英语词汇“virtuosity”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

The voice rose and fell in a rhythmical, dreamlike recital-part enumeration of earthly trials undergone by the congregation, part rapt display of vocal virtuosity, part appeal to God. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while they were impressing each other on the road with their tightrope-without-a-safety-net virtuosity, there was another, quite opposite impulse emerging. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they both reached such extremes of virtuosity that when they became exhausted from excitement, they would take advantage of their fatigue. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And the surest testament to the magnificent and horrifying level of my virtuosity was that neither had I. When I got to the flat Jack was waiting inside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music went on and on, minute after minute, with astonishing variations, never once repeating itself, almost as though the bird were deliberately showing off its virtuosity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Compared to the clockwork finesse and gentle charm of Corelli, Vivaldi introduced a sense of drama and virtuosity that took his contemporaries’ breath away. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Modernistic” was the pivot, displaying Moran as a musician of startling virtuosity and breadth. This Kennedy Center director is making performance art out of jazz. Can he bring fans along? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

For some time, Mr. Zukofsky’s career sustained itself on virtuosity alone. Paul Zukofsky, Virtuoso Violinist and Literary Executor, Dies at 73 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Suskind often displays virtuosity in capturing the intimate realities of life in a household dominated by autism, where the disorder shapes the life of every family member. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The virtuosity of both dancers was often breathtaking. Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga Tango With Passion and Laughter 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

“He was an inspiring figure as a literature professor and an ace of great virtuosity as a novelist, short story writer, essayist and raconteur,” Mr. Roth said in a telephone interview on Thursday. Richard G. Stern, a Writers’ Writer, Is Dead at 84 2013-01-25T03:25:06Z

If there is a defining aesthetic, it’s virtuosity. Claire Chase Is Changing How People Think of the Flute 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

A 70th-Birthday Gala, With Stars and Strobes Because ballet has a tremendous capacity for virtuosity, it seems, in theory, to lend itself to galas. American Ballet Theater Celebrates 70th With Gala 2010-05-18T17:04:00Z

It includes lyricism and virtuosity, striking effects of through-the-body lines and symmetrical ensemble geometry. At American Ballet Theater Gala, All Is the Same but Different 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

With such virtuosity, Smith was able to invent himself as a one-man bop soloist and rhythm section combined. 50 great moments in jazz: Jimmy Smith and the Hammond organ 2010-06-02T11:23:00Z

From a melancholy opening filled with swooping glissandos, the 20-minute string quartet emphasizes group virtuosity with jagged bursts of notes deployed in rhythmic unison, mostly at high velocity. Critic?s Notebook: Avoiding ?Moderato? Becomes a Style 2011-04-17T22:15:36Z

“The effect of reading this collection reminded me of only a few other modern poets: Robert Frost, in his virtuosity and beauty, and the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in her passion and straightforward honesty.” Linda Pastan, Poet Who Plumbed the Ordinary, Dies at 90 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z

He’s not about virtuosity as a guitar slinger so much as intensity, with a heavy attack that weds blues chords to metal distortion. Album review: Gary Clark Jr., 'Blak and Blu' 2012-10-22T17:36:00Z

In his solo the choreographer was virtuosic, elastically tying himself in knots, yet that virtuosity was made expressive of frustration. Dance Review: Contemporary Dance Showcase at Japan Society 2013-01-16T17:52:03Z

Gradually the thrilling precision and permutations, the alternations between motion and stasis, come to feel like a kind of virtuosity, a world of cool perfection you’re sorry to leave. Review: And Now Four Dances, Completely Different 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

And yet the emotional sweep, sonic sensuousness and instrumental virtuosity of Mazurek's magnum opus remain unmistakable. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z

The three orchestral works that followed touched again on virtuosity and its relationship with structure. Henri Dutilleux obituary 2013-05-22T17:43:25Z

It’s a vision of rapport with nature that’s also a celebration of human virtuosity. Review | In the galleries: ‘Sea of Change’ exhibition sets the voyage on a different course 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Like Clark, all three are known for virtuosity. St. Vincent Flirts With Autobiography and the Sounds of the ’70s 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Sinaisky's conducting was so cool as to be uninvolving, while the playing was uncharacteristically rough from an orchestra primarily associated with refined virtuosity. BBC Philharmonic/Sinaisky 2010-07-25T20:45:00Z

However, on a purely technical level, the orchestra performed with bracing virtuosity. Jean-Yves Thibaudet's lyrical piano brightens L.A. Phil concert 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

“We want performers to be persuasive, so that their virtuosity is delivered with panache, and fluency and ease,” he said. At Juilliard, Can You Hear the Sprezzatura? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Her lines of lyrics are long, fast, polysyllabic, intricately rhymed, packed with convoluted allusions and delivered with melodic inflections — her own extension of the rapping virtuosity of the 1990s, ambitious but never bombastic. On Her Debut Album, Noname Is a Sly Hip-Hop Maverick 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

His Halle Orchestra is somewhat pedestrian, but a successful Sibelius performance is really more about concentration than instrumental virtuosity. CD review: Rattle’s second Sibelius is opulent package of dour masterpieces 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Everyone looks expansive, loose, high-spirited, and the combination of seeming physical ease and actual virtuosity is irresistible. Dance Review: Ballet Across America Unites at Kennedy Center 2010-06-17T22:12:00Z

Perhaps that was why Morgan found a role at the Kingdom, training a young man called Ben in aikido, this martial virtuosity with a staff and – perhaps – in his code of never killing humans. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

Ordinary, belching people can achieve a level of virtuosity that puts Le Pétomane to shame. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z

But profundity is never sacrificed for virtuosity, as demonstrated in memorable interpretations of eight mazurkas, the Sonata No. 3 and two nocturnes. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z

Furious orchestral virtuosity was balanced by singing of monumental splendour from the London Symphony Chorus. LSO/Zhang ? review 2011-04-06T18:00:29Z

In the process, the already high-bar of Sondheim’s lyrical virtuosity vaulted several notes higher. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z

Lady Gaga’s virtuosity may not constitute breaking news; what’s remarkable is her dramatic range. ‘A Star Is Born’ Review: A Brilliant Reincarnation 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

And along the way, she never lost an ounce of virtuosity. Review: Yuja Wang, Trying Comedy, Shows How Funny Virtuosity Can Be 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Despite Mr. Yen’s impressive physical virtuosity, his stoic, often humorless presence tends to neutralize the emotional temperature. Review: In ‘Ip Man 3,’ Donnie Yen Brawls With Mike Tyson and Others 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

He offered an ideal balance between virtuosity and introspection, deftly supported by the orchestra. Music Review | New York Philharmonic: The Toe-Tapping Starts at the Podium 2010-02-19T23:15:00Z

A performer of indisputable virtuosity and bite, Ms. Pinkins has seen perhaps more tumult offstage than on. Insult Tonya Pinkins? She Got There First. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

Remarkably, this blistering segment did not leave you marveling at Collado’s virtuosity. Flamenco dancer Marina Collado shows her vulnerable side in works at Gala Hispanic

A Tedeschi Trucks Band performance maximizes the emotive resonance of music by walking the tightrope between virtuosity — these are profoundly talented musicians — and authenticity. The inspiring poetics of Tedeschi Trucks Band 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

She is instead a vocal slapstick artist of both speech and song, shifting registers and styles with madcap virtuosity. Review: In ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ Jackie Hoffman as Paradoxical Charmer 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

Taking advantage of Rubinstein’s flair and virtuosity, Stravinsky made the arrangements difficult. Week Ahead: Aug. 22 ? 28 2010-08-19T14:57:00Z

He battles any doubts with self-assertion and defiance, as his raps often toggle into doubletime to insist on his virtuosity. ArtsBeat: Bonnaroo: Kendrick Lamar and Rappers With Vocal Bite 2012-06-08T17:28:53Z

Of course, there’s lots of notes and virtuosity and the last movement shows him as a master of dance, of ballet. A Flutist Steps Into the Solo Spotlight 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

But unlike the American painters to emerge in the 1950s, his approach was in the western tradition of working from life and brought about with painstaking slowness, rather than unleashed virtuosity. Lucian Freud obituary 2011-07-21T21:08:42Z

The Bach “Passion” stagings have shown off the best qualities of both him and the players, combining scrupulous style, individual virtuosity and theatrical momentum. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hamelin conveyed its craziness while playing with scintillating colors and stress-free virtuosity. Two Pianists Offer Contrasting Paths of Exploration 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

But for sheer technical virtuosity the most astonishing exhibit is a 3rd-century sarcophagus, carved from a single block of stone, showing the Romans fighting the Ostrogoths. 10 of the best museums and gallleries in Rome 2011-07-13T09:00:00Z

And in the long, wild cadenza at the end of the work, his playing was sheer, explosive virtuosity. Music Review: Having Fun Across Generations 2010-12-20T22:45:45Z

Their songs, however – often regarded as secondary achievements – frequently took on the character of operatic sketches, requiring elements of grandeur or virtuosity in performance. Crowe/Maltman/Johnson – review 2013-01-06T18:04:43Z

No drums, no brass, no sonic effects other than a bit of reverb on the guitar, and no distracting virtuosity. Gerald Albright and Karen Mantler Release Albums 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

Clark took full advantage of the situation to create a masterwork of balance and exuberance, with a mercurial lyricism inflected by the bebop heritage of virtuosity and the cultural heritage of the blues. The Best Archival Jazz Releases of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

Indeed, ending this demanding program, her playing was as clean as at the start, despite the extreme virtuosity required in the Stravinsky. Khatia Buniatishvili: a recital of skill, sensitivity 2013-03-07T19:03:24Z

Partly that’s due to the straightforward virtuosity of his playing, and partly to his compulsion to transcend and blend styles. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

For me, Holcomb is easily the greatest American banjo player to have commercially recorded, possessing, as he did, that ineffable combination of virtuosity and openness. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

And for young artists with disabilities seeking to define virtuosity on their own terms, it offers a path forward. For composer Molly Joyce, disability is no barrier to virtuosity 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

Mailer implicitly recognizes throughout “The Armies of the Night” that, for all his avidity and virtuosity, a definitive-seeming break has happened in his culture. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

Some of the best shows to debut in France in the past year brought unclassifiable feats of virtuosity onstage, like “One Song,” which played at the Avignon Festival. The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

It’s got a huge drum sound, heroic riffing and crude, art-brut guitar solos just when your ears expect virtuosity. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z

As the three men wrestle to remain upright, there's a very watchable virtuosity involved in their struggles, as well as a convincing play of metaphors about our battles to tame the environment. Dance Umbrella – review 2012-10-07T15:21:19Z

Principal bass Jordan Anderson offered “Traction,” a subtle and allusive piece, mysterious in manner and highly effective in its quiet and understated virtuosity. New symphony series is [untitled], but not unwelcome 2013-04-27T17:40:33Z

It’s frustrating to try to capture even a glimpse of the man, his verbal virtuosity, his wit and Irish charm. ArtsBeat: Another Kind of Music 2013-08-30T22:44:13Z

The drawings of Murillo, another well-known artist, eschew fantasy but dazzle with virtuosity. Art Review: Spanish Draftsmanship That Leaps Off the Page 2010-10-14T21:52:00Z

What his two hands achieved in Gershwin was totally outshone by the sheer sonic splendor and dazzling virtuosity that just one drew from Ravel's Left-Hand Concerto â€” for me, the evening's greatest work. Seattle Symphony: Three masterpieces and one near-miss 2010-10-08T21:12:00Z

This was easy to do while listening to his calmly assured and beautiful playing, a performance that displayed a different kind of virtuosity. Conor Hanick Plays Contemporary Work at Keyboard Institute 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

One thing that it is about is virtuosity. ‘Hamlet,’ a New Opera, Makes Shakespeare Strange 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Bravura and virtuosity were all in place, to be sure, but were well integrated into a reading perhaps more compelling for its lyrical and thoughtful moments. Music Review: Piatigorsky International Cello Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall 2012-03-17T00:22:16Z

It’s like, you almost have to have tried it yourself, like dancing, or playing an instrument, to understand the labor and devotion that goes into virtuosity like his. Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

The first movement, especially, went at an easygoing lope, and Mr. Ehnes played cleanly and displayed ample virtuosity of a relaxed sort. Review: Bruckner Rises and Stalls in Hands of Two Conductors 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

But the virtuosity on display also produces its share of deep misgivings. ‘The Hateful Eight’ and ‘The Revenant’ bring the pain, but what do we gain? 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

The work is shot through with beautiful skeins of motion, with group, duo and solo sections of exciting virtuosity that earn whoops of appreciation. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Out There ‘Requiem,’ With Nods to Mozart 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

But prosper he does: this is a prodigiously assured Fringe debut, an hour of blistering lyrical virtuosity and teen attitude. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z

His piano vocabulary grew voluminous, his full-on virtuosity was dazzling, his performances were improvising marathons. 50 great moments in jazz: Cecil Taylor's jazz piano revolution 2010-04-14T11:25:00Z

Like all of Chin's music, it is most notable for its use of colour: vivid, extravagant and technically assured to the point of virtuosity. Total Immersion: Unsuk Chin ? review 2011-04-11T17:31:24Z

Then clearly displays of sheer virtuosity excite you. A Guide to the NY Phil Biennial From Our Critics and Reporters 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

When Paganini published his 24 Caprices for solo violin in 1820, the technical limits of virtuosity were in flux. Review: Jennifer Koh Asks 32 Musicians to Respond to Paganini 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

With pianists getting better and better, so many are so good that, paradoxically, I am less impressed by virtuosity. Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen 2011-08-12T13:09:23Z

It’s a work for 12 dancers to whom she’s drawn, she said, for their “expressive virtuosity.” A Choreographer Who Connects With Stones and Trees 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

William Towers was forceful, even if his virtuosity never quite took off. RSNO/McGegan review 2011-01-05T21:46:00Z

But in their free skate program, set to Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, Ms. Papadakis and Mr. Cizeron expanded the idea of virtuosity with the way they completely tuned in to each other. French Olympic Ice Dancers Make Skating as Ethereal as Ballet 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

As in most concertos, Mr. van der Aa’s solo writing demands extreme virtuosity, which, of course, the charismatic Ms. Jansen dispatches with athletic ease. Review: Met Opera’s Next Maestro Energizes His Philadelphians 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

In live takes around a microphone or two, rural pride meets casual virtuosity. The Year in Boxed Sets, From David Bowie to Weird Al 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

But the work’s trippy grandeur and over-the-top virtuosity come through no matter what. Review: Jaap van Zweden Returns to a Changed Philharmonic 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z

The first of them, the traditional Scottish “Regents Rant,” Savall dispatched — solo — with dazzling virtuosity on the bass viol. Brilliance from Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI 2014-03-01T18:10:04Z

And his astonishing technical virtuosity and musicality is often about what he doesn’t do. Colin Dunne Brings ?Out of Time? to Baryshnikov Arts Center 2011-10-16T04:00:08Z

He’s a fabulous pianist — just complete control and virtuosity, very strong but very musical. | Brad Mehldau: Pianists, Yes, but a Jazz Singer and Deep Metal, Too 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z

Throughout, his clean tone and even-handed virtuosity put his instrument to the service of the orchestra at large. Beethoven sounds a defiant tone at the Bowl 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Of course, Antonioni’s ability to achieve what, in another context, Jean-Luc Godard called “the definitive by chance” is a mark of genius, of natural virtuosity. The Front Row: “The Vanquished” 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

The bowed ensemble sound together against the plucked virtuosities of lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, harmonic suspensions clash in despair and resolve in consolation. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z

Given the program’s conceptual breadth — it was something like Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival, condensed to just under two hours — you could almost have missed the sheer virtuosity of Ms. Beiser’s focused, richly nuanced playing. Music Review: East Meets Farther East When the Aural Mirrors the Visual 2011-03-14T23:00:14Z

“The Newsroom” is still righteous and romantic, but the characters now compete less over virtue than over virtuosity. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom’ Returns, With Some New Faces and Issues 2013-07-12T21:33:38Z

Those used to the dazzling solo virtuosity of Handel’s operas may find the aria parts in “Solomon” a tad sedate. Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Late one morning, in a rehearsal studio near Times Square, he expanded on the elements of virtuosity. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z

Wang has made a career out of dazzling displays of virtuosity, including in the works she will perform this weekend. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

The challenge for any rock trio that doesn't showcase raw virtuosity is how to stay interesting with unique textures and diverse material. Buffalo Killers score a bull's eye with '3' 2011-08-01T19:46:05Z

Reading these stories, one feels honored to be in the presence of Johnson’s witty philosophical mind, and, not incidentally, stunned by the graceful virtuosity of his sentences. Short Stories That Travel the World From a Deliciously Off-Kilter Perspective 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

The almost ominously immaculate quality of her playing was well suited to Mr. Adams’s dark fantasia, which offers virtuosity while staying — intentionally, I think — wary of its, and any, thrills. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

When the Venice Baroque Orchestra visited Zankel Hall a year ago, it showed off the virtuosity of its individual members and of the group as a whole. Music Review: Philippe Jaroussky Performs at Metropolitan Museum 2014-02-26T22:22:56Z

Lee’s virtuosity never flags, and it also never gets wearying. The Great Unknown Movie of the Century So Far? Here’s Mine 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

It played down the work’s more obvious virtuosity; Altstaedt’s soft passages often seemed to project farther into the hall than his loud ones. Review | National Symphony Orchestra considers the one and the many in program of Grieg, Dvorak and Nielsen 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

But as in the past, the orchestra’s virtuosity can sometimes seem to exist merely moment-to-moment, for its own sake. 10 Days at the Salzburg Festival, Music’s Disneyland 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

The image-repertory is elaborate, as are the effects of lighting, but their intricacy offers no complexity; the movie reflects an empty virtuosity and a resonant vanity. The Tasteless Intricacies of “A Cure for Wellness” 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Ohlberg, Timothy Lynch and Harrison were well up to the challenge of the piece, which blended balletic virtuosity with flavors more dervishlike and feral. 'Men in Dance': Talent from Seattle and beyond 2012-10-13T17:16:05Z

Mr. Trifonov played with an uncanny balance of tenderness and flair: Call it soft-spoken virtuosity. A Star Pianist Brings Soft-Spoken Virtuosity to Scriabin 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

The lean, straightforward trio format and the tricky but frisky repertoire made an ideal showcase for Mitchell’s prodigious, playful virtuosity and Reid’s double duties of propulsion and melodic counterpoint. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

In the 1960s, Mr. Buchla’s instruments represented what became known as the West Coast philosophy of electronic music: more experimental and less commercial, breaking away from tradition and virtuosity. Don Buchla, Inventor, Composer and Electronic Music Maverick, Dies at 79 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

Frustrated, Elly ends up flying a kite with some of the children, resulting in a scene that showcases Farhadi's cinematic virtuosity. In 'About Elly,' genial fibs grow to an intense reality 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Other numbers like “Sloe Gin,” “If Heartaches Were Nickels” and “The Last Matador of Bayonne” typically extend into elongated minor-key blues jams that display his virtuosity. Concert Preview: Joe Bonamassa will rock the blues 2013-04-11T20:44:44Z

But he never aspired to the ensemble virtuosity of the more commercially-driven orchestras of the day. He Was an Important Conductor. Also a Great One. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

“Wings of Iron” unfolds gradually, displaying Uchizono’s ability to slowly highlight and magnify shards of hidden virtuosity in inventive, off-kilter steps. Review: Looking for a Hero? Hold on to These Dancers 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

Here were pieces of popular culture coming together; what justified its place as the culminating act was the virtuosity of the players, and the way they seemed to have earned the crowd’s constant curiosity. A BRIC in Flux Turns Out an Intimate, Focused JazzFest 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

Her virtuosity is extraordinary, but even more extraordinary is her expressive power. Violinist Leila Josefowicz is a powerful storyteller in John Adams' 'Scheherazade.2' 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

Again, it opens well, with the dancers melded into strikingly sculpted shapes, but its fusion of vestigial ballet virtuosity and scrunched physical distortions tells us little about these men as dancers, or as personalities. Wayne McGregor/Random Dance – review 2012-11-23T15:47:17Z

In the final pas de deux, Mr. Carreño — who doesn’t have the virtuosity he once did, but pulls off the part through showmanship and strong partnering — looks as complacent as he did in Act II. Dance Review: ?The Sleeping Beauty? From American Ballet Theater 2010-06-15T22:47:00Z

"If I'm Not Home: Ron Cooper, A Jazz Life" captures the luster and virtuosity of Cooper's vocals, as well as the quiet desperation of his days and nights. The jazz singer: Telling a tragic tale on film 2011-02-21T14:21:00Z

You marvel at, and think about, the sites instead of the virtuosity of his filmmaking, and listen to the people he interviews, what they say and what they pointedly don’t. ‘Earth’ Review: Humanity Is Digging Its Own Grave 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

But the slow pacing provides the viewer a chance to savor Fassbinder’s virtuosity. | 'World on a Wire': Fassbinder?s Vibrating Sci-Fi Questions About Reality 2010-04-13T22:38:00Z

Warhol was an artist-designer of tremendous virtuosity, and the temptation to demonstrate this by putting comparative works side by side must be hard to resist. Meet Warhol, Again, in This Brilliant Whitney Show 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

In Mr. Ehnes’s case there was plenty to enjoy — with the Kreisler notable for its dynamic subtleties and expressive shadings complimented by an effortless virtuosity. Music Review: The Violinist James Ehnes at Mostly Mozart?s ?Little Night Music? 2010-08-02T21:58:00Z

These moments of simplicity are wonderfully threaded through this great spread of dance, as if to say that dance, though it can certainly include virtuosity, is also something for you and me. Dance Review: Cunningham and Cage?s ?Roaratorio,? a ?Legacy Tour? Revival 2010-06-07T22:15:00Z

But the victory was about more than virtuosity. Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

But charisma is not virtuosity or intelligence or perceptive programming. A Gift From the Musical Gods 2011-08-17T14:36:45Z

In both music and dance, this “Goldberg Variations” offers virtuosity and experience — of life, of the stage — resolved into simplicity. In France, a Festival Delivers the Essential: Dance to Audiences 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

That was just one of many displays of virtuosity from an orchestra of remarkable depth. Review: Venice and Vivaldi, Center Stage at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

First there was Weber's Oberon overture, its misty opening coalescing into an allegro that whizzed by in a flurry of graceful virtuosity. Prom 6: OPRF/Chung ? review 2011-07-20T09:48:43Z

One gallery of the current show recalls that event, and as with the wall of Manets, the paintings on view demonstrate Monet’s range, and virtuosity. Paul Durand-Ruel, the champion of the Impressionists 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Hadelich's encore, Paganini's Caprice No. 21 for Solo Violin, displayed plenty of virtuosity, as well as taste and feeling. L.A. Phil concert favors theatrics over polished music-making 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

And Mr. Zimmermann aced that cadenza, a true test of virtuosity. Review: The New York Philharmonic Offers Works by Modern Masters 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

Over the course of three acts and two intermissions, the play segues seamlessly from one bit of expositional virtuosity to the next. Review | With the opening of ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ Broadway just got smarter — and more exciting 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

Grad’s writing, he adds, “is of a high order of virtuosity.” The magic lute: Baroque instrument gets electric update for world premiere 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

Following Albee script to the letter, this crew acts out with uncommon virtuosity. 'Delicate Balance' teeters slightly but always fascinates 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

His energy, virtuosity, timing, sunniness and charm are all wonderfully vivid. Review: City Ballet’s ‘Harlequinade’ and ‘N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz’ Delve Into Human Nature 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

