| 单词 | baton |
| 例句 | She just looked at me with a screwface, then yanked the baton. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z That wall is covered with the same set of weaponry as my locker: twin sickles, a Remington single-action revolver, a rifle, a pair of spiked batons. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I threaded my baton through its ring on my belt, trying to imagine a scenario in which I might have to wield it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not stomped in the face. But beaten with a baton on the back by the police.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Above the desk, on a calendar, a smiling blond girl, in a baton twirler’s shiny blue suit with white boots to her knees, had her arms flung around the neck of a palomino horse. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Each runner passes the baton to the next runner. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z But if I say yes, it means I’ll have to survive receiving and handing off the baton. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z By the time the baton came to Taylor again, the girls had a renewed sense of hope. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Taylor raised a baton whose ignitable ends had been reduced to stubs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “This is why I make all you girls practice passing the baton,” she says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She pushed through, screaming in pain as she handed the baton to Brit-Brat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The call got passed back like a relay baton, and everyone who heard it found a new burst of energy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then the conductor’s baton stopped moving and the orchestra fell silent. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z One wrong move, and the baton would fall or go flying, which would mean precious seconds off their time. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The 1968 Democratic National Convention turned bloody as police went after Vietnam War protesters with batons and tear gas in Grant Park, about nine miles north of where we lived. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z One of the teams, I think they were called the Assassins, dropped the baton. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I placed one of my hands on the end of my baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For months I practiced, joined the baton club at school, and even entered contests. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed Mr. Watras’s conducting baton and tapped it on the music stand just like he always does. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Two police officers were strolling toward them, a man and a woman on the beat, in their white summer shirtsleeves, with their radios and their batons and their suspicious eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach then told the relay teams what Coach Whit had already told us at the last practice—that we would also be working on baton passing. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Miss Violet tapped the baton again, and we started to sing. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He pointed the baton at Mr. Jacobs this time, waving it just inches from him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The baton passed from girl to girl as ideas were discussed: Huts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Who else is standing here besides you? Get that baton away from her.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The second cop’s baton caught Bucky on the chin and jerked him back up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Several of the guards began hitting him with batons and pummeling him with their fists. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Taylor stood and paced with the baton cradled in her arms like a winner’s bouquet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Everyone sing!” he shouted, raising his hands like an orchestra conductor, gesturing with my lute like a baton. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z One came at her with a jolt baton that she kicked out of his hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I put pen and pad, inmate rulebook, and blue union diary in my breast pockets, slide my baton through the ring, lock the padlock, and slam the locker door. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Each toad held a baton, sparkling with the prismatic light of anti-cheating magic. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He used to wear a military-style khaki suit replete with epaulets and gold buttons, and carried a baton like that made famous by Field Marshal Montgomery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He flipped the baton in his hand over and over. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Because the gym was in use, we cleared the chairs off the marble floor of the chapel and had baton training there. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Parker puts on a cheerful face and strokes the air with her baton to signal for us to play. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They performed in local parades, and they were looking for some baton twirlers to march in front of the band. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, I walk around the room, waving my arms as if I’m carrying a baton—like the conductor I saw at the New York Philharmonic concert with my mom. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Beverly stopped occasionally to beat Ida Nee’s baton against the small rocks and gravel on the side of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The monks couldn't know that Pong's practice of paying attention to mangoes and watching out for the swing of a guard's baton had prepared him to sit in long hours of quiet meditation. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “What was that?” he demanded, raising the baton to point directly at Javier’s face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She took her baton and started beating the rubber tip of it into the gravel of the driveway. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Well, if you count baton twirling as a talent. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But first she needed to learn how to twirl a baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “No one needs to learn how to twirl a baton.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Nowhere are there larger bands or more marching organizations, with corps of costumed girls whirling glittering batons. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He screamed for his mother, then saw her take a baton to the face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before Raymie could even attempt some sort of response, the woman was out of the car and had hold of Beverly’s baton and was pulling on it and Beverly was pulling back. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She twirled it in front of her, so fast and furious that the baton became almost invisible. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Instead of legs, her torso tapered into what looked like a short baton. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She throws the baton in the air and does some sort of crazy spinning flip, then she lands with her back to us and catches the baton as it’s about to hit the floor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When they were caught, guards would beat them with batons and ban them from lunch at school for several days. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “You do not have the baton, Miss Ohio. Latrine duty tomorrow.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And they showed us how two partners could hold opposite ends of a baton to create an impromptu chair for an injured CO or inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was obviously a day-shift guy; he could tell by my baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They're not even here to enroll me—handed that job off like a baton to Didu and leapt on the plane to Mumbai late last night. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the second room a guy holding an orchestra baton is facing the wall opposite the door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Butler grabbed the offending baton, swinging weapon and bearer like a set of bolas. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He had a bad temper, he admitted, telling how last week he had drawn his baton on an inmate in the tunnel leading up from Tappan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one wants to learn how to twirl a stupid baton anyway.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She gripped The Gold-Bug tightly in her hand and tried to think of it as a baton in a relay she was desperately trying to win. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She was learning how to twirl a baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z We dove to the ground, and remained there as mounted police galloped into the crowd, smashing people with batons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stand up straight! That is the first rule of baton twirling, to stand as if you value yourself and your place in the world.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I heave the baton into the air high as the pennants wave over the stadium, and the hurricane finally catches me and I close my eyes and let it wash over me: “COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAN!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The first class I attended was in baton twirling, taught by a chubby girl about fourteen named Nancy. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss and his friends watched, frozen in place, as two cops clad in all black chased after the fleeing students, one of them with a baton raised in the air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He stops his conducting and taps my case with his baton. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I’m starting to worry that I’ll never learn how to twirl a baton.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Other artwork showcased additional sports—a football player scoring a touchdown, a baseball player swinging a bat, and a sprinter handing off a baton to a teammate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The one clipped his baton back into his belt. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Beverly threw her baton up high in the air and caught it with a professional snap of her wrist. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And our belts, newly laden with batons, had begun to spring key clips and latex-glove holders, though no one had told us to put them on yet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the other second legs got their batons, Mikey had taken the lead. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I slapped the baton into Coach's hand again and this time asked, "What we doin' this for?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Krystal had already taken off, and she thrust her arm back to receive the baton. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She pointed at the door with her baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Then they sashayed past us, the one wearing Vonetta’s watch snaking her wrist around and around like a baton twirler, except there was no baton. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z My father is standing to my right and Nation is to my left, holding the certificate rolled up like a baton. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Taylor reached a hand out for the baton and Petra relinquished it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I saw that race. You were in fifth place when you got the baton, and you almost made it all up in the last hundred. You came in something like three-tenths of a second behind.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z One arm was hanging almost to the floor, and with the other arm, she was holding her baton close to her chest. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z To pass the baton, a toad grabbed the edge of the baton with its mouth and then wiggled till it was holding it at its center. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He picked up a newspaper, folded it into a rigid baton, and clubbed Otis once across the face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel the baton smack into my left hand, I curl my fingers around it, I switch it to my right hand and take off down the chalk-striped brick-colored lane. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She made twirling a baton look easy and impossible at the same time. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z All the fumbling, and stumbling, and batons slipping and dropping to the ground. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z At the far end of the train is a man with a baton, a conductor. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The other officer was ready with his baton. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In iron-on letters the shirt reads Go to Sadie Hawkins with me...She spins a baton between her fingers, waiting for the crowd to settle. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I feel the baton in my hand, but Natalie’s not letting go and the baton is hobbling. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Then Coach pulled another baton out and gave it the same oily rubdown, handing that one to me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I hear the breathing, the clearing of throats, the accidental springing up of a seat as the audience adjusts and the conductor lifts his baton to begin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Rice tapped his baton on his music stand to restore order. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to calm my pounding heart and wondered if I should have pulled out my baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The skeleton drew a baton and I sliced off his arms at the elbows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Joost adjusted the set of his coat and rifle, then patted the weighted baton at his hip. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He lifted the baton in the air like a wizard casting a spell and yelled, "We got work to do!" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I got to my feet and ducked a police baton. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I wonder if she is thinking about all the times Natalie dropped the baton at practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Ida Nee was still down on the dock, marching back and forth and twirling her baton and talking to herself. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Nothing major. These little batons pack quite a punch, though. How’s our prisoner?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Cigarette and cocktail glasses held like batons flew in the air directing the symphony of chatter, shrieking, singing, and laughing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She had outfitted herself with a fresh baton, and she was using it to point at things. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She stood up and stretched, and then she bent down and picked up her baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Ms. Fender tapped her music stand with her baton. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Shoulders back, chin up, batons out in front of you!” said Ida Nee. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed the phone like a relay racer taking the baton. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Coach pulled a baton from one of his back pockets. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Then he tapped her breasts with his baton. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The baton started to come down, but then he swooped it to the side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The penalty for dropping your baton during these exercises was doing push-ups on your knuckles on the marble floor, hands wrapped around the baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Grub clipped him on the elbow with his buzz baton and a thousand volts spread across Butler’s chest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Auster held up his fingers and let a dust devil swirl between them like a baton. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Uh-huh," I said, the baton glinting in the sun every time I lifted my right arm. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “One of those officers was hit three times on his head and shoulders with a baton. The third time, it broke. You know how hard you have to hit these to break them?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The baton was moving constantly, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The mob was coming over the dunes, Narcissus in the lead, holding his bow like a band major’s baton. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Compare your baton to a baseball bat, and you’ll know why we didn’t rush in there to break it up,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bloom explained that he also had been struck on the head with a baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The baton swung hard and cracked Mr. Jacobs across the jaw. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Holly, too, had a slim frame with long tapered fingers, perfect for wrapping around a buzz baton. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When she opens her eyes and sees the guard, she gets out of bed carefully, eyes on the security guard’s baton, which is gripped in a meaty hand. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He twirled the wand between his long fingers like a baton and it emitted a number of pink and gold sparks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Stormville toad dropped its baton in the very last second, and the crowd gasped in unison. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She stopped and beat some more gravel with Ida Nee’s baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The riot police shot rubber bullets, hurled tear gas, beat people with batons. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z By now, the remains of Retrieval One had their buzz batons fired up and raised. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The conductor lifts his baton, and I'm invigorated hearing the familiar passages: the drone of the double bass as the heartrending introduction begins, the strings peeling away layers like birch bark. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She took her pocketknife out of her shorts and passed her baton to Raymie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Herr Doctor Mengele pointed his baton to the right, and I joined the ranks of the other men and women who’d been kept to work. