There was plenty of other colorful music by Russian composers during the concert, "Moscow on the Hudson," which was performed under a backdrop depicting Red Square.
"For the aerial shots that go around the world, I'd clearly have a preference for them to be under a backdrop of lashings of sunshine and beautiful blue skies - but I can't do anything about that," said Verity.
There are still some cattle, not to mention horses, on Port Meadow, and the thick, brownish ripples of this serpentine river still weave under punts, around colleges and under bridges, providing a backdrop to Wind in the Willows fantasies and poorly-executed teenage fingering alike.
As the Rio Olympics get under way against a backdrop of financial, political and medical fears, David Goldblatt's The Games: A Global History of the Olympics has reminded reviewers that few Olympiads have been trouble free.
Ingres paints him as a dashing young man with long sideburns and soulful eyes, wearing a cape and a wide-collared, starched white shirt, casually clasping a sketchbook to his chest, with the Quirinal Palace, under gathering clouds, for a backdrop.
The negotiations will continue under a new backdrop, though.
Concertgoers here enjoy scenic commutes to events, including a boat ride to the Colorado River Grotto, where musicians perform under a spectacular backdrop of red-hued rocks.
The ending proved fitting, since the fight itself took place under a surreal backdrop, even by boxing's circus-like standards, a confluence of crazy-strange to anyone not named Mayweather, but normal, too, given the Mayweather clan's involvement.
In the third painting, Afronirvana, the couple lounge under a bright sun, against a backdrop of foliage and abstract geometry.
The encounter, which the Fifth Fleet command said was under further investigation, came against a backdrop of increasingly belligerent warnings from Iran against a buildup of naval forces in the area by the United States, which considers the free flow of oil from the Persian Gulf a vital national interest.
Thus, the feudal conditions under which Roddy Macrae lives form a backdrop to his crimes.