Ethel’s distinction derives from a thoroughgoing virtuosity, a strong group identity that nevertheless encourages individuality, and the warmly inclusive embrace of their audience. Perspective | A quartet named Ethel brings fresh ideas to town 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

We are in a world of artifice and illusion, confected from old-fashioned production-design virtuosity and newfangled digital hocus-pocus. Movie Review: ‘The Great Gatsby,’ Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann 2013-05-09T12:00:01Z

It uses swing, blues, virtuosity, cuteness, directness and seldom wanders from a sense of tune. Music Review: Warren Wolf & Wolfpack at 92Y Tribeca - Review 2011-11-17T22:19:55Z

Decorating each phase of this tap epic are the terrific moments in which the art’s rhythmical virtuosity seems to pass into Mr. Seibert’s own prose. Review: A Rigorous Tap Dancing Lesson in ‘What the Eye Hears’ 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

Then it was a solo for the Apollonian ballet star David Hallberg that wittily played with the shortness of each of Britten’s Twelve Variations for piano and against an expectation of virtuosity. Review: Mark Morris’s Egalitarian Ethos and Top-Class Art 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Yet understudies and swings are always hired because they can do the role — or the many roles — with the virtuosity that Broadway demands. On Broadway, Newly Vital Understudies Step Into the Spotlight 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

Bach’s own virtuosity translates to a different effect on the mandolin. Review: Chris Thile Is the God of Small Sounds 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor is not a work that flaunts virtuosity on the part of either soloist or orchestra. Music Review: Orchestral Extremes: From a Pizza Shop to Carnegie 2011-02-06T22:41:17Z

His virtuosity is not quite enough to lift “The Devil’s Double” above its self-imposed limitations. | 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z

That was nothing, though, next to the eye-watering virtuosity of his first encore, an arrangement of a Bulgarian folk tune that zoomed among folk, rock and contemporary-music idioms with breathtaking fluidity. Review: Avi Avital and the Venice Baroque, in Sizzling Communion 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

That solo, though, followed close on an even more impressive feat: Haynes showing off his virtuosity by not playing. Roy Haynes dips into his fountain of youth at Blues Alley 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

His singing was interspersed with florid solos from members of the orchestra, so that the virtuosity spread across instruments and suggested a hero-singer of boundless gifts. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

The insights afforded by her virtuosity meant that I was never tortured by “Tortured,” as many reviewers here seem to have been. How She Survives: Strategies for Women on London Stages 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

The intricacy of the interweaving musical lines, the wonderfully dexterous and subtle playing, and the sheer virtuosity of Piccinini’s technique were all heightened by the clever manipulation of the images. What’s it like watching world premiere concerts online? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Nobody knows Liszt like Howard, and it shows in his performances of authentic virtuosity and epic range. The hot Liszt 2010-12-27T21:30:01Z

Whistles of appreciation from the audience, traditional at tap shows, seemed intrusive here, though there was plenty of virtuosity. Dance Review: Michelle Dorrance and Dorrance Dance at St. Mark’s Church 2013-01-22T21:49:07Z

She shows a genuine connection with British and American traditions, and she has the guitar virtuosity for arrangements that are resonant, intricate and propulsive. New Music: New Albums by Laura Marling, Terence Blanchard, Frankie J and Cecile McLorin Salvant 2013-05-27T21:56:34Z

Gospel contains forces such singers might desire access to: virtuosity, resistance, belief, magic. Music Review: Sinead O’Connor in ‘Gospel Sessions’ at Lincoln Center 2013-07-28T21:36:14Z

Few pianists flaunt their virtuosity less than she does, but it was all superbly managed. Mitsuko Uchida 2010-09-26T21:15:00Z

A-Trak brought turntable virtuosity to the main stage in an afternoon set, applying it to more current styles, letting pop tunes emerge but also making them leap and stutter. Electric Zoo Returns Under Watchful Eyes 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z

But Monk maintained a rough piano style and wrote tunes to reflect it; his virtuosity worked on a level that was more tonal, and more physical. At 100, Thelonious Monk Gets a Hero’s Celebration 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

David Greenspan, an actor and playwright with the charisma of a genial space alien, writes the kinds of plays that allow his eccentric virtuosity to shine. David Greenspan's 'Go Back to Where You Are': charmingly offbeat and yet off by a beat 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

His elevation to the top rank of pianists is due to his astonishing technical virtuosity, which marks his concerts with an aura of patrician athleticism that, in effect, sells his intellectual rigor. The Pianist Maurizio Pollini and the Shock of the Old 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

It wheels and gyrates and zips and pivots with a vertiginous wonder that declares, from the beginning, that Lucas had big visual ideas and was about to realize them with a heroically inventive virtuosity. What the Seven “Star Wars” Films Reveal About George Lucas 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

The music Mr. Robertson and his orchestra offered at Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening — works by Debussy, Stravinsky and Kaija Saariaho — was inherently colorful, and there were scattered moments of sharply etched virtuosity. Music Review: St. Louis Symphony Led by David Robertson at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-11T22:03:42Z

Instead, they present sinewy, hands-on virtuosity and knotty structures. black midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

It’s worth paying a few more dollars for 3-D: That newfangled format brings out the virtuosity of Mr. Miller’s old-school approach. Review: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: Still Angry After All These Years 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Denk's virtuosity is a thrill, killing and enlivening tradition at the same instant. At the Ojai Music Festival, Classical style takes a turn 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

It’s a trove of untamed three-minute dispatches from distant places and eras, full of raw voices, rough-hewed virtuosity and startling structures. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

During these sessions, skeptics were impressed with Masters’s crisp authority and technical virtuosity. The ’60s were “the decade of orgasmic preoccupation”: Even suburban housewives were emboldened by Masters and Johnson’s “Human Sexual Response” 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

Yet in the classical world they are starting to be joined with some frequency to describe two players who, in very different ways, combine virtuosity on an instrument with generous helpings of onstage charisma. Review: Avi Avital and the Venice Baroque, in Sizzling Communion 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

Hiromi is back for round two on a smaller stage with her trio, wowing them with amiable virtuosity. ArtsBeat: At Newport, Rain Rules the Day 2011-08-07T22:20:30Z

Tate’s work lacks any obvious effort at virtuosity, but his central obsession — that chaos, often delivered at the hands of the natural world, is forever intruding on the mundane — will shake you. New & Noteworthy 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

With his contrarian bent, rejection of traditional virtuosity and a taste for the absurd, Satie seems to have prefigured Dada. Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

In two works that, in very different ways, place an emphasis on virtuosity and swagger, the ORF band is not quite a match for either Blomstedt's San Francisco Symphony or Fischer's Budapest Festival Orchestra. Bartók: Kossuth; Concerto for Orchestra, etc – review 2013-04-04T20:00:01Z

The material for the children in the same waltz has real charm; the Act III pas de quatre has high-level virtuosity. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z

Instead, she unleashed her virtuosity in intricate vocalizations and gleeful explosions of noise, electronically distorted, which she drew from all manner of instruments, objects and body parts — even the knees of a front-row listener. Review: Claire Chase Explores the Flute’s Possibilities 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

Shifting his color palette for each setting of Muddy’s life, Turk captures the legendary musician’s proud originality with his own dazzling virtuosity on the page, incorporating materials including old newspaper clippings, printer’s ink and paint. The Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

It’s a white elephant of a movie that conceals a mouse of timid wisdom, a mighty and churning machine of virtuosity that delivers a work of utterly familiar and unoriginal drama. “Birdman” Never Achieves Flight 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

His Concerto is a substantial work written in sumptuous, late Romantic language that Sibelius would recognise, but with a fearsome technical virtuosity he possibly wouldn't. BBC Philharmonic/Storgards/Hardenberger – review 2013-02-03T16:54:28Z

Most of the time Miller produced an impressive haze of swirling virtuosity, with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as the inspired slow, quiet bit. Originality enlivens the birthday party for Hurricane Mama 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

In classical music, for instance, the pianist Maurizio Pollini’s crystalline virtuosity in the studio doesn’t prepare a listener for the daring, even reckless feats of musical imagination on which he tests that virtuosity in concert. John Coltrane Live: A Playlist 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

And as she explained in a recent interview with The New York Times, she is fascinated by technical virtuosity, though not the conventional kind. New York Philharmonic Presents an Unsuk Chin Premiere 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Poetry, clarity, virtuosity and intelligence were there in abundance, in a reading that was remarkable for the variety of touch and dynamics. Pianist Lewis, maestro Denève keep audience on edge of seats 2014-04-18T18:24:56Z

Sleep, death and desire turn up over and over across these pages, but dark as they are, Knott’s poems evince joyful wordplay and linguistic virtuosity. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

They can forge dancers of great versatility and virtuosity, and today, alumni dot the ranks of elite college dance programs, renowned dance companies and buzzy Hollywood projects. Sequins and Soul-Searching in the Competitive Dance World 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

And their jaw-dropping virtuosity made it all seem like . . . well, child’s play. Who knew a cathedral of sound could be build from Sandbox Percussion? 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

Here, in chronological order, are the performances this year that most memorably provided what I’m seeking from and through music: excitement, virtuosity, thoughtfulness, a sense of connection to past, present, even future. The Best Classical Music of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Though it’s easy to focus on Lamar’s pure virtuosity, he’s also forged an undeniable connection with audiences. Kendrick Lamar’s Damn Tour comes to the Tacoma Dome 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

With this production’s accent on virtuosity, weaknesses stand out. A show of virtuosos, ‘Swan Lake’ shimmers with strong women 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

Piñeiro’s quiet virtuosity, which binds the movie’s relentless energy to intimate discoveries, is giddily thrilling. Standouts from the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

The rubato was so cohesive, the entire ensemble following Dutoit’s every gesture, but the effect was less about virtuosity than subtle coloristic effects. Geneva orchestra at Kennedy Center shines with Debussy, Stravinsky 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

This lightning shift between registers is just one example of Bennett’s relaxed virtuosity. In Alan Bennett’s Diaries, Life’s Pleasures Alongside Civic Outrage 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

And his is an impulsive virtuosity, always giving the impression of rediscovering, recomposing a work in the act of performance. Prom Math: One Night, Five Prokofiev Concertos 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

It’s a wonderful group, with dancers capable of embodying joy and pathos, all the while equipped with unassuming virtuosity. Dancing at Paul Taylor, a New Generation Finds Its Footing 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

The rocket fuel that propels these abrupt plot twists past the slightest suspicion of implausibility is the author’s trademark narrative virtuosity and high-octane erudition. Edmund White’s High-Octane Saga of Twin Sisters and 1950s Texas 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

He was known in particular for his technical virtuosity, the beauty and flexibility of his tone and a deep musical understanding that was rooted in his fealty to the composer’s original intent. Jacob Lateiner, Pianist and Scholar, Dies at 82 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z

It’s as if Berio were interrogating his own dedication to virtuosity. Review: Ensemble Signal’s Musicians Do Solo Turns in ‘Theatricals’ 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

Of course virtuosity is an important part of ballet — who isn’t thrilled by physical feats and daring? Dance Review: Here, Some Promising Young Dancers, There, Some Well-Seasoned Pros 2011-03-23T21:29:04Z

The Prokofiev sonata established the tone of the recital: tremendous virtuosity, tonal variety and sheer firepower. Jon Kimura Parker’s ‘Rite’ packed with power | Classical review 2013-05-09T17:32:36Z

One technical glitch on Tuesday set into relief the general virtuosity of timing and coordination. Review: Dorrance Dance, Where Tap and Computers Intersect 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

He's about to view the first footage of his ballet Men Y Men, a celebration of the poetry and virtuosity of male dancing, which is being filmed in for TV. 3D dance takes a great leap forward 2010-09-28T21:15:00Z

But his songs are fascinating and unwieldy: shifting with little predictability among folk melody, recitative and concert aria virtuosity, sometimes from verse to verse. Review: A Recital Brings Together Two Schubert Masters 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

The others, for all their undoubted virtuosity, come across as little more than the creations of a diversity committee. Political Mother 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z

On Friday he played with unflashy fluidity and clarity, the best kind of virtuosity. Music Review: Conceptually Challenging in Familiar Repertory 2011-03-06T22:46:11Z

The pro bono appointment shows Ms. Massenet’s astonishing virtuosity. British Fashion Gets a Web Dynamo 2013-02-04T11:43:14Z

This is what virtuosity should do — leave you knock-kneed, perform the unthinkable. ‘Amazing Grace’: How Aretha Franklin Took Us All to Church 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

His playing offers sparkling virtuosity; unaffected, highly musical phrasing; and thoughtful interpretations blessedly free of mannerism. Pianist Steven Lin sets bar high for Washington Performing Arts’ new season

His playing was brilliant but risky and on the edge, without any of the slick virtuosity you often encounter from virtuoso violinists in this audience favorite. Music Review | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Carnegie Hall Concerts Mix Mahler and Kissine 2010-03-29T04:39:00Z

“It’s not music that’s virtuosic for virtuosity’s sake — which is something I’m not really interested in, as a pianist or a composer,” he said. For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

"It is a very complete picture, the technical virtuosity is striking," said Valette. Salvador Dalí portrait of Mona Bismarck up for auction at Sotheby's 2013-01-27T18:00:03Z

El Sistema "can develop individual musicians of tremendous virtuosity and at the same time develop music for all these children," Tunstall said. LA takes baton as flagship for youth orchestras 2011-11-13T16:03:17Z

The visual effects and cinematography in low-budget films, such as Gareth Edwards' "Monsters," which was shot for about $500,000, unfold with virtuosity and intensity. Indie writer-director of post-9/11 thriller 'Retina' a multitasking whiz 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

In all his sonatas Brahms made the pianist an equal if not dominant partner, and Mr. Golan, with the piano lid wide open, challenged Mr. Rachlin with his fire, virtuosity and sheer amplitude. Music in Review: Julian Rachlin and Itamar Golan at 92nd Street Y 2012-12-09T23:04:01Z

The score's soft and softer passages, with subdued climaxes, showed Ohlsson's virtuosity in a quieter mode. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson packs Disney Hall for a thrilling, sometimes punishing, performance 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

Flamboyant virtuosity and a toffee-smooth voice encompassing inky low notes are the weapons of choice for this countertenor on an album of dazzling arias by Nicola Porpora, a Neapolitan opera composer and rival of Handel. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

The music was closely identified with the common people, but the composers and musicians who took it up were sophisticated practitioners who brought a distinctive virtuosity to the pieces. Why mariachi music matters in the age of Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

But he offered far more than mere virtuosity, which is now common among young pianists showing ever more dazzling technique. Music Review: Daniil Trifonov in Piano Debut With New York Philharmonic 2012-10-01T21:49:39Z

And yet the result is similar, in its relentless virtuosity, its employment of the extremes of the keyboard, its unpredictable changes of speed and dynamic, to some of the most systematised music ever conceived. A guide to John Cage's music 2012-08-13T12:13:37Z

Butt's virtuosity in the extraordinary flourishes of the solo cadenza was almost nonchalant and, throughout the evening, all his vast authority was imparted with a humility worthy of Bach himself. OAE/Butt – review 2013-03-26T18:19:20Z

Mr. Sorey insists in a program note that this is a “non-certo,” without a traditional concerto’s overt virtuosity, contrasting tempos or vivid interplay between soloist and ensemble. Tyshawn Sorey: The Busiest Composer of the Bleakest Year 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z

These days, however, when it comes to perfume, virtuosity also is a form of advanced scientific and chemical experimentation. Books of Style: Two Books on Perfume ? Review 2011-11-16T17:06:02Z

The promise of the show's opening number "Magic to Do" was lived up to with Houdini-esque virtuosity. 'Pippin' brings big-top wonders to Hollywood Pantages 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

There are no shrinking violets in Mr. Ferver’s manic imagination; here, he aims his razor-sharp wit and choreographic precision on the lives and virtuosity of four queer performers. Dance Listings for the Fall Season and Beyond 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

The puppets play the the subsidiary characters, supplemented by the actors’ virtuosity and the audience’s imagination. A puppet version of Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' is modest success 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

In both standup and song, this is a boy faintly sickened by his own virtuosity, by the glibness of comedy and the egotism implicit in art. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z

In the “Swan Lake” pas de deux, Ms. Boylston found time to use her music expressively even within virtuosity; acute details of incidental footwork were as telling as the big bravura moments. Critic’s Notebook: The Vail International Dance Festival Turns 25 2013-08-04T21:58:01Z

It was one of those rare performances where player and music seem one – a definition of virtuosity. Don Pasquale; BBC Proms 6 & 8 – review 2013-07-20T23:05:54Z

The 1966 win was unexpected, a happy coming together of “spirit, virtuosity and tactical organisation”, according to Mr Winter. The time of their lives 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Jazz-rock fusion, as pioneered by previous lineups of Return to Forever in the 1970s, glorifies confrontational virtuosity. Music Review: Jazz Fusion Heroes of the 1970s Resurrect Their Intricate Dynamics 2011-08-14T21:20:13Z

There was virtuosity but little ostentation in the playing, no hint of ingratiating an audience. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z

On their fourth album, “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love,” released on July 13, this San Francisco metal band sounds almost tender: Layers of delicate, jam-ready arpeggios organically evolve into displays of intense, all-systems-go virtuosity. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Their common language of casual virtuosity — on fiddle, mandolin, banjo and guitar — found traction in a repertory suitable for the Grand Ole Opry. Review: Ry Cooder, Ricky Skaggs and the Whites, a Roots-Music Celebration 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

Eighth Blackbird commissioned all four of these pieces in recent years, spotlighting not only the group’s virtuosity but also their crucial role as a catalyst for new music. Review | Eighth Blackbird exhibits 8 colorful sketches in modern music at National Gallery 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

But the virtuosity demanded by these variations is unrelenting. Goldberg Variations/Fretwork ? review 2011-03-08T18:30:37Z

Dancing Swanilda, the 's flirty, feisty heroine, she gets to show off her unique and astonishing range – from snub-nosed ingenue to grand ballerina, with all shades of spinning virtuosity and cute mischief in between. Bolshoi: Copp?lia 2010-07-23T20:30:00Z

Vivaldi’s operas demand virtuosity of the singers at least on par with that required of violinists in his concertos. The music of ‘Catone in Utica’ conquers the night 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Montero dispatched it, and the succeeding three movements, with a scintillating virtuosity that was more than equal to the music's formidable technical demands. Pianist Gabriela Montero combines classical improv with a spicy Latin beat 2011-02-05T15:53:00Z

“I discovered the brilliant virtuosity, the extreme obsession, his interest in Eastern music, the discovery of the saxophone as a speaking voice.” Coltrane by De Keersmaeker, Freewheeling but Structure Intact 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

It was the get-up for a circus, a carnival or a kiddie show, and Tune-Yards offered something of them all, along with snappy virtuosity and messages that veered between whimsy and socially conscious sloganeering. Music Review: Tune-Yards Promotes Her New Album at Rough Trade Records 2014-05-08T21:55:13Z

In the first movie, Ms. Streep luxuriated in a mode other than technical virtuosity. Review: ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Takes a Detour and Loses Its Kick 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Her fellow singing violinist, Eden MacAdam-Somer, brought astonishing virtuosity and raw expression to three “Rumi Songs” that drew on classical and bluegrass violin traditions as well as a wide range of vocal techniques. Music Review: Carla Kihlstedt at the New York Festival of Song 2012-11-17T00:26:28Z

And that virtuosity was expressed through epic poetry, music and dance, as well as athleticism. Edinburgh festival director Jonathan Mills extends his contract until 2014 2011-02-03T13:58:56Z

Playing Colin's original works from inception has also reinforced Brooklyn Rider's conviction that penetrating the content of a composition is at least as important as technical virtuosity. Brooklyn Rider: String quartet goes all over the map 2012-01-27T19:00:07Z

But the stars are the puppets, built and manipulated by members of Blind Summit Theater with dazzling virtuosity. Gotham Chamber Opera’s ‘El Gato con Botas’ 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

His playing was commendable for its fluidity and virtuosity, distinguished by both a fleet-fingered lightness and a rich timbre. Istvan Vardai Plays Bach at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

Consonants took on a life of their own in Aaron Cassidy’s “I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips,” a work that requires extraordinary virtuosity on the part of the vocalist. Music Review: The Ensemble Ekmeles at Roulette in Brooklyn 2013-01-25T22:12:21Z

And section for section, the orchestra played with a virtuosity and unity that are prerequisites for that kind of performance. Music Review: The Brahms Behind the Schoenberg 2011-04-11T20:30:33Z

“Absolute Zero,” in contrast, doubles down on piano virtuosity and musical intricacies: odd meters, polytonality, bustling counterpoint. Bruce Hornsby’s New Album Is Complex and Untrendy. That’s Why It’s So Good. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

For all his virtuosity, Mr. Bishop didn’t come across as a show-off: He was just giving each tune what it required. Sir Richard Bishop Offers Solos at the Issue Project Room 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

“Fat People Skate Well. A Cardboard Cabaret,” on the other hand, takes an impossibly complex idea and makes it work through sheer virtuosity. A Quirky Parisian Festival Refinds Its Footing 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

And even when his rhymes are at their most inspired, I found myself admiring the virtuosity more than I was laughing. Abandoman 2010-08-16T14:49:00Z

Mr. Valdés has long been a pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity. Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z

Like his peer Tom Stoppard, Mr. Frayn is known for his cool intellectual virtuosity, but his admirers are less likely to celebrate his heart. | 'Benefactors': Discord Among the Best of Married Friends 2011-04-13T22:25:29Z

Accordingly, the performance showed not only virtuosity, intelligence and imagination but also extraordinary passion. Colonial Roots at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C. 2010-05-30T22:11:00Z

The Vienna Philharmonic plays for him with astonishing virtuosity: strings of tactile fullness; tangy winds; bursts of ideally round and peppery brasses. Review: Anna Netrebko Sings Her First ‘Aida’ in Salzburg 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

The band’s sound was equally influenced by punk and heavy metal, and blended technical virtuosity with fierce, high-speed tempos. Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49 2013-05-02T23:22:00Z

Despite this initial facetiousness, Aaronovitch acclaimed a book he found "technically accomplished, brilliantly written, full of wit and virtuosity". Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2011-03-26T00:05:39Z

Experimental in form, and vernacular in style, her work is distinguished not only by her virtuosity as a writer but by her fearlessness, her refusal to accept orthodoxies. Habits of the House by Fay Weldon – review 2012-08-03T21:55:02Z

All spitfire energy, she showed a remarkable virtuosity that still left room for aching lyricism. Spitfire Fiddling: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

But this program, largely with him performing solo, shows that as a dancer he is not working himself with the full rigor, force or virtuosity he employed while with the Cunningham troupe. Dance Review: Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2012-08-02T21:53:05Z

His thumb-slapping electric bass technique is the first and last thing that confronts a listener on “Renaissance,” framing the album as an object lesson in the temptations of virtuosity. New Music: Releases From Kurt Feldman, Elle Varner and Marcus Miller 2012-08-06T22:24:05Z

Consistent hallmarks are the vigor of his writing and the virtuosity it demands of its interpreters. CD Review: Avner Dorman: Concertos 2010-05-13T14:42:00Z

Together the pieces evoke a kind of movement meditation, the artists challenging and expanding notions of physicality and virtuosity while celebrating the beauty and wisdom of all bodies. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

There could be no more impressive demonstration of modern orchestral virtuosity at its committed best than this performance, which at the end brought a faint smile from even the normally dour Dutchman himself. Haitink's Mahler 9th makes superb season finale for CSO 2011-06-03T17:59:36Z

Hiromi is on tour alone in support of “Spectrum,” her new solo-piano album, which puts her energy and virtuosity on open display. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