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Holly gave him a swipe in the backside with her buzz baton. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And then, like there was a conductor waving a baton, we both started laughing at the same time. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Guy Greco tilted his head to listen, but the baton did not stop and neither did the band. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Slapped the baton against her leg a few times, then got set. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I was teaching her how to twirl baton, and this started a partnership that lasted for the next three years. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She still keeps a journal and feels honored to be passing the baton. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Smith waited a couple of minutes, then rapped his baton on a gate and shouted, “Lock in!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Zlata then reciprocated by passing the baton to the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The girl clutched her baton to her chest and dropped to her knees. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And then she starts running, with her hand out behind her, ready for me to pass the baton. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When "stick" is called out, my job is to stretch my left arm behind me, without looking, while running full speed until Krystal slaps the baton in my hand. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I asked, still holding on to the stupid baton. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He also reviewed the best places to strike with a baton: the ex-posed bones of the lower body. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She tapped her stand three times with her baton. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mounted police launched cavalry charges into the massed strikers, swinging at them with batons. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The baton hitting the desk made a hollow, reverberating noise. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He popped the top off, slathered the baton in the petroleum jelly, and handed it to Curron. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The batons in our hands like broken sword handles. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Coach passed the baton from one hand to the next. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z When I toggle my view to show the audience in the Tokyo Dome, they are shrieking his name and waving glowing batons frantically. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z All of them were armed with batons and pistols. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As Fuller himself was being arrested, the policeman taunted him with the baton, repeatedly prodding him in the stomach and then sticking it between his legs and twisting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Rules are rules, Miss New Hampshire. They exist for a reason. For taking the Lord’s name in vain, you owe me another quarter. You also spoke without the baton. Latrine duty for you, too.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z We’re standing on the raised platform outside Batalla Hall with his entire patrol facing the crowd in front of us, while another of Commander Jameson’s patrols is pushing people back with shields and batons. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Whit took the baton and stepped back a few feet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Taylor gripped one end of the baton, sharing it with Shanti. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then, banging his baton on the podium, he would cry, “I want freedom now!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Track batons are slippery, especially if your palms are itchy when you’re trying to grab one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She threw the baton up and caught it and then threw it back in the air again. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Stick,” I say, passing the baton cleanly into her hand. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Beverly threw the baton up in the air once, twice, three times. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “My mother was a baton twirler and a beauty queen,” said Beverly. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Then Miss Violet of the Very Spiky Heels tapped her baton again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z When they all came over, he took the baton from Krystal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He pulled out a jolt baton and jammed it into her side. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The batons were made of hardwood, Malaver explained— usually, oak or ash. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed the baton to Adina, who started to say something in response, then thought better of it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Probably no one had ever beaten her desk with a baton before. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Moss watched in dismay as someone tried to leave and was promptly dropped by multiple baton swings. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We broke for lunch, and afterward, we were each issued a baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Popish described having seen the baton of a CO who came face-to-face with a shank-wielding inmate; the baton had a large slice cut out of it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My attitude started to sizzle as I reluctantly took the baton again. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z They sat solemnly holding their greasy batons and alternately inspecting and sucking them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The four relay runners were practicing baton handoffs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The baton hit Moss’s left knee, making him crumple to the ground in an instant, overwhelmed with pain, with shame, the burning agony. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And while the baton was suspended between the sky and the gravel, Beverly said, “I told you to tell me a secret.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Curron and I were last, holding our greasy batons, waiting for our whistle. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He held a baton in his right hand, and with a flick of it to the left or right he was separating the line. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The cop glanced at his partner, then hooked his baton back onto his belt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I paid good money for that baton,” the woman said to Raymie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He followed her finger and saw the line of cops in black gear, their batons out, their shields up, as they completely blocked Broadway at 4th Street. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’m glad they survived to tell us their stories and pass the baton. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The radio in the background seemed to sing louder, the cheerful pop tune warring with the sick thwack of baton blows against skin. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The baton came up again, and Moss had no time to block it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The baton looks like a foot-long pipe, but it’s light, it’s made of aluminum. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Guy Greco turned to the Serenaders, the baton flashed, and out came the sounds of that old teen dance standard: the bunny hop. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Her baton flashed brilliantly, violently, in the afternoon sun. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z "Stick! Stick!" she yelled, and I reached my left arm back and grabbed the baton smooth as smooth. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Everything around him was a mess of screams and the thuds of batons on bodies. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was more physicality, for one thing, and that always helped: We received instruction in the use of the baton and in a variety of martial arts and other tough-guy methods, cumulatively labeled Defensive Tactics. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like dancing, like being able to move with each other without actually touching, in one smooth motion I handed the baton to Krystal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z In those pictures, the Devil is always painted completely black with horns and a tail; Michael is always rosy and winged with a sword he twirls like a baton. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He had raked his baton down my shin during my training there to demonstrate its power to inflict pain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss saw the baton raised in the air, but it happened so quickly that he couldn’t shout out a warning in time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Coach picked up the two batons from the track, and wiped them down. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z And the baton twirling is part of the plan. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “You already know how to twirl a baton,” she said. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She threw the baton up in the air and caught it in her grubby hand. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Voldemort raised the Elder Wand, holding it as delicately and precisely as a conductor’s baton. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Louisiana stopped beating the baton against the desk. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Finally they reached the Colosseum, where a dozen guys in cheap gladiator costumes were scuffling with the police—plastic swords versus batons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he’d pace up and down, up and down, restless, sighing, wandering through the aisles, the blackboard pointer poised in his hand, the pointer he used either like a conductor’s baton or a musketeer’s sword. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, Ida Nee came marching toward them, her white boots glowing and her baton flashing. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z As I stood toward the wall, he ran his baton down the front of my shin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as though he had given a downbeat with an invisible baton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whoever needs to talk can ask for the baton. Parliamentary procedure will be followed.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They pressed us back, keeping us at baton’s length. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Louisiana stretched out her baton and moved it around as if she were writing golden words in the air above their heads. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She stood in front of the room, using a ruler for a baton, striking each syllable so hard it was as if she were making up for the times she had nothing to strike. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Another clambered on to his back, stinging him repeatedly with the baton. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Charley’s combed columns of legs were noble things, his cap of silver blue fur was rakish, and he carried the pompon of his tail like the baton of a bandmaster. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not going anywhere,” a voice said from behind him, and Moss whirled around in time to catch a baton on his shoulder, instead of somewhere much more painful. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Beverly threw the baton up in the air, higher this time. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The baton rushed down through the air and connected with Sophia’s right elbow as she began to bring it up to block the blow. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z This image was followed by one of Beverly Tapinski and her mother fighting over the baton in a cloud of gravel dust. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She gripped The Gold-Bug tightly in her hand and tried to think of it as a baton in a relay she was desperately trying to win. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He waved his baton to the right for the man, and to the left for the woman and the little boy. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The rest of practice was Whit giving us the rundown about the handoff—the passing of the baton—and how it was just like dancing the waltz, but we didn't actually practice it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She bent over Ida Nee, and the baton became a silver rope running through Beverly’s fingers. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z But when I’m Dusty circling the bases, I twirl the bat like a baton and dance, which makes her laugh. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z We’d learn how to use a baton and how to fight hand to hand in a course called Defensive Tactics. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Noodles took the pink yarn and the needles like taking a baton in a relay race, and started up the steps, two at a time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It would be a relay-style toad race today, with each toad hopping 131 toadstools before passing a baton to their teammate. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Moss felt the baton over his back, but it only grazed him as he twisted away, his hand in his mother’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Down at the lake, on the edge of the dock, Ida Nee was twirling her baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I removed my baton from its ring and walked into view of Massey. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what it was. Who in the world calls the police about a missing baton?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Two police officers in dark green uniforms with brown batons and steel guns holstered at their waists sauntered into the marble foyer. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Louisiana stopped kicking the desk and started beating it with her baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The baton, once more, moved to the left. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood up, spinning the rake like a cheerleader’s baton. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She threw her baton up in the air and caught it with an elegant twist of her wrist. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Late afternoons, practicing my baton in the firebreak, angrily I would throw him into the air and watch him twirl, and catch him, and throw him high, again and again and again. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She put down her baton and held up her hands. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z They unfolded the dark-stained red flannel of the muletas and fixed batons in them to spread the stuff and give the matador something to hold. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “I think I left that stupid baton of hers at your dad’s office,” said Beverly. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He smiles gently at Werner and sits in a tall-backed armchair upholstered in golden silk with his rifle across his huge thighs, where it looks like little more than a baton. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He was holding a conductor’s baton and was surrounded by officers. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the other end of the baton, looking like it was the last thing in the world she wanted to do. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Miss Violet of the Very Spiky Heels tapped her baton for silence. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z A baton had been dropped, but not by any of the girls. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Watras tapped his baton on the podium.The curtain opened. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The students from Beaux- batons had chosen seats at the Ravenclaw table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Beverly threw the baton up in the air and caught it. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Feliciano told this inmate not to turn around, then drew his baton and held it in ready position across his torso, what was called port-arms position. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Twinkle lit a cigarette and began to smoke it with relish, waving it around Sanjeev’s head as if it were a conductor’s baton as Mahler’s Fifth Symphony roared from the stereo downstairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The runner who's receiving the baton has to time it exactly right, start sprinting before the runner with the baton reaches the line. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Beside them are my batons, short wooden clubs with a metal spike in the weighted end and a leather thong at the bottom, a last resort in the case of a melee. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They stood with their batons hanging at their sides, their helmets gleaming in the lights of the parking lot. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We couldn't hear him call "Stick!" but he must have because Mikey threw his arm back and two seconds later had the baton. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z A group of men soon appeared, accompanied by several police officers with their batons drawn. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The human twirled the mace as though it were a cheerleader’s baton, ramming it home between the troll’s shoulder blades. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z After about ten seconds of nothing but the sound of rubber on asphalt, Coach finally said, "You did good Saturday, kid," the silver of the baton gleaming in the sun. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Moss made a quick count: eight of them, batons held at the ready, their faces unseen, their motives unknown. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Now, They Ready on Netflix will pass the baton to other comedians who have been sidelined by history. ‘The boys' club has been obliterated’: meet the women of colour shaking up comedy 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z “It felt like kind of a passing of a baton,” said Miller. 'We felt a huge responsibility' – behind the landmark Apollo 11 documentary 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z We only had rafts – two 45-gallon drums laced together with wooden batons. Experience: I survived 15 days adrift on a raft 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Multi-Emmy winner Bergen’s seasoned investigative journalist and news anchor picks up Mary Richards’s empowerment baton. A look at how Hollywood depicts female journalists. (Hint: It’s not always positive.) 