Sentence:  But one wishes , when the appetite is whetted , as it was in the case of the all-too-brief excerpt from the Blomdahl opera , that further opportunity would be provided both for <WSD>hearing</WSD> the works in their entirety and for a closer analytical look at the sense and nature of the compositions . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  perceive (sound) via the auditory sense