Sentence examples for first half of the program as from inspiring English sources

The emotional temperature rose quickly during the first half of the program, as Ms. DiDonato, her hair in an elaborate chignon, sang "Disprezzata regina" ("Despised Queen"), from Monteverdi's "Incoronazione di Poppea," ardently conveying the varied shades of Ottavia's misery.

The first half of the program featured operatic standards such as the duet of Act II of La Traviata sung by Maestro Domingo and Ana Maria Martinez.

In the first half of the program, Mr. Feinberg played Helps's "Hommages" and Three Études, as well as the Sonata No. 3 by Roger Sessions, who had been one of Helps's teachers (as was Abby Whiteside).

As unpredictable as the works on the first half of the program were, the second half was largely a write-off.

The big piece on the first half of the program was the Grieg Piano Concerto, with André Watts as the soloist.

The heart of the first half of the program, though, was Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, with Vladimir Feltsman as the soloist.

Ryan McAdams, completing his first season as music director, devoted the first half of the program to a pair of contemporary percussion concertos by Lembit Beecher and Philip Glass, though only Mr. Glass called his piece a concerto explicitly.

Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 (K. 219), with Pinchas Zukerman as the soloist, rounded out the first half of the program.

The first half of the program was equally amazing.

119 Bagatelles on the first half of the program.

But the first half of the program proved unconvincing musically.