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Today's reader will simply not accept the baton being passed. Have we forgotten how to read critically? 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z But since the gala, like so much else, was forced to go remote, the Philharmonic had some fun with the format, filming its current players performing to historical footage of Bernstein wielding his baton. With No Tickets to Sell, Arts Groups Appeal to Donors to Survive 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Every so often, he would lean over and whisper about some enjoyable or dissonant moment — the bravura of the conductor’s baton, the ill-fitting costume on the mezzo soprano. Perspective | With Terrence McNally’s death, the theater has lost a voice of consummate wit and passion 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The late conductor and baton pedagogue Max Rudolf once said that a conductor's first job is to listen. Haitink's mellow mastery an ideal match for CSO's power 2011-05-27T16:27:33Z “I am passing the baton to the partners of Luna Luna, who have the energy, vision and respect to keep the spirit of Luna Luna alive,” he said in a statement. How Drake’s $100 Million Bet Saved the Long-Lost Art Carnival Luna Luna 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z For argument's sake, let's look at this recipe for our Buttery Maple and Cumin Carrots, which calls for 1 pound of carrots, cut into batons about 1/2-inch thick. How to steam carrots without cooking them to death 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z He did push even further, in the finale, but he ended up pitching his baton into the viola section. Review: Lang Lang Returns, Rehabilitated and Almost Reformed 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z “I imagined myself with a baton, marching in the front. ‘I’m leading the whole parade.’ After a decade of dormancy, Chaka Khan blooms again 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Or as Caroline Spelman put it, "to grab the baton of power". Tory medicine: betterment by exhortation 2010-04-14T04:00:00Z Not that there are any hard feelings about Queen having picked up their baton. 10cc: 'It was a tragedy we didn't stay together' 2012-11-22T20:00:04Z The biggest change was the live music, played by the terrific Orchestra of St. Luke’s under Donald York’s baton, a major upgrade from the troupe’s usual taped accompaniment. Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance Opens Its Season 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But under Mr. Yu’s baton, they summoned surprising extremes, leavened occasionally with the brisk lightness of a Tchaikovsky ballet. Review: Yo-Yo Ma and Wu Man Play With Cinematic Sweep 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z In the center, wielding his knife like a conductor’s baton, stands Mr. Hong, doling out precise, timed portions of exquisite nigiri sourced from across the globe. At Hidden Fish in San Diego, the Dance of the Omakase 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z At moments of passionate lyricism, he tended to switch his baton to his left hand, leaving his right free and a bit fluttering, like a more precise Valery Gergiev. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Once the last bathing beauty has paraded before us, and the last baton twirled, metaphorically speaking, these judges rate the contestants on a scale of 1 to 10. ‘Pageant,’ a Musical Parody, Is Revived 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z James Levine, the recently retired music director of the Metropolitan Opera, is one of the few conductors whose piano playing is on a par with his baton technique. CD reviews: Two rediscoveries of Brahms and Couperin 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The orchestral playing under Carlo Montanaro's baton was especially impressive: The strings were sumptuous in tone, and the young composer's brash cabalettas sprang into action with an élan calculated to set the listener's pulse racing. Seattle Opera's 'Attila' takes stage with guns blazing 2012-01-16T01:07:05Z Most of the time, you don’t have to wait long, though given the Punisher’s preferences, a higher percentage of the action this season involves gunfire rather than fists and batons. In ‘Daredevil,’ on Netflix, the Punisher Stirs Up the Gangs 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Peel and cut a small celeriac into thin batons – or use a julienne peeler. Autumn veg recipes for an exciting packed lunch | The lunch box 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z All those come together in the finale of the enormous Fourth, a layered collage of tunes and textures that, under Dudamel’s baton, feels as unsettled and tenuously harmonious as America itself. Gustavo Dudamel: An Introduction in 10 Recordings 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Kitamura then hands the soloist’s baton to Michael Mayo, whose riffing engages more directly with the scat singing of bebop and later a cappella trends. The Sumptuous, Sour Music of Cory Smythe 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z The police officers, indistinguishable in their riot gear, are a wall of helmets, batons and other weaponry. Perspective | The protesters are dressed as their unique selves — and that’s part of their power 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The holiday season always means the annual performances from the young players of this orchestra, under the baton of Jaime Laredo. 5 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Her voice sounded thin, vying with the pumped-up orchestra under Michael Christie’s vigorous baton, and her character, initially quirky, became largely two-dimensional. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z It's been easy to see this passing of the baton as somehow inevitable. Before Midnight rages against film's dying of the light 2013-06-24T15:50:20Z The curtain rose smoothly, and the conductor raised his baton. Dance Review: Couples? Affair, Business Edition 2011-05-17T23:40:15Z In passing the baton to Mr. Nézet-Séguin this season, which begins Monday night, the Met is hoping for a fresh start. The Met Is Creating New Operas (Including Its First by Women) 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Just another day in the mind of America, where militant patriotism, Destiny’s Child, marching bands, baton twirlers, soldiers, the American flag, advertising and fireworks all get mashed up into one big stew. Q. and A.: Kevin Powers and Ben Fountain, National Book Award Nominees 2012-11-13T17:21:36Z You feel like the city is passing its baton for inspiration for the next project. Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Bao Nguyen on 'Live From New York!' 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Flying out from Birmingham Airport, the baton will first stop on the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus on Oct. Queen Elizabeth launches baton relay for Commonwealth Games 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Despite several awkward scenery-change pauses, the opera overall flowed with passages reminiscent of Mozart, Rossini, Puccini and Wagner under conductor Benjamin Dia’s baton. Filipino opera gets its Washington premiere at the Kennedy Center Both will be screened on the Fox network, with X Factor running in the autumn, finishing just in time for Idol to pick up the reality TV baton in the new year. 2010-01-12T09:52:00Z He rarely uses a baton, leading instead in generalized sweeps that outline large phrases and dynamics but that pretty much leave the details to the players. National Philharmonic’s strings deliver ebullient warmth 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z “It’s just a good time to step aside and pass the baton,” he added, explaining that he envisioned a new generation taking on the space. New Ohio Theater Announces It Will Close After Three Decades 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Now that student, having taken the baton from Beethoven, is ready to present the 10th Symphony to the world. How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Under the deft baton of Mr. Zinman, “Iscariot” proved intense, opening with a dramatic drumbeat that segues immediately into a radiant string section evoking Barber’s “Adagio.” Review: Lisa Batiashvili With the New York Philharmonic 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z She became an experienced performer under the baton of Arturo Toscanini, the revered Italian conductor. Licia Albanese, acclaimed opera soprano known for ‘Madama Butterfly,’ dies at 105 Inside might be rajas, batons of chile with stray seeds still clinging like unfinished thoughts. Tamales, for Many Meals and Courses, at Alimentos Saludables 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Everything sounded different; this German maestro uses unconventional gestures and no baton. Guest conductor Markus Stenz pulls the BSO into an unknown but elite realm 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Even the helicopters that seem to inevitably whop-whop-whop overhead the moment the conductor picks up a baton. The Hollywood Bowl Is Now on Plan C: Filling All 18,000 Seats 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The baton is never dropped because the race is never over. Our group chat is a sacred space to talk openly about being Black in America 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The audience members were led to their seats not by ushers but by guards with wooden batons hanging from their belts. Opera in Attica: Bringing Arias to a Maximum-Security Prison 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z I felt I was handing off a baton.” ?An American Type? Is Henry Roth?s Posthumous Novel 2010-05-23T21:19:00Z On that Sunday last week, as Ratti began whipping up the air, his body convulsing, one of the officers grabbed his baton “as if he wanted to strike me,” Ratti said. Perspective | In pain and rage, a protester approached police. And then he danced. 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z He positioned himself early on an icon of generational change, the opportunity to pass the baton, etc. Our political future is in millennial hands — even if it feels like boomers will never retire 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z They said one of the officers “inadvertently” hit Oscar with his retractable baton when Oscar pushed him in the chest, Burke said. Alderman: Cop beating a 'clear case of abuse' 2012-01-17T21:19:00Z Under the baton of Arthur Shaw, orchestra director and conductor at Western Washington University, the orchestra will debut in concerts on Thursday and Saturday. New Eastside orchestra debuts Dec. 15 and 17 2011-12-12T23:10:05Z On Jan. 6, after practicing for the United States Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Ms. Kerrigan was attacked by a man who thwacked her leg with a collapsible police baton. Review: ‘I, Tonya.’ I, Punching Bag. I, Punch Line. 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Wielding his 10 batons to extraordinary effect, Temirkanov elicited myriad inner details and colors from the orchestra, building inexorably to Shostakovich's shattering climaxes. The soul of Russia, by way of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z There’s a hint of irony in interviewing the two actors together for a movie in which they never share the screen—rather than acting together, Hawke says, “we pass the baton in this movie.” Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti on Baseball and Parenthood 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z But there must be some kind of affinity, or sense of a baton being passed from one to the next, because Wild Smiles variously recall exponents of all those genres, often within the same song. New band of the day (Wild Smiles No 1,460) 2013-02-27T09:56:51Z Guzman, who joined the youth orchestra seven years ago, has played bow to bow with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the baton of Dudamel. From a Burger King to a Concert Hall, With Help From Frank Gehry 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Typical of the glowing reviews: “This beardless maestro is a prodigy who communicated the sacred artistic fire to his baton and the energy and passion of a genuine artist to the orchestra.” A Life of Toscanini, Maestro With Passion and Principles 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z There was always a bobby hanging around with a quick wit and a quick baton, and I just found the London Underground … It’s really a rabbit warren. Q&A With Johnnie Mac, Street Performer 2010-03-31T03:02:00Z The Face and i-D photographers took on the baton, moulding themselves as ciphers of contemporary culture, further blurring the boundaries of photo-reportage, portraiture and fashion. Terence Donovan Fashion edited by Diana Donovan and David Hillman – review 2012-12-16T00:05:04Z Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, the star conductor recently appointed to roles in Los Angeles and Birmingham, England, will make her New York City debut in an enticing prospect for baton watchers. Classical Music Listings for Sept. 23-29 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z So his newest job will bring him full circle, in a sense: Next season, Mr. Litton will take up the baton as New York City Ballet’s next music director. Andrew Litton to Lead New York City Ballet Orchestra 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z In "Whiplash," the baton is not so much passed as seized. Oscars 2015: Indie outside shot 'Whiplash' keeps hitting the mark 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z A strand of platinum has been incorporated into the baton in recognition of the queen’s 70-year reign, which will be celebrated next year. Queen Elizabeth launches baton relay for Commonwealth Games 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The performance of a symphony that received its UK premiere under the baton of Proms founder Henry Wood launches the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth. BBC Proms 2010 2010-07-16T05:44:00Z He was handed a baton and just started to conduct. A Life of Toscanini, Maestro With Passion and Principles 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z “It was like I was carrying the baton for Eleanor. The main thing she wanted was to be heard.” Helena Bonham Carter: ‘Standing up to Harvey wasn’t easy’ 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z They were met with tear gas, baton charges and plastic bullets aimed at their eyes. ‘My Imaginary Country’ Review: Chile in Revolt 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z To spice things up, in a toy store, Kacie B. grabs a baton, lights it on fire, and starts twirling it and marching up and down the main street. The Bachelor Watch: And The Blondes Played On 2012-01-10T14:30:01Z Still, it did give the BBC the chance to make the same joke lots of times - about a 'relay team passing the baton.' Proms week 1 in review 2012-07-17T16:32:23Z If you are making one at home, you will need a rubber band, two nails banged into a wooden baton, an electric motor and a battery. Damien Hirst credits Blue Peter with idea for his controversial spin paintings 2012-08-29T15:49:46Z Then he stands on the podium with his back to the audience, legs motionless, back motionless, only his arms moving to wield a long white baton, looking like an animated Art Deco silhouette. NSO’s ‘New Moves’ festival closes with Jessica Lang and Leila Josefowicz Returning to a character he has portrayed before, he is seducing audiences with his technical virtuosity, crunching on all those crisp consonants in Hare's talky script while wielding his wiry body like a conductor's baton. Tony Awards 2015: Yet another British invasion of America 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Almost everyone loves a carrot, from toddlers clutching the little batons to grown-ups at holiday feasts, where a gleaming platter of roasted carrots radiates a deeper, more complex type of sweetness. The Anything but Humble Carrot 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z As Valentine, Sisto is like an orchestra conductor and the pencil is his baton. How Jeremy Sisto keeps the CBS drama ‘FBI’ moving briskly 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z In terms of sheer brio and promise, its appearance marks the passing of a generational baton. ‘There There’ is an Energetic Revelation of a Corner of American Life 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Patina runs the anchor leg, the most pressured position on the team, and must learn to accept the baton from her teammate Krystal, who doesn’t trust Patina, based on much more than their athletic performance. Running for Their Lives in Two Middle-Grade Novels About Track Teams 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The company announced on Thursday that it was passing the baton long held by James Levine to Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra known for his vital, visceral brand of music making. Yannick Nézet-Séguin to Succeed James Levine as Met Opera’s Music Director 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Although he and his partner have no plans to step away anytime soon, the chef says, “this is the passing of a baton.” Indique gets a next-generation makeover 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z And the cops have their batons and their face masks down. ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: 'The Bad and the Better' 2012-05-30T17:38:10Z The 2023-24 season, which begins in October, will feature some 170 performances, beginning with two concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of its outgoing music director, Riccardo Muti. Carnegie Hall’s New Season: What We Want to Hear 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Under his neat baton, the melodies unfolded in long, lyrical spans, buoyed by the great rhythmic machine Schubert creates, but the moments of potential magic sped by too quickly for the players to harness them. BBCSO/Volkov – review 2013-02-17T14:00:17Z Mr. Horowitz made his first baton, quite by accident, in the mid-1960s, after Mr. Böhm broke one and, casting about for another, was told that none like it existed. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Tharp takes inspiration from just about anything fit for a stage — from ballet to the circus to baton twirling — so she can sometimes feel like a stylistic maximalist. 10 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z From here the baton – doubtless whittled from an overhanging branch – was passed to Ernest Thompson Seton, the man whom Baden-Powell acknowledged as the real "father" of the scouting movement. