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Recent Examples of oratorio
This year marks the 70th singing of the classic oratorio.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 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
Handel, a rich celebrity, seems to have donated his share of the oratorio’s proceeds to hospitals and orphanages.
—Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Jennens, meanwhile, had no idea that Handel had, in a matter of about three weeks, fashioned the entire oratorio in his usual adroit way of recomposing airs from his own trove of Italian operas and bringing to life a bundle of new songs and choruses.
—Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 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
Handel, a rich celebrity, seems to have donated his share of the oratorio’s proceeds to hospitals and orphanages.
—Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Jennens, meanwhile, had no idea that Handel had, in a matter of about three weeks, fashioned the entire oratorio in his usual adroit way of recomposing airs from his own trove of Italian operas and bringing to life a bundle of new songs and choruses.
—Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oratorio
Noun
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The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Père Lachaise.—
Heller McAlpin,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
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Nigel Slater’s paean to the likes of St. John and the River Café, places that still hold sway today.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Although the district has regularly cut teaching and custodial positions based on enrollment declines, the number of security positions has grown dramatically as a result of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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The strike marks the latest escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals, a move triggered by a mass shooting that India blames Pakistan for.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Read: What parents of boys should know Hess does all of this without sharing a drop of advice—hallelujah.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Sep. 2024
Noun
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For the wedding, Dan surprised her with an original composition for the bridal processional while her father, Rodney, wrote a song for the couple and performed it during the ceremony.—
Katie Mannion,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Where is the flower girl in the wedding processional?—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025
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It’s remained in the company’s repertoire for decades, and the use of Coltrane’s elegy for the love of her life has made that music into two dirges, one for husband John Coltrane and another for the woman on the invisible mourner’s bench honoring and channeling him for the rest of her days.—
Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Over time, dirge came to mean a funeral song or lament.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The album thematically focuses on the idea of the afterlife in both a literal and figurative sense, with a touch of Carlile's anecdotal songwriting and requiems for artists' past.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Whether a requiem is due for rom-coms or not, in the meantime there's at least a conveyor belt of cringe to feast upon.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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Interspersed throughout the concert will be video interviews with chorale alumnus Peggy Stark, who will be in attendance to represent her late husband, founding director Charles Stark; previous artistic director Day; and some Lincoln-Way Area Chorale charter members.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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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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“Oratorio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oratorio. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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