Sentences with phrase «instead of symphonies»

In other words, I decided to write chamber pieces instead of symphonies.

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If he can make use of snob appeal to sell automobiles, washing machines, or beer, he may sponsor a symphony orchestra, but if a sordid murder drama would commend itself to a larger public, he will present that instead.

Instead of a richly ironic story in which even Jesus» enemies are caught up in the symphony of grace, we get a Manichean morality play, in which evil is not so much transformed by God's love as merely beaten by it.

A gifted violinist, the determined girl chooses to practice all summer — instead of going to camp with her friends — in order to be ready for a youth symphony audition.

For Anderson, the way Shostakovich's symphony made it out of Russia wasn't the only thrilling part: «I was incredibly moved by the idea of microfilm being used to transmit not some fragment of Enigma code or German battle plan or some schematic diagram for the atomic bomb, but instead the score of a symphony people hoped would change the course of history.»