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z The silhouette was mostly as thin as those baton sticks that might be a spool for the fabric wrapped around at waist or back, or used like a brooch to fasten the short jackets. Fashion Review: A Playful Mix of Cultures 2013-01-23T18:00:31Z In one scene, he mediates between the police and protesters after the death of Breonna Taylor, whom he knew, convincing the officers to drop their batons in a show of solidarity. ‘From the Hood to the Holler’ Review: A Race to Galvanize the Poor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The musicians' response was electric, with the players apparently inspired by the swoop of the baton and the conductor's expressive phrase-shaping left hand. Cellist Baltacigil delights Seattle Symphony audience 2012-10-05T18:56:04Z Maybe this is the time to hand the baton to Honda's humanoid robot, "Asimo," which "conducted" the opener of a Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert last May. Believe it or not: News of the weird from the year in classical music 2010-12-22T21:46:07Z After years of guest batons and speculation, the news had come at last in June that Mäkelä, just 26, would take the podium. At 26, the Conductor Klaus Mäkelä’s Star Keeps Rising and Rising 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The prize will be awarded in the presence of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia and will include a performance by the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Riccardo Muti. Vienna Philharmonic archives showing Nazi ties to get new home 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Bernstein was so devoted to his Horowitz batons that after his death in 1990 he was buried with one. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z They ran toward us in riot gear, batons raised, and when we scattered like cats they chased us into corners, busted some skulls, arrested others. The Long Road to Angela Davis’s Library 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Beachgoers hauled picnic lunches filled with garlicky salami sandwiches on lavishly buttered slices of baton, a staple Ukrainian bread. Rescuing the Cuisine of Besieged Mariupol, Recipe by Family Recipe 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Passing the baton … Who will replace Simon Rattle at the Berliner Philharmoniker? Simon Rattle is to leave Berlin: what next for him and the Philharmoniker? 2013-01-10T16:20:19Z The composer was a fine pianist and cellist who studied composition with Bruckner in Vienna and was principal cellist in the Vienna Court Opera under Mahler’s baton. Music Review: ?Notre Dame,? Franz Schmidt?s Opera, at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-20T21:34:19Z This was a leisurely, mellow, thoroughly pastoral rendition of a piece that under other batons — like that, as my colleague David Allen recently observed, of Charles Munch — can be hair-raising. Review: At 95, a Conductor Is Still Showing New Facets 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z He — batons are still almost exclusively wielded by men — is a kind of medium between composers, usually from the distant past, and players who actually make the sounds. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z He never used a baton, always conducting with his hands alone. Happy birthday, Pierre 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Both orchestra and chorus, under the baton of Gareth Jones, are on strong form. The Perfect American – review 2013-06-08T23:06:02Z At one point, the female protagonist held off five aggressive swordsmen with her baton while managing a costume of Mardi Gras size and complexity. Peking Opera at Kennedy Center has the right moves, if not the best sounds A large-scale Wuorinen work was to have its premiere by the Met Orchestra under Mr. Levine’s baton in June, but the ensemble no longer plans to perform the completed piece. He Has Fans, Fame and an Acclaimed ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Opera. So Why Is Charles Wuorinen So Cranky? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaplan, who conducted from memory and with a baton owned by Mahler, accepted no payment for his performances because he did not consider himself a professional. Gilbert Kaplan, millionaire businessman and self-taught maestro of Mahler, dies at 74 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “Oh my God, it’s so good,” he said, waving his baton. The Maestro Wore Blue: Bringing Pizazz to the Pit at the Met 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z There is a symbolic passing of the baton here, or at least of the vestments. 7 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z But at conservatory he took up the baton as well, and in 2009 he won first prize and the audience prize at the Malko Competition for Young Conductors in Copenhagen. Joshua Weilerstein, a recent Dudamel fellow, is back in L.A. as maestro 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z The baton is an elongation of the arm. There Are Three Versions of Bruckner’s Fourth. Why Choose? 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z He never explains exactly what happened to him, so we can only assume that Cheryl clubbed him in the back of the head with a baton. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Evan shows feeling 2010-05-18T13:20:00Z Conductor Charles Barker, baton frantically pumping, was pressed to keep pace. A show of virtuosos, ‘Swan Lake’ shimmers with strong women 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “We must pass the baton when the time is ready.” Amid Signs of Trouble, Can MOCA Find Its Footing? 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z The work, commissioned by Lincoln Center, was performed by Charles and his group, Creole Soul, and the New York Philharmonic under the baton of its music director, Jaap van Zweden. David Geffen Hall Reopens, Hoping Its $550 Million Renovation Worked 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z That’s when a mostly unknown 14-year-old violin prodigy sliced through not one, but two E strings during a particularly scorching passage of Leonard Bernstein’s sumptuous and demanding “Serenade” — under the composer’s baton no less. Midori’s career started with a fleeting moment. It’s evolved into a lasting legacy. 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Some conductors dispense with the baton altogether, shaping the music with their hands. Perspective | What does a conductor do, anyway? A music critic lays it out. 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z In the eighties, at the peak of my rebellious years, the baton was delivered to some bland apparatchik whom I perceived as my exact enemy. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Imagine a musical version of the orcs, Tolkien’s enslaved former elves, made to serve the cult of an all-powerful moving image under the baton of a brainwashed wizard. Review: In ‘The Lord of the Rings in Concert,’ Musicians in Sync With a Soundtrack 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z During one such demonstration police hit the actor with a baton and shot him seven times with rubber bullets, a scene that played on CNN and was posted on Twitter. "There is no revolution without art": Kendrick Sampson on activism & his new film "Miss Juneteenth" 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z He is passing the baton — without quite releasing his grip — to his son Marc Glimcher. Art Crowd Flocks to Pace’s Giant Gallery in Chelsea 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z When “Preludes” begins, in Moscow in 1900, memories of the hostile reception to his first symphony in 1897, performed disastrously under the baton of a drunken conductor, still grip him in a stranglehold. Review: ‘Preludes’ Shows Rachmaninoff Failed by His Muse and Killing Time 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z In all honestly, they're not the ones playing the instruments, just waving the baton around. With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z All six Mary Pages are excellent, handing off, as if in a relay race, the baton of the character’s discontinuous personality. Review: ‘Mary Page Marlowe’ Lives an Ordinary, Extraordinary Life 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z This could be cause for caution or an opening for audacity, depending on who’s got the baton. Review | My spirits needed a lift. Violinist Hilary Hahn and the NSO delivered, in D major. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Denk is tackling “Devil,” which makes its local premiere, for the first time in Seattle but has performed on several occasions under Adams’ baton. Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Once there, she removed her medical mask with a feigned look of relief and raised a baton. A Conductor Considers Her Future 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z To avoid any hint of the metronome, Mr. Metzmacher likes to conduct many large, logistically challenging scores without a baton. Music: Franz Schreker?s Opera ?Der Ferne Klang? at Bard 2010-07-25T01:32:00Z A bed of crushed potatoes, shallots and garlic and smoky batons of bacon round out the fun. Convivial review: Cedric Maupillier brings diners on a delicious voyage 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The Orchestra of the League of Composers gave its final concert of the season on Monday at Miller Theater at Columbia University, under the baton of Louis Karchin. Orchestra of the League of Composers at Miller Theater 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Back to the future and the latest reality-TV baton was handed over as The Apprentice died and Show Me the Funny began. Rewind TV: The Hour; The Apprentice; Show Me the Funny; Imagine; Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet; Twenty Twelve ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:24Z The baton does not pass often at the Metropolitan Opera, which is facing challenging times. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Will Shake Things Up at the Met Opera 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Smith’s own favorite was of conductor Lionel Hampton, with his baton raised, levitating himself a good three or four feet in the air. MOHAI exhibit of Al Smith’s photographs shows vibrancy of Seattle’s Central District and African-American community 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z His tonally grounded music flickers, hums, pulses, thunders and soars from the expert, 15-piece Boston Modern Orchestra Project under Gil Rose's firm and trenchant baton. COT's dazzling 'robot opera' poses provocative new questions 2011-04-03T18:39:00Z And it’s a problem that won’t necessarily be solved by changing the identity of the person holding the baton. In ‘Tár,’ a Female Maestro Falls Into the Same Old Traps 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z For him, the US dropped the technological baton decades ago, when they gave up the space race. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-08T17:15:49Z The baton will carry hi-tech gadgets, including a 360-degree camera and atmospheric sensors which use laser technology to analyze environmental conditions. Queen Elizabeth launches baton relay for Commonwealth Games 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The March 11 concert will be held at Carnegie Hall with music by The New York Pops, under the baton of Steven Reineke. NY concert to honor Judy Garland is family affair 2011-03-02T00:03:24Z Many orchestras pass their batons from one conductor to another. Passing the Baton (and Harpsichord) at Philharmonia Baroque 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The blatantly fake object, or “exact replica,” as the exhibitors put it more genteelly, is a reproduction of Mahler’s baton. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Vienna’s Musical Giants’ Brings Artifacts to Carnegie Hall 2014-03-11T21:56:53Z In subsequent years, the original members passed the baton to replacements: There have been 25 vocalists. Artists contemplate the isolation of the Internet era through photographs 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Jordan didn’t seem particularly satisfied, but his time was up, and the baton was handed to Scanlon, who announced that she’d be getting back to questions about antitrust issues and leave the conspiracy theories behind. Perspective | Tech titans gave their House testimony virtually. But it was the congressmen who departed from reality. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Many in the crowd were of similar ages to the surviving Fairport founders, who are all in their 60s at least, but they too appear to be passing the baton to a new generation. Fathers of folk-rock mark 45 years with family bash 2012-08-15T12:37:54Z “She would love the idea that someone picked up the baton and carried what was going to be her first work of fiction over the finish line,” Ms. Ciment said of Ms. Rich. ‘The Hand That Feeds You,’ a Thriller Written as an Act of Love for Its Originator 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z “It’s the most fulfilling thing, getting to pass the baton.” Coquito, the Puerto Rican Holiday Drink, Available in Frozen Form 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Starting this fall, the New York-based Aucoin will be waving his baton in a westward direction when he takes on the newly created role of artist in residence at Los Angeles Opera. Composer-conductor Matthew Aucoin is tapped to join L.A. Opera as an artist in residence 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z After the manuscript of Patty's confession, the disclosure of which, to her lover and husband, will later have serious consequences, the narrative baton is handed on, first to Richard, then Walter, then Joey. Does Freedom reign? 2010-09-17T23:05:00Z Taking up the narrative baton are the finance and piano students, Ivan and Goran, and two other dancers, Daw and Noah. For ‘The Late Americans,’ Grad School Life Equals Envy, Sex and Ennui 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z “Start left,” the first one read, a reminder to aim his baton toward the violins at the outset. Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Though he admits to enjoying the “slings and arrows and diva hissy fits and conductors smashing batons” of the opera world, he acknowledges that it has “distanced me from the pop world.” Rufus Wainwright’s 10-Year Journey Back to Judy Garland 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Police later charged toward protesters with batons and more tear gas to push them farther into center of the square, where activists have reassembled a make-shift encampment forcibly dismantled by authorities last week. Cops confront Oakland protesters with tear gas 2011-11-03T10:47:00Z Coverage instead focused on the efforts of her father to train his daughters, the passing of the baton from Venus to Serena, and the sisters' style of play. Serena Williams forced journalists to get out of the "toy box" and cover tennis as more than a game 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Barcan took up the baton after the death of local firefighter Ken Woollard, who would organise the early festivals from a public phone box outside Cambridge Fire Station. Elusive Van Morrison headlines 50th Cambridge Folk Festival 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z At a reception following the concert, Morlot addressed a question he's frequently asked: Why does he sometimes conduct with a baton and sometimes with just his hands? Seattle Symphony unveils 2012-13 season 2012-01-27T21:01:04Z If, in his unplanned second act, Mr. Kaplan was tilting at windmills, at least he was doing so with one of Mahler’s batons, which he also owned. Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “It’s their way of honouring me, and my way of honouring the baton being passed,” she says. Alanis Morissette: from queen of alt rock to Guardian advice columnist 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Charles learned all kinds of instruments, like a little Bach might, but settled on the violin and was playing under his father’s baton by his early teens. For the Conductor Charles Munch, Virtuosity Meant Taking Risks 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z After a moment, he adjusts his figure of speech: “President Obama often talks about the ‘relay race’ of regime change, and handing off the baton, which he does in the film. What was the final year in the Obama White House like? This filmmaker was there. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Schick, who more typically wields percussion mallets than a baton, but who is part of the growing list of percussionists-turned-conductors, oversaw skillfully balanced performances of those works and the pointillistic, partly electronic “Déserts.” Music Review: More-Than-Full Var?se at Lincoln Center Festival 2010-07-21T22:35:00Z On April 29, 1992, four Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of assault in the beating of Rodney King — a beating, with kicks and 56 baton swings, captured on videotape. Review: ‘All Involved’ by Ryan Gattis Is Set in the Days After the Rodney King Verdict 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Prokofiev's gigantic musical scherzo goes well under Leo Hussain's crisp and observant baton, its stunning repertoire of modernist paraphernalia vigorously purveyed by the English Chamber Orchestra. The Love for Three Oranges 2010-06-18T22:40:00Z Last month, at the Lucerne festival, I heard perhaps the finest of all current orchestras under the baton of the most eminent of all conductors playing Mahler's ninth. If Blair absorbs me, Mahler's chord ousts him every time 2010-09-02T20:30:00Z Cut the fennel in half lengthways and then into 1.5cm-thick batons, keeping some base attached, so the pieces hold together. Yotam Ottolenghi’s picnic recipes 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Wearing jeans and an old sweater, he wields humor as much as his baton to coax a more animated performance out of the middle-school musicians. LA takes baton as flagship for youth orchestras 2011-11-13T16:03:17Z Twelve seconds later he dropped, with dwindling hope, his baton for that famous opening bar of Finlandia. Sherlock; Dispatches: Britain's Witch Children; Orchestra United 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z Under Mäkelä’s baton on Friday morning, however, it was largely measured in delivering what has become, to mixed results, his trademark clarity. Review: The Rising Star of Conducting Arrives in New York 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The cop took a step back and sheathed his baton. The startling power of my "sweet" white lady voice. 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Pour all but ¼ cup of it over the potatoes, then add the drained green beans, carrot batons and tuna. If you can boil water, you can make this meal 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Reviewing his Met debut, in the same role later that year, under the baton of Jean Morel, Howard Taubman wrote in The New York Times: Nicolai Gedda, Celebrated Opera Tenor, Dies at 91 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Under the baton of artistic director Vladimir Spivakov, the Virtuosi’s 25 string players displayed a seamless blend of tonality, intonation, musicality and technique in Mozart’s Divertimento No. 1 in D Major, K. 136. Hibla Gerzmava brings the house down at Lisner Auditorium 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Going over Messiaen’s teeming “Chronochromie,” he told the percussionists before a particularly intense passage: “You just do that by yourself. I’m not going to disturb you,” and listened to them with baton down. Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra Head to Lincoln Center Festival 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z They froze in time the animated baton and seemingly infinite expressions of Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl. The arts in 2017: Pictures of the year 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z The details are Olympic legend: The 24-year-old Olympic hopeful allegedly hired her ex-boyfriend and bodyguard to attack competitor Nancy Kerrigan, bruising her leg with a baton. Our figure skating obsession: Why America loves watching women fall 2014-02-20T21:45:00Z But it's also important to realise that each great actor hands on the baton on the next generation – and that generation will do things differently and in their own way. Is Trevor Nunn right to worry about theatre stars of the future? 2012-11-27T13:06:00Z He twirled it in his fingers like a baton. Fancy dress by Kate Horsley 2010-12-26T00:05:12Z Robert Weil, who spent six years editing "Mercy of a Rude Stream," said it was time to hand over the baton for Roth's last, very different, novel. Author Henry Roth's hero resurrected in final novel 2010-06-03T17:48:00Z How do you pass on the baton to the next generation? For Architectural Firms, Marquee Name Is No Longer the Thing 2010-09-29T15:00:00Z “His baton technique is not flamboyant; it is clear and precise.” His Conducting Wasn’t Always Pleasant. But It Was the Truth. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z At both rehearsals Mr. Quasthoff conducted seated on a chair wielding a baton in his right hand. Celebrated Bass-Baritone Plans a Surprise Debut at Conducting 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z We hand the baton over to the kids with still the juice in their legs.” Paul Taylor Alumni Return for 60th Anniversary Celebration 2014-03-21T21:23:57Z “The clarity in the baton, in his expression and his gestures,” he said by phone two weeks ago, speaking of performing a new concerto for cello and choir written by Luna Pearl Woolf, Haimovitz’s wife. A polymath in D.C.: The long ascendancy of conductor-composer Julian Wachner “He’s more relaxed; I feel he’s more comfortable in his baton skill, his skill with the orchestra. His musical language has really relaxed and grown.” A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Field, 78, shared his plans to retire last year, citing his desire to “pass the baton” to a new generation of leadership. Ballet Tech Names a New Artistic Director 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Officers lunged at him and hit him five times with a baton while he was seated. Video captures off-duty Florida police officers kicking seated black man: “They beat me like a dog in the street” 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z About 100 riot police in white helmets and visors, holding plastic riot shields and batons, pushed the rioters across Constitution Square. Kass in Greece: Angry protest scene 2012-04-04T20:20:00Z A year after the shooting, Marshalik’s parents told the NY DailyNews that patrolling New York City streets in a uniform with only a baton and radio is dangerous. ‘Your dad’s in jail’ 2012-06-26T16:33:00Z It makes me sick that I’m ever not in my seat when Michael Tilson Thomas raises his baton, because he’s such a good conductor, and I miss hearing orchestral music. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Morlot has also taken up the baton this season for concerts that were to be led by Dausgaard, including the upcoming Mahler Symphony No. 6, and help with some of the season planning. Uncertainty around music director remains as Seattle Symphony announces 2022-23 season 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Presumably Sibelius's Wood Nymph was chosen as a bit of Scandinavia to honour the Finnish conductor and Swedish soloist; under Storgård's baton, the sprawling tone poem seemed an ill-defined, overwrought slog. BBCSSO/Hardenberger ? review 2011-03-25T22:00:02Z Bolivia seemed to have taken up the baton of public enemy number one. Take the long view: Chile revisited 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z On May 25th each year, the baton would be delivered to Tito by a young person deemed to be simultaneously exceptional and typical. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Written by Ms. DuVernay and Spencer Averick, “13TH” picks up Ms. Alexander’s baton and sprints through the history of American race and incarceration with seamless economy. Review: ‘13TH,’ the Journey From Shackles to Prison Bars 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Raise a baton to the Ensemble for the Romantic Century’s tribute to Arturo Toscanini. 7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The song is not being released as a single, but will.i.am believes it will become "a viral baton that is, in a sense, a single." Will.i.am returning to 'Idol' to perform 'Rio' song 2011-03-22T22:42:10Z Under the baton of the music director Rob Berman, the Encores! orchestra plays with its customary vigor and warmth. 2010-02-06T06:35:00Z Tarantino drew from war pictures such as The Dirty Dozen and The Guns of Navarone, but Weil prefers the later cinema that took their baton and ran with it all the way to giddy madness. Why I love the shameless, gory, Nazi-killing catharsis of Amazon's Hunters 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Johnson has picked up the baton — notably the myth of a female Jedi — that was handed to Mr. Abrams when he signed on to revive the series with “The Force Awakens.” ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Skewered squash was interesting; I cut it into long batons that were thinner than the discs I stuck directly on the grill, so the edges were soft and charred, with more al dente centers. The absolute best way to grill vegetables 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z There are a few extras on offer: a wobbling yolk in a separate saucer, to pour into the broth, and a baton of fried dough, for dipping. A Soup That Needs No Accompaniment at Just Pho 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Conducting in the pit is just the tip of the baton for opera house music directors. The Dilemma of James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera 2011-09-24T04:29:45Z But at Geffen Hall, van Zweden’s baton sliced through the air more quickly, shaving a few minutes from the score’s typical duration and dispelling its magic, and delicacy, along the way. Review: The Philharmonic Journeys From Ocean to Desert 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z "I felt like I'd been handed a baton and told to run with it," said Ness. Patrick Ness wins Carnegie medal for second year running 2012-06-14T12:01:17Z The staff of Lully’s day has shrunk into the baton of today, which serves as a useful focal point for musicians glancing up from their scores. Perspective | What does a conductor do, anyway? A music critic lays it out. 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z His body moves with dancerly charisma as his baton conjures extremities of orchestral sound; the music feels alive, and so do you. Gustavo Dudamel: An Introduction in 10 Recordings 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Roman points to an account of a gruesome judicial duel between a pair of French captives in 1455 who were sent to fight with wooden batons and shields. “Game of Thrones” in combat: How realistic are the show’s epic fight scenes? 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z But will we lose that glorious old feeling when the first stroke of the conductor’s baton said “Enter a different world”? Dance Review: Leaps and Bounds of At-Home Season 2010-09-16T04:15:00Z Newman was a disciple of Kettering’s technique, using an extra-long baton and communicating wordlessly to the orchestra with nuanced and very intentional body movement. While you're 'Singin' in the Rain' at the Hollywood Bowl, he's keeping the musicians in sync 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Sometimes you use a baton and sometimes you don’t. There Are Three Versions of Bruckner’s Fourth. Why Choose? 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z At Tuesday's season opening, before Barenboim lifted his baton, he appealed to Italy's president, seated in the royal box, to protect Italy's cultural institutions against threatened budget cuts. Singers vs. director in La Scala 'Walkuere' 2010-12-12T11:01:00Z And, against all odds, its belated follow-up, Blade Runner 2049, carries the baton brilliantly, both in terms of visual spectacle and finishing the debates the first movie began. ‘I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe’: what Blade Runner 2049’s dystopia tells us about 2017 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Masur conducted without a baton, but he left no one in doubt of his authority. Kurt Masur, conductor who was a unifying force in a divided Germany, dies at 88 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Deification is unwarranted, but conducting entails much more than "just waving the baton around." With James Levine Fired, Should We Rethink Maestro Worship? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Organizers said that to reduce the relay’s carbon footprint, the baton will travel almost half the distance of the one that hopped the planet before the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia. Queen Elizabeth launches baton relay for Commonwealth Games 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The festival began in 1993 with contemporary composer George Benjamin taking the baton, and since then figures from different musical worlds have stepped up. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Under guest conductor Antony Walker’s baton, the 158-member chorus and 51-piece orchestra plumbed the depths of a liturgical work and highlighted an assortment of bel canto arias with bravura, gravitas and dynamism. Review | Choral Arts hits the mark with a serious Rossini 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Along the barricades at Baltimore’s City Hall, a chef named Denicia Baker, 26, was cleaning up bottles thrown by troublemaking white people when, according to Baker, two cops hit her with a shield and baton. A flight to space. A fight in the streets. Americans search high and low for hope. 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z She decided she needed to pass on the baton, so to speak, to other women. How 3 Women Broke Through as Filmmakers 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z It’s about giving players the freedom to concentrate on what matters, which isn’t me with the baton. Colin Davis Brings London Symphony to Carnegie Hall 2011-10-16T01:25:19Z If you have ever sat dipping crunchy batons of carrot into a jar of peanut butter, you will know that carrots and peanuts complement each other beautifully. 20 recipe ideas for leftover carrots 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Order some avial, batons of steamed banana, carrots and the Indian vegetable called drumsticks in a golden cloak of shredded coconut, curry leaves and yogurt. Review | Head to Chennai Hoppers for some of the area’s best Indian cooking 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Wretch I look at it like one big race, and everyone from the early generation has trusted us and passed us the baton. When Rakim met Wretch 32 2011-08-12T23:11:03Z With its choice, the board of directors may be signaling more than the quiet passing of a baton. Andrew Bolton Chosen to Lead the Met’s Costume Institute 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z This new intensity leads Mr. Sorey to put down his baton, pick up some mallets and join his players in powering the soundscape. Spitfire Fiddling: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z But when he got back he told me it wasn’t one of my batons. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Shannon, having grabbed the Crazy Man baton from Christopher Walken, enters, teeth gnashing, eyes bulging, to play Bobby Monday, a bad, bad New York detective. Movie Review: ‘Premium Rush,’ Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2012-08-23T19:30:55Z Unlike most maestros, who study an instrument before transitioning to the baton, Mirga — as she is becoming known — started in the world of choral music. L.A. Phil's Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla conducts herself with aplomb 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Under Szell’s baton, an orchestra was a highly polished, precision machine, and in music by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák and Wagner, he was untouchable. ‘George Szell: The Complete Columbia Album Collection’ Review: A Maestro’s Time in Cleveland Still Shines 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The female team exchanged baton routines for choreography and introduced popular music like James Brown's "Make it Funky" and "Hot Pants." Prancing Elites spread message of acceptance in Oxygen docu-series 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Darian’s versatile voice took her there in 1960, where she sang and played kazoo with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein’s baton. Anita Darian, a Singer With an Eclectic Range, Dies at 87 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Onstage and off, when Bugs tapped his baton, percussion mallets were raised; in the cartoon, they had marshmallows on the ends. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Under the baton of Ted Sperling, who is also credited — perhaps tellingly — with the direction, the orchestra and singers deliver a mostly superb, occasionally soaring rendition of this wonderful score. New York Philharmonic Stages ‘Show Boat’ 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Michael Krajewski, 62, will take the baton as the Pops' musical director beginning in the organization's 35th season next fall, Philly Pops presenter Encore Series Inc. announced. Michael Krajewski to replace Peter Nero in Pops 2012-11-13T22:05:08Z We first see her walking into a bar, whipping out her baton and physically and verbally assaulting a group of smarmy white men — identified only as “Republicans” — just to mess with them. Review: In BET’s Police Drama ‘Rebel,’ Blaxploitation Matters 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The feta appears again, alongside a single charred chile in a pool of tomato purée, to be scooped up by a blistered baton of focaccia. A Jerusalem Restaurant With Italian and Israeli Influences 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z We spy on the conductor in his shirt sleeves, leading his orchestra with a vigorous upper-body workout, jabbing his baton in what looks like a sword fight with no one. ‘Ballet 422’: A young choreographer’s nervous rise at New York City Ballet 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Am I the only one becoming weary of Zoom dances in which movement is passed from one dancer to the next like a baton? There’s No Social Distancing for Dancers. How Can the Show Go On? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Some conductors prefer at times, or all the time, not to use a baton. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z “I take immense pleasure in handing over the baton to a successor who can build on what has been achieved,” Wagstaff said in her closing words to staff members. She Put the Met on the Map for Contemporary Art. Now She’s Moving On. 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z "We got to almost physically, but still metaphorically a little bit, pass the baton." McAvoy: 'I toy with the audience' 2013-10-05T00:32:04Z Opera Lafayette, which revives French rarities, deserves credit for this latest ambitious project, and under the baton of its artistic director, Ryan Brown, its orchestra plays with sometimes scrappy spirit. Review: Opera Lafayette’s Potent Triumvirate of Daughter, Lover and Mother 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Instead of a baton, he uses the most economical hand gestures to communicate with his musicians. National Philharmonic brings its unique touch to a vintage lineup 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Under Simone Young’s baton, the Met Orchestra improved as the evening progressed. Review: Lise Davidsen Shines, and Evolves, in a ‘Rosenkavalier’ Debut 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z But then she starts spinning them like a baton twirler or a fighter with nunchakus, behind her back, switching up the rhythm. Dance Review: Donna Uchizono Company at New York Live Arts 2013-12-06T22:22:10Z Two blows from a German guard’s baton struck him in the back of the neck. Shlomo Venezia, Auschwitz Sonderkommando and Survivor, Dies at 88 2012-10-07T01:15:11Z They share dreams, baton lessons and a rescue mission to an animal shelter in this hopeful, humorous tale. Best children’s and young adult books of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z McGregor said she views the leadership transition as a “baton pass,” noting that she already knows many people who work at the organization. New York Theater Workshop Names Patricia McGregor as Artistic Director 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z But as soon as Muti, with a flick of his baton, summoned the thunderous opening chords of the storm music that begins Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello," any lingering concerns about his physical condition vanished. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z All in all, it was clear who the central figure of this “Bohème” was: the man waving the baton. Review: In ‘La Bohème’ at the Met, the Star Is in the Pit 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Indeed, in any popular entertainment that has people shivering in full view or cowering in the dark, the baton of Bernard Herrmann is likely to be running up their spines. Bernard Herrmann at 100: Music of the Fears 2011-10-22T17:52:16Z As he kept his baton moving and the orchestra played on, a doctor administered the shot, Fischer’s third dose, to applause from the crowd. Hungary: Baton raised, orchestra conductor gets vaccine shot 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The Jewish police "in their peaked caps and tall shiny boots" go from house to house, wielding batons and worse, to fill the transports. The Emperor of Lies by Steve Sem-Sandberg ? review 2011-07-08T09:05:01Z And her husband, the company’s ballet master in chief, , at his most impish, arrived with a baton. Dance Review: Kaplow?s Farewell at New York City Ballet 2010-06-25T22:14:00Z The baton has now been passed and all eyes will be on next single Gentleman. Girls Aloud split: who will take their place? 