Sentence examples for eminent guest from inspiring English sources

However deeply the eminent guest had thought through the counter-arguments and rejoinders, young Mr Nozick could be relied on to spot a hole in the defences and work away at it until the structure of argument lay in ruins.

Among many eminent guest musicians who played with the group were Alexis Korner and the jazz musician Don Weller, as well as past and present members of the Yardbirds, Jethro Tull and Ian Dury's Blockheads.

He called the city where he was the eminent guest of a wealthy expatriate American community "the repository of consolations" - the ideal place, that is, for anyone feeling let down by life.

As a self-confident and worldly man with nothing to lose, he would encourage eminent guest conductors to come to town regularly, including Kurt Masur, who, when he leaves, should return to conduct Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruckner and the other masters he serves so well.

From 1935 to 1939, Beecham, now in sole control, presented international seasons with eminent guest singers and conductors.

At first Rankl conducted all the productions; he was dismayed when eminent guest conductors including Beecham, Clemens Krauss and Erich Kleiber were later invited for prestige productions.

Mayer enjoyed fraternizing with Hearst and his eminent guests; photographs show Mayer with Hearst and Lindbergh, Mayer with Hearst and Winston Churchill, Mayer at lunch with Bernard Shaw and Marion Davies — but they never, of course, show Mayer with both Hearst and Miss Davies.

RECITALS KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO "The Book of Hours," a new work by one of the trio's favorite composers, Richard Danielpour, is the focus of a program (featuring two eminent guests, the violinist Leila Josefowicz and the violist Michael Tree) that begins with Stravinsky's "Duo Concertant" and ends with Dvorák's Piano Quintet.

E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet RECITALS KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO "The Book of Hours," a new work by one of the trio's favorite composers, Richard Danielpour, is the focus of a program (featuring two eminent guests, the violinist Leila Josefowicz and the violist Michael Tree) that begins with Stravinsky's "Duo Concertant" and ends with Dvorák's Piano Quintet.

Described in 1638 the "withdrawinge roome", it was used by the family to withdraw from the more public ceremonies held in the Great Chamber and also could be used to form a suite with the neighbouring bedroom, the Hall Chamber, when eminent guests were entertained in the house.

Imagine the Philharmonic with Mr. Spano as its adventurous leader, someone with big ambitions but self-confident enough to regularly welcome eminent conductors as guests.