He rises magnificently to the challenges of act two, dancing with a virtuosity that's free of vanity and emotional bombast. Bolshoi: Serenade/Giselle 2010-07-27T20:30:00Z

But by the final Allegro, with its concerto-grossolike flights of virtuosity, there was a sense of exhaustion both onstage and in the auditorium. Music Review: Marlboro Chamber Ensemble in Peoples’ Concert Series 2014-04-09T21:19:01Z

The virtuosity Wilson lavishes on a composer he is determined to restore to stature is stunning, no matter how many times you hear it. Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

The scene of his mother, in particular, captures her vulnerability in a way that transcends the virtuosity of the photo collage. Review | The new David Hockney exhibition shows why he was such an art-world rebel 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Mills fell into a cross-generational scene of musicians in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles, and word of his unconventional virtuosity began to spread. Blake Mills Releases His Second Album, ‘Heigh Ho’ 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

But for all the performers' virtuosity and Lloyd and Brandstrup's conceptual deftness, I found myself wondering more than once whether the staged action added to our appreciation of Coleridge's gothically descriptive words. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Kooza/Cirque du Soleil – review 2013-01-13T00:05:32Z

The characters are even more fascinatingly suspended between childlike ingenuousness and accomplished virtuosity than those in Mr. Ratmansky’s “Pictures.” City Ballet Presents ‘Pictures From an Exhibition’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Hearing Weilerstein’s easy, unforced virtuosity and her spectacular command of musical details in the concerto was a revelation. How does watching a Seattle Symphony concert from home compare to a live concert? 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z

In a band so heavy on virtuosity, he’s touchingly mortal. Music Review: Van Halen at Madison Square Garden 2012-02-29T10:18:40Z

Where, you might wonder, are the extravagant flights of fancy and displays of technical virtuosity you find abounding in Chinese art from the same centuries? Art Review: Refined Restraint in ‘Treasures from Korea,’ in Philadelphia 2014-03-20T12:00:02Z

His knack for melody and gorgeous harmonies coupled with his amazing sense of rhythm and virtuosity on acoustic guitar should make him a household name, no matter what language he's speaking. New band of the day (Ásgeir 1,553) 2013-07-15T15:17:37Z

“His virtuosity is worthy of the gods,” Igor Stravinsky said. Green Book: the true story behind the Oscar-buzzed road trip drama 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

Regus is the latest in a line of roles in which Waltz deploys an unshowy virtuosity: He does a lot with little. Christoph Waltz Has Some Thoughts 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

The part, relying more on lyrical expansion than coloratura virtuosity, was a good fit for Fleming. When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

But he soon crossed paths with Spielberg, a director less than a year his senior, whose eruption of precocious virtuosity was perhaps the most dazzling Hollywood had seen since Orson Welles. Richard Dreyfuss: 'I was a bad guy for a number of years' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

On a record you can hear someone's taste and dexterity and virtuosity, but that's all you hear. Hugh Laurie loosens up in continued visit to house of American music 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

His virtuosity as a picturemaker and an actor’s director almost validates that assumption. Django Unchained: Tarantino Frees the Slaves 2012-12-12T16:04:56Z

Mr. Sands reeled off a solo of such hot-dogging virtuosity that the only proper response was to gasp or holler, as some in the crowd did. Music Review: Christian McBride Trio at the Village Vanguard 2012-12-14T23:18:18Z

Considering Michelle Dorrance’s virtuosity as a dancer — which in her medium, tap, is really a type of musician — perhaps it’s not surprising that she also sings and plays the bass. Review: Michelle Dorrance Happily Shares the Spotlight 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

Over the steady beat of a drum, Mr. Hope’s bow blurred over his instrument in a feat of impressive virtuosity. Music Review: No Musicians Harmed in Playing This Concert 2010-12-14T06:08:55Z

His white-hot virtuosity is tempered by coolheaded thinking and lyrical sensitivity. Yes, We Need (Yet) Another Rachmaninoff Recording 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Silversmiths aimed to exhibit their wit and virtuosity, not just the raw value of white metal. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z

Listening to his words spoken aloud in a theatrical setting is both rewarding and exhausting; his virtuosity is both invigorating and a little stunning, in the sense of leaving you dazed and disoriented. Theater Review: David Foster Wallace Inspires Piece at Chocolate Factory 2012-03-25T21:57:25Z

An indefatigably peripatetic musician, he played hundreds of shows every year, filled with virtuosity and wisecracks. Bob Brozman, Guitarist, Is Dead at 59 2013-05-02T00:36:58Z

These places were theatres of humiliation, or small-scale virtuosity. The Vanished Music Stores of New York City’s Forty-Eighth Street 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

She kept the orchestra on its toes in her crackling interpretation, notable for her ever impressive virtuosity and powerful, sometimes steely-edged tone. Music Review: Pairing Wolfgangs From Two Eras 2010-11-19T22:50:00Z

Warning, though: Not even the snarkiest older sibling has anything on the caustic virtuosity of Oscar Levant, who serves as a vital counterpoint to the weightless joys of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Movie Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The New York Philharmonic has prized a virtuosity that edges, for better or worse, into brashness. How the L.A. Phil Can Stay on Top of the Orchestra World 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

The performance has a smooth virtuosity that plays down the gimmickry and illuminates how Macbeth’s mind is a tangled nest of both noble and evil impulses. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z

His virtuosity has lured star performers from other disciplines. A life in dance: Akram Khan 2010-09-27T07:00:00Z

The film’s virtuosity is evident in every frame, but this is virtuosity without self-aggrandizement. ‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z

This gently dignified piece, with childlike simplicity and few extremes, all but dares its soloist to achieve majesty at a whisper, to only suggest virtuosity. Review: Mozart’s Requiem Gets a Fresh Spin at the Philharmonic 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Bartok’s Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, a transcription of his First Rhapsody for Violin and Piano, extends Brahms’s preoccupations with melodious virtuosity and folk-dance borrowings, though shot through with odd, eerie harmonies. Music Review: Steven Isserlis at the 92nd Street Y 2013-01-28T22:31:28Z

The disconnect between these perspectives accounts for the memoir’s air of anxious virtuosity. Carmen Maria Machado’s Many Haunted Stories of a Toxic Relationship 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Another thread that runs brightly through the book concerns virtuosity, and Chopin’s place in a music scene dominated by stage animals. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

And in every innovation — more flowing drapery, more dynamic movement, more lifelike faces and hands — Verrocchio set the bar for virtuosity that his students tried to ape and exceed. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

Her crisp arrangements balance frenetic virtuosity with an overarching reflective mood. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

As those rhymes in Burnham's Catholic Rap imply, he's about more than virtuosity. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z

Beyoncé made the better and more ambitious record by any accounting, but Academy members are famously conservative voters; they tend to favor old indicators of virtuosity, authenticity, and tradition. The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

People are quick to cite his brilliance, legendary work ethic — the man didn't sleep — and virtuosity. How Minneapolis made Prince 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

Even as a student he was recognised for his exceptional beauty of sound and virtuosity, giving BBC broadcasts and concerts all over the north of England. Raymond Cohen obituary 2011-03-22T18:23:06Z

To those of us with more scientific interests, we are left wondering how Le Pétomane would have fared if he had turned his virtuosity to buttspeak— speaking through his rectum. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z

Birbiglia’s virtuosity as a narrator is very real, giving him full control over the evening and the audience’s reactions. ‘The Old Man & the Pool’ Review: Wading Into Mike Birbiglia’s Comfort Zone 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

Although the recordings were not immediately successful, they heralded the "cool jazz" that would prove popular with musicians dissatisfied with the formulaic nature of bebop and its emphasis on virtuosity. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z

Ms. Marciano writes with such authority and storytelling virtuosity that incidents like these feel less like narrative contrivances than the sort of startling coincidences randomly tossed up by the wheel of life. Books of The Times: No Safe Harbor for Travelers in ‘The Other Language’ 2014-03-30T21:47:39Z

Schumann and Saint-Saëns offered a showcase for Mr. Bell’s gleaming tone and virtuosity. Music Review | Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk: Inflections: Proustian and Jazzy 2010-02-25T22:01:00Z

And that’s the funny thing: He’s rhyming about what it feels like to go flying off the rails with a virtuosity that suggests he’s incapable of losing control. Review | Is Kendrick Lamar the greatest of all time? (Don’t ask. Listen.) 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z

Part of what animates his practice is a belief that sheer virtuosity is an antidote to pity and marginalization. An Artist Who Doesn’t Want to Feed Western Fantasies About Africa 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

Liszt's aphoristic thoughts on desire and God had a drastic simplicity, as if both passion and virtuosity were all spent. Boesch/Martineau ? review 2011-04-04T21:00:01Z

Here, Feltsman never put a foot wrong, his virtuosity complementing a musical imagination that always felt natural. Vladimir Feltsman, formidable pianist in program of Schumann, Mussorgsky 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

This imaginative five-movement work, inspired by texts by the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus, is billed as a “meditation on virtuosity, freak shows, entertainment, spectacle, business and the sacrifices one makes to survive in the world.” Classical Music & Opera Listings for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Always wunderkinder of virtuosity, Cunningham’s dancers had to be as intellectually brainy as they were physically smart. When Merce Cunningham Took On a New Collaborator: The Computer 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Sales’s warmth and virtuosity especially shone in “Symphonic Variations.” Review | Washington Ballet’s ‘Mixed Masters’ program marks growth of company 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Academy voters sometimes use technical virtuosity — as well as genre and “seriousness” — to rationalize their choices. Will the Oscars Get as Nostalgic as Hollywood Did in 2019? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

His quietly charismatic approach combines scholarship and nonchalant virtuosity, but his sheer expressivity was a revelation. Accademia Bizantina/Dantone – review 2012-06-26T15:00:01Z

Similarly, the Ballade from Ysaÿe's Sonata in D minor Op 27 is an ideal vehicle for displaying virtuosity and expressive tone. Tasmin Little ? review 2010-12-01T22:40:00Z

There was also an animalistic quality to the beginning of Ravel’s “Tzigane,” which Ms. Jansen attacked with ferocity, embracing this showstopping feat of virtuosity like a dare. Janine Jansen and Itamar Golan Balance Power and Nuance at Zankel Hall 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

But both Teddy’s mind and the world of Shutter Island are closed, airless systems, illuminated with flashes of virtuosity but with no particular heat, conviction or purpose. Movie Review | 'Shutter Island': All at Sea, Surrounded by Red Herrings 2010-02-18T15:49:00Z

Between the two performances Mr. Frost exhibited a virtuosity and a musicianship unsurpassed by any clarinetist — perhaps any instrumentalist — in my memory. Music Review: Martin Frost, Clarinetist, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2013-12-09T21:54:32Z

It took unmatched skill, and across his career, Prince’s virtuosity felt like an expression of commitment to his idealism. We’ve lost Prince, our single greatest pop star 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

On the single Jump, keyboard chords ground the song but an improvised, high energy electric guitar solo reminds the listener of Van Halen's virtuosity as he leads the band into a Bach-inspired, keyboard fantasy. With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

Some things necessarily fall by the wayside in that process: virtuosity, stagecraft, exuberance, respite from the respite. Music Review: Jack Johnson Stops at Madison Square Garden 2010-07-16T21:36:00Z

The most difficult works, found towards the end, are technically demanding, short compositions of some virtuosity. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z

Whether he’s riding a New Orleans second-line beat, or tossing in classical-piano flourishes, or splintering a soul song into avant-garde jazz, or radically reconstructing a Professor Longhair standard, his virtuosity is a force of nature. Pop Picks for New Year’s Eve in New York 2013-12-26T23:11:43Z

Despite his lack of technical virtuosity, his work does explore, or at least play around with, the nature of . Raoul de Keyser obituary 2012-10-14T15:40:33Z

The battle scenes are staged with blunt, ground-level virtuosity, and with a welcome regard for spatial and visual coherence. Movie Review: ‘Fury' Has Brad Pitt Killing Nazis Again 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

With brief solos passed around as Dunford introduced the musicians, the mood turned more jazz club than recital hall — with a relaxed charm that felt, after an evening of virtuosity, entirely earned. Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

An intoxicatingly expressionist Shakespeare adaptation dense in fog and shadow, Coen’s “Macbeth” is a solo debut from a filmmaker whose visual virtuosity has never been so starkly drawn in sound and fury. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

But this too was a commanding performance, with virtuosity aplenty yet no empty display. Music in Review 2011-02-20T23:48:45Z

The illusion of rehearsal has endlessly rich possibilities in theater; Mr. Neenan merely sketches a few uncoordinated possibilities of glamour, virtuosity, musicality. Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘A Program of Firsts,’ a Tricky Triple Bill 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

The robotic plotting leaches the inventive energy from Rodriguez’s direction; the churning and pompous virtuosity of the action sequences show off expensive toys rather than their inventive use. “Alita: Battle Angel,” Reviewed: A Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron Robot Film with Too Much “Titanic” in Its DNA 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

His choice of cadenzas — he played Joseph Joachim’s — suited the subtle virtuosity of his approach to the work as a whole. Music Review: Gil Shaham and Pablo Heras-Casado at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-04T20:23:00Z

That began to change in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as artists like van Gogh, Picasso and countless others shifted the focus from technical virtuosity to the expression of individual sensibility and intellect. Review: ‘Richard Estes: Painting New York City’ Features Works in Abstract Realism 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

His concert highlighted both formidable virtuosity and stylistic sensitivity. A young virtuoso makes his D.C. debut 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

The rocketing scherzo with its syncopations sounded like a natural fit for Carpenter’s aggressive virtuosity, but the finale splintered inconclusively, with soloist and orchestra failing to unite in a common point. Review | NSO gets off to an energetic, all-American start 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

Bleak House is Dickens’ grandest, most virtuosic achievement, but with all that grandeur and virtuosity it still makes me cry for Esther Summerson. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 1: Bleak House 2012-02-07T09:59:35Z

In “Anthem,” Ms. Djordevich pushes back against those edicts by embracing “theatricality, virtuosity and sass” through a mix of various dance styles and repetitive movements that grow in complexity before dissolving in chaos. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

The idea is to show very creative artists, with artisanal virtuosity, the choice of the best stones, with the aim of making jewelry eternal, international and universal.” Parisian Exhibit Reveals Secrets of Fine Jewelry Making 2012-11-27T13:30:19Z

This was virtuosity of the highest order, though he made no show of it: His stage manner throughout was one of elegant restraint and dispatch. From Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Sonatas and Partitas 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Five children are born — each, thanks to Smiley's virtuosity, profoundly distinct from the others. Jane Smiley brings 'Some Luck' to readers 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Lizzo’s real-time virtuosity and full-time exuberance are welcome correctives, along with her willingness to reclaim funk, soul and gospel, to fill her recordings with live-sounding instruments and to balance self-aggrandizement with campy amusement. Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Shankar's distinction as a sitar player was his brilliant virtuosity, creativity and vast range of musicianship. Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies 2012-12-12T07:46:00Z

You hear beautiful technique on this album, but not much in the way of virtuosity. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-05-16T19:58:50Z

It's a symbol: he is a soldier of music virtuosity. Sebastien Tellier on Eurovision 2012-05-25T23:03:00Z

The track starts off with one of the most famous clarion calls in music, one of the most famous licks in the world: Louis Armstrong, exhibiting pure genius and virtuosity, all alone for 12 seconds. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Working in the stride tradition, Mr. Sportiello showed technical virtuosity to echo that of Art Tatum. Music Review: Rossano Sportiello Pays Tribute to George Shearing 2013-06-16T21:32:51Z

Riding Into Carnegie Hall on a Masterpiece by Bach Piano competitions are often criticized for favoring empty virtuosity over originality and introspection. Music Review: The Honens Winner Minsoo Sohn Performs at Zankel Hall 2012-10-09T22:01:37Z

The live version, with Sullivan accompanied only by electric guitar and backup singers, matches virtuosity to vehemence as she switches among long swoops, cascading runs, quick jazzy syllables and wide leaps. Jazmine Sullivan Ponders Love and Materialism on ‘Heaux Tales’ 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Unlike Heifetz, Lewis brings his flayed vulnerability, his childhood crises, to the fore of his displays of virtuosity. Childlike Stars 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

What you hear in a scene like this is a kind of careless virtuosity. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

But this doesn’t really diminish the virtuosity on display even a little bit. Spelling bees make trolls of us all 2013-06-01T15:00:00Z

Today the Ailey dancers are sleek, athletic masters of the universe, and the pieces routinely draw midmovement applause and cheers for moments of virtuosity. Dance Review: Voodoo, Vivid Colors and Strange Visions 2010-12-08T23:56:00Z

If there's a philosophic point to be made, it's that if you look at the very origins of the Olympic Games they weren't merely sporting competitions, they were celebrations of virtuosity. Edinburgh festival director Jonathan Mills extends his contract until 2014 2011-02-03T13:58:56Z

Orchestrated with the forces of maximal Romantic grandeur, the Rachmaninoff concerto tends to overpower soloists — who, denied a traditional cadenza in the first movement, must often settle for hand-cramping virtuosity that hardly anyone can hear. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

But where the ensemble showed its qualities most acutely — the beauty of the strings, the sheer virtuosity among other instruments — was in the standard orchestral literature in the second program, on Monday. Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Delivers 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

This multiplicity connects to the overlapping dance rhythms that have already become part of the choreography, and to the fluent intersection of naturalistic social behavior and dance virtuosity that gives this piece its special flavor. Critic?s Notebook: A Galaxy of Ballet Stars Spinning in a Flickering Universe 2011-06-05T22:25:36Z

Mr. O’Rourke tucked virtuosity into his guitar playing, with intricately contrapuntal picking and meticulous dynamics. Music Review: Declan O’Rourke at the Irish Arts Center 2013-04-25T21:24:15Z

If you want to understand the role of rock guitar and listen to real virtuosity, then Jimi's the man. Jimi Hendrix estate rolls out "People, Hell and Angels" studio set 2013-03-03T14:51:45Z

Despite the contradictions and controversies, Beyoncé’s star power, virtuosity and ability to “cause all this conversation,” will undoubtedly see her play an integral role in the 2020s as well. 10 years of Beyoncé: A decade "causing all this conversation" 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

The ability to convey meaning is a rare form of artistic virtuosity — rarer, even, than corporeal skills. Spring Performance: Dance: Speaking In Rhythm Of Footwork 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z

Not that any of the players lack personality, virtuosity or flair. Jerusalem Quartet Plays the 92nd Street Y 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

On Monday he described the performance by the young singers as “inhuman,” meaning it as praise for their technical virtuosity. Dance Review: A Day in the Garden, Riding Mood Swings 2011-03-29T21:47:17Z

From the opening thread of triplets to the brassy, extroverted finale, the solo lines kept coming back to Hausmann, who handled them all with unflinching virtuosity. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z

“Gruelling virtuosity” is exactly what you see in “The Good Wife”; it’s what its characters are in danger of developing, in place of “poise and character.” The Season Finale of 'The Good Wife' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Countless bands and producers would learn from Pink Floyd how to fuse grandeur and malaise, how a few well-placed sounds can say far more than a showy display of virtuosity. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z

This group, founded nearly 50 years ago by violinist David Harrington, has, in its malleable virtuosity, become a wellspring for hundreds of new music commissions. Review: Kronos Quartet Offers a Creative Snapshot of a Global Pandemic 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

The album's sonic palette is so rich and varied, so utterly filled with whimsy, that each new cut sizzles with virtuosity and drama. Paul and Linda McCartney's "Ram": Dramatic pop virtuosity that still shines brightly at 50 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

This is not to say that his charm and virtuosity have abated. Juan Diego Fl?rez 2010-05-11T21:05:00Z

For Riley, his instrumental virtuosity and his compositional imagination are the gateways to the exploration of a global musical consciousness. A guide to Terry Riley's music 2013-01-28T16:06:11Z

Townsend's music, however, is an authoritative compendium of European folk styles played with thrilling virtuosity. The Gypsy Bible - review 2010-10-17T21:15:00Z

Soloist Olga Kern took the stage for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto, a youthful gantlet of virtuosity. Leonard Slatkin gives himself a 75th birthday present: a reunion with the NSO 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z

In fact, it's the virtuosity of Lignes de Fuite that impresses rather than its volume. Proms 63 and 64: BBCNOW/Roth; Early Opera Company/Curnyn 2010-09-03T11:17:00Z

If she has become chary with her coloratura, she made up for it with her musical-comedy spirit and virtuosity. Barbara Cook at the Wallis: Still doing what she does best 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

His stunning solos with those three bands basically introduced instrumental virtuosity to popular music. Eric Clapton: Still at the Crossroads 2013-04-12T20:18:12Z

The frantic, nightmarish allegro allowed full rein to the orchestra's virtuosity, while the jaunty presto finale was truly scintillating and deeply unsettling. LSO/Elder 2010-06-14T21:31:00Z

Performed by New York City Ballet on Thursday at the David H. Koch Theater, “Opus 19” explores the virtuosity of stage presence, in which a male protagonist shifts between stillness and agitation. Dance Review: City Ballet Dances 3 Works Set to Violin Concertos 2014-02-14T22:37:35Z

It’s nearly context-free, and has the feel of a work of pure virtuosity, in which the physical details that adorn Becker’s earlier films now become an end in themselves. An Essential Retrospective of the French Filmmaker Jacques Becker at the Newly Renovated Film Forum 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

He’s been criticized for overemoting at the piano, for virtuosity at the expense of art: Some refer to him as “Bang Bang,” with lip decorously curled. Lang Lang offers a generous helping of serious music at engaging recital 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

It is not a work to be punctuated with rowdy cheers and foot-stomping ovations, despite the uncanny virtuosity of Mr. Yazbek’s benchmark score. Review: ‘The Band’s Visit’ Is a Ravishing Musical That Whispers With Romance 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

Mendelssohn wrote the piano part to display what was by all reports his remarkable virtuosity. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-21T23:13:14Z

Roger Linn, whose LinnDrum put the beat in many 1980s hits, demonstrated new controllers that are sensitive to more parameters than keyboards, aiming to restore virtuosity and a human touch to electronic music. Critic’s Notebook: Moogfest 2014 Unfolds in Asheville, N.C. 2014-04-28T22:13:11Z

The impulse to virtuosity, to elaborate and refine and outdo earlier work, might explain the slightly surreal “Battle of the Nudes,” by Pollaiuolo, an engraving that was influential throughout Europe. Review | Getty exhibition shows how the naked body became a subject for art 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

Mr. Miller said his choreography aimed to play to their strengths: Mr. Rushing’s “liquid butter” sensuality; Ms. Peck’s classical virtuosity and “competition, spitfire spirit”; and Ms. Figgins’s earthy fierceness. The Film ‘Enemy Within’ Melds a Variety of Dance Styles 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

There is a lot of art out there that does not display virtuosity that sells well, because some sort of buzz surrounds the artist. The affordable-art paradox: Do reasonable prices make pieces of art less desirable? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

To judge from the works of his I’ve seen, he’s not remotely preoccupied by ballet’s virtuosity, hierarchy or orthodoxy. Vail International Dance Festival Features Seven New Works 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

Punk ideology insisted that making music did not require virtuosity. Readers recommend: discordant songs ? the results 2011-02-10T17:22:20Z

Almost, one feels, as an exercise in virtuosity, Donne turns a human flea into a persuasive romantic symbol. John Stammers's top 10 love poems 2011-02-09T10:26:17Z

You’re never unaware of this virtuosity — “Montage” is, more than anything, an editing tour de force — or of the highly constructed nature of Mr. Morgen’s narrative. Review: ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,’ a Documentary by Brett Morgen 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Depicted here in appearances before the pandemic, Guy, who is in his 80s, still gives his all, combining soul and virtuosity with off-the-wall showmanship. ‘The Torch’ Review: The Blues Legend Buddy Guy Sows His Legacy 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