2013-03-21T17:29:06Z The final phase of a succession involves the current CEO "passing the baton" to the successor — and this phase needs to be managed well for the effective running of the company. "Succession": how true to life is the TV series? 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The album receiving the nominations was recorded by the St. Louis Symphony under the baton of David Robertson. Grammys 2015: Classical nominations for 'City Noir,' L.A.'s Partch 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z "You were handed the baton by one of the all-time greats. But once it was in your grasp, you ran the race," Crystal said. After 22 years, Leno gave 'Tonight' his farewell 2014-02-07T20:58:39Z It featured numerous scenes of European-style smoking, with characters wielding their cigarettes like little batons, and angst-filled lines like, “Your pain makes me thirsty.” Auteur Sprint: The 48 Hour Film Project 2010-06-08T23:01:00Z Manze, who turned 50 last month, made his mark as a violinist in the period-performance world before taking up the baton — and that reputation follows him as he rises through the ranks of conventional orchestras. Andrew Manze leads L.A. Philharmonic in a horn showcase 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z I prefer that one person per pod speak at a time, with all others remaining silent, and the "baton" move from pod to pod as conversation flows. Perspective | Miss Manners: Managing conversation at a distanced party 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z He used his baton and hands to mark the beats with broad gestures for the singers, and the coordination was smooth. New conductor rescues the Met's 'Traviata' 2010-04-04T16:16:00Z “For them to win, we must all be prepared to take the baton and run with it when the occasion demands.” Turning Nairobi’s Public Libraries Into ‘Palaces for the People’ 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z He started using a baton when he began guest-conducting at major orchestras, because they were more used to it. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z After intermission Canellakis did pick up a baton for Schubert's Fifth Symphony, and the full chamber orchestra was seated. Review: Make this L.A. Chamber Orchestra guest conductor feel at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Her arms seemed fluid, elbowless entities, shoulder to wrist, evoking curvilinear waves of sound, and she did not use a baton. Barbara Hannigan Sings and Conducts at the Lucerne Festival 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z There was also the sound of police batons beating on the restaurant doors during 1968 protests in Mexico City, in which hundreds were massacred by police and military troops. Seattle poet Raul Sanchez lends his words to a unique music project 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “It’s about giving players the freedom to concentrate on what matters, which isn’t me with the baton,” he said. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra, With Colin Davis - Review 2011-10-20T21:57:49Z What’s remarkable is how convincing he is in most styles, how idiomatically right they sound under his baton. A Maestro?s Four-Decade Evolution 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z At the end of the narrow alley was the clarinetist and a much taller man playing a small darbuka with a stick as thin as a baton. In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Still, these amounted to quibbles in a reading that seemed more succinctly characterized by the vehemence with which Luisi unintentionally shattered his baton in an emphatic moment in the finale. Danish National Symphony debuts at Segerstrom with Deborah Voigt 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the adjustment seemed to remain a work in progress — some overly acidic collisions of treble tones appeared in the Stravinsky, for example — but there was also much that proved electrifying under Lintu’s baton. Review: Two Debuts Make for a Week of Philharmonic Firsts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Each year another three writers will take up the baton and so the story will continue. Preston plans to write itself into the future 2012-08-29T10:00:00Z Even when beating time through long-held notes, Mr. Gilbert said, the conductor should be trying to communicate the sound quality through the movement of the baton. Breaking Conductors? Down by Gesture and Body Part 2012-04-06T12:00:28Z Mr. Litton raised his improvised baton again, the pianist began again — just a hair slower — and the dancers and music were in sync. The Conductor Andrew Litton, Finding a Different Tempo 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z This is the inadequate strategy that has been applied to “Candide” — a shame, because as the evening begins, under Nézet-Séguin’s baton, the orchestra’s command of Bernstein’s overture betokens a production of exuberantly excavated riches. Review | Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in ‘Candide’? I had to go to Philadelphia to catch this. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Berlioz described his own opera as “A caprice written with the point of a needle”; Morlot wielded that precise “needle” as his baton. Seattle Opera, with help of a few friends, presents opera-play hybrid ‘Beatrice and Benedict’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Instead of bluefin tuna, you eat skate, cooked gingerly to keep the appealing gelatinous softness, under celery and batons of apple. All Aboard the Nordic Express, at Agern 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z She powers through nervous perspiration to attend tango class, learning to follow the “GPS” of a partner’s upper chest rather than a conductor’s baton. A Violinist Rethinks Her Devotion to Music, With Emotion and Erudition 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z BRACE: As we were running, I got hit in the back with a baton. ‘This can’t be happening’: An oral history of 48 surreal, violent, biblical minutes in Washington 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Playing under Wilson’s baton, the musicians represent a range of Ukrainian ensembles, and some are members of orchestras elsewhere in Europe. Review: A Ukrainian Orchestra Speaks With Quiet Intensity 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The protesters were soon surrounded by police on horseback and others on foot dressed in riot helmets and carrying batons. Police, protesters clash in Loop 2012-05-20T01:38:00Z Not only are you charting an ensemble’s musical direction and, well, waving a baton through rehearsals, concerts and tours, but you’re also taking part in fund-raising, marketing, public relations, hiring, firing. Baton Inflation: American Conductor Salaries Hit a New High 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Conducting mostly without baton, he drew a Baroque-infused performance of the first, with crisp articulation, no vibrato and clean tone with lively tempos. At SSO, a new concerto and kudos all around 2012-01-22T20:29:04Z For a minute or two, 48 musicians became a single, unified organism, controlled by Mos’s baton. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z Don passed the baton with pride to Peggy for the Burger Chef pitch, and she stepped up. Mad Men recap: season seven, episode seven – Waterloo 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Wielding the baton like a cudgel he jabbed out downbeats, clobbering each beat that had a note attached and letting silent ones pass unconducted. Critic's Notebook: Mayor Bloomberg Leads City Center Re-Opening Gala 2011-10-26T13:54:06Z The charismatic maestro with the wild locks and exuberant baton extended his contract with the L.A. Gustavo Dudamel and L.A. Philharmonic agree to contract extension 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Orchestrated with the lushness of Strauss, its melodies are heartwarming, though they require a fleet conductor’s baton to keep them from sliding into schmaltz. How a Forgotten Opera Made a Big Comeback 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The piece was well served for its world premiere by the Sinfonietta who, thanks to the animating baton of Sian Edwards, executed the minute adjustments of tempo and timbre with precision and brilliance. Luke Bedford Portrait – review 2013-05-24T16:47:20Z In this event featuring the BBC Singers and Onyx Brass under the baton of Nicholas Cleobury, three premieres were given, alongside revivals of pieces the foundation commissioned in its early years. JAM 10th anniversary concert | Classical review 2010-03-30T21:05:00Z In Dallas, Hopkins even seized the baton, conducting his own works. Anthony Hopkins to unveil classical compositions in UK 2011-02-25T10:40:10Z Over half a century later, he’s passing the baton to a fast-rising Israeli maestro some 53 years his junior. Young maestro takes baton as Israel Philharmonic's Zubin Mehta ends 50-year tenure 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Speaking to the Guardian, he said he wants "to pass on the baton" to the next generation but is dismayed by a general failure to engage with political issues. Athol Fugard berates dramatists for failing to confront injustice 2010-08-30T14:59:00Z Under Dudamel’s baton, the symphony’s final minutes, as the strings gradually dim to nothingness, were as sensible as I’ve ever heard them. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The 90-year-old began his musical career as a violinist before founding his own orchestra, The Academy of St Martin in The Fields, and taking up the baton. Conducting the Proms at 90 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Lifting his baton, Mäkelä said, he didn’t feel like the “cool cucumber” he appeared to be from the audience. At 26, the Conductor Klaus Mäkelä’s Star Keeps Rising and Rising 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The narrator of another poem sees the police cracking “Rodney King’s head open before a live/ audience” on television and thinks of his brother Chris “slumped under batons & boots, under the cops’ blows.” Review: ‘Bastards of the Reagan Era,’ a Book of Poetry 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z So David Robertson, who was to have conducted the work, turned his baton over to an assistant and undertook the vocal part himself. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z Mr. Horowitz’s batons could weigh as little as a sixth of an ounce. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z For the talent round, the women tap-danced, twirled batons and played classical music and pop tunes on the piano. Judges cut down Miss America field to 10 women 2013-01-13T03:57:26Z "But also she was a deadly serious educator. She was really determined to pass on that baton of learning to other people. "And she was a strict teacher. Tragic twist to author's knife story 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Tossed in beef shank ragù, seasoned with fermented black beans, shiny with bone marrow, dressed with fried shallots, scallions and warm batons of celery, it managed to taste Chinese and Italian at the same time. Pizza Moto Comes to Rest in Brooklyn 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Paired with Adams' "String Quartet" on a new CD, "Son" gets tight, vibrant treatment from the International Contemporary Ensemble under Adams' baton. What our writers love this week 2011-06-15T21:33:04Z His vigorous, communicative baton brought forth an adrenalin rush of superior playing from his high-school-age champs. Civic Orchestra, Chicago Youth Symphony have the 'Rite' stuff 2011-06-01T14:55:54Z In “Mrs. Dalloway”’s London, consciousness passes from one character to another in more or less the way a baton is passed among members of a relay race. Michael Cunningham on Virginia Woolf’s Literary Revolution 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z But the man is as quick on his feet as he is with his baton: he kept giving me the slip, vanishing into the darkness ahead. The Duchess of Malfi; La traviata 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Have you resumed conducting standing up, or using the baton? How a Brush With Death Changed the Next Conductor of St. Luke’s 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Making the evening worthwhile, thankfully, was a programme of two works for soprano and ensemble given by Chroma under the astute baton of Christopher Austin. T?te ? T?te festival ? review 2011-08-19T13:31:37Z Then he would hand the baton back to the awed student. ArtsBeat: Lucerne Easter Festival: Haitink Holds Up a Mirror for Promising Maestros 2011-04-18T15:00:28Z Redistribute the mushrooms evenly over the cheesy baton layer. This strata’s not fit to feed a crowd 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Conductors’ batons are veritable extensions of their arms and must be made with heft, length, flexibility, balance and comfort in mind. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z He seems to retain fluency with the baton in his right hand, though he dropped it once. Review: Met Opera Orchestra Strikes an Emotional Note 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z “And through repetition, I feel like my grief belongs to my collaborators now — I’m handing off the grief baton.” Perspective | For the new opera ‘Eurydice,’ a challenge of mythic scale: Retelling the Orpheus myth without looking back 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Led Zeppelin are not scattered around the huge stage of the O2 arena in London like 100m relay runners awaiting the baton, like most bands at this venue. Led Zeppelin: 'There was a swagger – we knew we were good' 2012-10-11T16:35:00Z Under the baton of guest conductor Andrew Litton, the NSO parried in return, matching the soloist phrase for phrase throughout the four movements. Pianist Emanuel Ax, NSO woo Wolf Trap audience with Brahms 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z I just knew if we had clean baton passes that we would definitely challenge the world record. Carmelita Jeter’s perfect exchange 2012-08-11T12:15:00Z Labadie, who conducts without a baton, is a live wire on stage, and his forceful gestures generated playing of extraordinary rhythmic precision and wide dynamic range. Review: Baroque music, superbly played and sung, at Benaroya 2011-05-05T16:06:05Z This opening is a passing of the baton. ?Hunger Games? Breaks Box-Office Records 2012-03-25T17:22:54Z “It was like passing a baton in a relay.” How the Star of ‘1917’ Pulled Off That Thrilling Final Run 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The cop still had the baton in his hand but hadn't moved since I started talking, except to turn and watch me walk towards the door. The startling power of my "sweet" white lady voice. 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z More virtuoso knife skills reduced celery root to crunchy matchstick batons that frolicked in brisk vinaigrette with sweet sultanas and chives. A quirky name and creative cuisine combine at Blind Pig Bistro 2012-02-16T21:35:04Z Arriving in Pyongyang in February 2008, the orchestra played a program of Wagner, Dvorak and Gershwin under the baton of Lorin Maazel; the performance, which the countess attended, was televised around the world. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z He unwittingly releases a drift of pigs from a house and later comes across an elegant jumble sale of a man who wields his walking stick like a “conductor’s baton.” His Life Was Too Boring for a Memoir. So He Wrote Ireland’s. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z But he’s ambivalent about the idea of standing in front of an orchestra with a baton and waving his arms. The music man: Josh Bell at mid-career 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z One of them is with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra at Benaroya Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, where Perlman will play the violin for a while, then swap it for a baton. Itzhak Perlman will play and conduct with SSO 2012-02-16T21:40:12Z When and how do families pass the hosting baton to the next generation? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Voice mail is made for when you’re cooking dinner and can’t talk 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Virtually all conductors were trained as instrumentalists before they took up the baton, but too few keep their technique sufficiently up to date to perform publicly. Music Review: Alan Glibert and Frank Peter Zimmermann on Violin - Review 2011-10-06T19:56:57Z Just like my mother took a brave step and opened up about our family's depression to me, I took her baton, and let it rip on the Clown Palace stage. Adventures at the Clown Palace: Stand-up comedy helped me confront my depression and cultural taboos 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Now in his eighth season with the LA Philharmonic, Dudamel made his initial reputation as a wildly exuberant maestro; while he’s still fun to watch, his movements and his baton choreography are more restrained. Dudamel, LA Phil deliver a glowing night of Mahler 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Increasingly, Mr. Silverstein swapped his bow for a baton. Joseph Silverstein, Longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster, Dies at 83 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z But there could hardly be any doubt of the overwhelming vocal and orchestral glory this performance achieved under Asher Fisch's masterful baton. Review: Seattle Opera's 'Tristan und Isolde' presented masterfully as an opera of the mind 2010-08-02T16:30:00Z What a lot of people don’t know is: When you pass the baton, you keep running behind the other runner, you don’t just stop. Passing the Torch: Denzel Washington and Michael B. Jordan 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z She did not use a baton, but at times her hands seemed more like two thumbs and eight slender batons. Review: Make this L.A. Chamber Orchestra guest conductor feel at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Yet Mr. Luisi is clearly the heir apparent, and many signs point to a Metropolitan Opera someday under his baton. On Deck,The Met?s Pinch-Hitter 2011-04-21T13:39:32Z In February, the coronavirus forced the orchestra to cancel a trip to Japan and China that would have taken place this month — its first international tour under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. After $25 million stimulus, stunned NSO players receive one-week notice from Kennedy Center 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Still, Lin is more persuasive with a bow than baton. Mark Swed hits the road for a weekend of SoCal orchestra listening 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Clearly there’s more at stake here than deployment of a baton. Elim Chan’s Flick Conducting Prize Is Rare Win for a Woman 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Just before lifting his baton to begin conducting the orchestra, Muti reminded the audience that "Nabucco" was seen at its 1842 debut as a patriotic work aimed at Italy's unity and identity. Rare encore: Muti conducts audience 2011-03-13T02:13:08Z And the finale’s final bars were so rousing, the audience began to cheer before Nézet-Séguin had even lowered his baton. Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Last fall, the theater’s artistic director of 35 years, Tim Sanford, announced he would pass the baton in July to Greenfield, his longtime deputy, who formerly served as the theater’s associate artistic director. Playwrights Horizons Details First Season Under New Leadership 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The performance under Scott Tucker’s baton was undeniably committed. Review | A loud Requiem drowns fine soloists 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Gergiev doesn't need a podium, or a baton, or even a recognizable beat. Superb Tchaikovsky, delivered by the Mariinsky 2011-10-20T17:13:40Z The Oratorio Society of New York, under the baton of Kent Tritle, leads this performance of Handel through the eyes of Mozart. Whole Lot of Handel 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z All four were vibrant under Nézet-Séguin’s baton, with Green sounding especially booming at the front of the orchestra, positioned over the usual pit. Metropolitan Opera holds special benefit concert for Ukraine 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z As with the last two seasons, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s will perform, live, under the baton of Donald York, the Taylor company’s music director, and Ted Sperling. Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Plans 3 Premieres for Lincoln Center 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z In Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “Ro,” Icelandic for “serenity,” percussionist Russell Greenberg used a gong, wood blocks, crumpled paper and other instruments to create myriad sounds under Carrick’s baton. Review | Either/Or gives focused, sometimes unforgiving performance 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z And yet here she was, a revered and often-imitated elder, now fully absorbed into the Grammys ritual of baton passing between icons old and new. How the Grammys Bring Rebels Into the Fold 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Strauss’s orchestral works are tricky, requiring a delicate balance of lushness and lightness, and under Leon Botstein’s baton, they felt simultaneously clotted and insubstantial. American Symphony Orchestra Presents ‘Marriage Actually’ 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z That passing on of the baton, if you like, is part of the whole thing. Jimmy Page Talks About His Old Band, Its Legacy and Himself 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Even more than Draper, White took the baton of the anti-hero lead actor from “The Sopranos” and ran with it, becoming a monster and sprinting into an era of Prestige TV. Don Draper, Eleven, Selina Meyer lead AP roles of the decade 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Tito would sometimes benevolently pat the baton carrier on the head. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The chemistry between the Freiburg players and Mr. Heras-Casado, who used no baton and led the two symphonies from memory, is real, as the naturalness and exuberance of the performances on Thursday made clear. Music Review: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Plays at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-10T23:23:32Z Mr. Alsop made batons for her by hand, and at one point presented her with a batch of 30. K. Lamar Alsop, Violinist and Ballet Concertmaster, Dies at 85 2014-02-09T02:47:28Z Picasso didn't need to modernise these paintings, adding rubber batons, riot shields or clouds of tear gas. Picasso: War, peace and a life of extremes 2010-05-19T20:29:00Z The importance of a generational passing of the baton consumes him. Thomas Keller, an Exacting Chef at a Crossroads 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z You run and you hand over the baton and your kids pick it up. Billy Crystal: My family values 2013-05-24T12:00:03Z The film had a slightly bumpy production history: originally David Fincher was set to direct for Sony, before Universal and Boyle took up the baton. Danny Boyle on Steve Jobs: movies must be made about powerful men 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z The conductor, sometimes working without the baton, masterfully brought out both the details and the ensemble breadth that make this composer so satisfying. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z Mr. Chalfant had largely stopped photographing trains, and he implored Mr. Ket and his friends to pick up the baton: “He told us it was up to us to document our own movement.” A Graffiti Museum Where the Writers Are in Charge 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, cut the bread into batons about½ inch thick and 2 inches wide; spread the top sides generously with some of the Boursin cheese. This strata’s not fit to feed a crowd 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Film-makers across the world should be picking up the baton here, creating dumb little cartoon spin-offs of their unsuccessful films in the hope that they can retroactively grow into cult hits. 2 Fast 2 Furious 2 Animated: in praise of the cartoon spin-off series 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z It is perhaps only fitting that Los Angeles has taken the baton, since Dudamel is a dynamo behind El Sistema's global expansion and its star graduate. LA takes baton as flagship for youth orchestras 2011-11-13T16:03:17Z I remember it, most of the contestants were singers, but there were also ventriloquists, jugglers, musicians, bands, tap dancers, synchronized dancers, baton twirlers, accordion players, comics, choirs, barbershop quartets and the like. 2010-01-12T01:20:00Z “It’s like a relay race where everyone is passing the baton, and you’re always coming offstage when someone else is coming on.” The Choreographed Cacophony of ‘Ferryman’ 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Constructed as a sort of visual operetta, the film begins with a conductor lifting his baton from a podium and ends with him setting it down. DVD: Chopin, Schubert and Dietrich (the Latter Nude) 2011-06-03T17:11:56Z Ms. Evans takes the baton and runs further. What It Takes to Raise a Black Woman Up 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Equipped with batons, bulletproof vests and radios, they are assigned to the same areas as regular cops, from patrol precincts to housing and transit units. ‘Your dad’s in jail’ 2012-06-26T16:33:00Z But this orchestra has been playing it much longer — since its first concert, in 1842 — and most recently has been trained to give it a hellfire treatment under van Zweden’s baton. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Conductor Is the Star 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z There was the august Berlin Philharmonic, for an album conducted by the composer John Williams, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of its maestro, Gustavo Dudamel. These Young Musicians Made an Album. Now It’s Nominated for a Grammy. 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z But if the orchestra doesn’t need clear indications, and the music flows in a way that doesn’t need a beat, then I can do without a baton. There Are Three Versions of Bruckner’s Fourth. Why Choose? 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z He did something incredible to the legacy — and didn’t leave it any easier for me to pick up the baton.” The Grateful Dead Is Resurrected Once More, This Time With John Mayer 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z People still think she herself held a baton over Ms. Kerrigan’s leg that day. Tonya Harding Would Like Her Apology Now 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z His baton was clearer Saturday than in his previous production, a revival of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" that began April 1. James Levine conducted his final opera in 40 years as the Metropolitan Opera's music director on Saturday, basking in applause after leading Mozart's 'The Abduction from the Seraglio' 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z “I know those soldiers. Each night when we try to cross this border they catch us and bring us back. They beat my friend with batons, they thought he was a smuggler.” Shot at, beaten, starved: the child refugees who will stop at nothing to reach Europe 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “I feel like I’ve handed her the baton and said: ‘Well done. Saving Sarah From Herself, Oprah Style 2011-06-03T19:53:35Z Then he lifted his baton, and it was back to work. A Student Startup and Its Outsize Wagnerian Dream 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z I didn’t want people to bring mirrors to the front line and get hit with batons and cause more damage than good. The artist who made protesters' mirrored shields says the 'struggle porn' media miss point of Standing Rock 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z That very afternoon at baton lessons, Raymie meets sweetly optimistic Louisiana and scrappy Beverly, and a tentative friendship begins to form. Kate DiCamillo’s ‘Raymie Nightingale’ is a fairy tale for our times 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Because of the great oral tradition in South Africa, there was a real musical passing of the baton; you would have people saying, “No, my grandmother sings this a different way.” Finding a Voice (and Bodies) for an Untold South African Story 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Potato batons sautéed with bacon, onion and tomato top a delicate crepe veined with pungent spices. Shanik brings full Indian flavors to Seattle 2013-03-28T22:06:12Z He was also playing a murderous schedule of 150 concerts a year, performing Rachmaninov and under the baton of Valery Gergiev. Crescendo, in Double Time 2010-09-01T11:43:00Z New Philharmonic: Under the baton of Kirk Muspratt, New Philharmonic plans a trio of New Year's Eve performances this year, beginning at 1 p.m. Save the Seats 2014: We've got your ticket for New Year's Eve 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Any exaggeration turns this piece into kitsch; even the brassy conclusion, under Muti’s baton, is shockingly elegant and clear. For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s great that JJ has taken the reins, I felt that I needed to pass on the baton before I passed on. Star Wars: the force awakens in London as thousands descend on premiere 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z He has another full “Ring” cycle this September at the Berlin State Opera, under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, and is planning to sing it in Dresden, Germany, in a future season with Christian Thielemann. A New Wotan Reigns in the Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z But there’s also this idea of the baton being passed from actor to actor, which I think has been an interesting creative challenge for them, trying to rise to that bar. How ‘The Crown’ Casts Its Royals 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Alsop shrugs, takes the baton, wipes it on her coat and cues the music. Wait, wait ... It’s opera at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z In doing so, he takes the baton from scholars, activists and artists who have, for decades, attempted to shake up Americans' understanding of slavery. "The Underground Railroad" attempts to upend viewers’ notions of what it meant to be enslaved 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z And while it may be his first tour with the baton of the L.A. Look out U.S., here comes Gustavo Dudamel 2010-04-30T19:08:00Z Under Mr. Rattle's energetic baton the Berlin Philharmonic has expanded its outreach locally and internationally. ArtsBeat: Simon Rattle to Leave Berlin Philharmonic in 2018 2013-01-10T17:09:50Z It is a major passing of the baton for the company, whose co-founder, Arthur Mitchell, selected Johnson to take over for him as artistic director in 2009, giving her the task of resurrecting the company. Dance Theater of Harlem Names a New Artistic Director 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z But under Mr. Rilling’s eminent baton, the reduced forces of the Philharmonic produced an impressively taut, buoyant and sharply etched sound, playing with a vibrant pulse and almost no vibrato. | New York Philharmonic: A Period-Style Taste of a Holiday-Season Staple 2009-12-17T06:08:00Z Now it was the turn of Speranza, a five-movement orchestral work commissioned by the , receiving its world premiere under the impressively assured baton of . LSO/Harding – review 2013-02-08T12:46:35Z If Motown was the sound of young black America in the 60s, the Philadelphia International record label picked up the baton in the 70s. 'Philadelphia was the party with a tormented soul' 2011-03-03T22:41:00Z There were some inconsistent tempos from the pit under the baton of Stefano Ranzani, but he elicited colorful and sensitive playing from the Met Orchestra. Opera Review: Anita Hartig Stars in ‘La Bohème’ at the Met 2014-03-24T21:46:13Z The recording he made with Jessye Norman as Judith and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Pierre Boulez won a Grammy award for best opera recording in 1999. L?szl? Polg?r obituary 2010-09-28T18:13:00Z Under Labadie’s baton, the music was unwaveringly measured but balanced; its flashes of grandeur didn’t need to be overstated to land powerfully. Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z He performed it on Sunday afternoon at Carnegie Hall with the Met Orchestra under the baton of Fabio Luisi, the principal conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. Music Review: Met Opera Orchestra With David Chan and Yefim Bronfman 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z As the Batman series lumbered on and the baton passed to Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale, it only became more outrageously, feverishly implausible, yet loaded with dubious gravitas. Down with dark: why screen drama needs to lighten up 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The slow movement belonged to the magnificent strings, whose impassioned and plaintive lines Nézet-Séguin sculpted without his baton, a la Leopold Stokowski. Review | Philadelphia Orchestra triumphs in epic Seventh Symphony 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Luckily, during the interim, another member of the David family took up the baton. Preeetty good. Larry’s back and still misanthropic after all these years 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z He may have been “no poet of the baton,” as the critic Virgil Thomson put it in October 1943, when Rodzinski became music director of the New York Philharmonic. The Conductor Who Whipped American Orchestras Into Shape 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z “I need to pass the baton,” Stern said, and in his case that means more than just the administrative duties of his business and academic careers. Architecture's King of Tradition 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z I started to little by little pray to the gods of music, apologizing from the very beginning, and just grabbing the baton and pretending I’m conducting. Gael García Bernal on His Surprise Golden Globes Win for 'Mozart in the Jungle' 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z At particularly dramatic moments, Gardner practically levitated off the podium, sometimes gripping his baton with both hands and flailing it as if wielding a weapon. ‘Gerontius,’ where have you been? Seattle Symphony brings seldom-heard piece to vibrant life 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Under Mr. Wilson’s baton, the Train Bleu ensemble was both incisive and joyous in execution. Dance Review: Succumbing to Temptation (and the Devil) in a Quest for Money 2011-03-25T21:22:57Z Mr Johnson has picked up the baton that was handed to Mr Abrams when he signed on to revive the series with The Force Awakens. 'Yay, porgs!' – critics' verdicts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Sure, they’re refreshing and crisp enough to be sliced or diced in a salad, but that’s about it for those long, thin batons with dark skin and pale, often watery flesh. Cool customer: Yotam Ottolenghi’s cucumber recipes 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z But these were the forces assembled under the baton of Simon Rattle for the first UK performances of Wynton Marsalis's Swing Symphony, given as the end point of the New York-based group's Barbican residency. JLCO/LSO/Rattle – review 2012-07-27T20:30:01Z Lester replaces Ben Miles, and it proves to be a most successful baton pass. Review | With the opening of ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ Broadway just got smarter — and more exciting 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The challenges in the relay come less in the overall pace of the group than in their ability to pass the baton smoothly and efficiently between them. Running for Their Lives in Two Middle-Grade Novels About Track Teams 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The work will be performed by Charles and his group, Creole Soul, along with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Jaap van Zweden. Much is riding on the reopening of the hall. 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z For the talented young members of the New York Youth Symphony, Sunday’s Carnegie Hall concert under the baton of Joshua Gersen was a test of concentration. Review: New York Youth Symphony and the Choir of St. Luke in the Fields Perform 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z “I remember walking down the street twirling the baton because I wanted to make sure I didn’t drop it.” Lessons of Old Are Still in the Air at the School of American Ballet 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z At 72, Bátiz struck a dignified, austere posture, letting his baton arm do almost all the directing in sharp, metronomic strokes. State Symphony of Mexico missing homegrown flavor 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z He will take the baton for a concert presentation of Henry Purcell’s opera “The Indian Queen” with his new ensemble, Utopia. Amid Global Turmoil, Salzburg Festival Plans a Summer of Reflection 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He showed how a performance might be adversely affected if the conductor micromanaged with his baton, eyes and gestures, or if the conductor were simply disengaged or fidgety. Roger Nierenberg and the Music Paradigm Program 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Barcan took up the baton after the death of local firefighter Ken Woollard, who would organize the early festivals from a public phone box outside Cambridge Fire Station. Elusive Van Morrison headlines 50th Cambridge Folk Festival 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Without waiting for the applause to stop, Noseda grasped the baton and plunged into the first movement, so fleet and intense that its fury left the room breathless. Review | NSO program of music from Vienna strikes a chord — from Schoenberg to Beethoven 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z As a conductor, baton technique was not his strong point, but there was an innate musicality and sensitivity in him, an understanding of singers and what they needed.” Bruno Bartoletti, Maestro Who Shaped Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dies at 86 2013-06-14T02:00:47Z “I start the clock,” Tár says, and with another flick of her baton, “time stops.” Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z We don't want the baton — or in this case, the shotgun — to be passed to another young girl. Forget the final girl, “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” We're ready for the final woman 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z So what, you tell yourself, if Toscanini broke batons and hurled scores at players? The New York Philharmonic and the Search for a New Music Director 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Best Secret Talent: Former soccer star Juan Pablo grabs the baton, twirls it, throws it in the air, catches it and winks. The Bachelorette Watch: Mr. Jersey Shore 2013-06-18T03:06:04Z It mattered most during “Bands,” a sea breeze of a posse cut during which the foursome passed the microphone across the crowded stage like a relay baton. Review | For Shoreline Mafia, the only thing better than sex and drugs is rapping about sex and drugs 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z But you don’t see bars covering every single window or helmeted security guards swinging batons as you do in so many other big African cities. Only in Madagascar 2010-12-20T09:00:32Z It was there, backstage and watching the conductor on the monitor, that he first had the urge to pick up a baton. At 26, the Conductor Klaus Mäkelä’s Star Keeps Rising and Rising 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Conducting without a baton, he sculpts musical phrases with his 10 fingers, or, as he told The Times in 2005, with his "10 batons." The soul of Russia, by way of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z But immediately the opening notes sounded, under the baton of experienced choir director Brian Wright, the crowd listened, stock still. Handel's Messiah/ The Sixteen; Messiah: 500 Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ? review 2010-12-26T00:04:02Z The orchestra, under Music Director Christopher Zimmerman’s baton, achieved a synchronous and responsive partnership with Schimpf, blending so effortlessly that the concerto took on the operatic quality of an aria. Fairfax Symphony Orchestra gives grand season opener "Looper" filmmaker Rian Johnson will pick up the franchise baton from Abrams to write and direct "Episode VIII" and pen a treatment for "Episode IX." 'Star Wars: Episode VII' wraps, gets new subtitle 'The Force Awakens' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z She’ll be playing Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto accompanied by a reduced, masked and socially distanced orchestra under the baton of South Korean conductor Shiyeon Sung, and with no audience. Simone Porter, who made her Seattle Symphony debut at age 10, returns for a very different kind of concert 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z But the singers’ vocal shortcomings were also unfairly exposed, and they were unreliably supported by Thomas Hengelbrock’s inconsistent baton leading his Balthasar Neumann Orchestra. The Ups and Downs of Europe’s Most Interesting Opera Festival 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z “I expected to write a scenario and sort of hand it over in a baton pass,” she said. A Song and Dance Collaboration, Straight Outta Swamplandia 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The Boston Symphony Orchestra will be joined for the occasion by musicians from other ensembles, including the New York, Israel and Vienna philharmonic orchestras, who played under Bernstein’s baton. Playing for Lenny: Musicians Recall the ‘Magical’ Bernstein 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z In the film, Gaveston is garrotted by a modern policeman with a baton. Edward II: Derek Jarman's striking reflection on homophobia 2012-08-16T11:00:05Z Chicken also stars in a smooth, pink liver pâté fortified with brandy and port, the richness tempered with batons of poached rhubarb and shallot confit. Review | Stable plants a hearty Swiss flag in the Washington dining scene 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z But at Disney Hall, under the enthusiastic and commanding baton of Gustavo Dudamel, the music’s tempos were freer; the dense textures, more clearly defined; the mastery of craft, impossible to miss. Review: Thomas Adès Charts a Journey Through Hell and Heaven 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z They've also become more violent, going after Christians and members of other religious minorities with batons and machetes, usually without paying any price. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T06:28:08Z Less fortunate was Ives' Symphony No. 2, completed in 1909 but ignored until a controversial 1951 premiere by the New York Philharmonic under Bernstein's baton. Stephen Hough fans, rejoice: He'll return to town for the Rach 3 2012-06-07T20:48:04Z Nonetheless, the baton has been passed from the days of people huddling around the TV to hear "Uncle" Walter Cronkite deliver the big news. Twitter, Facebook have different roles when news develops 2011-05-02T22:23:00Z They are not allowed to carry weapons, just batons or pepper spray. New York’s hidden crime wave 2012-09-17T19:41:00Z The video shows Sampson step in front of his assistant and an officer hit him at least twice with a baton. Celebs take to streets for historic demonstrations 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Griffey passed the baton to his colleagues at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., where the show originated. Lightning Strikes Twice: Another Lost Jacob Lawrence Surfaces 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z With some training as a conductor in his background, he decided to take up the baton. Orchestra, Back From the Brink 2011-03-18T23:21:12Z In reality, many of us regularly eat hummus quickly at a worktop, busily cutting carrots into batons and retrieving crackers from a box, while doing other jobs in the kitchen. How to eat: hummus 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z It's like the relay race of life, passing down the baton throughout history where you feel like a real sense of unity in meeting all these people. "Visible": The impact of TV on queer identity, before and after Ellen 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The following evening, also at 8 p.m., the Atlanta Symphony, under the baton of Robert Spano, will perform Brahms’s German Requiem and a New York premiere by Jonathan Leshnoff. Classical Music Listings for April 29-May 5 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z I liked the sharp tang of caramelized Nicoise olives and the hint of licorice in a quartet of rare diver scallops interspersed with lobes of seared foie gras and crunchy batons of fried salsify. Terra Vista at the Snoqualmie Casino offers big portions, breathtaking views, hefty prices 2010-06-24T21:53:00Z They’ve also become more violent, going after Christians and members of other religious minorities with batons and machetes, usually without paying any price. Forget Gaga; Indonesia wild for own raunchy shows 2012-05-30T13:48:00Z The C.O. he yelled at responded by grinding the photo beneath his heel before laying into the inmate with his baton. The end of Rikers Island, a stain on New York, can't come soon enough 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Seven directors pass the baton in what adds up to a weak week's worth of short films. This week's new films 2012-07-06T23:05:17Z The starter that flies out of the kitchen is lumpia, crisp pastry batons filled with ground shrimp and pork shoulder and “based on my grandmother’s recipe,” says a young server. Review | Can a restaurant that showcases three Asian cuisines do them all well? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Brando set the standard for ambivalence towards his own creative profession, and Depp seems to have picked up the master’s baton. 5 Directors Who Could Help Johnny Depp Recover From 'Mortdecai' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z In 25 years of appearing in America, he had 44 dates with the New York Philharmonic, including under Gustav Mahler’s baton in 1910. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z In any case, the orchestra rallied under Morlot’s baton for a performance that was decidedly not “business as usual.” French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet demonstrates his mastery of Ravel 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Now, Murray’s Cheese Shop has picked up the baton and is selling the meats and the restaurant’s cinnamon and chocolate babkas in its three retail stores and online for shipping. Miss the Carnegie Deli? Murray’s Cheese Shop Has You Covered. 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z In 1982, after a series of rehearsals, Mr. Kaplan hired the American Symphony Orchestra to perform the Second Symphony under his baton at Lincoln Center. Gilbert Kaplan, millionaire businessman and self-taught maestro of Mahler, dies at 74 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Until the New York Philharmonic played Charles Ives’s short, indelible “The Unanswered Question” on Wednesday at David Geffen Hall under Susanna Mälkki’s baton, I had never thought of it as a tiny double concerto. Review: A Concerto Makes Two Soloists a Many-Tentacled Creature 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z There was even then that the baton was being passed from one generation to the next. 'Bloody' Sam Peckinpah: wasted, insane and indestructibly pure 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z “I used to dream about this moment now I’m in it/ Tell the conductor to hold the baton a minute,” he began. No Tony Awards Show? Make Your Own With These Great Moments 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z To ride alone is less implausible than to wait until that marshal's baton in your knapsack becomes reality. The myth of the cowboy 2013-03-20T18:00:01Z The composer led the premiere of the piece on March 9 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra but turned over the baton to Mr. Gilbert for the New York premiere. New Concerto, New Leader: A Big Day at the New York Philharmonic 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z One of the repertory’s most sprawling and profound works, Mahler’s Ninth has been played by the Philharmonic almost exclusively under the batons of its music directors. Welcome to New York. Show Us Your Mahler Ninth. 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z In spite of his cancer, he appeared to defy all symptoms as soon as he picked up his baton, and was telling us of his projects in the year ahead. Letter: Sir Charles Mackerras obituary 2010-07-27T17:31:00Z You can’t send people “out into the path of bulldozers and batons,” he said. Russian Journalist to Auction Nobel Medal to Benefit Ukraine 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The clarity of Haitink's musical vision is matched by a baton technique of comparable clarity. Haitink's Mahler 9th makes superb season finale for CSO 2011-06-03T17:59:36Z And under the right baton, they can even be forgiven for putting on the classics. Review: The New York Philharmonic Brings Back the Standards 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z As Mr. Horowitz discovered over time, a life awash in batons entails a very particular occupational hazard — not for the maker but for the client. Richard Horowitz, Renowned Timpanist and Craftsman of Conductors’ Batons, Dies at 91 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z If all goes according to plan, in six and a half years the Philharmonic will find itself playing its first concerts in a substantially revamped hall under the baton of a new music director. Challenges Mount for the New York Philharmonic 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z This Memorial Day weekend may have less marching and baton twirling than usual, but it will still offer an opportunity to join in some jubilant steps. 6 Things to Do This Memorial Day Weekend 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Heti has long been a devastating writer about sexual magnetism, her prose as sensitive as the tip of a conductor’s baton. ‘Pure Colour’ Seeks Answers About Love, Mortality and God 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z He never used the baton, but manipulated the orchestra by means of his two hands simultaneously, the left indicating phrasing or, in much contemporary music, counterrhythm. Pierre Boulez, French Composer, Dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “It just seemed like this was the right time to pass the baton.” Lincoln Center Chooses Hearst Chief as Next Board Chair 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The singing was accomplished, the orchestra rising to the challenge under the baton of Nicholas Chalmers. The Flying Dutchman; Medea – review 2013-02-24T00:07:18Z Not bothering with a baton, he throws his body into shaping phrases. Herbert Blomstedt leads L.A. Phil's commanding Bruckner performance 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z “As soon as I got the baton,” Bailey said after the race, “I was thinking: run for your life.” Ryan Bailey can’t catch Usain Bolt 2012-08-12T12:28:00Z So we watched 18 non-baton-twirlers repeatedly drop their batons, and so forth. A Rousing End Lifts a Program of Jérôme Bel Dances in Paris 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He was, on principle, a collaborator, one who worshiped the charitable example of St. Francis of Assisi and refused to wield a baton, which he saw as a symbol of subjugation. A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Determined to escape the gaucheries of the family’s exclusive Turtle Creek enclave, Yvonne ascends from cheerleader to top majorette baton twirler to debutante to sorority girl. Edmund White’s High-Octane Saga of Twin Sisters and 1950s Texas 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z But by Season 4, Rochant seemed ready to test the idea of passing the baton. ‘The Bureau’ Is an International Hit. Why Did Its Creator Hand It Off? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The movie also depicts Benedict effectively passing the baton to Bergoglio, convinced by their conversations. Reading the Signs When a Couple of Papal Pals Get to Talking 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Deseeded, salted, sliced, rinsed, dried and frozen cucumber makes lovely crunchy batons for dips, but that is a lot of graft. Into the icy depths! The 10 rules for freezing food – from berries to beef 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Heras-Casado is a balletic presence who conducts without a baton and sculpts the air with graceful gestures. Review: Echoes of Flamenco From Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z But when he turned 15, he put his baton aside and settled into his academic studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Lorin Maazel, an Intense and Enigmatic Conductor, Dies at 84 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z The numbers soar from hundreds to thousands to millions, sending your cursor back and forth across the browser window like a baton in front of an orchestra. The Unexpected Philosophical Depths of Clicker Games 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z "It's a passing of the baton," Savage said recently from the Disney Channel offices. 'Girl Meets World' is 'a passing of the baton' from 'Boy Meets World' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Through it all, Mr. Jacobs has marched to his own baton, pivoting, when the mood took him, on a polished heel. The Survivor 2011-06-01T20:37:21Z Her many other recordings include a celebrated “La Bohème,” made in 1946 to commemorate the opera’s 50th anniversary, under the baton of Arturo Toscanini, a frequent collaborator. Licia Albanese, Exalted Soprano, Is Dead at 105 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Rustioni was perched on a stool, waving his baton and singing along from memory. The Met Opera Spirits ‘Rigoletto’ to ‘Babylon Berlin’ 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z In terms of conventional baton technique, few would consider Entremont a natural on the podium. National Gallery of Art Orchestra in peak form under direction of Philippe Entremont The Armed Response Officers retreated to the background, and the Metropolitan Police Service, whose members mainly wear stab-resistant vests and carry extendable batons, returned as the most visible presence on the streets. Can an American tourist in London keep calm and carry on after recent terrorist attacks? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z He started as a child prodigy on the cello before switching to the baton, winning prizes at the Paris Conservatoire and then stunning the jury at the 2005 Besançon conducting competition. First sight: Lionel Bringuier 2010-08-05T22:52:00Z “It’s been a special treat to the musicians to be able to study his own music under his guidance. Imagine if they could work on Beethoven’s symphonies under that composer’s baton.” Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z As if passing the baton, one character from each vignette moves on to the next duet, until the final interaction, which includes a character from the initial one. '360': Globe-trotting drama trips on character entanglements 2012-08-16T20:59:03Z Her baton technique is impeccable, her beat is clear, crisp and economic, and her musical imagination is rich. A joyful evening of Wagner and Mahler from young maestros 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Did they wait until some marchers were trapped in a short, alley-like street and beat them with batons without cause? The Long Road to Angela Davis’s Library 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z In the 1980s, he performed in concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Muti, and in the next decade he sang in three productions at the Metropolitan Opera. Henry Grossman, Photographer of Celebrities and Beatles, Dies at 86 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z |
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