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Sonata ( /səˈnɑːtə/; Italian: [soˈnaːta], pl. sonate; from Latin and Italian: sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era. The term took on increasing importance in the Classical period, and by the early 19th century the word came to represent a principle of composing large scale works. It was applied to most instrumental genres and regarded alongside the fugue as one of two fundamental methods of organizing, interpreting and analyzing concert music. Though the musical style of sonatas has changed since the Classical Era, most 20th- and 21st- century sonatas still maintain the same structure.
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1995. Their later works (most notably The Days of Grays, Unia and a few tracks on Reckoning Night and Winterheart's Guild) contain several elements typical of progressive metal.
The band was founded by Marko Paasikoski, Jani Liimatainen and Tommy Portimo in Kemi at the end of 1995 (Tony Kakko and Pentti Peura joined in early 1996). Originally named Tricky Beans, they played hard rock rather than the power metal with which they grew to fame. During their early career, they recorded three demos which were never sent to any recording label — Friend 'till the End, Agre Pamppers and PeaceMaker.
In 1997 the band changed their name to Tricky Means, and from that point until 1999 their style was thoroughly worked upon and ultimately was drastically changed, acquiring strong emphasis on the keyboard melodies and relying on an easily distinguishable rhythm line maintained both by the bass and the guitar. Vocalist Tony Kakko developed a clean singing style which relies both on falsetto and tenor voices and second guitarist Marko Paasikoski left the band. Kakko has stated that the change of sound was influenced by fellow Finnish power metal band Stratovarius.
Daniel Barenboim, KBE (born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born pianist and conductor. He has served as music director of several major symphonic and operatic orchestras and made numerous recordings.
Currently, he is general music director of La Scala in Milan, the Berlin State Opera, and the Staatskapelle Berlin; he previously served as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris. Barenboim is also known for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Sevilla-based orchestra of young Arab and Israeli musicians, and as an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
Barenboim has received many awards and prizes, including an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, France's Légion d'honneur both as a Commander and Grand Officier, the German Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz and Willy Brandt Award, and, together with the Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, Spain's Prince of Asturias Concord Award. He has won seven Grammy awards for his work and discography.
Actors: Killian Scott (actor), Barry Murphy (editor), Siobhan Lam (actress), Eoin Young (producer), Raymond Boileau (actor), Eilis O'Donnell (actress), Kevin Murphy (writer), Kevin Murphy (director), Kevin Murphy (editor), Aine O'Sullivan (actress), Darren Moriarty (composer),
Plot: Set in contemporary Ireland, the story explores the loneliness and lies that can grow between friends. As twenty-somethings Johanna, Sonata, Mira, Cormac and Matt spend an evening together, their polite and civil conversation hides a mountain of skeletons that each character must confront about themselves. While everything looks serene on the surface, their pasts reveal that nothing is as it seems.
Keywords: dinner-party, friend, friendshipActors: Pam Arciero (actress), Martin P. Robinson (actor), Pam Arciero (actress), Martin P. Robinson (actor), Kathryn Mullen (actress), John Hoffman (writer), John Hoffman (producer), Emily Squires (director), Tom Heckbert (editor), Karyn Finley Thompson (editor), Jeanne Simon (producer), Jim Jinkins (writer), Carin Greenberg Baker (miscellaneous crew), Carin Greenberg Baker (writer), Carin Greenberg Baker (writer),
Plot: The children series follow the life of a young precocious, imaginative, preschooler who, along with her friend, Lindi, a yellow dog, her big brother, Rondo, and Rondo's best friend, Riff, a pesky blue cat, spend each day if their daily lives as a lesson with her family, friends and neighbors, throughout the view of Allegra's window.
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