balalaika

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• All the chorus writing, including some clarinet-led boat music in which strings imitate a balalaika, a wedding song that yields to anguish, some vigorous, aggressive Polish bravado, and the noble imperial finale, is dramatic and vivid.
• Daniil stroked his balalaika and Eddy sang, the way they always had.
• His mouth twisted into a snarl as the first strains of the balalaika drifted into the night, the cue for his entrance. KISS AN ANGEL
• They also had a trumpet/coronet player, a tuba player, and a dude who alternated among an oboe, drums, and what I think was an amplified balalaika. Big news and awesome stuff « paper fruit
• On January 15, in Trafalgar Square there will be 500 singers and dancers (all in costume naturally), ice skaters, balalaikas, hot borsch, blini, and pirozhki.
• We joined the ‘Lev Tolstoy’ ship and were welcomed with a piece of rather horrid salted bread and a glass of vodka, followed by some Russian entertainment featuring virtuoso balalaika playing.
• One is a real contrabass balalaika, I brought it from Russia.
• Burnell's attention had been caught by a slender woman who was singing to the balalaika accompaniment. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
• A slow opening track, it reflects a reminiscent and reflective mood created by the atmospheric soundscape style of slow balalaika sounding guitars, heavy cymbal use, and acerbic but complementary vocals heard throughout the album.
• Ah yes, a gypsy princess in disguise who yearns for the sound of the balalaika and prays for the return of Prince Vlad of Wallachia. Think Progress » Despite Running A Health Industry ‘Trade Association,’ Gingrich Says He Will Not Register As A Lobbyist