A denuded orchestral palette, with rattling percussion and sombre woodwind lines, is supported by an austere, pianissimo chord.
Spouses, relatives and friends all begin to die off and some elderly survivors take a sombre glee in totting up the score.
Then comes the meat of the subject and finally a sombre look into the past and predictions for the future.
Her epilogue, again with the modern visitor realising the implacable nature of the weather, completes the narrative on a sombre note.
But overall, this is a sympathetic (if ultimately rather sombre), insider's treatment, containing a mine of information.
The resonance felt in between the chord clusters evokes a sombre sense of silence and stillness, emanating from the lingering harmonies.
A sombre sky illuminated by lightning announces the beginning of the deluge.
Comic talents are seldom, if ever, given as much weight as merely sombre ones.