Yet, as this exhibition proves, while society names may fade into insignificance, their jewels remain, as imaginative design and technical virtuosity ensure an eternal sparkle. Parisian Exhibit Reveals Secrets of Fine Jewelry Making 2012-11-27T13:30:19Z

An immersive account of life at Auschwitz for a Jewish prisoner forced to work in the gas chambers, Son of Saul earned awed acclaim for its gravity, ambition and formal virtuosity. Son of Saul's László Nemes: 'Our civilisation is preparing for its own destruction' 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

When you take those into account, “Manhunt,” while it doesn’t approach the storytelling virtuosity of “Zero Dark Thirty,” may be the more profitable viewing experience. Television Review: ‘Manhunt’ for Bin Laden, on HBO 2013-04-30T20:10:13Z

Here, juggling becomes flights of inspired poetry, musical choreography with strong dance elements, crazy-comedy surrealism, breathtakingly dexterous virtuosity, darkly absurdist drama. Review: The Inspired Poetry of Gandini Juggling 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Then, without leaving the stage, he has to change gear immediately into top-speed virtuosity, with full-throttle sequences of jumps and turns. 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

The speed, grace and virtuosity with which these dancers perform their routines is nothing short of extraordinary. The School That Camille A. Brown Built 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

Earlier Ms. Tyson had demonstrated a quieter virtuosity in what turned out to be the production’s most affecting scene, which takes place on the bus to Harrison. Theater Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful,’ at the Stephen Sondheim Theater 2013-04-24T02:00:06Z

Mr. Albright was impressive in his recital, showing easy virtuosity in the Chopin études and the Turkish lark. Review: Matthias Goerne Captures the Mood at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

And in her filthy new work, Wong performs some truly refined vulgarity, working the crowd into a frenzy with virtuosity. Ali Wong’s Raunchy New Stand-Up Set Brings the Laughs We Need 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

In addition to playing with her trademark virtuosity, he said, she “captures the bewildered and visceral side of the piece with utmost dramatic strength.” Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

The band did just that, bringing in Stella Mozgawa, a versatile Australian musician who instantly upped the band's virtuosity. Warpaint's patience is paying off 2011-03-18T22:10:00Z

A lifelong Liszt devotee, Hamelin is a fine interpreter of his work, combining virtuosity with passion and intellectual refinement. Prom 54: Marc-Andr? Hamelin ? review 2011-08-25T14:39:20Z

We are working against the beautiful virtuosity of a dancing body. Moriah Evans: Communitarian, Feminist, Dance Maker 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

The performance felt wide open: it sprawled and rumbled, but wasn’t about virtuosity or loudness or aggression. Review: Black Spirituals, a Duo That Defies Categories 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

Frank Zappa’s work with the Mothers of Invention contained a lot of chaos and withering negativity — but also a lot of virtuosity, which was not a Dada thing. Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

She doesn't chop up and devour her enemies; she only mutilates them, while using her computer virtuosity to burglarize and expose their dank secrets. The Girl Who Played With Fire: Moony Over Noomi 2010-07-11T07:55:00Z

Returning to a character he has portrayed before, he is seducing audiences with his technical virtuosity, crunching on all those crisp consonants in Hare's talky script while wielding his wiry body like a conductor's baton. Tony Awards 2015: Yet another British invasion of America 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

As social concerns override literary ones, writers seem fated to eschew virtuosity and experimentation in favor of a bland but immediately accessible style.” Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z

But the group lacks the cohesion, weight and corporate virtuosity of world-class orchestras on other recordings. CD reviews: Cliburn medalist takes on Prokofiev with Fort Worth Symphony 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

“I’d like to acknowledge Oscar Levant, whose wit and irascibility and virtuosity is not only inspirational but a true original,” Hayes said in his acceptance speech. Sean Hayes Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for ‘Good Night, Oscar’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z

It was vivid, committed, communicative music making of unequivocal virtuosity that left most of the audience, I suspect, with goose flesh nearly throughout. Violinist Gil Shaham leaves audience breathless during spellbinding NSO performance 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

This film is whimsical, inventive, crammed with visual virtuosity and six minutes long. | 'Knight and Day': Opposites Attract: Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz 2010-06-22T22:10:00Z

The emotional quality and the technical virtuosity of the composition is what brought me to it in the first place.” Matters of Spirit In a World Of Hectic Clamor 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

Even in feverish passages, the musicians, for all their virtuosity, seemed relaxed. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hanick’s interpretation brimmed with virtuosity, focus and imagination; I hope he records it. Music Review: Conor Hanick Performing John Cage at the Stone 2013-01-03T23:09:13Z

“Here, there is no need for spurious gestures and inflections; everything is given with a supreme naturalness and a perfectly accommodated virtuosity that declare Freire a master pianist throughout.” Nelson Freire, Piano Virtuoso of Warmth and Finesse, Dies at 77 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

Gillian Murphy’s exceptional virtuosity has never appeared to such subtly expressive effect as in his “Nutcracker.” Critic?s Notebook: A Galaxy of Ballet Stars Spinning in a Flickering Universe 2011-06-05T22:25:36Z

It repeatedly features high, acrobatic lifts and heroically daredevil virtuosity, but also elements of strain and fearfulness. Late Into American Ballet Theater’s Fall Season, a Flowering 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Ms. Carrier combined thoughtful musicality with virtuosity in her alternately energetic and delicate account of a flute line laden with light multiphonics and unusual timbres. Music Review: TimeTable Percussion and Friends at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-06-21T22:57:00Z

Even when the music broke into intricate passagework and brilliant flourishes, Mr. Trifonov demonstrated crisp brio and an ear for detail, though there was plenty of fiery virtuosity as well. Review: Daniil Trifonov Brings Subtlety to Rachmaninoff 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

For sheer virtuosity, one of the most eye-catching works is a rectangular panel from the first half of the 20th century displayed in a case of Chinese ceramics. ‘Dramatic Threads: Textiles of Asia’ Review: The Very Fabric of Asian Societies 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z

The maestro will demonstrate his virtuosity in that drum-and-gong art form on May 30, when he performs at the historic Lincoln Theatre as part of an evening celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Diaspora:

In some ways the artists’ virtuosity is a logical evolution of 1990s turntablism, with laptops usurping the wheels of steel. MUSIC: Flying Lotus and the Los Angeles Electronica Scene 2010-05-29T04:26:00Z

The marching returns, like a regression, but not before we get flashes of solo virtuosity absent elsewhere on the program. Dance Review: Cloud Gate 2 at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-11T01:06:45Z

As M3GAN’s understanding of that programming evolves into something more malevolent, she advances to sinuous, sinister bodily virtuosity. ‘M3GAN’ Makes Us Ask (Again): Who’s Afraid of Dancing Robots? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

In the 1970s and 1980s, however, an increasing number of collectors, attracted by the Art Nouveau virtuosity on display in these images and by their relative affordability, began to acquire them more assiduously. Swann Galleries Auctions Vintage Travel Posters 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

“It’s an incredible combination of emotional intensity and just supreme technical virtuosity,” he said, “and some extra level of charisma, a kind of electricity onstage.” Listen to Leila Josefowicz, the Intrepid Violinist Who Just Won $100,000 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

For all the variety of the vocal part, which evokes instrumental writing in its virtuosity, it was hard to avoid trying to find some meaning in what Ms. Cooke was singing. Review: ‘Canta-Concerto’ by Marc Neikrug by the New York Philharmonic 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

“Post Malone is different from other white rappers, most of whom try to prove their bona fides through virtuosity or political solidarity.” Sunday Reading: The Grammys 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

But that only makes their virtuosity all the more memorable, especially when the disarmingly sly Suzuki pushes them almost to edge while hardly seeming to move. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

While others fixated on the fluid virtuosity and harmonic sophistication of Charlie Parker, Coleman heard the bluesy cry in Parker’s tone and the rhythmic unrest just beneath the surface. Seeing Ornette Coleman 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

“No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make-believe,” it begins. Dance Review: Vincent Dance Theater in ?If We Go On? 2010-04-16T22:37:00Z

She was an exaggeration, but she was true to the spirits of real women whom I’ve never seen portrayed anywhere else with such care and virtuosity. Why Christine Baskets Was One of TV’s Greatest Characters 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

This juxtaposition of hard-driving virtuosity and plangent elegy is also a defining feature of “Knee Play 4” from Mr. Glass’s opera “Einstein on the Beach.” Music Review: Philip Glass at Issue Project Room 2012-06-14T21:26:50Z

There's a brilliant sense of playfulness about much of her work, a fascination with virtuosity and wordplay which makes it instantly attractive. This week's new live music 2011-04-08T23:07:52Z

But Perahia's virtuosity, never fussy, narcissistic or quirky, generates a heightened sense of drama in whatever he plays. Murray Perahia evokes suspense, sadness and exhilaration at Disney Hall 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

But strenuousness is of the essence in this work, and the players, with their effortless virtuosity, almost made it look and sound too easy. Music Review: Music for Seaside Village, But Hold the Salt Cod 2010-12-03T23:00:00Z

Decades after the photograph was made, Main Bocher himself expressed his admiration for Horst's virtuosity, writing, "Your photographs are sheer genius and delight my soul… each one is perfect by itself." In Pics: Fashion photographer Horst 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Bell played with his trademark glowing sound, effortless virtuosity and improvisatory freedom. Review: At Mostly Mozart, Joshua Bell Plays a Rejiggered Bach Novelty 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

In practice, most of this gets lost beneath the foaming torrent of his virtuosity. Comedy gold: Robin Williams's A Night at the Met 2012-12-06T15:15:00Z

Equally commanding, Midori was the soloist in the Walton, a natural partner for Nelsons in her concern for flow and her eschewal of technical for emotional virtuosity. Prom 21: CBSO/Nelsons ? review 2011-07-31T17:07:00Z

Towering over the dazzling technical virtuosity on display, anchoring the entire enterprise, is Lancaster — poised, nuanced, contemplative, the embodiment of a woefully endangered notion called noblesse oblige. The Week Ahead: Aug. 12 — 18 2012-08-11T03:44:19Z

It’s a sing-along that lets Beyoncé show off her virtuosity, a focused, commanding display of individuality that speaks for every raised hand without a ring on it. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

“I like virtuosity not for the sake of virtuosity but because it’s dangerous,” Mr. Boulez said before conducting a performance of his fiery chamber work “Sur Incises” at Zankel Hall in 2008. Sampling the Work of Pierre Boulez 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

If the gorilla had the best line, Smith had the more expressive countenance, mugging with a deadpan virtuosity rarely seen since Oliver Hardy in his pomp. Mel Smith 2013-07-21T16:12:44Z

The song restarted, with weird dimensions and ratios of noise to virtuosity, echo to dryness. Music Review: Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals Have a Story to Perform 2013-08-18T22:06:45Z

“Cradle to Grave” is appropriately reflective for a veteran band, but contains Tilbrook’s unmistakable sense of melody and virtuosity, along with and his and Difford’s high/low frog and harmony. “Squeeze got a bit complacent in the ’90s before we split up”: Glenn Tilbrook opens up about the past and future of the legendary new wave band 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

Between the violin works Mr. Stein examined the unusual nexus of virtuosity and introspection in solo keyboard works by Muffat and Froberger. Music Review: Exploring the Intricacies of the 17th Century 2011-07-31T21:56:33Z

It was written for Kirill Gerstein, with a blend of staggering virtuosity and tenderness that fits him like a bespoke suit. Best Classical Music of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

The Pulitzer board said Higdon's concerto "combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity." The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners 2010-04-12T22:55:00Z

But it’s also a book very taken with its own polymathic virtuosity. Niall Ferguson Examines Disasters of the Past and Disasters Still to Come 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

But, overall, slight in both size and content, it is an entertainment that lacks the virtuosity and sophistication of Machado's undeniably major works Epitaph of a Small Winner and Dom Casmurro. The Alienist by Machado de Assis – review 2012-12-23T00:10:26Z

But as his career shows, his talent wasn't simply in his musical virtuosity, but in his innovation: creating a brand new sound for rock music, but also in the design of the guitar itself. With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

They were different evenings with different ambitions; but I liked the real-world one, with its easy virtuosity, a lot better. Classical artists show that when it comes to new music, pop may be better 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Currie brought stunning virtuosity and tireless energy to the solo part, which required him to dash constantly among groups of instruments onstage. Review: Premieres, a Tribute and an Anniversary at Carnegie Hall 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

As in the Scriabin, Mr. Kissin offered a fluid balance of unabashed virtuosity and graceful, singing nuance. Music Review: New York Philharmonic With Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2012-05-24T21:51:03Z

The imagery includes playing dice on the floor; trotting while clasping invisible reins; displays of male virtuosity delivered with athletic or acrobatic display; and rolling on the floor too. Dance Review: ?Jeu de Cartes? by the Pennsylvania Ballet - Review 2011-10-21T23:28:56Z

Frequently, melodies played with virtuosity by Beiser served as Gordon’s own response to his family’s stories, bridging those complicated and often painful chronicles with arcing and achingly emotional replies. Review: A Composer Reconstructs Painful Family Stories 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

A similar virtuosity is needed for “Cry,” a 1971 solo by Ailey that confirmed Ms. Jamison as the company’s great star. Dance Review: Night of Tributes and Performance, Too 2010-12-02T21:44:00Z

Written predominately in the register of whispering, high harmonics it was exceptionally demanding but never showy – an approach that Pintscher refers to as "concentric virtuosity". Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival – review 2012-11-26T12:37:30Z

If space precludes naming the individual players who took turns in displays of virtuosity, each more perfect than the next, the overall kaleidoscope of color, texture and rhythmic swagger was viscerally thrilling and enormous fun. National Philharmonic and guest soloist Haochen Zhang enchant 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

Part of his mission, Mr. Koda added, was to “convey the virtuosity of construction, the seaming, the patterning.” Technology Brings the Designs of Charles James to Life 2014-04-30T22:11:48Z

This novel is impressive for its moral complexity, and for the energy and virtuosity of its language: a strange, pleasing music that lingers in your mind. New Books by Imbolo Mbue, Krys Lee, Gonzalo Torné and Lisa McInerney 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

She also was increasingly interested in virtuosity, especially through her encounter with classical ballet; but rather than absorb ballet technique, she staged a kind dialogue with it, sometimes an argument. Step-by-step guide to dance: Twyla Tharp 2011-02-01T10:43:36Z

The Octet is dead serious, yet there is a playfulness in its virtuosity. Orchestra of St. Luke’s Explores George Benjamin’s Influence 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

His sound, though, was intriguingly less an outpouring of emotion or virtuosity, and more a flowing series of seemingly spontaneous thoughts, with a gently gliding accompaniment under brightly articulated melodies in the right hand. Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z

There were ear-piercing whistles and screams for Culbreath's virtuosity and jazzy flair with tricky rhythms from the kind of enthusiastic young people classical ensembles are eager to court. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra explores Mozart by way of Sacred Harp, Haydn by way of flamenco 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

There is more than virtuosity at work here. Review: ‘White Teeth,’ by Zadie Smith 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dutoit ended the program with Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, another substantial vehicle for virtuosity. Music Review: Charles Dutoit Leads Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-17T22:43:09Z

The groups increased in ability and virtuosity as the program continued. Music is a universal language. It doesn’t sound the way you might think. 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

Was it the knowledge of what that virtuosity demanded? Magic out of mould: inside the world’s wildest restaurant | Jordan Kisner 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Compared with other clowning teachers, Gaulier said he does not emphasize technique or physical virtuosity. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

It was a remarkable evening, showing the high level of virtuosity that composers took more or less for granted on the still-developing piano in the first quarter of the 19th century. Review: Diabolical Diabelli at Rutgers, With New Variations 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

"There's a virtuosity to it, a deep intelligence," she explains. Moment of Friday: An Angolan dance jam from artist Okwui Okpokwasili 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Ensemble and soloist played with energy and commitment, with Mr. Hope demonstrating his usual combination of virtuosity and insight. Music Review: Max Richter’s Update to ‘Four Seasons’ at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-12-23T22:14:54Z

A dish of spaghetti, accompanied by a savory-sweet quartet of sardines, sultanas, pine nuts and wild fennel, suggested both a deft grasp of the nuances of southern Italy’s culinary vernacular and a certain virtuosity. Bites: Restaurant Review: Sotto in Los Angeles 2012-04-06T19:37:00Z

His program, including works by Scarlatti, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, seemed devised to showcase his spectacular virtuosity, especially the final work: Liszt’s demonically difficult “Totentanz.” How Should a Musician Make a Debut? Try Going Low-Key 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

The violinist Daniel Hope and the cellist Paul Watkins each produced a rich, seductive tone and found a nuanced balance between the virtuosity and warmth that the Brahms Double Concerto demands. Music Review: Students Meet the ?Eroica? Challenge With Gusto 2010-12-29T22:19:42Z

In Noble's hands, it's a feat of virtuosity and a celebration of the unfettered imagination. Ross Noble: wake up call 2012-11-12T18:30:02Z

The duo wrote orchestral music for the Chicago Symphony and other classical ensembles, drawing on traditional instruments and virtuosity. Mouse on Mars at M.I.T.: A Symposium Becomes a Dance Party 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

His frenetic virtuosity in this and the Ysaÿe “Ballade” bounced off the walls, leaving us a little shaken. A mixed bag from six young musicians (and from the judges) 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

As in the Muffat, the ensemble found an inviting balance between virtuosity and courtliness. Music Review: Baroque Style?s Evolution Is Traced Across Europe 2010-10-12T21:45:00Z

No sooner has he finished partnering her through the many spectacular effects of the first than he has to shift gears to produce full-throttle virtuosity himself. Critic’s Notebook: Versions of Sugar Plums at New York City Ballet 2012-12-29T01:10:26Z

It’s also a contrast to Jonah’s usual focus on virtuosity in his dancing. Jonah Bokaer at World Nomads: Tunisia 2013-05-08T21:40:32Z

That small difference — the image is rotated slightly, and the petals of the flower are a bit more closed up — suggests a great deal of visual and spatial virtuosity on the part of the painter. From sketch to painting, there’s no single clear path 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

In “Vertigo,” Alfred Hitchcock used his directorial virtuosity to make viewers think one character was an entirely different character. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and Shark Week 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

She’s an idiosyncratic traditionalist, with a high and nasal voice, and sometimes she backs away from big notes abruptly, for dramatic effect or for fear that too much virtuosity would undermine her eccentric charms. Music Review: Elizabeth Cook, With Crew of Characters in Tow 2010-06-22T22:04:00Z

While the images may be off-putting to some, they also require an impressive technical virtuosity. Latte Art Begone! Here Come the Bold Freaks of Instagram 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

They play modern instruments with the vigour and weightless virtuosity of the best period bands, bows ricocheting off strings, full of individuality but gelling as a cohesive and dynamic unit. ASMF/Isserlis/Bell ? review 2011-03-08T18:30:17Z

It exploits Roman's flowery virtuosity and offers the cellist diverting light touches — such as bouncing the bow on the strings and plucking them with a guitar pick. In an orchestra's meet-and-mash of Kanye West and Beethoven, classical kicks it with a hip-hop beat 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

They highlight Beethoven’s virtuosity as a keyboard player — the early models showing the influence of Mozart, the later sonatas breaking new ground. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace in Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2014-03-03T22:56:20Z

The Pulitzer committee praised the work, which received its premiere in February 2009 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, as “a deeply engaging piece that combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity.” Jennifer Higdon Basks In Her Music Pulitzer 2010-04-21T22:25:00Z

We seldom saw either in roles of full-throttle virtuosity, but they remained distinctive. Dance Review: Janie Taylor and Sébastien Marcovici Depart City Ballet 2014-03-02T23:25:56Z

This sort of comedic virtuosity requires a simple structure; nearly every Stephen Chow movie is the same. The God of Funny: Stephen Chow Comes to Brooklyn 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The program contained selections from his transcriptions of Bach’s partitas for solo violin, bluegrass standards, arrangements of pop songs and Mr. Thile’s own compositions — full of whimsy and breathless virtuosity. Review: Chris Thile Is the God of Small Sounds 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Throughout Mr. Ciccolini’s career, critics praised his playing for its technical virtuosity, airy lyricism and cool, assiduous elegance. Aldo Ciccolini Dies at 89; Pianist Interpreted Satie 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Not everything in this set, though, was about brawny bebop virtuosity. Saxophonist Donald Harrison goes back to bop 2011-01-21T15:36:28Z

Rosen never despised virtuosity, and in his 1971 book The Classical Style encourages the listener to enjoy the sheer brilliance of Mozart's concertos. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z

Too mannered for realism and too thin for fable, it spins its wheels in a social and intellectual void filled only by Wakefield’s voice-over musings and the shadow of Doctorow’s virtuosity. Review: Bryan Cranston Is a Dad in Suburban Exile in ‘Wakefield’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Kennedy is also withering when it comes to violinists from the influential New York school of Ivan Galamian, whom he accused of sacrificing soul in favour of technical virtuosity. Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy 2011-08-13T21:56:11Z

Chenoweth's spark plug virtuosity is on splendiferous display in "On the Twentieth Century." Showy or rich? Energetic or tempered? What Tony Award voters must consider 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z

He's always retained jazz credibility, however, with a sensitive vocal style that can sweep across several octaves without missing the tricky intervals and syncopations of jazz virtuosity. Al Jarreau ? review 2011-07-05T18:30:01Z

The New Yorker called it a “dazzling display of virtuosity.” Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

Today the Ailey dancers are sleek, athletic masters of the universe, and the pieces routinely draw midmovement applause and cheers for moments of virtuosity.” ArtsBeat: Video: Celebrating 'Revelations' at 50 2010-12-09T19:00:00Z

He avoided virtuosity and made no attempt to soften the stiffness of his archaic, almost primitive style of drawing. Odilon Redon: Prince du R?ve - review 2011-04-12T13:01:37Z

But even though this compositional virtuosity answers aspects of the music, Ms. Tharp’s choreography never fits Beethoven satisfyingly. Review: ‘Twyla Tharp and Three Dances’ Lends a Look of Sensuous Improvisation 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

My one feeble reservation is that even such fabulous virtuosity, viewed over 40 minutes, becomes ordinary. Step-by-step guide to dance: Grupo Corpo 2010-08-20T13:43:00Z

On one level, Ligeti used these pieces to explore the nature of virtuosity, the avant-garde musical equivalent of Serena Williams’s slashing serves. A Guide to the NY Phil Biennial From Our Critics and Reporters 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

It is worth using the glasses, but it’s also possible that the meaning of the art isn’t located in the mere virtuosity of details. At the Met, the artistic riches of India’s Deccan Plateau 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Even in Earl Wild’s brazen arrangements of Gershwin’s “Summertime” and “I Got Rhythm,” Kanneh-Mason’s virtuosity has good sense, though Copland’s “The Cat and the Mouse” is played for all it’s worth. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Among the outstanding qualities of these performances are their astonishingly pure and accurate pitch, beautifully blended and showcasing ensemble virtuosity. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

She seems to have everything it takes for a major career: thorough musicianship, virtuosity, charisma and a lovely stage presence. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z

Though the years immediately following Prince reverted to far less rebellious legacy-rock acts, it’s hard to imagine the contemporary Super Bowl halftime spectacle—for all its delights and in all its excesses—without Prince’s virtuosity. How Prince Transformed the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Canellakis’s dark and sinewy tone and fiery virtuosity added depth to two Bulgarian folk songs he skillfully arranged for cello and piano. Music Review: ‘Look and Listen,’ at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery 2013-05-20T20:43:17Z

