daughter Cordelia for forgiveness. The movement was immediately less agitated and more sad than the first. Trumpets and winds pierced the somber mood with high notes like pangs of distress, and as King Lear began to see more clearly (“Where am I? Fair daylight?”), the strings evoked the confused insight of the madman. When Lear pleaded to Cordelia, fleeting major chords appeared like glimmers of light, and then the movement ended with another uncertain evaporation...
...seats in the April poll that saw Berlusconi sweep to power, quickly offered Luxuria a slot to run for the European Parliament. "Vladimir has an elevated degree of solidarity and brotherhood and at the same time is very sensitive and aware of others and their dynamics," said the ever-somber Communist leader Paolo Ferrero. "She is a very positive anthropological model, in my view." A columnist in the Communist party newspaper likened Luxuria's victory to Barack Obama...
...fictional Erlendur's success has spawned a wave of young crime novelists in Iceland. Until Indridason, Icelandic literature consisted primarily of medieval sagas and the somber novels of Nobel laureate Halldor Laxness. Indridason has overcome the skepticism of local critics by taking pains to remain credible to his compatriots: "There are no car chases or explosions. It has to be small scale. You couldn't have five or six murders...