Sentence examples for prelude set from inspiring English sources

"Three Theories" begins, naturally, with "Bang," a voluptuous, undulating prelude set to an excerpt from "Two Gongs," by Ms. Armitage's sometime collaborator Rhys Chatham.

A gruesome prelude, set in 1633 and unveiled at the start of the film, gives some clue as to why this dismaying hearsay might be true.

Indeed, Welles's opening shot pulls us into the cauldron, down to bubble level, to see what is forged in the clayey gruel: an image of such primitive horror, like a creation myth gone bad, that it makes Kurzel's prelude, set on a battlefield and glutinous with gore, seem a touch ordinary by contrast.

After a short prelude set in 1986, we move to the present day as Adelaide (Lupita Nyong'o, in a stunning performance) and husband Gabe Winston Dukee, hilariously playing the man as all dad jokes and embarrassing dabs) have brought their son and daughter to their California beach house for a vacation.

This is a prelude set 10 years before Babylon 5. Against the logic of the title, I would strongly recommend seeing it at this stage.

Since then, 20 games have been released with Detective Conan: Kako Kara no Zensōkyoku Prelude set for Spring of 2012 for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

By the end of the prelude, the listener is left unsatisfied and waiting for more.The prelude sets the tone for the rest of the opera.

Drawing on a Jacobean hymn, the calm, regular prelude sets the stage for an opera of rich harmonies and sweeping climaxes, but also of an essential cool decorousness that proudly ignores Wagnerian orchestral innovations and that may have been a reason for the turn in its repertory fortunes.

When the solo -- "Three Preludes," set to Gershwin -- was new, in 1992, it was danced by Mr. Morris or Mikhail Baryshnikov.

The first official Inauguration function was a Prelude Pageant set behind the White House, where Vice President and Mrs. Bush and then-President and Mrs. Reagan briefly appeared.

The Heritage was a sophisticated prelude that set a high bar for the tasting, and the pet-nat was pure fun, an excellent coda.