Keeping her technical virtuosity unobtrusive, Ms. Bouder displayed a lovely delicacy and wit; a contemporary ballerina incarnating a romantic ideal. Dance Review: Melissa Barak?s Bugsy Siegel Dance at City Ballet 2010-06-06T22:21:00Z

The real pity here, though, was not that a critic’s sense of rightness was thwarted but rather that an explosive display of virtuosity, imagination and wit was seen and heard by so few. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z

They’ve been playing small club shows downtown, and they brought that informality to the Allen Room, punctuating dazzling virtuosity with bluegrass-aficionado banter and “Fiddle Tune Request Time.” Music Review: Chris Thile & Michael Daves at the Allen Room - Review 2012-01-14T00:30:25Z

Pop hooks — perhaps from a trombone or an accordion — support raw, seemingly unpolished voices, even as the band arrangements demand real-time virtuosity. Regional Mexican Music Is Finding More Ears. Peso Pluma Is Helping. 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

Mathematical virtuosity continues to be a big part of Mr. Schick’s appeal. Music Review: Steven Schick Plays Stockhausen at the Miller Theater 2014-02-03T22:38:14Z

But she has realized that there are other kinds of virtuosity, and in recent years she has been exploring them with the same headlong energy. Review: The Virtuoso Sara Mearns Considers Other Virtuosities 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

If its choreography, spanning 1881 to 1913 and moving from classical virtuosity to radical modernism, had been staged in chronological order, we would have been astonished by the reforms attempted in those years. Mariinsky Ballet Performs at the Kennedy Center Opera House 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

When I saw the play in London, I was transfixed by the virtuosity of Luke Treadaway's performance. Three bright performances on Broadway: Nathan Lane, Michael Cera and Alex Sharp 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

Mr. Mayer brings dazzling virtuosity and playfulness to jaunty pieces like “Le Banjo: Fantaisie grotesque” and “Pasquinade: Caprice.” Classical Playlist: Bach, Biber, Gottschalk and More 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Maria by Callas” is crushing; “Amazing Grace,” a teeming potluck of virtuosity and heart. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

The nondocumentary live-action shorts are the weakest, most of them exercises in genre and attitude without much to say or show beyond an attempt at virtuosity or emotional impact. | 'The Oscar Nominated Short Films': An Oscar Film Festival, All in One Screening 2011-02-10T22:55:01Z

She continued with Brazilian pop songs transformed by her imaginative virtuosity, moving from gauzy delicacy to vigorous propulsion, from dreaming to dancing and back. Music Review: Badi Assad Is a Headliner at New York Guitar Festival 2014-01-21T22:43:03Z

There are few surer guarantees of quality in classical music than the combination of Mr. Ax and Mozart, and Mr. Ax offered his usual elegant, understated virtuosity. Review: A Stirring Premiere at the Philharmonic, With Perfect Timing 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Fugazi was never a band about virtuosity, exactly, but it wasn’t opposed to the principle. To Make the Messthetics, Mix a Reunion With One Virtuosic Newcomer 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

Wariner said as he kicked off the guitar jam portion of the show with a scorching set that displayed his virtuosity on the guitar. Paisley, Gill, Wariner and Skaggs rock the Opry 2010-05-26T01:01:00Z

This style of singing may not attract the shouting headlines of opera stars but their virtuosity is equally exciting, their impact magical. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z

AT THE DRIVE-IN When this band broke up in 2001, its music was a punk-hardcore whirlwind of frantic virtuosity, torrential verbiage and barely sublimated fury. Finding the Joy at South by Southwest: 12 Notable Acts 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

This ambivalent relationship with virtuosity lasted throughout his life. Henri Dutilleux obituary 2013-05-22T17:43:25Z

Still, the combination of virtuosity and audacity in these performances is riveting. Alexander Melnikov Records Shostakovich Preludes 2010-07-04T02:16:00Z

In a charming set of miniatures by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Lisiecki likewise reveled in the playful contrasts between delicate lyricism and effortless virtuosity. In recital, Jan Lisiecki’s playing hints at an artist replete with potential 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

In the intervening decades, much has been written about the band’s virtuosity and muscle. Solving the Riddle of Metallica 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

His virtuosity is on display as he illustrates the intersections between place and the past, the individual and the collective consciousness. Review | Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

The virtuosity of the vocal part can overwhelm the poignancy of the moment, especially in staged performances. Review: LoftOpera’s ‘Lucrezia Borgia,’ With Flying Bottles of Beer and Poison 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

Mejia, 23, who made “Beauty” debuts as Bluebird and Gold, has in recent seasons shown his athletic virtuosity as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and in “Rubies” from “Jewels.” Four Dancers Promoted to Principal at New York City Ballet 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z

Charlotte Nediger, on harpsichord, and Ms. Mackay, on bass, were also solid presences, and the bursts of virtuosity were too widespread and numerous to list. ArtsBeat: Star-Studded Early Music in Toronto 2011-03-04T20:30:25Z

It is the sheer physical virtuosity of the company that is so impressive – the sinuous, athletic bodies seemingly inexhaustible. Grupo Corpo 2010-08-23T16:36:00Z

But, going beyond homage, she stamped her personality with beguiling intricacies of texture and virtuosity, as well as yearning in the Elegy and Requiem. Academy of St Martin in the Fields – review 2013-05-12T12:54:00Z

On Saturday, the performance of Mr. Peck’s “New Blood” was so exhilarating that it vanquished my problems about the work’s display of compositional virtuosity: the main subject became the dancers challenging themselves and each other. New York City Ballet, Enlivened by the New 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

More than 100 works on paper from a number of New York collections, many of them never shown publicly before, show Fragonard’s virtuosity with materials, from chalk to wash. Art Fall Preview: From East Coast to West Coast. From Concrete to Ethereal. 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

The orchestra played it all with an understated but palpable virtuosity. 2010-02-11T23:34:00Z

What was limpid has become a knotty matrix of unremitting virtuosity, as impressive and alienating as watching someone showing off for two hours 50 minutes, hoping against disappointed hope that they'll pause for breath. David Mitchell: 'I don't want to project myself as this great experimenter' 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z

Through Alberti’s virtuosity, Coogler captures the magic moment of transformation from potential to kinetic energy, from preparation to execution, from near-amateur to true professional. “Creed” Is a Knockout 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Capucon clearly adores the work and he played it with a panache, sensitivity and sizzling virtuosity that sent all those great tunes soaring. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z

Set to Russian music sung by the Tsinandali Choir, as well as the soundtrack for “Mother Night” by Michael Convertino, the ballet highlights the dancers’ virtuosity and expressiveness. Dancer Acosta Makes a Return to the London Stage 2010-07-26T10:00:00Z

Chiming, looping, limpid, he has Johnny Marr levels of virtuosity, astounding in someone so young. Avi Buffalo at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T14:54:00Z

If Tony Williams is the biggest root influence on jazz drummers today, then more of them should honor his bombastic virtuosity with the same sense of joy and freshness that Justin Brown does. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

The piece seemed made for the Calidore Quartet, drawing on the ensemble’s deep reserves of virtuosity and, above all, irrepressible dramatic instinct. Review: A Quartet With Sunny Energy and Grunge-Band Grit 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

Where they’re similar, however, is in how they both took their audiences on unusual musical journeys that challenged the meaning of virtuosity. Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

As “Whelm” progresses, Mr. McMurray is visited or haunted by the other three; and the initially pedestrian movement opens up to include sequences of spectral virtuosity. Review: Mark Morris Dance Performs ‘Whelm’ and ‘Words’ at BAM 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Opeth, Coheed & Cambria, then later Mastodon and the Mars Volta emerged, recording – yes – concept albums packed full of – yes, again – difficult time signatures and extraordinary instrumental virtuosity. Go back to go forward: the resurgence of prog rock 2010-07-22T22:00:00Z

These two exhibitions brought out both aspects of his virtuosity — and then something more — by focusing on his relationships with his subjects. Perspective | Best visual art of 2020: Sublime Degas, spellbinding El Greco, Dorothea Lange and a defining video for our time 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

One breathtaking central sequence is a breakthrough in expressive virtuosity. Dance Review: Rachid Ouramdane?s ?Ordinary Witnesses? - Review 2011-10-12T21:30:36Z

Still, the violinist made the concerto about nothing more than virtuosity, leaving Grazinyte-Tyla mainly to accommodate showmanship rather than investigate the quirky soundscape that underlies the concerto. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla lights up the San Diego Symphony with sparkling sonics 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

Both films are grotesque horror thrillers of no artistic interest, audiovisual spew that, in the absence of their subjects—and their display of actorly virtuosity—would slip quickly down the drain of the movie market. “Ma” and “The Perfection,” Reviewed: Two Horror Movies Crassly Exploit #MeToo 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

The song offers mic-drop confirmation of Miranda’s virtuosity as a composer and songwriter while affirming his particular genius as a cultural historian. ‘In the Heights’ Review: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

He consistently ranks on "best guitarist" lists, playing with a hard rock intensity and jazz-like virtuosity. Gov't Mule embraces Pink Floyd, peace and protest: "We're in some pretty precarious times" 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

Gregory Porter, a nimble baritone, was assigned two sections of “Blood on the Fields,” including one that also contained the evening’s most exuberant burst of virtuosity, by the resourceful young tap dancer Jared Grimes. Music Review: ?Wynton Marsalis at 50? at the Rose Theater - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:47Z

His latest collection of short stories, “Three Moments of an Explosion,” crowds virtuosity into every sentence. Review: China Miéville’s ‘Three Moments of an Explosion’ 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

Unlike Osborne’s play, a conventional narrative, “Revolt” unfolds in a series of fragments that recall the form-bending virtuosity of Caryl Churchill. Review: ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ Captures the Fury of Modern Womanhood 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

You might assume that they’d be all impersonal grandeur and showy virtuosity, but no. How ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Tells Its Story Through Ballet 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Wednesday’s show was another story, more muscular in its virtuosity and less beholden to swirling mystery. Music Review: Thundercat, No Longer a Sideman, Plays S.O.B.?s 2012-02-03T23:23:15Z

The range of faces and the virtuosity of the caricatures always delighted me. Perspective | I returned to the National Gallery seeking comfort. But art no longer feels like an escape. 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

Järvi's breakneck tempos for the finale of the First made us conscious of orchestral virtuosity rather than emotional exhilaration. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/J?rvi 2010-07-28T10:49:00Z

Never has a nostril been flared with greater virtuosity. ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ Catches Up With a Hard-Luck High Achiever 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

As a display of virtuosity that infuses an empty shell of a movie with a semblance of humanity, Huppert’s work in “Elle” is impressive. The Phony Sexual Transgressions of Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Much as I enjoy Baker's cheerful licentiousness and his stylistic virtuosity, it's impossible to read House of Holes without speculating about his motives and feeling disconcerted by his more bizarre deviations. Nicholson Baker 2011-08-13T23:04:05Z

What gets lost in this approach is the reality of the poems as public, performative works and displays of virtuosity. Shakespeare’s sonnets on an iPad 2012-07-24T16:12:00Z

The signature recital given by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra principal flute Walter Auer demonstrated virtuosity and a subtly-inflected singing tone and beguiling personality. Flute Festival 2011 ? review 2011-04-05T18:15:00Z

Mr. Kissin offered a program spanning 50 years, with the works performed in chronological order, from the Viennese classicism of late Haydn to the daredevil virtuosity of Liszt. Music Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T20:57:19Z

In movies, the alchemical force that makes an actor a star isn’t a straightforward matter of technique, akin to a musician-like virtuosity that can be achieved with study and practice. A Portrait of the Artist as an Older Man 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

The young Guitry had no use for silent film, if only because the medium was deaf to his rich baritone voice, an instrument he played with soaring virtuosity. DVDs: Films of Sacha Guitry, a French Charmer, on DVD 2010-07-31T05:00:00Z

But he’s much more than anyone’s sidekick: Saba’s solo debut, “Bucket List Project,” was one of 2016’s strongest rap releases, revealing his multifaceted virtuosity. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Danelli, a protégé of the great jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, merged percussive virtuosity with a rock sensibility. Dino Danelli, Whose Drums Drove the Rascals, Is Dead at 78 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

The show belongs to Koh, whether playing soulful melody, making the raspy scraping sound of strings into poetry, or just tossing off plain, fabulous old-fashioned virtuosity. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Weilerstein took over the cello part of the orchestral program on Sunday, playing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme in the enhanced virtuosity of the Fitzenhagen edition, traversing the difficulties with seeming ease. Critic?s Notebook: Piatigorsky International Cello Festival in Los Angeles 2012-03-20T22:13:34Z

Batiste’s generous virtuosity and dedication to equal-opportunity uplift make him an easy darling among a voting body not exactly known for progressivism. Why the Grammys Couldn’t Resist Jon Batiste 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

In Tuesday’s performance though, presented by Washington Performing Arts, the Seventh emerged, more than anything, as a testament to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s near-peerless virtuosity and the electrifying leadership of its music director. Review | Philadelphia Orchestra triumphs in epic Seventh Symphony 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

All these elements made this an event of real virtuosity — yet delivered with modesty and charm. Nivedha Ramalingam Brings Bharatanatyam to Drive East 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

His music remains immensely popular with both artists and audiences, a draw for its deeply felt and grandly expressed emotions, and for its sensational virtuosity. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

The drummers B. P. Haribabu and N. Ramakrishnan took care of the rhythmic virtuosity in a long duet that was a tutorial in variations around a steady beat. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Skirball Center at N.Y.U. - Review 2011-10-31T21:26:55Z

Where Tchaikovsky’s concerto dazzles with surface-level pyrotechnics, Mozart’s calls for more understated virtuosity. Review: Lang Lang, Classical Music’s Superstar, Returns Quietly 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

Clarkson delivers these vocals with her signature virtuosity, but she doesn’t quite inhabit these relatively faceless songs as fully as she does when she’s singing about love gone wrong. Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Chemistry’ Draws on Familiar Formulas 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z

Hancock continues, “I base my works’ value on what I consider the most solid pricing factors, like virtuosity and originality…. The affordable-art paradox: Do reasonable prices make pieces of art less desirable? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

But the piece was perhaps the highlight of the recital, with sizzling virtuosity at the end of the middle section and in the coda. British pianist Leon McCawley shines in program at the Phillips

It’s possible that some degree of ballet training helps in flamenco — but ballet virtuosity adulterates flamenco style. Dance Review: Flamenco With Plenty of Volume 2011-02-17T23:04:58Z

It is not distracted by its own virtuosity. Cirque du Soleil: Totem ? review 2011-01-09T00:06:11Z

Erivo and a vocal coach would begin by trying to zoom in on the finer details of Franklin’s technical virtuosity and her subtle emotional inflections. In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

And in Mr. Gerstein he found a muse to explore the form’s tradition and the idea of virtuosity itself. Adès and Adams: Big Composers With Simultaneous Big Premieres 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

“Creatures of Passage” is that rare novel that dispenses ancestral wisdom and literary virtuosity in equal measure. Review | Morowa Yejidé’s capacious imagination is on full display in ‘Creatures of Passage’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

It's no coincidence that veteran progressive rockers Caravan originally split in 1978, correctly intuiting that their elaborate whimsicality and fussy musical virtuosity made them a hopeless anachronism in an era of back-to-basics two-chord brutality. Caravan – review 2013-01-10T13:46:21Z

But it lacks the power to turn its virtuosity, or the emotional discipline of its remarkable young leads, into a source of insight. ‘The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier),’ From Janos Szasz 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

And I don’t think it’s a piece about virtuosity at all. Garrick Ohlsson, Chopin Expert, Sets His Sights on Liszt 2012-01-13T16:22:33Z

The experimental dance of that era, embodied in those pieces, set itself up against virtuosity. Trisha Brown, Choreographer and Pillar of American Postmodern Dance, Dies at 80 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

This is something she brought to “Chéri,” where she worked to rein in the virtuosity of her stars, though she acknowledges this could disappoint dance fans expecting Ferri and Cornejo to bound across the stage. Martha Clarke has made a career of movement. Now she cherishes stillness.

When it comes to the orchestral samples of Prokofiev's Concerto, DJ Switch thrives on virtuosity. Gabriel Prokofiev gets the Proms into the groove 2011-07-28T20:29:01Z

Though the contest supposedly ended in a draw, the surrounding discussion foreshadowed the familiar terms of aesthetic judgment underlying today’s competitions: drama versus polish, virtuosity versus lyricism. Music: Orpheus, Hilary Hahn and David Lang Start Competitions 2012-02-12T15:24:35Z

Bouder, a dancer known for her virtuosity and daring, has delivered splendid crashes at City Ballet. 5 Dance Picture Books 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

This company’s nonchalant virtuosity routinely sends its audience into the rapture zone. Our dream selves, and getting through grief, with Alvin Ailey dancers 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

Ms. Childs, now 76, has long been famous for her choreography’s blend of dance minimalism, sprightly virtuosity and geometric patterns. Review: Decades of Lucinda Childs’s Cool Minimalism in Motion 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Let’s see how the Trocks invest virtuosity with wit on a program that also includes “Swan Lake” and “Go for Barocco,” a parody of George Balanchine’s fiendishly complicated patterning. The Week Ahead: Dec. 16 — 22 2012-12-16T07:40:07Z

“I like virtuosity, although not for the sake of virtuosity but because it’s dangerous,” was Mr. Boulez’s description of “Répons” when we sat down to talk for a few hours after the rehearsal. 2010-01-08T21:25:00Z

The music world is taking note of Mr. Khozyainov’s stunning virtuosity. Critic’s Notebook: Recitals by Nikolay Khozyainov and Emanuele Torquati 2013-05-02T21:46:24Z

As expressions of Bach’s virtuosity, solo pieces for cello, violin and harpsichord dotted the evening. Review | The Knights weave old and new in concert of surprises at Dumbarton Oaks 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Hughes never quite reciprocated Locke’s adoration, but his virtuosity was magnetic. The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

The Balanchine is a glittering display of virtuosity and musicality, and Teuscher, aside from a tiny wobble out of a turn, was majestic: clean, clear and expansive, distinct in her upper body. At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and ‘Swan’ Debuts 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

“I didn’t want people to expect virtuosity, I wanted them to empathize with me.” A Transgender Director Who Defies Genres (to France’s Confusion) 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

“We’re surrounded by people regularly enacting acts of virtuosity,” she said. Okwui Okpokwasili Wants You to Slow Down and Walk With Her 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

The Presto finale, with the young players reveling in the thrill of collective virtuosity, was sheer joy. Critic’s Notebook: Aspen Music Festival Embarks on New Era 2013-07-29T21:49:03Z

It was not simply Walker's display of virtuosity – graceful and apparently effortless – that was astonishing, but his ability to characterise the music so vividly. Walker/Watkins 2010-06-09T21:15:00Z

For listeners inclined toward virtuosity of a less subtle kind, Mr. Shaham played an encore that he announced only as “a Turkish dance, not by Mozart.” Music Review: Gil Shaham and Pablo Heras-Casado at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-04T20:23:00Z

The players were after resonance and a communal feeling; they weren’t in search of virtuosity. Review: Uncivilized Defies Conventionality in Concert 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

Some state delegations approached the task of submitting a 30-second video with more virtuosity than others; some featured narrators in festive costumes. Perspective | The 2020 Democratic National Convention won with viewers. Now its organizers hope to win an Emmy. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

His skill becomes something you take for granted; it’s a humble way to present virtuosity. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

But this is very difficult music, and the orchestra showed collective virtuosity in the final part. National Festival Orchestra well drilled in penultimate concert 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z

But Glover, with his unsurpassed virtuosity and more streetwise image, had inspired a generation of young hoofers. Calling All Tap Dance Kids (It’s Not the Acting Kid or the Singing Kid) 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

Despite the virtuosity of the dialogue and the charm of the cast, “The Newsroom” was quickly eclipsed by more knowing, acerbic dramas like “House of Cards” and even “Scandal.” ‘The Newsroom’ Ends Its Final Season on HBO 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

This being new circus, there are no animals and no gratuitous virtuosity. L?ng T?i (My Village) - review 2011-07-26T12:59:02Z

The two artists meshed best in the final work, Poulenc’s acid-tongued sonata, where the quirky back-and-forth dialogue and individual virtuosity carried the day. Despite the disconnect, clarinetist and pianist put on an enjoyable recital 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

His virtuosity is bracing, but rarely feels emphatic; he’s executing a script, like an intelligent machine. Music Review: Meshuggah and Baroness at Terminal 5 2012-05-24T22:31:32Z

Its first and third movements bear the mark of George Balanchine in their pumped-up geometric formations and their fleet, leggy virtuosity. MacMillan triple bill | Dance review 2010-03-24T22:05:00Z

Yet for one listener, at least, the chemistry and the newfound virtuosity and versatility seemed mostly to hold through the Masur years. Times Critics Remember Philharmonic?s Earlier Days 2010-05-07T20:49:00Z

It was a delight to watch them both, and the rhythmic virtuosity of Mr. Melaku was often astounding. Dance Review: Where Feet, Beat and Joy All Soar Funkily 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z

I admired the virtuosity of her photographs of swamps, but her agitprop digital collages — in one, an American flag lands atop a pile of guns — felt tired. As Galleries Reopen, Two Critics Find Rewards Eclipse the Angst 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

Not that any of its individual sections are in any way deficient or that overall virtuosity is lacking. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z

Suddenly, the necessarily narcissistic dazzle of Mr. Spacey’s elaborate turn locates the sparring partner it needs to transform an exercise in virtuosity into a two-way volley that you are reluctant to see end. Theater: Stars May Be Center Stage in London, but Others Shine 2011-07-26T13:00:06Z

Guadagni's early distrust of virtuosity was a matter of aesthetics rather than technique, and Davies includes some of the showstoppers written for him by Handel and Arne, delivering them with wonderful finesse and flawless tone. Iestyn Davies: Arias for Guadagni – review 2012-06-07T21:55:01Z

No complaints here about the virtuosity of the technique, blistering in the stormy finale, which elicited an encore, the equally restless Scherzo from Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major. Review | Berlin Philharmonic helps Dumbarton Concerts series mark 40th anniversary 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

“Flamenco Men II” balances carefully on the border between virtuosity and Latin Lover schmaltz. ‘Flamenco Men II’: A sequel that’s actually better than the original 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

But what’s missing most of all is an equivalent for Scott’s virtuosity. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Returns to Sparkling Form 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

But he retains his virtuosity within tightly musical phrasing, and he's never less than a deft and sympathetic partner to his ballerina Viengsay Valdés. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

Hers was a virtuosity of shrewdness and precision. Colm Toibin on Elizabeth Bishop: A Different Kind of Literary Tango 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Her 1965 “No Manifesto” laid out a new approach to dance, stating an opposition, for instance, to spectacle, to camp, to virtuosity. Yvonne Rainer, a Giant of Choreography, Makes Her Last Dance 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

But critics are often irked as much by an artist’s strengths as by his failings, especially if those strengths seem to inspire too enthusiastic a virtuosity. Review | The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Licad brought intense virtuosity and a subtle variation of touch to the piece, taken at challenging tempos in the second and third movements. Review | Cellist Alban Gerhardt proves to be a musical omnivore at Phillips Collection 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

His passionate readings are notable for both their poetic introspection and their tempestuous virtuosity. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2012 2012-12-20T17:59:14Z

Each song on “Hellfire” is a whirlwind of virtuosity and structure, an idiom-hopping decathlon of meter shifts, barbed harmonies and arrangements that can veer anywhere at any moment. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

