With its endless repetitions of a sweeping theme, the work made the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto sound refined by comparison.
James Bond movies have drawn on singers and songwriters from Shirley Bassey to Carly Simon, Paul McCartney to Duran Duran, and the pop archivists and the Loser's Lounge are reviving their favorites along with John Barry's upward sweeping theme.
Like Cirque, "Cavalia" is big on the atmospherics, including a heavy-breathing score by Michel Cusson, a sweeping theme celebrating the human-equine bond, and romantic posturing by its heavily made up and flowingly costumed cast of acrobats, aerialists and riders.
In keeping with the tenor of his earlier event in Washington, Mr. Beck largely avoided politics, focusing more on sweeping themes — American history, personal responsibility and, especially, faith.
Farrington makes the most of several trademark Elgarian flourishes and sweeping themes, much enhanced by some majestic playing from the Bournemouth players.
He was a creator of both subtle underscoring and grand, sweeping themes, not only writing for conventional orchestras (sometimes augmented by the more exotic instrumentation of other cultures) but also experimenting with electronic sounds later in his career.
If "Biblical Art in a Secular Century" were a larger show, it might be divided into sections devoted to grand, sweeping themes, following the model currently popular for blockbuster exhibitions.
As one of the most nuanced writers working today, Ms. Moore is as likely to write about sweeping themes as she is to deliver sharp-witted and trenchant observations about life's small moments.
The novel is a mix of the smallest, funniest observations, essaying the many ways people succeed in saying exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time, while also exploring sweeping themes, including the growth of technology, the rise of China, the dangers of individualism and instant gratification.
In a classic case of unintended consequences, a process intended to produce unity, a strong candidate, and a compelling platform to take against President Bush has so far produced a campaign that many Democrats describe as strikingly harsh and marked more by daily bickering than sweeping themes or compelling new ideas on where to take the country.
But his style evolved in later books, becoming more lyrical and accessible, and taking on bolder and more sweeping themes, often with an ecological underpinning.
