Then, before intermission, Ms. Baptista sang, scatted and chatted through renditions of "All of Me," "Summertime," and "Wade in the Water".
Mr. Vajpayee entered to a standing ovation from the well-appointed crowd, which remained standing through renditions of the American and Indian national anthems.
He focuses on the manhunt as a single thread in the complex Balkan story, partly as a way to reveal how that region influences our wider world today, through rendition, jihad – and the delicate flower of international law.
At a time when young white British groups were struggling to give a passable account of their records, the Four Tops - like all Motown's acts having gone through rigorous schooling in stage presentation - were led by Stubbs through seamless renditions of their hits; his voice at full throttle, their harmonies impeccable, the whole topped off by precise dance routines.
We take them to parks and sit through endless renditions of "Let it Go" with almost the same enthusiasm the hundredth time around.
Nevertheless, by the age of twelve I was able to storm through idiosyncratic renditions of most of the easier Chopin pieces and of the simpler passages in his larger works.
This year, thanks to the Cage centenary, official Cage moments have been plentiful, with performers of all stripes — students at the Juilliard School; ensembles like So Percussion, Iktus Percussion and the pianist Taka Kigawa, and the Flux Quartet and friends — inducing them through spirited renditions of Cage's music.
Sauntering out from backstage in sunglasses and a flowing black blouse, Nicks set the room off as she led the expanded group through muscular renditions of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Gold Dust Woman".
Williams answers this as she hit the stage like a panther, roared her torment and triumph through blistering renditions of their hits 'Still Into You" and "That's What You Get" "For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic," and then is disarmingly sweet and upbeat on stage as she engages the crowd, jokes, and laughs with us.
And with a grimace, he made it through a rendition of "Happy Birthday".
They had been returned to Libya through extraordinary rendition with the connivance of the CIA and MI6.
