Word: jesu
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...finally got the violin of my dreams, the Plowden which is another [Guarnieri violin made by] Del Jesu in 1735," Ptashne says. "I was in Sweden giving a lecture and an English dealer and friend of mine called and said that if I flew in to New York City that night I could see the twin of the D'Egville," he says. "I flew there and now they're back together...
...demonstrations of body piercing and Caribbean cooking. Amnesty International, Greenpeace and the National Rifle Association are there. And -- oh, yes -- there's also a concert. In fact, quite a concert, with a nine-hour lineup of alternative bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, the Jesu and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam and Lush...
...showmanship: knowing how to launch a song, finding the right artist to promote it, doing the right programs and interviews. All of these things he does with consummate skill." Probably only Lloyd Webber could have written his Requiem as a memorial to his father and then turned the Pie Jesu into a hit song (sung by Brightman and a boy soprano) that climbed to No. 1 on the British charts. To some, that was marketing savvy; to others, tasteless calculation. "It was not in one's head that one could have a Top Ten hit from a piece in Latin...
...talks went nowhere until Jesuús Silva Herzog, Mexico's Finance Secretary, suddenly suggested a multinational loan for Argentina. Everyone liked the idea, and by the time the Punta del Este conference broke up on Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury was taking the lead in hammering out the details of a rescue plan. For the next 48 hours, negotiators and financial technicians worked almost round the clock in both Buenos Aires and Washington. Representatives of Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia joined in by telephone...
...organ; The Netherlands Radio Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet, conductor; Philips; $7.98). Orchestra and chorus are fully integrated in a crystalline performance of this seven-part choral work by a romantic Frenchman who admired classic Greek proportion. The purity of Ameling's soprano makes the prayer Pie Jesu an expression of faith as well as of grief. The recorded sound suggests a church rather than a studio, which is particularly effective in the solemn Pavane...