Sentences with phrase «concerto by»

An unapologetically absurd thriller, Grand Piano follows Elijah Wood's Tom Selznick, a musician returning to the stage after a lengthy absence, as he's forced to play a difficult concerto by a madman with a sniper rifle.

But consider another example of repetition: I purchase a recording of a concerto by C. P. E. Bach, a concerto I have never before heard.

Not exact matches

In 1950, Turing published «Computing Machinery and Intelligence,» written largely in response, not to fellow mathematicians but to neurologist Geoffrey Jefferson, who in 1949 famously declared, «Not until a machine can write a sonnet or compose a concerto because of thoughts and emotions felt, and not by the chance fall of symbols, could we agree that machine equals brain.»

Recently completed projects include Azul, a cello concerto for Yo - Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony; the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film Youth Without Youth; Rose of the Winds, commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and premiered by them with Yo - Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble and Miguel Harth - Bedoya conducting; and Kuai Le (Joy), premiered by Yo - Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble at the opening of the 2007 Special Olympics in Shanghai.

For their first ready - to - wear collection, Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon transported us back in time to the Prohibition Era by way of a swanky German speakeasy burlesque bar complete with cabaret café - style seating, flapper dancers, and live concerto music courtesy of The Citizens Band.

Viewers may initially feel as though they're hearing the world's tiniest violin concerto as Rachel bemoans the fact that her highly paid, prestigious work bores her, but Bell, whose comic timing and Diane - Keaton - meets - Buster - Keaton charm ought to have secured her a bigger acting gig by now, doesn't condescend to her character's malaise.

Writer / director Terence Davies (adapting the 1952 play by Terence Rattigan) takes the scenario for what it is and plays it — along with the Samuel Barber violin concerto that serves as the film's score — at the appropriate, amplified level.

Just consider the opening moments, which intercut a frantic attempt to record a concerto and appease the USSR dictator, images of citizens are being dragged out of their homes by NKVD security forces, and Joseph Stalin himself forcing his drunk confidantes to watch a movie.

It's akin to a Mozart concerto played by the drunk guy at the piano bar down the street.

However, that additional weight likely won't see anyone shirking away from the drop top as by chopping off the roof gets the driver and passengers closer to the Aston Martin's V - 12 concerto.

Few important cello concertos were written before the 19th century — with the notable exceptions of those by Vivaldi, Bach, and Haydn.

Lying under the grand piano many days, they had heard concertos and sonatas being taught by their «mom,» Georgann.

Image above: Elena Berriolo, pages from La Notte, a 16 - page book, inspired by Antonio Vivaldi's flute concerto La Notte, on display in the show.