Sentence examples for occasion for performing from inspiring English sources

FRANKFURT — The 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner occurs in 2013, a seemingly ideal occasion for performing his colossal "Ring des Nibelungen".

The Paul Taylor Dance Company will join the Houston troupe for the occasion, performing other Taylor classics.

Later Crosby reassembled the band for special occasions and tours, performing with it for more than 40 years.

For the Armory shows Mr. Arsham's cloud designs will be used in a series of "Events" created for the occasion and performed on three stages.

The celebration opens here with "The Seasons," by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky commissioned for the occasion and performed by the cellist Y0-Yo Mandnd the Silk Road Ensemble.

For this occasion it performed the Quartet in D minor (Op. 6, No. 1) by Johannes Verhulst, a little-known 19th-century Dutch composer.

His Mass, written especially for the occasion, was performed at the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., in September 1971.

A week earlier she'd been at Unesco headquarters in Paris, playing a concert with the pianist Herbie Hancock; a song she'd composed for the occasion was performed by Corinne Bailey Rae.

Noted for his ritual backflip before Opening Days, All-Star Games, and postseason games, Smith chose this occasion to perform it for one of the last times.

Tenet, which had six singers and six instrumentalists for this occasion, performed eight selections (along with an instrumental interlude by Dario Castello) in a well-conceived program lasting just over an hour.

This excellent young ensemble continues its ambitious exploration of Haydn's 68 string quartets; for this occasion they will perform No. 37 in C (Op. 50 No. 2); No. 19 in C minor (Op. 17 No. 4); and No. 63 in B flat "Sunrise".