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Recent Examples of oratorio
Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio' Music director Ken-David Masur leads the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the first three of this oratorio's six cantatas, which commemorate the birth of Jesus, the annunciation to shepherds and the adoration of the shepherds.
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
His stature is owed above all to a single work—the oratorio Messiah.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The oratorio, plus related music, will be performed twice each day in the Appel Room by the Jazz at Pride Orchestra on October 18 and 19 and also be streamed.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
An oratorio is a large concert piece for orchestra and singers.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 12 July 2024
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
His stature is owed above all to a single work—the oratorio Messiah.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The oratorio, plus related music, will be performed twice each day in the Appel Room by the Jazz at Pride Orchestra on October 18 and 19 and also be streamed.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
An oratorio is a large concert piece for orchestra and singers.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oratorio
Noun
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This the same woman whose 1969 Wellesley commencement address was a paean to youthful dissent, searching, and renewal.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
8 Feb. 2025
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Many interpretations were offered: the images were about the threat of mass extinction; a comment on gentrification; a paean to the plight of the Palestinians.—
The Week UK,
theweek,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The full extent of the cuts won't be known until after the Tuesday night deadline for a mass firing largely carried out by email that's likely to dramatically reshape the government's health workforce.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Just a week before our arrival, the Trump administration fired about 1,000 permanent National Park Service workers as part of a mass purging of tens of thousands of federal workers still in the probationary period of their jobs.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Sep. 2024
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For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2024
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The fragments were incorporated into a new processional cross that was specially made for the lavish religious ceremony in 2023 and was then gifted to the Church in Wales.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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Unexpected weather and a wedding processional mistake made one couple's wedding day all the more memorable.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Ethel Cain: Perverts [Daughters of Cain] Ethel Cain found unlikely pop fandom with Preacher’s Daughter, her 2022 debut album, thanks to its emotional dirges and heavy lyrics.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Jan. 2025
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The hand drums, played here by Keith, make this one spooky dirge.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2024
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Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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No dolphin will ever perform an autopsy, no dingo will read Heidegger, no macaque will write a requiem for piano and violin.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2024
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Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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A number of its singers were displaced by the fire, including the chorale’s founding artistic director, Jeffrey Bernstein, who lost his home.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Oratorio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oratorio. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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