adieux

And the sixth movement works as a highlight reel from Kurtag’s career, since it incorporates both themes heard earlier in “Rückblick” as well as deep-cut pieces from his catalog, like “Les Adieux in Janaceks Manier.”

Birds twittered their adieux from the alders in the lane, and every tree stood ready to send down its shower of red or yellow apples at the first shake.

My Dear Mentor, Please make my adieux to your aunt, and exult within yourself, for ‘Lazy Laurence’ has gone to his grandpa, like the best of boys.

Unless something improbable should happen, these are our adieux.

Bizet’s “Adieux de l’Hôtesse Arabe” felt drab, without a range of vocal colors, and the “Jewel Song,” from Gounod’s “Faust,” radiated clenched-teeth determination rather than sparkle.