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Recent Examples of symphonist
Before that, a preconcert panel of Price scholars and current CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery discussed the symphonist’s remarkable life and even more remarkable music.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
He was viewed as the greatest symphonist since Brahms, but at a certain point—mysteriously—no new works appeared.
—Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
During much of his lifetime, he was generally considered the greatest symphonist after Brahms.
—Tim Page, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
But for essentially all of the '90s and '00s, Reznor was the driving force between one of the most consistently successful acts in alternative, industrial rock symphonists Nine Inch Nails.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2019
The masterstroke is Zimmer’s introduction of a quotation from the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar — the symphonist whose music most fully embodies the British soul — with a slow burn that still amounted to playing with fire.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 17 July 2017
Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
A decade after basing a whole festival on Bruckner and minimalist master John Adams, Franz Welser-Most Thursday night at Severance Music Center juxtaposed the grand Austrian symphonist with Arnold Schoenberg, the father of serialism.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
He was viewed as the greatest symphonist since Brahms, but at a certain point—mysteriously—no new works appeared.
—Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
During much of his lifetime, he was generally considered the greatest symphonist after Brahms.
—Tim Page, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
But for essentially all of the '90s and '00s, Reznor was the driving force between one of the most consistently successful acts in alternative, industrial rock symphonists Nine Inch Nails.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2019
The masterstroke is Zimmer’s introduction of a quotation from the Enigma Variations of Edward Elgar — the symphonist whose music most fully embodies the British soul — with a slow burn that still amounted to playing with fire.
—David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 17 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symphonist
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Five soloists boast multiple merry leaders: Josh Groban (four); Michael Bublé and Kimberley Locke (three each); and Jim Brickman and Meghan Trainor (two each).Gary Trust, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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While some idols wait years to tour internationally as soloists or apart from their groups, Hwasa is seizing the opportunity early to prove that her appeal extends far beyond her home country.Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The whole thing was an exercise in virtuoso terraforming.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 July 2024
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Yet given his gifts (keyboard virtuoso, powerful soul voice, stellar dancer, able to craft a propulsive hook), why didn’t Billy Preston become a bigger star?Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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The great pianist, remember, became prime minister of Poland in January 1919.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024
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As Callas glides from a conversation with her butler to an interview with an imaginary journalist to strained rehearsals with a patient pianist, the music of her past invades the narrative — sometimes in visually fantastical ways.Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Bard, molding an ensemble of hummers, resembles an imperious maestro.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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There were no film festivals in 1922 when German film maestro F.W. Murnau made his version, but in 1979, Werner Herzog premiered his take on Count Orlok’s nefarious designs in competition at Berlin and came away with a top prize.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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The series is organized by McDaniel, a veteran Broadway music director and accompanist who also oversees the Cabaret & Performance conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Dec. 2024
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The arrangements are stripped-down, but their furious energy remains intact as Mr. Hough all but assaults his piano keys, often dragged back from the emotional edge (or a spiraling monologue) by his accompanist on bass, Sue Goldberg.Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Symphonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symphonist. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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