Sentence examples for contemporary tenor from inspiring English sources

In the past, Ms. Sikander's revisions of classic Indian painting, which she studied in depth, have usually had a sense of spirited iconoclasm and turbulence, even violence; their technique was perfect, but their clash of motifs, attitudes, colors and narratives had a disturbing, contemporary tenor.

I've also stolen a couple of favourite arias from the castrati (sung nowadays by mezzos or countertenors), which may be controversial to the authenticists, but reflects both the buccaneering, make-do spirit of 18th-century music, and is true to actual contemporary practices (tenors did sometimes sing soprano or mezzo arias, transposed down an octave).

Nauman's art does often earn its aggravations through its perfect pitch for the ugly tenor of contemporary American life.

The bet was audacious from the beginning, and given the miserable, low-down tenor of contemporary politics, not unfathomable: Could you divide the country between greedy geezers and everyone else as a way to radically alter the social contract?

If, as Adam Gopnik proposed in The New Yorker back in 1995, Nauman's art earns "its aggravations through its perfect pitch for the ugly tenor of contemporary American life," then the choice of Nauman is indeed an inspired one.

Neil Young's "There's A World" is given a driving contemporary treatment including some fine tenor work by the ever creative Perry, tasteful comping by Cowherd and some swinging rhythm section work by Vint and Stapp.

Elsewhere he features a fleshed-out ensemble with Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet, Logan Richardson on alto saxophone and Dayna Stephens on tenor sax: his contemporaries in every sense.

Mr. Bogdan has worked prominently as a tenor in Baroque and contemporary music ensembles, including Ms. Monk's, but his voice now seems somewhat worn.

(Chinen) Countdown 2013: John Coltrane Festival (Friday and Saturday) This self-explanatory repertory festival at Smoke concludes with a band led by George Coleman: a rough contemporary of Coltrane, and one of several tenor saxophonists to succeed him in the Miles Davis Quintet.

This refined Broadway tenor brings back "Hear and Now: Contemporary Lyricists," the show devoted to emerging songwriters that he performed in April in the Lincoln Center American Songbook series.

There were only two relatively short contemporary works in the remarkable recital performed by the tenor Ian Bostridge and the composer and pianist Thomas Adès on Monday night at Carnegie Hall.