Sentence examples for certain repertory from inspiring English sources

But he can also be deeply satisfying in certain repertory, and he has often proved so in Sibelius.

"A lot of musicians seem to gravitate toward a certain repertory or kind of ensemble," Mr. Sloane said.

The things that make a performer special — a particular approach to sound, an identifiable way of turning a phrase or a special measure of eloquence in a certain repertory — are by definition nontransferable.

While professing to treasure that sound, both conductors sought to temper it in certain repertory with qualities more valued by other orchestras, often at the expense of overall sonorousness and color: clean, crisp rhythmic articulation; lean, pliant melodic line; and a general versatility of style, with the sound changing to suit different composers.

You find certain repertories of behaviors that obviously have been placed in our biology during the history of evolution because they match certain challenges in the environment.

For all his innovations at the Philharmonic, the most common complaint about Mr. Gilbert concerns a lack of excitement in his conducting of certain standard repertory works.

The upper tiers are opened for only certain popular repertory, notably the increasingly ubiquitous full-length "Swan Lake," which, in the production by City Ballet's ballet master in chief Peter Martins, opened the season on Tuesday.

Her career has been truly distinguished, and if her playing over the last decade has lacked some of the luster and fluidity of earlier years, she is still well ahead of her competitors in certain areas of repertory.

By E. B. White The New Yorker, October 1, 1932 P. 11 The purchase of a sports plane, far from curing him of his taste for practical jokes, only added to a certain gentleman's repertory.

The sharing of the stage, which constricts the performing space for the circus troupe and may have inhibited the inclusion of acts like bicycle riding, appears to have imposed a certain sameness on the repertory.

"But the repertory requires a certain type of sound.