This powerful excerpt, based on an Iraqi song, veers between a melancholy, lamenting cello melody, evocatively played by Paul Tobias, and dissonant, angry piano interjections, performed by Idith Meshulam, the ensemble's director.
After Liszt's thunderously virtuosic First Piano Concerto, Daniel Barenboim - who conducted Wagner's Ring cycle at the Proms in 2013 - concludes with powerful excerpts from three of the composer's operas.
The showcase ended on a powerful note with excerpts from "The Vocation," a dark, mysterious ritual for seven women in black dresses, choreographed by Linda Nutter to music by Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Enya and Dead Can Dance.
Lubman immediately made an impression, leading a powerful rendition of an excerpt from Ligeti's "Atmospheres" prior to the film's opening sequence.
I remembered Robert M. Pirsig was a powerful narrative writer, and his excerpt shows how gifted he is at using detail that has evocative broad-based meaning.
Audiences of a certain age may remember that version as a powerful vehicle for soprano Maria Callas, several excerpts of which are on YouTube.
Carolyn Betty, a powerful soprano, was radiant in "The Sun Goeth Down," an excerpt from "The Kingdom," a later oratorio.
Here's an excerpt from her post centered on one example of how the establishment of marine protected zones can have a powerful impact: The overfished reefs at Cabo Pulmo on the eastern Baja California Peninsula are a case in point.
"Columbia Forum," meanwhile, excerpts a new book by Zak Dychtwald '12, whose research into China's millennials unpacks the far-reaching influence of a powerful new generation.
He is a powerful, powerful drummer.
