Sentence examples for baton without from inspiring English sources

He would sometimes lean against the railing of the podium and wave the baton without looking at the orchestra or score, as if he were counting out the time to intermission.

Smooth, plump green batons without too many watery seeds and with crisp, sweet flesh.

Did they wait until some marchers were trapped in a short, alley-like street and beat them with batons without cause?

Rudolf offers the following instructions on the first bar of Weber's opera "Der Freischütz," in which the orchestra enters on a soft C and rumbles toward a forte on the same note, one octave higher: "If the forearm has sufficient intensity and the facial expression is convincing, you can indicate the crescendo... with small baton gestures, even without using the left hand".

With or without a baton in his hand (he often conducts without one), Mr Gergiev's structural control and care for detail are often impeccable, and like all great conductors he never seems to relapse into podium autopilot.

"A leader without the baton," Mr. Jackson called him.

No one had run faster than the United States' 100-meter sprinters -- at least without a baton.

Stokowski's instinct for showmanship – he would conduct without a baton – also helped to raise the profile of classical music in America.

Mr. Schiff excelled, though, in Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor, which he conducted from memory and without a baton, using his hands to draw playing from the orchestra that was shapely, vibrant and full of character.

He has an obvious rapport with his players and, conducting without a baton, shaped their playing nicely, but gave the impression that he was running with them rather than driving them on.

I'm generally not comfortable leaving the house without my baton, gas gun, can of pepper spray, and pocket knife.