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Schumann's great E-flat Piano Quintet, Op. 44, speaks exclusively in the language of heart-on-the-sleeve romanticism, and the ensemble -- joined by second violinist Marissa Regni and violist Daniel Foster -- gave it a beautifully gauged reading.

Kennedy Center Chamber Players' take on Previn, Haydn, Schumman Post 2010

Carell brings a raw quality to Cal, a heart-on-the-sleeve guy who learns to put up his shields and then has to figure out when to let them down.

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But the program itself was also one of great contrasts, traveling a large emotional distance from Haydn's engaging discourse to the heart-on-the-sleeve outpouring of the Szymanowski First Violin Concerto.

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(Free; at the Millennium Stage.) ... to the heart-on-the-sleeve emotion of gospel.

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But its huge performing forces and its jockeying extremes of reverent stillness and heart-on-the-sleeve theatricality present a daunting challenge to any company attempting to record it.

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This isn't the Soviet Union or China where some heart-on-the-sleeve nanny is going to come along and help you because you didn't work hard enough or keep yourself healthy.

Martin Lewis: Cancer Patients Are Selfish And Un-American (And Jesus & God Think So Too!) 2009

You had to be a bumbling, heart-on-the-sleeve (liberal) American expat to un-self-consciously weep big, sloppy tears of joy when the polls in California closed, and Barack Obama was officially declared the victor.

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When Martin was anchored at his piano for those heart-on-the-sleeve confessional ballads, such as “In My Place” and a soothing “Trouble,” it meant more sing-backs for the audience.

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Ramone was a garage-rock primitivist: a three-chord rhythm player with a pitilessly harsh, deliberately debeautified tone, and a guitar antihero who made gaudy, heart-on-the-sleeve displays of technique seem inauthentic and hopelessly corny.

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Carell brings a raw quality to Cal, a heart-on-the-sleeve guy who learns to put up his shields and then has to figure out when to let them down.

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