And that sensitivity didn’t preclude a joyous virtuosity in the outer movements that was just as dazzling as Chang’s, and with less grandstanding. Review | Orchestra offers doubleheader: Chang, Bailey highlight season opener 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

The way Mr. Taylor moves on, from one work to the next, is part of his virtuosity but also of his evasiveness. Dance Review: Paul Taylor’s Company Opens Its 60th-Anniversary Season 2014-03-14T22:41:11Z

His mix of GQ-ready looks, instrumental virtuosity and a touch of incendiary politics has resonated over just a few EPs and a September major-label debut LP, and pop is better for that. Hozier takes a worshipful L.A. to an actual church 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

His reading sacrificed some of the work’s mischievousness in favor of sheer virtuosity but was irresistible for the precision, power and sheer opulence of the orchestra’s sound. Music Review: Fabio Luisi With the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-17T15:15:08Z

Mr. Santos, a multi-instrumentalist and composer who died in 2006 at the age of 80, wasn’t known for his own virtuosity so much as for his original brilliance in composition and arrangement. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

For tantalising moments, Guillem and Le Riche allow their bodies to fall into familiar patterns of virtuosity – flashing beaten jumps and plush arabesques – but then they begin sliding and fragmenting and picking the material apart. Sylvie Guillem - review 2011-07-06T23:44:38Z

Conducted by Laurence Cummings, the musicians showed virtuosity and vivacity both in the pit and on stage. Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z

But what’s the threshold for virtuosity, and how do you even isolate it from depth and insight? Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

Other shows seek a more meditative conclusion, one that emphasizes shared humanity rather than virtuosity. The Show Must Go On, and On, and On 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

The images suggest cosmologies, geologies, glorious turmoil, but the handling, for all its lavish virtuosity, is weirdly perfunctory, almost corporate in its decorative impersonality. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z

Like all great lovers of theater, Clinton is delighted by virtuosity, the alchemy of preternatural talent and unrelenting hard work. Why Hillary Clinton's next big stage should be at the Tony Awards 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

The virtuosity of much of Ms. Chin’s music adds to its visual appeal. Music Review: Unsuk Chin Celebrated in Composer Portrait at Miller Theater 2014-03-16T20:54:53Z

Though the dancing features no academic virtuosity, it’s often forceful. Review: Doom, Doom Everywhere (and Just a Drop of Joy) 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

The virtuosity of “Esplanade,” with its daring floor-skimming slides and perilous catches, is veiled and like the other dances on the program, seemingly simple. Review: An Incandescent Journey Through 20th-Century Dance 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

But the ensemble virtuosity is greater than ever. Gustavo Dudamel and Bolivar symphony bring Beethoven's revolutionary conviction out in force 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

The core Algiers band — with Fisher on nearly every instrument; Ryan Mahan primarily on synthesizers and bass; Lee Tesche on guitars and Matthew Tong on drums — uses its physical and technological virtuosity almost paradoxically. Algiers Blasts Songs of Damage and Redemption on ‘Shook’ 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

Slagwerk Den Haag, a dazzling Dutch percussion group, similarly combined virtuosity and theatricality. Music Review: Bang on a Can Marathon at Winter Garden 2010-06-28T22:19:00Z

Still, it offers ample scope for virtuosity, which Ms. Uchida supplied in full. Music Review: Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-21T20:08:54Z

Sorrento’s villainy sets up a battle on two fronts — clashes in the Oasis mirroring chases through the streets of Columbus — that inspires Mr. Spielberg to feats of crosscutting virtuosity. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

Coming from the other direction, the classical folks often seem to think that their virtuosity is the only kind of virtuosity, so of course it will work in every context. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z

Taka Kigawa played three contemporary Japanese piano works with coolly precise virtuosity. Music Review: Strum, Pluck, Rescue, Rebuild 2011-04-11T21:45:04Z

As in “Guwa No. 1,” musical flow is paramount, but virtuosity, though never ostentatious, is also a concern. Music Review | Music From Japan: Interplay of Antiquity With Some Modernity 2010-02-22T08:25:00Z

Like Bach, Ysaÿe used a wide range of expressive and technical elements in the Ballade, a showpiece that displays Mr. Bell’s virtuosity, rich tone and characterful playing to full effect. Sam Haywood and Joshua Bell at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-16T22:38:31Z

The virtuosity of theatrical craft, by comparison, is reassuring in its transmissibility and manageability; it’s nearly quantifiable, which allows critics to play teacher and assign the equivalent of a numerical grade. What “Fences” Misses About Adapting Plays for the Screen 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

We know from past appearances that this is a man who has carved out his own virtuosity, through the swivelling, scissoring embellishments of his enormous jump and the inhuman assurance of his pirouettes. The Bolshoi Ballet: Spartacus 2010-07-20T13:45:00Z

Arron Scott, the company’s most winningly innocent dancer, scores a particular success with the Jester’s virtuosity. Review: ‘Cinderella’ Returns to the American Ballet Theater Stable 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

So, yes, this new play is a lot, and the virtuosity of its frenetic pace is impressive. Review: A Satire of Social Media That Aims at Too Many Targets 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

It is a masterpiece, and its flaws only serve its virtuosity. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

But the sequence reveals its full virtuosity when Carlito arrives at Grand Central. Don’t Get What Makes Brian De Palma an Auteur? Try These Two Films 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

He was clearly inspired by his colleague’s virtuosity and artistry. Music Review: New York String Orchestra, Conducted by Jaime Laredo, at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-31T21:05:36Z

This event felt far removed from the world of flashy virtuosity. Critic’s Notebook: Recitals by Nikolay Khozyainov and Emanuele Torquati 2013-05-02T21:46:24Z

Painted with academic virtuosity in viscous glazes, she seems as if immersed in Jell-O. Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

He’s among the precious few jazz instrumentalists — let alone trumpeters — capable of conveying relatable emotion through the hard lens of virtuosity. Music Review: Away From His Desk, Up on the Bandstand 2011-04-01T22:58:20Z

Romeo — a taxing role — appears extensively throughout all three acts, with both heroic partnering and expansive dance virtuosity. 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

“You could argue that classical music is about perfection and virtuosity — trying to touch the hem of God,” Mac says. Taylor Mac brings 24 decades of delirium and music to Los Angeles 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

What made it a bona fide hit, running close to 500 performances, was the jaw-dropping virtuosity of its singing and dancing. Review: ‘Shuffle Along’ Returns to Broadway’s Embrace 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hull tiptoed lightly with her vocals, never pushing the lost-love feeling too hard, and she took it easy on her mandolin, too, not wanting to overpower the moment with virtuosity. Music Review: Prodigious Talent Discovers Balance 2011-03-09T22:33:48Z

Momenta inhabited every note in an impassioned reading that combined brilliant virtuosity with the utmost sympathy and unity of intent. Momenta String Quartet shines in demanding program at National Gallery 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

But in “Hogar,” the generic movement, while calling on their virtuosity, also stifles their individuality. Dance Review: Ballet Hispanico Explores Varied Themes at the Joyce 2014-04-23T20:12:54Z

In “Chapter 3,” the violence has been supercharged, and so has the virtuosity. ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Review: Keanu Reeves Is Back for Another Brutal Round 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

The piece is in no way a traditional concerto, showcasing pyrotechnical instrumental virtuosity, though Sorey did, in fact, write it with cellist and former Seattle Symphony artist-in-residence Seth Parker Woods specifically in mind. Volcanic drummer and MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winner Tyshawn Sorey premieres new work with Seattle Symphony 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

“Carib art,” is how Baudelaire described sculpture, meaning that even the suavest, most sophisticated works of unearthly virtuosity by Enlightenment paragons like Canova and Thorvaldsen were tainted by the medium’s primitive, cultish origins. Has Sculpture Become Just Another Pretty Face? 2011-08-09T17:39:27Z

As much as Ms. Rainer’s 1960s work avoided conventional expressions of virtuosity, like superhuman leaps and strings of turns, this “uninflected continuity,” was, she said, “a new possibility of virtuosity.” A D.I.Y. Dance for Your Home, From Yvonne Rainer 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

"There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious spectacle of ineptitude." Robert Hughes quotes: 20 of the best 2012-08-07T10:44:50Z

In the performance of Julie Kent, especially, we see dancing that's equally transparent – virtuosity made to look as natural as laughing, talking, sighing. American Ballet Theatre ? review 2011-02-02T18:35:16Z

That virtuosity – the “spirit feel,” as Heilbut calls it – imbued a number of her Columbia sessions, as she transformed standards into deeply personal statements. Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z

Unlike the savage thrumming of later rock guitarists, Berry’s virtuosity wore a smile. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

“But, in ‘Soul,’ we can actually hear Dorothea’s virtuosity as both a saxophonist and as a bandleader.” Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

The program brought back many of the orchestra’s collaborators through the years — from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, New Orleans and Brooklyn — in a kind of greatest-hits reunion that showed off the group’s breadth and virtuosity. Music Review: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Symphony Space - Review 2012-01-22T23:03:12Z

The show also allows the smashing Ms. Mirren to demonstrate her quick-change virtuosity in becoming the queen at different ages, from 1951 to the present, before our very eyes. Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

In some roles he was animal, in others a cascade of sensuous virtuosity. Art Review: ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes,’ at National Gallery 2013-05-23T20:40:40Z

Beyond friendship, Aimard's unique capacities inspire me, for as well as his amazing virtuosity he is also a profoundly sensitive and thoughtful musician. Composing for the piano in black and white 2010-06-03T22:05:00Z

The virtuosity of the players of our time is not to play fantastically fast, but to change instruments, like an actor changing his costume. The Conductor Transforming Period Performance 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

In fact, our virtuosity with genes is modelled closely on what nature herself does all the time. Creation: The Origin of Life; The Future of Life, by Adam Rutherford – review 2013-04-06T14:00:01Z

His controlled virtuosity was a delight, too, especially in the second movement's light touch scampers. Leon McCawley ? review 2010-12-03T22:30:00Z

During every era of the piano there were players who were superb artists with more on their minds than dazzling virtuosity. Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen 2011-08-12T13:09:23Z

Yet, for all the virtuosity of David Berthold's production and the play's success in its native Australia, I found the experience more theatrical than dramatic, and evasive about several key issues. Holding the Man 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z

And just as she did with the Bernstein — a piece which often leaves me a touch cold — Hahn found ways to temper feats of acrobatic virtuosity with stretches of extreme vulnerability. Review | My spirits needed a lift. Violinist Hilary Hahn and the NSO delivered, in D major. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

Twelves have a real this-is-what-we-do presence and casual virtuosity to match. Twelves: The Adding Machine ? review 2011-04-07T20:31:02Z

Praise be to the divine magic of "Fleabag" and its unconventional romantic lead, a culmination of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's virtuosity and Andrew Scott's inspired performance. "The New Pope" is still sexy and it knows it 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

This aptitude at using constantly, and with equal virtuosity, the pictorial language of figural and abstract art remains unique in our time. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z

In the first section, "Heaven," they embraced the work's formidable demands with winning virtuosity, producing rich-hued sonorities. American Youth Symphony and National Children's Chorus members rise to 'Heaven Earth Mankind' 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

The musical virtuosity of Prince was rivaled only by his status as a sex symbol. Prince and the queer body: Our dirty patron saint of pop gave me permission to think outside the gender binary 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Exacting narratives composed by two acclaimed novelists capture layers of virtuosity and unexpected comedy in their intricate arrangements. Finding Harmony, Literally, in Fiction About Music 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

The lovely trills and vibrant, sharply etched cadenza bespoke understated virtuosity; but it was in his simple Schubert encore — the “Allegretto in B minor” — where his haptic imagination really told. This season, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plays it safe, almost to a fault 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

“The Jungle Book,” directed by Greg Banks, re-imagines Rudyard Kipling’s classic, “with an emphasis on the sheer virtuosity of the actors,” according to a release. Wimpy Kid Musical to Have Premiere in Minneapolis 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

This work, after all, was composed at the end of Bartok’s life and trades in the electricity and overt virtuosity of its two predecessors for a more temperate, often philosophical approach. 2010-02-16T22:40:00Z

Unlike Frank Gehry, for whom he used to work, he is not known for his virtuosity. Maltzan's One Santa Fe apartment complex plays with notion of density 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

"James Levine's conducting and Meryl Streep's acting are extraordinary examples of insight, depth and virtuosity." Streep elected to elite academy 2010-04-13T08:20:00Z

He brought formidable virtuosity to Scriabin and Liszt. How Should a Musician Make a Debut? Try Going Low-Key 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

It's the sheer joyous ebbulliance with which it starts, going on to demonstrate virtuosity and originality before it winds down to a perfect conclusion. What's the best ever guitar solo? 2012-07-20T11:33:35Z

The objective of the late starter is not virtuosity or a career. ‘The Late Starters Orchestra,’ by Ari L. Goldman

A solo cadenza takes the trombone from bleating lows to ethereal highs, dispatched with virtuosity and playfulness by Mr. Alessi. Music Review: Military Brass, Civilian Strings 2013-07-04T22:38:04Z

This is the kind of breaking point that all critics reach when it comes to a genre that they can’t appreciate regardless of the virtuosity of a particular movie. It’s a critic’s job to be fair. But when animals are involved, it gets dicey. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Later videos advertised Orlinski’s virtuosity: In footage recorded at a Moscow recital last year, he offers a rendition of Purcell’s “Strike the Viol” so decorated with vocal filigree that it practically sounds like bebop. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

Ms. Mutter’s mastery is such an integral component of her playing that there was no trace of virtuosity for its own sake. 2010-02-11T08:29:00Z

As he nears 80, Smith is merely doing what he’s always done: collaborating, arranging and playing organ with an understated virtuosity that prizes feeling over flash. How Lonnie Smith Found an Unlikely New Collaborator: Iggy Pop 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

New York critics praised the Cubans for their virtuosity, versatility and charm. For a Cuban Troupe, a Gift of Rootedness 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z

Those qualities, balanced differently and mixed amid more arresting strains of fiery virtuosity, informed her readings of the outer movements as well. Music Review: Renderings Energetic and Brash 2011-05-06T05:00:07Z

As in their “Giselle” last year he and Ms. Osipova plainly stimulated each other, not just in intensity and virtuosity but also in responsive nuances of interpretation. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Sleeping Beauty,? 2 Auroras at the Met 2010-06-20T22:57:00Z

Choreographer Sarosi Nay maintains a clever balance between the joy of physical virtuosity and the harrowing metaphors it's asked to carry. Rouge – review 2012-07-26T11:38:09Z

Unfortunately a sameness or numbness soon set in because Tharp seldom developed her movement ideas and, instead, invariably abandoned them for dollops of ballet virtuosity. Twyla Tharp's 50th anniversary program, while graceful, becomes predictable 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

He beamed whenever one of the four other players demonstrated his virtuosity, and prefaced the two-hour concert — following a 20-minute opening jam — with lengthy comments on the musicians’ skills, reputations and personal lives. Herbie Hancock stretches out and enjoys the jams at Kennedy Center 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

Expect crunchy electronic treatments of her cello, as well as traces of acoustic virtuosity. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in February 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

What we admire in great farce is the ingenuity and precision of the writing, the speed and virtuosity of the playing and the conviction that something serious is at stake for the characters. Run for Your Wife – review 2013-02-17T00:05:37Z

It spoke of dazzling virtuosity rather than raw power or emotions dredged from the depths of a troubled soul. Whitney Houston: squandered talent of a singer who had it all 2012-02-12T17:13:58Z

She even sat through press interviews, nodding approvingly while he told of his own artistic struggles and virtuosities. Margaret Keane, Painter of Sad-Eyed Waifs, Dies at 94 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

“The piece asks for special virtuosity from the singers, for total investment all the time,” Mr. Pichon said. At the Armory, Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ Are Newly Immersive 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Why it gets almost as much space in the sleeve notes as the other three works put together is hard to explain, for despite the energy and virtuosity it demands, it seems an unremarkable piece. Parry; Delius; Foulds: Cello Sonatas, etc 2012-10-04T21:00:03Z

Taking Joplin as a point of departure, Denk presented the rag as a classical form capable of expressing virtuosity, humor, nostalgia and experimental daring. Denk shows range in ‘iPod shuffle’ 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

But I was a stubborn child, proud and possibly a little spiteful, and not yet ready to surrender my dreams of virtuosity. David Nicholls Every Good Boy 2011-07-22T22:01:00Z

And yet he gives us real dance virtuosity and ensembles containing speed and elaborate geometry. ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

The crux of Dolce’s criticism of Michelangelo is that the artist was somehow just a little coarse, attracted to coarse bodies and tempted to display a vulgar virtuosity over a refined aesthetic reticence. Review | The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Introducing Chan, Tom Hanks acknowledged that the blend of slapstick comedy and martial arts virtuosity for which the star became famous was “historically underrepresented at the Oscars”. After 56 years, 200 films and innumerable injuries, Jackie Chan wins an Oscar 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

The piece, never played in Schumann’s short life, famously defies a few conventions by presenting no breaks between movements and downplaying virtuosity for much of its length. Berlioz ‘Symphonie fantastique’ at SSO on Feb. 13, 15 2014-02-06T22:34:39Z

In that sense, the concert’s high point was a solo set by Mr. Friedlander, who expressed deep interiority and sumptuous virtuosity. Music Review | John Zorn: Exploring the Topography of John Zorn?s Continent 2010-02-19T22:52:00Z

The role suited his robustly masculine and charismatic stage personality and provided a first-class showcase for his virtuosity and partnering skills. Richard Cragun obituary 2012-08-10T16:10:05Z

But he tended to downplay his virtuosity in his PiL days, describing his signature sound — made sharper and brasher by his use of guitars with aluminum necks or bodies — in distinctly post-punk terms. Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd.’s Buzz-Saw Guitarist, Dies at 65 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

But as far as virtuosity, I don’t think any of these songs are pushing technique too far. Lindsey Stirling’s Music Combines Classical and Dance 2014-05-02T22:32:38Z

When you have that many words and you can be so expressive, virtuosity is a natural byproduct. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

His mastery of complex geometries is where his virtuosity is most evident. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Opens Season With Gala 2014-05-09T23:25:13Z

Bee’s quick run through of her opposition to assault weapons was suffused with the sense that this was an issue she’d been grimly prepared for; there was a nihilistic virtuosity to her delivery. Late Night TV's Response to Orlando Shooting Shows New Sophistication 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

It was monumental not because of its controversial subject matter, but rather for the exhilarating virtuosity of Nabokov’s prose. Russia’s Literary Icons, Explored on a Budget 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

There is a simple, almost-too-clever visual virtuosity to the forms, which also recall dominoes lined up and ready to be toppled. Ai Weiwei: A retrospective of his works

All slack flow without definition and drive, the dancing provides no match or counterbalance for Gandini’s virtuosity. Review: Gandini Juggling’s Drab ‘Spring’ Mixes It Up With Dancers 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

It wasn’t just that he sustained his theatrical virtuosity that was so exhilarating. The Best Performances of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

And Milo has Horace, an erstwhile co-worker and a more aggressive version of Milo himself, but with a virtuosity, scrambling cultural references and modes of diction that put Milo to shame. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z

Many of the writers are famous people, caught in a moment of accessibility and rawness or off-the-cuff virtuosity: Beethoven on his deafness: “I must live almost alone, like one who has been banished.” Explaining the Popularity of Letters of Note 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

The show is still an incredible showcase of timeless classics and musical virtuosity, even if it’s not the reunion everyone wants to see. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

His materials — high intelligence, wit, philosophical depth, technical virtuosity — looked back to an older era of poetry’s high ambition. John Hollander, Poet Known for His Range, Dies at 83 2013-08-18T22:06:10Z

An elegant and witty celebration of orchestral virtuosity, its series of surges towards climactic peaks defies expectation by ending quietly with a wry smile. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2012-10-14T14:56:03Z

The work of a virtuoso wood carver is delivered via virtual virtuosity. L.A. photographer captures nature's beauty and truth, but not all is what it seems 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

Why, you wonder, has a film with such witty visual virtuosity been re-engineered for such a crass and frantic crossover to the stage? Review | The new ‘Beetlejuice’ musical is overcaffeinated, overstuffed and virtually charmless 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

Her music demands a stealthy virtuosity: most of the works here begin slowly, simply and quietly, and blossom into dense, technically demanding webs of themes, counterpoint and ear-catching effects. Music Review: Changing Like Winds, With Gusto 2011-05-09T18:16:59Z

That isn’t true for the alter ego Gurney, though at 47 he too has traded in professional success for another kind of virtuosity. Books of The Times: ?Think of a Number,? Crime Story From John Verdon 2010-07-15T21:32:00Z

But supreme orchestral polish and virtuosity are beside the point here, which seems to be to situate Hans Gál in music history. Classical Recordings: Orchestra of the Swan Record Gál and Schumann 2012-06-01T14:10:41Z

Yet the people onstage never call attention to their virtuosity. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

The sombre first movement, by turns barbed and lyrical, was beautifully understated, and its tricky combination of harmonic bitterness, muted virtuosity and melodic expansion flawlessly judged. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda/Ehnes – review 2013-02-24T18:00:05Z

Mr. Kigawa recast the sonata as an essay in how to apply suppleness to virtuosity, and the result was an energetic but also characterful account. Music Review: Difficult Pieces Inspire a Pianist 2010-08-25T22:15:00Z

Both paintings, with trompe l’oeil virtuosity, create impossible intersections of hard surface and weightlessness, opacity and transparency. At Tacoma Art Museum: Camille Patha’s vivid ‘Punch of Color’ 2014-02-27T22:26:49Z

The intellectual virtuosity on display is somehow both ostentatious and casual. ‘High Flying Bird’ Review: A Thrilling Dunk on Capitalism 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

