Sentence examples for touching rendition from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bell, unfazed by the harmonics Mr. Corigliano throws his way, savors the flights and delivers a touching rendition of what could have been a mawkish exercise.

It was fitting, then, that the encore was not a brief solo piano bonbon but a deeply touching rendition of the full slow movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G (K. 453).

— wins over his skeptical class by making his love of opera animate: he sings a gently touching rendition of Cherubino's aria "Voi che sapete," from "The Marriage of Figaro".

Ms. Loesser, who met her husband while in the cast of "The Most Happy Fella," applied her agile high soprano to a touching rendition of "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," one of the first songs for which he wrote the music as well as the words.

Somehow I blagged my way into the lead role at primary school – apparently it made one of the dinner ladies cry, though I was never clear whether it was a touching rendition of Where Is Love? or the dearth of quality stagecraft that caused her to crack.

The ceremony also included an appearance by the mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, who delivered a touching rendition of' "Bless This House," a song with music by May H. Brahe and words by Helen Taylor that Ms. Graham performed at the White House in 2003; and the premiere of "involuntary," a brief piece for two piccolos, two trumpets and percussion by David Lang, commissioned for the occasion.

At this point we've seen a lot of musical marriage proposals: touching renditions from "Rent," flash mobs, and of course, a million dance numbers (that number may be a bit exaggerated).

As robust as a glass of Bordeaux, as chic as a Chanel babe, as haunting as Hermione Gingold reminiscing in I Remember it Well, as nostalgic as the martini sippers, Maye is strikingly touching in her unique rendition of Murray Grand's Guess Who I Saw Today.

She changed the title of his song She Touched Me, and came up with He Touched Me, a rendition of shimmering eroticism - and a hit.

Richard Dreyfuss makes Mr. Holland touching rather than saccharine (well, except during that unfortunate rendition of John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy").

During a rendition at London's Old Vic in 1964, some of his make-up rubbed off when touching snow-white Desdemona, played by Maggie Smith.