Sentence examples for instrumental combination from inspiring English sources

The piano, with its wide range (more than seven octaves), has been used in conjunction with virtually every instrument and instrumental combination.

"We've never programmed things because we have an instrumental combination available," Ms. Chase said.

Its Renaissance flavor, with a rich polyphonic texture created by the instrumental combination, lingered in scores written in later centuries.

The repertoire for this instrumental combination is tiny, and here they gave us three of its principal works; each in its way was a revelation.

Playing an unlikely instrumental combination of drum kit and saxophone, the grizzled old dude was bashing out a rhythm, beatnik style, on his bass and tom-toms, interspersed with funky saxophone noodling and bursts of hoarse song.

Though composed nearly a half-century apart, the Sonata Concertante (1952) and the Duo No. 1 (2001), both for violin and piano, share an approach to the same common instrumental combination.

His chamber works are remarkable for their quantity, the great variety of instrumental combinations, and the expert writing for each instrument.

This Absolute evening was remarkable, too, for the composer's lack of flair for instrumental combinations.

But in both sets the variety of instrumental combinations is exceptional, even from movement to movement.

If there were messages to God, they took indirect channels: string quartets, piano sonatas or newly minted instrumental combinations.

In the 1960's, he began writing for offbeat instrumental combinations that gave rise to several new ensembles.