单词	virtuosity
例句	virtuosity The voice rose and fell in a rhythmical, dreamlike recital-part enumeration of earthly trials undergone by the congregation, part rapt display of vocal virtuosity, part appeal to God. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But while they were impressing each other on the road with their tightrope-without-a-safety-net virtuosity, there was another, quite opposite impulse emerging. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they both reached such extremes of virtuosity that when they became exhausted from excitement, they would take advantage of their fatigue. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And the surest testament to the magnificent and horrifying level of my virtuosity was that neither had I. When I got to the flat Jack was waiting inside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The music went on and on, minute after minute, with astonishing variations, never once repeating itself, almost as though the bird were deliberately showing off its virtuosity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Compared to the clockwork finesse and gentle charm of Corelli, Vivaldi introduced a sense of drama and virtuosity that took his contemporaries’ breath away. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Modernistic” was the pivot, displaying Moran as a musician of startling virtuosity and breadth. This Kennedy Center director is making performance art out of jazz. Can he bring fans along? 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z For some time, Mr. Zukofsky’s career sustained itself on virtuosity alone. Paul Zukofsky, Virtuoso Violinist and Literary Executor, Dies at 73 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Suskind often displays virtuosity in capturing the intimate realities of life in a household dominated by autism, where the disorder shapes the life of every family member. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The virtuosity of both dancers was often breathtaking. Review: Gabriel Missé and Guillermina Quiroga Tango With Passion and Laughter 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z “He was an inspiring figure as a literature professor and an ace of great virtuosity as a novelist, short story writer, essayist and raconteur,” Mr. Roth said in a telephone interview on Thursday. Richard G. Stern, a Writers’ Writer, Is Dead at 84 2013-01-25T03:25:06Z If there is a defining aesthetic, it’s virtuosity. Claire Chase Is Changing How People Think of the Flute 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z A 70th-Birthday Gala, With Stars and Strobes Because ballet has a tremendous capacity for virtuosity, it seems, in theory, to lend itself to galas. American Ballet Theater Celebrates 70th With Gala 2010-05-18T17:04:00Z It includes lyricism and virtuosity, striking effects of through-the-body lines and symmetrical ensemble geometry. At American Ballet Theater Gala, All Is the Same but Different 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z With such virtuosity, Smith was able to invent himself as a one-man bop soloist and rhythm section combined. 50 great moments in jazz: Jimmy Smith and the Hammond organ 2010-06-02T11:23:00Z From a melancholy opening filled with swooping glissandos, the 20-minute string quartet emphasizes group virtuosity with jagged bursts of notes deployed in rhythmic unison, mostly at high velocity. Critic?s Notebook: Avoiding ?Moderato? Becomes a Style 2011-04-17T22:15:36Z “The effect of reading this collection reminded me of only a few other modern poets: Robert Frost, in his virtuosity and beauty, and the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, in her passion and straightforward honesty.” Linda Pastan, Poet Who Plumbed the Ordinary, Dies at 90 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z He’s not about virtuosity as a guitar slinger so much as intensity, with a heavy attack that weds blues chords to metal distortion. Album review: Gary Clark Jr., 'Blak and Blu' 2012-10-22T17:36:00Z In his solo the choreographer was virtuosic, elastically tying himself in knots, yet that virtuosity was made expressive of frustration. Dance Review: Contemporary Dance Showcase at Japan Society 2013-01-16T17:52:03Z Gradually the thrilling precision and permutations, the alternations between motion and stasis, come to feel like a kind of virtuosity, a world of cool perfection you’re sorry to leave. Review: And Now Four Dances, Completely Different 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z And yet the emotional sweep, sonic sensuousness and instrumental virtuosity of Mazurek's magnum opus remain unmistakable. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z The three orchestral works that followed touched again on virtuosity and its relationship with structure. Henri Dutilleux obituary 2013-05-22T17:43:25Z It’s a vision of rapport with nature that’s also a celebration of human virtuosity. Review \| In the galleries: ‘Sea of Change’ exhibition sets the voyage on a different course 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Like Clark, all three are known for virtuosity. St. Vincent Flirts With Autobiography and the Sounds of the ’70s 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Sinaisky's conducting was so cool as to be uninvolving, while the playing was uncharacteristically rough from an orchestra primarily associated with refined virtuosity. BBC Philharmonic/Sinaisky 2010-07-25T20:45:00Z However, on a purely technical level, the orchestra performed with bracing virtuosity. Jean-Yves Thibaudet's lyrical piano brightens L.A. Phil concert 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z “We want performers to be persuasive, so that their virtuosity is delivered with panache, and fluency and ease,” he said. At Juilliard, Can You Hear the Sprezzatura? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Her lines of lyrics are long, fast, polysyllabic, intricately rhymed, packed with convoluted allusions and delivered with melodic inflections — her own extension of the rapping virtuosity of the 1990s, ambitious but never bombastic. On Her Debut Album, Noname Is a Sly Hip-Hop Maverick 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z His Halle Orchestra is somewhat pedestrian, but a successful Sibelius performance is really more about concentration than instrumental virtuosity. CD review: Rattle’s second Sibelius is opulent package of dour masterpieces 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Everyone looks expansive, loose, high-spirited, and the combination of seeming physical ease and actual virtuosity is irresistible. Dance Review: Ballet Across America Unites at Kennedy Center 2010-06-17T22:12:00Z Perhaps that was why Morgan found a role at the Kingdom, training a young man called Ben in aikido, this martial virtuosity with a staff and – perhaps – in his code of never killing humans. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Ordinary, belching people can achieve a level of virtuosity that puts Le Pétomane to shame. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z But profundity is never sacrificed for virtuosity, as demonstrated in memorable interpretations of eight mazurkas, the Sonata No. 3 and two nocturnes. Music Critics? Picks for Chopin Bicentennial 2010-05-27T21:03:00Z Furious orchestral virtuosity was balanced by singing of monumental splendour from the London Symphony Chorus. LSO/Zhang ? review 2011-04-06T18:00:29Z In the process, the already high-bar of Sondheim’s lyrical virtuosity vaulted several notes higher. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Lady Gaga’s virtuosity may not constitute breaking news; what’s remarkable is her dramatic range. ‘A Star Is Born’ Review: A Brilliant Reincarnation 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z And along the way, she never lost an ounce of virtuosity. Review: Yuja Wang, Trying Comedy, Shows How Funny Virtuosity Can Be 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Despite Mr. Yen’s impressive physical virtuosity, his stoic, often humorless presence tends to neutralize the emotional temperature. Review: In ‘Ip Man 3,’ Donnie Yen Brawls With Mike Tyson and Others 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He offered an ideal balance between virtuosity and introspection, deftly supported by the orchestra. Music Review \| New York Philharmonic: The Toe-Tapping Starts at the Podium 2010-02-19T23:15:00Z A performer of indisputable virtuosity and bite, Ms. Pinkins has seen perhaps more tumult offstage than on. Insult Tonya Pinkins? She Got There First. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Remarkably, this blistering segment did not leave you marveling at Collado’s virtuosity. Flamenco dancer Marina Collado shows her vulnerable side in works at Gala Hispanic A Tedeschi Trucks Band performance maximizes the emotive resonance of music by walking the tightrope between virtuosity — these are profoundly talented musicians — and authenticity. The inspiring poetics of Tedeschi Trucks Band 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z She is instead a vocal slapstick artist of both speech and song, shifting registers and styles with madcap virtuosity. Review: In ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ Jackie Hoffman as Paradoxical Charmer 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Taking advantage of Rubinstein’s flair and virtuosity, Stravinsky made the arrangements difficult. Week Ahead: Aug. 22 ? 28 2010-08-19T14:57:00Z He battles any doubts with self-assertion and defiance, as his raps often toggle into doubletime to insist on his virtuosity. ArtsBeat: Bonnaroo: Kendrick Lamar and Rappers With Vocal Bite 2012-06-08T17:28:53Z Of course, there’s lots of notes and virtuosity and the last movement shows him as a master of dance, of ballet. A Flutist Steps Into the Solo Spotlight 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But unlike the American painters to emerge in the 1950s, his approach was in the western tradition of working from life and brought about with painstaking slowness, rather than unleashed virtuosity. Lucian Freud obituary 2011-07-21T21:08:42Z The Bach “Passion” stagings have shown off the best qualities of both him and the players, combining scrupulous style, individual virtuosity and theatrical momentum. The Berlin Philharmonic Comes to New York 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Hamelin conveyed its craziness while playing with scintillating colors and stress-free virtuosity. Two Pianists Offer Contrasting Paths of Exploration 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But for sheer technical virtuosity the most astonishing exhibit is a 3rd-century sarcophagus, carved from a single block of stone, showing the Romans fighting the Ostrogoths. 10 of the best museums and gallleries in Rome 2011-07-13T09:00:00Z And in the long, wild cadenza at the end of the work, his playing was sheer, explosive virtuosity. Music Review: Having Fun Across Generations 2010-12-20T22:45:45Z Their songs, however – often regarded as secondary achievements – frequently took on the character of operatic sketches, requiring elements of grandeur or virtuosity in performance. Crowe/Maltman/Johnson – review 2013-01-06T18:04:43Z No drums, no brass, no sonic effects other than a bit of reverb on the guitar, and no distracting virtuosity. Gerald Albright and Karen Mantler Release Albums 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Clark took full advantage of the situation to create a masterwork of balance and exuberance, with a mercurial lyricism inflected by the bebop heritage of virtuosity and the cultural heritage of the blues. The Best Archival Jazz Releases of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Indeed, ending this demanding program, her playing was as clean as at the start, despite the extreme virtuosity required in the Stravinsky. Khatia Buniatishvili: a recital of skill, sensitivity 2013-03-07T19:03:24Z Partly that’s due to the straightforward virtuosity of his playing, and partly to his compulsion to transcend and blend styles. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z For me, Holcomb is easily the greatest American banjo player to have commercially recorded, possessing, as he did, that ineffable combination of virtuosity and openness. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z And for young artists with disabilities seeking to define virtuosity on their own terms, it offers a path forward. For composer Molly Joyce, disability is no barrier to virtuosity 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Mailer implicitly recognizes throughout “The Armies of the Night” that, for all his avidity and virtuosity, a definitive-seeming break has happened in his culture. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Some of the best shows to debut in France in the past year brought unclassifiable feats of virtuosity onstage, like “One Song,” which played at the Avignon Festival. The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s got a huge drum sound, heroic riffing and crude, art-brut guitar solos just when your ears expect virtuosity. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z As the three men wrestle to remain upright, there's a very watchable virtuosity involved in their struggles, as well as a convincing play of metaphors about our battles to tame the environment. Dance Umbrella – review 2012-10-07T15:21:19Z Principal bass Jordan Anderson offered “Traction,” a subtle and allusive piece, mysterious in manner and highly effective in its quiet and understated virtuosity. New symphony series is [untitled], but not unwelcome 2013-04-27T17:40:33Z It’s frustrating to try to capture even a glimpse of the man, his verbal virtuosity, his wit and Irish charm. ArtsBeat: Another Kind of Music 2013-08-30T22:44:13Z The drawings of Murillo, another well-known artist, eschew fantasy but dazzle with virtuosity. Art Review: Spanish Draftsmanship That Leaps Off the Page 2010-10-14T21:52:00Z What his two hands achieved in Gershwin was totally outshone by the sheer sonic splendor and dazzling virtuosity that just one drew from Ravel's Left-Hand Concerto â€” for me, the evening's greatest work. Seattle Symphony: Three masterpieces and one near-miss 2010-10-08T21:12:00Z This was easy to do while listening to his calmly assured and beautiful playing, a performance that displayed a different kind of virtuosity. Conor Hanick Plays Contemporary Work at Keyboard Institute 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z One thing that it is about is virtuosity. ‘Hamlet,’ a New Opera, Makes Shakespeare Strange 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Bravura and virtuosity were all in place, to be sure, but were well integrated into a reading perhaps more compelling for its lyrical and thoughtful moments. Music Review: Piatigorsky International Cello Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall 2012-03-17T00:22:16Z It’s like, you almost have to have tried it yourself, like dancing, or playing an instrument, to understand the labor and devotion that goes into virtuosity like his. Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The first movement, especially, went at an easygoing lope, and Mr. Ehnes played cleanly and displayed ample virtuosity of a relaxed sort. Review: Bruckner Rises and Stalls in Hands of Two Conductors 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z But the virtuosity on display also produces its share of deep misgivings. ‘The Hateful Eight’ and ‘The Revenant’ bring the pain, but what do we gain? 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The work is shot through with beautiful skeins of motion, with group, duo and solo sections of exciting virtuosity that earn whoops of appreciation. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Out There ‘Requiem,’ With Nods to Mozart 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z But prosper he does: this is a prodigiously assured Fringe debut, an hour of blistering lyrical virtuosity and teen attitude. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z His piano vocabulary grew voluminous, his full-on virtuosity was dazzling, his performances were improvising marathons. 50 great moments in jazz: Cecil Taylor's jazz piano revolution 2010-04-14T11:25:00Z Like all of Chin's music, it is most notable for its use of colour: vivid, extravagant and technically assured to the point of virtuosity. Total Immersion: Unsuk Chin ? review 2011-04-11T17:31:24Z Then clearly displays of sheer virtuosity excite you. A Guide to the NY Phil Biennial From Our Critics and Reporters 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z When Paganini published his 24 Caprices for solo violin in 1820, the technical limits of virtuosity were in flux. Review: Jennifer Koh Asks 32 Musicians to Respond to Paganini 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z With pianists getting better and better, so many are so good that, paradoxically, I am less impressed by virtuosity. Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen 2011-08-12T13:09:23Z It’s a work for 12 dancers to whom she’s drawn, she said, for their “expressive virtuosity.” A Choreographer Who Connects With Stones and Trees 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z William Towers was forceful, even if his virtuosity never quite took off. RSNO/McGegan review 2011-01-05T21:46:00Z But in their free skate program, set to Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, Ms. Papadakis and Mr. Cizeron expanded the idea of virtuosity with the way they completely tuned in to each other. French Olympic Ice Dancers Make Skating as Ethereal as Ballet 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z As in most concertos, Mr. van der Aa’s solo writing demands extreme virtuosity, which, of course, the charismatic Ms. Jansen dispatches with athletic ease. Review: Met Opera’s Next Maestro Energizes His Philadelphians 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In live takes around a microphone or two, rural pride meets casual virtuosity. The Year in Boxed Sets, From David Bowie to Weird Al 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z But the work’s trippy grandeur and over-the-top virtuosity come through no matter what. Review: Jaap van Zweden Returns to a Changed Philharmonic 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The first of them, the traditional Scottish “Regents Rant,” Savall dispatched — solo — with dazzling virtuosity on the bass viol. Brilliance from Jordi Savall, Hesperion XXI 2014-03-01T18:10:04Z And his astonishing technical virtuosity and musicality is often about what he doesn’t do. Colin Dunne Brings ?Out of Time? to Baryshnikov Arts Center 2011-10-16T04:00:08Z He’s a fabulous pianist — just complete control and virtuosity, very strong but very musical. \| Brad Mehldau: Pianists, Yes, but a Jazz Singer and Deep Metal, Too 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z Throughout, his clean tone and even-handed virtuosity put his instrument to the service of the orchestra at large. Beethoven sounds a defiant tone at the Bowl 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Of course, Antonioni’s ability to achieve what, in another context, Jean-Luc Godard called “the definitive by chance” is a mark of genius, of natural virtuosity. The Front Row: “The Vanquished” 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The bowed ensemble sound together against the plucked virtuosities of lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, harmonic suspensions clash in despair and resolve in consolation. Scottish Opera: The Flying Dutchman; Fretwork – review 2013-04-13T23:07:47Z Given the program’s conceptual breadth — it was something like Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival, condensed to just under two hours — you could almost have missed the sheer virtuosity of Ms. Beiser’s focused, richly nuanced playing. Music Review: East Meets Farther East When the Aural Mirrors the Visual 2011-03-14T23:00:14Z “The Newsroom” is still righteous and romantic, but the characters now compete less over virtue than over virtuosity. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom’ Returns, With Some New Faces and Issues 2013-07-12T21:33:38Z Those used to the dazzling solo virtuosity of Handel’s operas may find the aria parts in “Solomon” a tad sedate. Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Late one morning, in a rehearsal studio near Times Square, he expanded on the elements of virtuosity. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z Wang has made a career out of dazzling displays of virtuosity, including in the works she will perform this weekend. Yuja Wang, Daredevil Pianist, Takes on a Musical Everest 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The challenge for any rock trio that doesn't showcase raw virtuosity is how to stay interesting with unique textures and diverse material. Buffalo Killers score a bull's eye with '3' 2011-08-01T19:46:05Z Reading these stories, one feels honored to be in the presence of Johnson’s witty philosophical mind, and, not incidentally, stunned by the graceful virtuosity of his sentences. Short Stories That Travel the World From a Deliciously Off-Kilter Perspective 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The almost ominously immaculate quality of her playing was well suited to Mr. Adams’s dark fantasia, which offers virtuosity while staying — intentionally, I think — wary of its, and any, thrills. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z When the Venice Baroque Orchestra visited Zankel Hall a year ago, it showed off the virtuosity of its individual members and of the group as a whole. Music Review: Philippe Jaroussky Performs at Metropolitan Museum 2014-02-26T22:22:56Z Lee’s virtuosity never flags, and it also never gets wearying. The Great Unknown Movie of the Century So Far? Here’s Mine 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z It played down the work’s more obvious virtuosity; Altstaedt’s soft passages often seemed to project farther into the hall than his loud ones. Review \| National Symphony Orchestra considers the one and the many in program of Grieg, Dvorak and Nielsen 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z But as in the past, the orchestra’s virtuosity can sometimes seem to exist merely moment-to-moment, for its own sake. 10 Days at the Salzburg Festival, Music’s Disneyland 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The image-repertory is elaborate, as are the effects of lighting, but their intricacy offers no complexity; the movie reflects an empty virtuosity and a resonant vanity. The Tasteless Intricacies of “A Cure for Wellness” 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Ohlberg, Timothy Lynch and Harrison were well up to the challenge of the piece, which blended balletic virtuosity with flavors more dervishlike and feral. 'Men in Dance': Talent from Seattle and beyond 2012-10-13T17:16:05Z Mr. Trifonov played with an uncanny balance of tenderness and flair: Call it soft-spoken virtuosity. A Star Pianist Brings Soft-Spoken Virtuosity to Scriabin 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The lean, straightforward trio format and the tricky but frisky repertoire made an ideal showcase for Mitchell’s prodigious, playful virtuosity and Reid’s double duties of propulsion and melodic counterpoint. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, Mr. Buchla’s instruments represented what became known as the West Coast philosophy of electronic music: more experimental and less commercial, breaking away from tradition and virtuosity. Don Buchla, Inventor, Composer and Electronic Music Maverick, Dies at 79 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Frustrated, Elly ends up flying a kite with some of the children, resulting in a scene that showcases Farhadi's cinematic virtuosity. In 'About Elly,' genial fibs grow to an intense reality 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Other numbers like “Sloe Gin,” “If Heartaches Were Nickels” and “The Last Matador of Bayonne” typically extend into elongated minor-key blues jams that display his virtuosity. Concert Preview: Joe Bonamassa will rock the blues 2013-04-11T20:44:44Z But he never aspired to the ensemble virtuosity of the more commercially-driven orchestras of the day. He Was an Important Conductor. Also a Great One. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “Wings of Iron” unfolds gradually, displaying Uchizono’s ability to slowly highlight and magnify shards of hidden virtuosity in inventive, off-kilter steps. Review: Looking for a Hero? Hold on to These Dancers 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Here were pieces of popular culture coming together; what justified its place as the culminating act was the virtuosity of the players, and the way they seemed to have earned the crowd’s constant curiosity. A BRIC in Flux Turns Out an Intimate, Focused JazzFest 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Her virtuosity is extraordinary, but even more extraordinary is her expressive power. Violinist Leila Josefowicz is a powerful storyteller in John Adams' 'Scheherazade.2' 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Again, it opens well, with the dancers melded into strikingly sculpted shapes, but its fusion of vestigial ballet virtuosity and scrunched physical distortions tells us little about these men as dancers, or as personalities. Wayne McGregor/Random Dance – review 2012-11-23T15:47:17Z In the final pas de deux, Mr. Carreño — who doesn’t have the virtuosity he once did, but pulls off the part through showmanship and strong partnering — looks as complacent as he did in Act II. Dance Review: ?The Sleeping Beauty? From American Ballet Theater 2010-06-15T22:47:00Z "If I'm Not Home: Ron Cooper, A Jazz Life" captures the luster and virtuosity of Cooper's vocals, as well as the quiet desperation of his days and nights. The jazz singer: Telling a tragic tale on film 2011-02-21T14:21:00Z You marvel at, and think about, the sites instead of the virtuosity of his filmmaking, and listen to the people he interviews, what they say and what they pointedly don’t. ‘Earth’ Review: Humanity Is Digging Its Own Grave 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z But the slow pacing provides the viewer a chance to savor Fassbinder’s virtuosity. \| 'World on a Wire': Fassbinder?s Vibrating Sci-Fi Questions About Reality 2010-04-13T22:38:00Z Warhol was an artist-designer of tremendous virtuosity, and the temptation to demonstrate this by putting comparative works side by side must be hard to resist. Meet Warhol, Again, in This Brilliant Whitney Show 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z In Mr. Ehnes’s case there was plenty to enjoy — with the Kreisler notable for its dynamic subtleties and expressive shadings complimented by an effortless virtuosity. Music Review: The Violinist James Ehnes at Mostly Mozart?s ?Little Night Music? 2010-08-02T21:58:00Z These moments of simplicity are wonderfully threaded through this great spread of dance, as if to say that dance, though it can certainly include virtuosity, is also something for you and me. Dance Review: Cunningham and Cage?s ?Roaratorio,? a ?Legacy Tour? Revival 2010-06-07T22:15:00Z But the victory was about more than virtuosity. Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z But charisma is not virtuosity or intelligence or perceptive programming. A Gift From the Musical Gods 2011-08-17T14:36:45Z In both music and dance, this “Goldberg Variations” offers virtuosity and experience — of life, of the stage — resolved into simplicity. In France, a Festival Delivers the Essential: Dance to Audiences 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z That was just one of many displays of virtuosity from an orchestra of remarkable depth. Review: Venice and Vivaldi, Center Stage at the Metropolitan Museum 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z First there was Weber's Oberon overture, its misty opening coalescing into an allegro that whizzed by in a flurry of graceful virtuosity. Prom 6: OPRF/Chung ? review 2011-07-20T09:48:43Z One gallery of the current show recalls that event, and as with the wall of Manets, the paintings on view demonstrate Monet’s range, and virtuosity. Paul Durand-Ruel, the champion of the Impressionists 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Hadelich's encore, Paganini's Caprice No. 21 for Solo Violin, displayed plenty of virtuosity, as well as taste and feeling. L.A. Phil concert favors theatrics over polished music-making 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z And Mr. Zimmermann aced that cadenza, a true test of virtuosity. Review: The New York Philharmonic Offers Works by Modern Masters 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Over the course of three acts and two intermissions, the play segues seamlessly from one bit of expositional virtuosity to the next. Review \| With the opening of ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ Broadway just got smarter — and more exciting 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Grad’s writing, he adds, “is of a high order of virtuosity.” The magic lute: Baroque instrument gets electric update for world premiere 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Following Albee script to the letter, this crew acts out with uncommon virtuosity. 