The phrase "a program that begins" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing the initiation or starting point of a program, whether it's a software application, a course, or an event.
Example: "The conference will feature a program that begins with a keynote speech from an industry leader."
Alternatives: "a program that starts" or "a program that launches".
| March 2 at 2: Tchaikovsky's similarly unneglected Fifth Symphony closes a program that begins with music by Verdi and Liszt ("Les Préludes").
Two are standard affairs, in which the symphony closes a program that begins with Bartók's Suite from "The Wooden Prince" and Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor (with the up-and-coming Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz).
Oct. 31 at 8: Nelson Freire is the guest for a performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto in a program that begins with the Act III Entr'acte from Schubert's "Rosamunde" and concludes with a suite from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" ballet.
Liszt's ubiquitous Sonata in B Minor makes up the second half of a program that begins with a sequence of crystalline miniatures by Schoenberg (Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19), Strauss, Wagner, Bruckner, and Brahms (the Fantasies, Op. 116).
He stages the composer's intimate, Noh-influenced chamber opera "Curlew River," on a program that begins with the original monument of British opera, Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" (with the participation of the Mark Morris Dance Group).
It will be shown tomorrow night at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan in a program that begins with John Zorn conducting his Masada String Trio in a performance of his score for the film.
Many analysts have been expecting Fed policymakers at their Sept. 17-18 meeting to start gradually reducing the $85 billion in monthly bond purchases, a program that began a year ago to help keep long-term interest rates low.
More than 300 girls play in a program that began with 35.
Officials have highlighted a program that began late last year in north and central Brooklyn.
A program that began in the shadows was dragged for the first time into the spotlight of Congressional debate.
The report said 62 such people had been invited this year, in a program that began in 2001.
