Sentence examples for string group from inspiring English sources

I also get to work with a superb young string group led by violinist Paz Misurelli.

Then comes the last movement, based on a slow singing theme and a sequence of short dramatic recitatives played by the string group.

Other additions to Bonnaroo's lineup include the German electronic group Mouse on Mars and the Appalachian string group Old Crow Medicine Show.

In "Pilgrimage" by John Tavener and Werner Herzog, the performers were a women's choir (Women Singing) and a string group, together sounding a slow sequence of massive consonances in time with bell strokes while a mezzo-soprano (Haleh Abghari) chanted.

CONCERTANTE The vibrant young string group, a deeply Romantic ensemble with an adventurous streak, performs Korngold's luscious String Sextet along with small-scale versions of string orchestra works by Elgar (the Serenade) and Haydn.

But in the middle the key, form and sound change: the morose vocals drop out, and a string group arranged by Eyvind Kang produces gorgeous, consonant, deep-echo long tones over piano notes played so lightly that they seem half-erased.

Smokey Robinson and Diana Krall each partner with similar string groups for two evenings apiece (July 20-21 for Mr. Robinson and Aug. 24-25 for Ms. Krall).

And while I regret that there's an exclusivity to working like that, I don't regret the time spent hearing orchestras and small string groups up close.

In a year off from Radiohead, I've been writing scored music for small string groups – first a residency with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (who really do practise all day and surf all evening) and, more recently, the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO).

The richness of its harmonics make it ideal for carrying the inner voice in string groups; while the violin flies high, the viola can connect us to the earth.

Larger string groups might produce more sumptuous weight of tone in Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, but not the finely painted inner detail the ACO managed, nor the exquisitely spun melodic thread through its slow movement, while in Shostakovich's Concerto for piano and trumpet, with Freddy Kempf and Tine Thing Helseth as the soloists, they responded with playing of whiplash precision.