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Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio' Music director Ken-David Masur leads the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the first three of this oratorio's six cantatas, which commemorate the birth of Jesus, the annunciation to shepherds and the adoration of the shepherds.
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
His stature is owed above all to a single work—the oratorio Messiah.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The oratorio, plus related music, will be performed twice each day in the Appel Room by the Jazz at Pride Orchestra on October 18 and 19 and also be streamed.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
An oratorio is a large concert piece for orchestra and singers.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 12 July 2024
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
His stature is owed above all to a single work—the oratorio Messiah.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The oratorio, plus related music, will be performed twice each day in the Appel Room by the Jazz at Pride Orchestra on October 18 and 19 and also be streamed.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
An oratorio is a large concert piece for orchestra and singers.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oratorio
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Eugene Robinson followed, with a subtle column on the new documentary about Katharine Graham; the column made no reference to Bezos, but its paeans to Graham’s courage in the face of Richard Nixon’s threats evoked an implicit comparison with the current owner and his relationship with Trump.—
Ruth Marcus,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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This the same woman whose 1969 Wellesley commencement address was a paean to youthful dissent, searching, and renewal.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
8 Feb. 2025
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However, these devices have struggled to break into the mass market.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Agencies throughout the government are expected to submit plans to the Office of Personnel Management, as part of mass layoffsTrump announced Feb. 11 with his multibillionaire advisor Elon Musk, the public face of the Department of Government Efficiency.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
10 Mar. 2025
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Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Sep. 2024
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For me, especially as an A&R person, that’s hallelujah: Let the creative lead and the rest will follow.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2024
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Two of the couple's mutual friends, AJ Rafael and Micah Hunter-Chang, played the wedding processional songs on keyboard and violin.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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The fragments were incorporated into a new processional cross that was specially made for the lavish religious ceremony in 2023 and was then gifted to the Church in Wales.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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Ethel Cain: Perverts [Daughters of Cain] Ethel Cain found unlikely pop fandom with Preacher’s Daughter, her 2022 debut album, thanks to its emotional dirges and heavy lyrics.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Jan. 2025
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The hand drums, played here by Keith, make this one spooky dirge.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2024
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The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it.—
Mathew Holloway,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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A number of its singers were displaced by the fire, including the chorale’s founding artistic director, Jeffrey Bernstein, who lost his home.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Oratorio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oratorio. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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