How to Use chorale in a Sentence

chorale

noun
  • In 2015, Gomez was part of a chorale that had an audience with the pope in Rome.
    Helen Wolt, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The chorale consists of 43 members who are 55 years of age and older.
    Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The brass section was thrilling in the chorale-like passage that returns at the end to great effect.
    Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • And near the end, Beatrice and Lucia’s vocal lines quiver and swoop like birds around a low, sober, sonorous chorale.
    New York Times, 12 July 2022
  • The chorale is replacing the event with a free outdoor sing-along on the Music Center’s plaza on Dec. 20.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The chorale that immediately follows, amped by images of the cosmos on the screens, is one of the high points of the show.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 21 May 2017
  • The first major addition is the text that bridges the cantata’s three chorales.
    Mene Ukueberuwa, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The Cowan Elementary School choir will join the chorale at the concert.
    Sacbee, sacbee.com, 4 May 2017
  • Joining the chorale will be the Northview Elementary School Choir.
    Dan Kelly, kansascity, 31 Oct. 2017
  • During the vigil, Emily Boudziony, 16, and a woman's chorale sang three songs.
    Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 10 June 2017
  • This sets the tone for the piece, partly in the way Higdon gently resists the kind of rigor one associates with a chorale.
    David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • The grandeur of the passacaglia, the urgency of the toccata and the majesty of the chorale reminded listeners of this work’s value.
    Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Bring or rent a score and join chorale members to sing Handel’s masterpiece.
    Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
  • This year, the chorale is looking especially for male tenors and basses.
    Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Messages of support flooded the chorale’s Facebook page.
    New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Over the course of the 12-minute work, there are radiant brass chorales, luscious strings and a consoling melody intoned by single oboe, then a flute.
    Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Clark had a model in mind for how the song crests with that chorale, even if her song ends up being a bit warmer and more hopeful than its classic-rock template.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The chorale concert was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Pacific time.
    New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The chorales were sublime, all the more so for their relative simplicity.
    Libby Hanssen, kansascity.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The chorale is under the direction of Elisé L. Greene, artistic director since 2018.
    Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Some are organized—think of group prayers, chorale singing, military parades and flash mobs.
    Marta Zaraska, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Beethoven works a full orchestra and adds a chorale of dozens of voices, all in the service of the symphony and not rising or falling on any player.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
  • The schedule for failure shows the athletic fees along with a $140 fee for band, symphonic chorale, and Pure Harmony at the high school and choir and band at the middle school.
    Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Expect to hear some of the most beloved chorale numbers from operas that Manahan led during his tenure.
    oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Carl Dewse will direct a 160-voice chorale in the official Fiesta theme music.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The show will include popular numbers performed by the chorale since its inception in 1974.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2019
  • My dad had a beautiful tenor voice and decided to try out for a trio, but mistakenly arrived at a rehearsal for the men’s chorale.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
  • Muti played up the weighty drama and mystery of the slow introduction, with its darkly swirling minor chords and solemn trombone chorale.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
  • Along the way, solo singers and chorus reflect on the tragedy and its redemptive implications, with interspersed chorales (hymns).
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • With heartfelt solemnity and spoken thanks from the stage, the quartet gave its audience an encore from a transcription of Bach’s final chorale.
    Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023

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