Sentences with phrase «tale of the violin»

Through a series of flashbacks, the film follows the tale of the violin over the centuries, from its initial creation through all of its many owners over the centuries.

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• Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Violins of Saint - Jacques: No one in the twentieth century wrote more magnificent English, or prose of a purer purple; but, while his travel memoirs are now more widely appreciated than ever, his only novel (or novella, really) tends to be overlooked — a deftly constructed, economically proportioned, perfectly satisfying little tale about the small twilight world of a fictional French Caribbean island on its last day.

Each tale is different than the next, bringing forth different themes, and all of them showcasing a different aspect which the violin evokes.

From Slamdance, we have three documentaries — The Modern Jungle (which analyzes the relationship between filmmaker and subject among dirt - poor peasants in Chiapas), Strad Style (about an unlikely violin maker and his quest to recreate a renowned 18th - century instrument) and Supergirl (a tale of the strongest 12 - year - old girl in the world)-- and three narratives — Dave Made a Maze (a demented fantasy about an out - of - control labyrinth), Future ’38 (a clever sci - fi look forward from 1938 to the year 2018) and Weather House (a hypnotic meditation on the end of the world).

The ensemble played a suite for violin, clarinet, and piano by Darius Milhaud; Stravinsky's famous Soldier's Tale; and a medley of songs by Gershwin and other Broadway composers, noting that Gershwin and Chester Dale knew each other personally.