We sense the deep scars of the war on Achebe in this melodic, threnodic, but measured narrative. |
Similarly, the somber and threnodic second movement proves to be an elegy for the idealization of a war hero. |
The theme's permutations are occasionally playful, often reflective, sometimes troubled, but never as threnodic as anything in the earlier quartet. |
Something of its threnodic sensuality is continued in the Violin Concerto, designed as a memorial to the teenage daughter of Mahler's widow. |
Strenuous fireworks, hoarse violin figures and a quietly threnodic contemplation are all there. |
It ends with the title theme given an almost threnodic treatment, as a solo violin bridges the orchestral passages. |