That made for their splendid, spontaneous modernism — but also often left me feeling that there was either too much of him there, or, much more often, too little.
All this made for a splendid week, but not necessarily one for which I would fly some 22 hours across ten time zones from my home in Alabama.
Hugo von Hoftmannsthal wrote a play entitled Der Turm that I think might make for a splendid opera.
The most recent recording, a 1995 concert version of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," makes for a splendid coda.
For Steinbeck fans, a self-guided auto tour of his haunts, real and literary, makes for a splendid afternoon.
The objects are installed according to the chronology of the gift or purchase rather than by genre, which makes for a splendid jumble.
It makes for a splendid period piece, the store's owner having lined the window and pavement outside the store with all manner of items and implements.
It makes for a splendid, unhurried and effective cleansing ritual that will be appreciated not only by Mother Earth, but also by those close to you.
Diana Damrau's tawny, pliant soprano makes for a splendid Konstanze, Matthew Polenzani sings brightly as Belmonte, and Kristinn Sigmundsson revels in the role of the dastardly vizier, Osmin; the conductor, David Robertson, fuses the energy and the elegance of the score.
The races can be watched from several vantage points along the water's edge, while the city's hills that rise imperiously from the bay make for a splendid natural amphitheatre.
