Sentence examples for its first performances from inspiring English sources

In 1983, Mr. Lieberson's first Piano Concerto brought him to prominence when it was given its first performances by Peter Serkin, one of his longtime champions, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa.

One tender number featuring a rhapsodic cello solo is dedicated to Stella; some pay tribute to the visceral excitement of cinema, while "And The Waltz Goes On" – a full-blooded, slightly lurid take on the Viennese waltz tradition – has been championed by André Rieu, who orchestrated it and gave its first performances with his Johann Strauss Orchestra.

A collaboration with the director Peter Sellars, the work was enthusiastically received at its first performances in Paris and San Francisco in 2000; it had its New York premiere yesterday.

This has not happened since its first performances in 1924.

For its first performances, New Work went even further towards classical ballet.

Over the weekend, George Balanchine's "Stravinsky Violin Concerto" (1972) had its first performances of the year.

Last year, it drew 850 people when it presented its first performance at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood.

(It received its first performance in 1999 in Crema, Italy, the composer's birthplace).

It had its first performance at the Edinburgh festival in August 1991.

It received its first performance during the Third Whitsun Festival at Thaxted in May 1918.

It will have its first performance on Sept. 10, the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attack.