'Delicate Balance' teeters slightly but always fascinates 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z His energy, virtuosity, timing, sunniness and charm are all wonderfully vivid. Review: City Ballet’s ‘Harlequinade’ and ‘N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz’ Delve Into Human Nature 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Ethel’s distinction derives from a thoroughgoing virtuosity, a strong group identity that nevertheless encourages individuality, and the warmly inclusive embrace of their audience. Perspective \| A quartet named Ethel brings fresh ideas to town 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z We are in a world of artifice and illusion, confected from old-fashioned production-design virtuosity and newfangled digital hocus-pocus. Movie Review: ‘The Great Gatsby,’ Interpreted by Baz Luhrmann 2013-05-09T12:00:01Z It uses swing, blues, virtuosity, cuteness, directness and seldom wanders from a sense of tune. Music Review: Warren Wolf & Wolfpack at 92Y Tribeca - Review 2011-11-17T22:19:55Z Decorating each phase of this tap epic are the terrific moments in which the art’s rhythmical virtuosity seems to pass into Mr. Seibert’s own prose. Review: A Rigorous Tap Dancing Lesson in ‘What the Eye Hears’ 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Then it was a solo for the Apollonian ballet star David Hallberg that wittily played with the shortness of each of Britten’s Twelve Variations for piano and against an expectation of virtuosity. Review: Mark Morris’s Egalitarian Ethos and Top-Class Art 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Yet understudies and swings are always hired because they can do the role — or the many roles — with the virtuosity that Broadway demands. On Broadway, Newly Vital Understudies Step Into the Spotlight 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Bach’s own virtuosity translates to a different effect on the mandolin. Review: Chris Thile Is the God of Small Sounds 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor is not a work that flaunts virtuosity on the part of either soloist or orchestra. Music Review: Orchestral Extremes: From a Pizza Shop to Carnegie 2011-02-06T22:41:17Z His virtuosity is not quite enough to lift “The Devil’s Double” above its self-imposed limitations. \| 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z That was nothing, though, next to the eye-watering virtuosity of his first encore, an arrangement of a Bulgarian folk tune that zoomed among folk, rock and contemporary-music idioms with breathtaking fluidity. Review: Avi Avital and the Venice Baroque, in Sizzling Communion 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z That solo, though, followed close on an even more impressive feat: Haynes showing off his virtuosity by not playing. Roy Haynes dips into his fountain of youth at Blues Alley 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z His singing was interspersed with florid solos from members of the orchestra, so that the virtuosity spread across instruments and suggested a hero-singer of boundless gifts. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The insights afforded by her virtuosity meant that I was never tortured by “Tortured,” as many reviewers here seem to have been. How She Survives: Strategies for Women on London Stages 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The intricacy of the interweaving musical lines, the wonderfully dexterous and subtle playing, and the sheer virtuosity of Piccinini’s technique were all heightened by the clever manipulation of the images. What’s it like watching world premiere concerts online? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Nobody knows Liszt like Howard, and it shows in his performances of authentic virtuosity and epic range. The hot Liszt 2010-12-27T21:30:01Z Whistles of appreciation from the audience, traditional at tap shows, seemed intrusive here, though there was plenty of virtuosity. Dance Review: Michelle Dorrance and Dorrance Dance at St. Mark’s Church 2013-01-22T21:49:07Z She shows a genuine connection with British and American traditions, and she has the guitar virtuosity for arrangements that are resonant, intricate and propulsive. New Music: New Albums by Laura Marling, Terence Blanchard, Frankie J and Cecile McLorin Salvant 2013-05-27T21:56:34Z Gospel contains forces such singers might desire access to: virtuosity, resistance, belief, magic. Music Review: Sinead O’Connor in ‘Gospel Sessions’ at Lincoln Center 2013-07-28T21:36:14Z Few pianists flaunt their virtuosity less than she does, but it was all superbly managed. Mitsuko Uchida 2010-09-26T21:15:00Z A-Trak brought turntable virtuosity to the main stage in an afternoon set, applying it to more current styles, letting pop tunes emerge but also making them leap and stutter. Electric Zoo Returns Under Watchful Eyes 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z But Monk maintained a rough piano style and wrote tunes to reflect it; his virtuosity worked on a level that was more tonal, and more physical. At 100, Thelonious Monk Gets a Hero’s Celebration 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z David Greenspan, an actor and playwright with the charisma of a genial space alien, writes the kinds of plays that allow his eccentric virtuosity to shine. David Greenspan's 'Go Back to Where You Are': charmingly offbeat and yet off by a beat 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z His elevation to the top rank of pianists is due to his astonishing technical virtuosity, which marks his concerts with an aura of patrician athleticism that, in effect, sells his intellectual rigor. The Pianist Maurizio Pollini and the Shock of the Old 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z It wheels and gyrates and zips and pivots with a vertiginous wonder that declares, from the beginning, that Lucas had big visual ideas and was about to realize them with a heroically inventive virtuosity. What the Seven “Star Wars” Films Reveal About George Lucas 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The music Mr. Robertson and his orchestra offered at Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening — works by Debussy, Stravinsky and Kaija Saariaho — was inherently colorful, and there were scattered moments of sharply etched virtuosity. Music Review: St. Louis Symphony Led by David Robertson at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-11T22:03:42Z Instead, they present sinewy, hands-on virtuosity and knotty structures. black midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z It’s worth paying a few more dollars for 3-D: That newfangled format brings out the virtuosity of Mr. Miller’s old-school approach. Review: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: Still Angry After All These Years 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Denk's virtuosity is a thrill, killing and enlivening tradition at the same instant. At the Ojai Music Festival, Classical style takes a turn 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s a trove of untamed three-minute dispatches from distant places and eras, full of raw voices, rough-hewed virtuosity and startling structures. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z During these sessions, skeptics were impressed with Masters’s crisp authority and technical virtuosity. The ’60s were “the decade of orgasmic preoccupation”: Even suburban housewives were emboldened by Masters and Johnson’s “Human Sexual Response” 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Yet in the classical world they are starting to be joined with some frequency to describe two players who, in very different ways, combine virtuosity on an instrument with generous helpings of onstage charisma. Review: Avi Avital and the Venice Baroque, in Sizzling Communion 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Hiromi is back for round two on a smaller stage with her trio, wowing them with amiable virtuosity. ArtsBeat: At Newport, Rain Rules the Day 2011-08-07T22:20:30Z Tate’s work lacks any obvious effort at virtuosity, but his central obsession — that chaos, often delivered at the hands of the natural world, is forever intruding on the mundane — will shake you. New & Noteworthy 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z With his contrarian bent, rejection of traditional virtuosity and a taste for the absurd, Satie seems to have prefigured Dada. Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z In two works that, in very different ways, place an emphasis on virtuosity and swagger, the ORF band is not quite a match for either Blomstedt's San Francisco Symphony or Fischer's Budapest Festival Orchestra. Bartók: Kossuth; Concerto for Orchestra, etc – review 2013-04-04T20:00:01Z The material for the children in the same waltz has real charm; the Act III pas de quatre has high-level virtuosity. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z Instead, she unleashed her virtuosity in intricate vocalizations and gleeful explosions of noise, electronically distorted, which she drew from all manner of instruments, objects and body parts — even the knees of a front-row listener. Review: Claire Chase Explores the Flute’s Possibilities 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Shifting his color palette for each setting of Muddy’s life, Turk captures the legendary musician’s proud originality with his own dazzling virtuosity on the page, incorporating materials including old newspaper clippings, printer’s ink and paint. The Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z It’s a white elephant of a movie that conceals a mouse of timid wisdom, a mighty and churning machine of virtuosity that delivers a work of utterly familiar and unoriginal drama. “Birdman” Never Achieves Flight 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z His Concerto is a substantial work written in sumptuous, late Romantic language that Sibelius would recognise, but with a fearsome technical virtuosity he possibly wouldn't. BBC Philharmonic/Storgards/Hardenberger – review 2013-02-03T16:54:28Z Most of the time Miller produced an impressive haze of swirling virtuosity, with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as the inspired slow, quiet bit. Originality enlivens the birthday party for Hurricane Mama 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z In classical music, for instance, the pianist Maurizio Pollini’s crystalline virtuosity in the studio doesn’t prepare a listener for the daring, even reckless feats of musical imagination on which he tests that virtuosity in concert. John Coltrane Live: A Playlist 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z And as she explained in a recent interview with The New York Times, she is fascinated by technical virtuosity, though not the conventional kind. New York Philharmonic Presents an Unsuk Chin Premiere 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Poetry, clarity, virtuosity and intelligence were there in abundance, in a reading that was remarkable for the variety of touch and dynamics. Pianist Lewis, maestro Denève keep audience on edge of seats 2014-04-18T18:24:56Z Sleep, death and desire turn up over and over across these pages, but dark as they are, Knott’s poems evince joyful wordplay and linguistic virtuosity. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z They can forge dancers of great versatility and virtuosity, and today, alumni dot the ranks of elite college dance programs, renowned dance companies and buzzy Hollywood projects. Sequins and Soul-Searching in the Competitive Dance World 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z And their jaw-dropping virtuosity made it all seem like . . . well, child’s play. Who knew a cathedral of sound could be build from Sandbox Percussion? 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Here, in chronological order, are the performances this year that most memorably provided what I’m seeking from and through music: excitement, virtuosity, thoughtfulness, a sense of connection to past, present, even future. The Best Classical Music of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Though it’s easy to focus on Lamar’s pure virtuosity, he’s also forged an undeniable connection with audiences. Kendrick Lamar’s Damn Tour comes to the Tacoma Dome 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z With this production’s accent on virtuosity, weaknesses stand out. A show of virtuosos, ‘Swan Lake’ shimmers with strong women 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Piñeiro’s quiet virtuosity, which binds the movie’s relentless energy to intimate discoveries, is giddily thrilling. Standouts from the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The rubato was so cohesive, the entire ensemble following Dutoit’s every gesture, but the effect was less about virtuosity than subtle coloristic effects. Geneva orchestra at Kennedy Center shines with Debussy, Stravinsky 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z This lightning shift between registers is just one example of Bennett’s relaxed virtuosity. In Alan Bennett’s Diaries, Life’s Pleasures Alongside Civic Outrage 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z And his is an impulsive virtuosity, always giving the impression of rediscovering, recomposing a work in the act of performance. Prom Math: One Night, Five Prokofiev Concertos 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It’s a wonderful group, with dancers capable of embodying joy and pathos, all the while equipped with unassuming virtuosity. Dancing at Paul Taylor, a New Generation Finds Its Footing 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The rocket fuel that propels these abrupt plot twists past the slightest suspicion of implausibility is the author’s trademark narrative virtuosity and high-octane erudition. Edmund White’s High-Octane Saga of Twin Sisters and 1950s Texas 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z He was known in particular for his technical virtuosity, the beauty and flexibility of his tone and a deep musical understanding that was rooted in his fealty to the composer’s original intent. Jacob Lateiner, Pianist and Scholar, Dies at 82 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z It’s as if Berio were interrogating his own dedication to virtuosity. Review: Ensemble Signal’s Musicians Do Solo Turns in ‘Theatricals’ 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Of course virtuosity is an important part of ballet — who isn’t thrilled by physical feats and daring? Dance Review: Here, Some Promising Young Dancers, There, Some Well-Seasoned Pros 2011-03-23T21:29:04Z The Prokofiev sonata established the tone of the recital: tremendous virtuosity, tonal variety and sheer firepower. Jon Kimura Parker’s ‘Rite’ packed with power \| Classical review 2013-05-09T17:32:36Z One technical glitch on Tuesday set into relief the general virtuosity of timing and coordination. Review: Dorrance Dance, Where Tap and Computers Intersect 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z He's about to view the first footage of his ballet Men Y Men, a celebration of the poetry and virtuosity of male dancing, which is being filmed in for TV. 3D dance takes a great leap forward 2010-09-28T21:15:00Z But his songs are fascinating and unwieldy: shifting with little predictability among folk melody, recitative and concert aria virtuosity, sometimes from verse to verse. Review: A Recital Brings Together Two Schubert Masters 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The others, for all their undoubted virtuosity, come across as little more than the creations of a diversity committee. Political Mother 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z On Friday he played with unflashy fluidity and clarity, the best kind of virtuosity. Music Review: Conceptually Challenging in Familiar Repertory 2011-03-06T22:46:11Z The pro bono appointment shows Ms. Massenet’s astonishing virtuosity. British Fashion Gets a Web Dynamo 2013-02-04T11:43:14Z This is what virtuosity should do — leave you knock-kneed, perform the unthinkable. ‘Amazing Grace’: How Aretha Franklin Took Us All to Church 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z His playing offers sparkling virtuosity; unaffected, highly musical phrasing; and thoughtful interpretations blessedly free of mannerism. Pianist Steven Lin sets bar high for Washington Performing Arts’ new season His playing was brilliant but risky and on the edge, without any of the slick virtuosity you often encounter from virtuoso violinists in this audience favorite. Music Review \| San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Carnegie Hall Concerts Mix Mahler and Kissine 2010-03-29T04:39:00Z “It’s not music that’s virtuosic for virtuosity’s sake — which is something I’m not really interested in, as a pianist or a composer,” he said. For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z "It is a very complete picture, the technical virtuosity is striking," said Valette. Salvador Dalí portrait of Mona Bismarck up for auction at Sotheby's 2013-01-27T18:00:03Z El Sistema "can develop individual musicians of tremendous virtuosity and at the same time develop music for all these children," Tunstall said. LA takes baton as flagship for youth orchestras 2011-11-13T16:03:17Z The visual effects and cinematography in low-budget films, such as Gareth Edwards' "Monsters," which was shot for about $500,000, unfold with virtuosity and intensity. Indie writer-director of post-9/11 thriller 'Retina' a multitasking whiz 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z In all his sonatas Brahms made the pianist an equal if not dominant partner, and Mr. Golan, with the piano lid wide open, challenged Mr. Rachlin with his fire, virtuosity and sheer amplitude. Music in Review: Julian Rachlin and Itamar Golan at 92nd Street Y 2012-12-09T23:04:01Z The score's soft and softer passages, with subdued climaxes, showed Ohlsson's virtuosity in a quieter mode. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson packs Disney Hall for a thrilling, sometimes punishing, performance 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Flamboyant virtuosity and a toffee-smooth voice encompassing inky low notes are the weapons of choice for this countertenor on an album of dazzling arias by Nicola Porpora, a Neapolitan opera composer and rival of Handel. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The music was closely identified with the common people, but the composers and musicians who took it up were sophisticated practitioners who brought a distinctive virtuosity to the pieces. Why mariachi music matters in the age of Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z But he offered far more than mere virtuosity, which is now common among young pianists showing ever more dazzling technique. Music Review: Daniil Trifonov in Piano Debut With New York Philharmonic 2012-10-01T21:49:39Z And yet the result is similar, in its relentless virtuosity, its employment of the extremes of the keyboard, its unpredictable changes of speed and dynamic, to some of the most systematised music ever conceived. A guide to John Cage's music 2012-08-13T12:13:37Z Butt's virtuosity in the extraordinary flourishes of the solo cadenza was almost nonchalant and, throughout the evening, all his vast authority was imparted with a humility worthy of Bach himself. OAE/Butt – review 2013-03-26T18:19:20Z Mr. Sorey insists in a program note that this is a “non-certo,” without a traditional concerto’s overt virtuosity, contrasting tempos or vivid interplay between soloist and ensemble. Tyshawn Sorey: The Busiest Composer of the Bleakest Year 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z These days, however, when it comes to perfume, virtuosity also is a form of advanced scientific and chemical experimentation. Books of Style: Two Books on Perfume ? Review 2011-11-16T17:06:02Z The promise of the show's opening number "Magic to Do" was lived up to with Houdini-esque virtuosity. 'Pippin' brings big-top wonders to Hollywood Pantages 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z There are no shrinking violets in Mr. Ferver’s manic imagination; here, he aims his razor-sharp wit and choreographic precision on the lives and virtuosity of four queer performers. Dance Listings for the Fall Season and Beyond 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The puppets play the the subsidiary characters, supplemented by the actors’ virtuosity and the audience’s imagination. A puppet version of Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' is modest success 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z In both standup and song, this is a boy faintly sickened by his own virtuosity, by the glibness of comedy and the egotism implicit in art. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z In the “Swan Lake” pas de deux, Ms. Boylston found time to use her music expressively even within virtuosity; acute details of incidental footwork were as telling as the big bravura moments. Critic’s Notebook: The Vail International Dance Festival Turns 25 2013-08-04T21:58:01Z It was one of those rare performances where player and music seem one – a definition of virtuosity. Don Pasquale; BBC Proms 6 & 8 – review 2013-07-20T23:05:54Z The 1966 win was unexpected, a happy coming together of “spirit, virtuosity and tactical organisation”, according to Mr Winter. The time of their lives 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Jazz-rock fusion, as pioneered by previous lineups of Return to Forever in the 1970s, glorifies confrontational virtuosity. Music Review: Jazz Fusion Heroes of the 1970s Resurrect Their Intricate Dynamics 2011-08-14T21:20:13Z There was virtuosity but little ostentation in the playing, no hint of ingratiating an audience. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z On their fourth album, “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love,” released on July 13, this San Francisco metal band sounds almost tender: Layers of delicate, jam-ready arpeggios organically evolve into displays of intense, all-systems-go virtuosity. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Their common language of casual virtuosity — on fiddle, mandolin, banjo and guitar — found traction in a repertory suitable for the Grand Ole Opry. Review: Ry Cooder, Ricky Skaggs and the Whites, a Roots-Music Celebration 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Eighth Blackbird commissioned all four of these pieces in recent years, spotlighting not only the group’s virtuosity but also their crucial role as a catalyst for new music. Review \| Eighth Blackbird exhibits 8 colorful sketches in modern music at National Gallery 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z But the virtuosity demanded by these variations is unrelenting. Goldberg Variations/Fretwork ? review 2011-03-08T18:30:37Z Dancing Swanilda, the 's flirty, feisty heroine, she gets to show off her unique and astonishing range – from snub-nosed ingenue to grand ballerina, with all shades of spinning virtuosity and cute mischief in between. Bolshoi: Copp?lia 2010-07-23T20:30:00Z Vivaldi’s operas demand virtuosity of the singers at least on par with that required of violinists in his concertos. The music of ‘Catone in Utica’ conquers the night 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Montero dispatched it, and the succeeding three movements, with a scintillating virtuosity that was more than equal to the music's formidable technical demands. Pianist Gabriela Montero combines classical improv with a spicy Latin beat 2011-02-05T15:53:00Z “I discovered the brilliant virtuosity, the extreme obsession, his interest in Eastern music, the discovery of the saxophone as a speaking voice.” Coltrane by De Keersmaeker, Freewheeling but Structure Intact 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z It was the get-up for a circus, a carnival or a kiddie show, and Tune-Yards offered something of them all, along with snappy virtuosity and messages that veered between whimsy and socially conscious sloganeering. Music Review: Tune-Yards Promotes Her New Album at Rough Trade Records 2014-05-08T21:55:13Z In the first movie, Ms. Streep luxuriated in a mode other than technical virtuosity. Review: ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Takes a Detour and Loses Its Kick 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Her fellow singing violinist, Eden MacAdam-Somer, brought astonishing virtuosity and raw expression to three “Rumi Songs” that drew on classical and bluegrass violin traditions as well as a wide range of vocal techniques. Music Review: Carla Kihlstedt at the New York Festival of Song 2012-11-17T00:26:28Z And that virtuosity was expressed through epic poetry, music and dance, as well as athleticism. Edinburgh festival director Jonathan Mills extends his contract until 2014 2011-02-03T13:58:56Z Playing Colin's original works from inception has also reinforced Brooklyn Rider's conviction that penetrating the content of a composition is at least as important as technical virtuosity. Brooklyn Rider: String quartet goes all over the map 2012-01-27T19:00:07Z But the stars are the puppets, built and manipulated by members of Blind Summit Theater with dazzling virtuosity. Gotham Chamber Opera’s ‘El Gato con Botas’ 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z His playing was commendable for its fluidity and virtuosity, distinguished by both a fleet-fingered lightness and a rich timbre. Istvan Vardai Plays Bach at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Consonants took on a life of their own in Aaron Cassidy’s “I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips,” a work that requires extraordinary virtuosity on the part of the vocalist. Music Review: The Ensemble Ekmeles at Roulette in Brooklyn 2013-01-25T22:12:21Z And section for section, the orchestra played with a virtuosity and unity that are prerequisites for that kind of performance. Music Review: The Brahms Behind the Schoenberg 2011-04-11T20:30:33Z “Absolute Zero,” in contrast, doubles down on piano virtuosity and musical intricacies: odd meters, polytonality, bustling counterpoint. Bruce Hornsby’s New Album Is Complex and Untrendy. That’s Why It’s So Good. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z For all his virtuosity, Mr. Bishop didn’t come across as a show-off: He was just giving each tune what it required. Sir Richard Bishop Offers Solos at the Issue Project Room 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z “Fat People Skate Well. A Cardboard Cabaret,” on the other hand, takes an impossibly complex idea and makes it work through sheer virtuosity. A Quirky Parisian Festival Refinds Its Footing 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z And even when his rhymes are at their most inspired, I found myself admiring the virtuosity more than I was laughing. Abandoman 2010-08-16T14:49:00Z Mr. Valdés has long been a pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity. Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z Like his peer Tom Stoppard, Mr. Frayn is known for his cool intellectual virtuosity, but his admirers are less likely to celebrate his heart. \| 'Benefactors': Discord Among the Best of Married Friends 2011-04-13T22:25:29Z Accordingly, the performance showed not only virtuosity, intelligence and imagination but also extraordinary passion. Colonial Roots at Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C. 2010-05-30T22:11:00Z The Vienna Philharmonic plays for him with astonishing virtuosity: strings of tactile fullness; tangy winds; bursts of ideally round and peppery brasses. Review: Anna Netrebko Sings Her First ‘Aida’ in Salzburg 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The band’s sound was equally influenced by punk and heavy metal, and blended technical virtuosity with fierce, high-speed tempos. Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49 2013-05-02T23:22:00Z Despite this initial facetiousness, Aaronovitch acclaimed a book he found "technically accomplished, brilliantly written, full of wit and virtuosity". Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2011-03-26T00:05:39Z Experimental in form, and vernacular in style, her work is distinguished not only by her virtuosity as a writer but by her fearlessness, her refusal to accept orthodoxies. Habits of the House by Fay Weldon – review 2012-08-03T21:55:02Z All spitfire energy, she showed a remarkable virtuosity that still left room for aching lyricism. Spitfire Fiddling: The Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z But this program, largely with him performing solo, shows that as a dancer he is not working himself with the full rigor, force or virtuosity he employed while with the Cunningham troupe. Dance Review: Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2012-08-02T21:53:05Z His thumb-slapping electric bass technique is the first and last thing that confronts a listener on “Renaissance,” framing the album as an object lesson in the temptations of virtuosity. New Music: Releases From Kurt Feldman, Elle Varner and Marcus Miller 2012-08-06T22:24:05Z Consistent hallmarks are the vigor of his writing and the virtuosity it demands of its interpreters. CD Review: Avner Dorman: Concertos 2010-05-13T14:42:00Z Together the pieces evoke a kind of movement meditation, the artists challenging and expanding notions of physicality and virtuosity while celebrating the beauty and wisdom of all bodies. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z There could be no more impressive demonstration of modern orchestral virtuosity at its committed best than this performance, which at the end brought a faint smile from even the normally dour Dutchman himself. Haitink's Mahler 9th makes superb season finale for CSO 2011-06-03T17:59:36Z Hiromi is on tour alone in support of “Spectrum,” her new solo-piano album, which puts her energy and virtuosity on open display. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z He rises magnificently to the challenges of act two, dancing with a virtuosity that's free of vanity and emotional bombast. Bolshoi: Serenade/Giselle 2010-07-27T20:30:00Z But by the final Allegro, with its concerto-grossolike flights of virtuosity, there was a sense of exhaustion both onstage and in the auditorium. Music Review: Marlboro Chamber Ensemble in Peoples’ Concert Series 2014-04-09T21:19:01Z The virtuosity Wilson lavishes on a composer he is determined to restore to stature is stunning, no matter how many times you hear it. Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The scene of his mother, in particular, captures her vulnerability in a way that transcends the virtuosity of the photo collage. Review \| The new David Hockney exhibition shows why he was such an art-world rebel 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Mills fell into a cross-generational scene of musicians in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles, and word of his unconventional virtuosity began to spread. Blake Mills Releases His Second Album, ‘Heigh Ho’ 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z But for all the performers' virtuosity and Lloyd and Brandstrup's conceptual deftness, I found myself wondering more than once whether the staged action added to our appreciation of Coleridge's gothically descriptive words. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Kooza/Cirque du Soleil – review 2013-01-13T00:05:32Z The characters are even more fascinatingly suspended between childlike ingenuousness and accomplished virtuosity than those in Mr. Ratmansky’s “Pictures.” City Ballet Presents ‘Pictures From an Exhibition’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Hearing Weilerstein’s easy, unforced virtuosity and her spectacular command of musical details in the concerto was a revelation. How does watching a Seattle Symphony concert from home compare to a live concert? 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z In a band so heavy on virtuosity, he’s touchingly mortal. Music Review: Van Halen at Madison Square Garden 2012-02-29T10:18:40Z Where, you might wonder, are the extravagant flights of fancy and displays of technical virtuosity you find abounding in Chinese art from the same centuries? Art Review: Refined Restraint in ‘Treasures from Korea,’ in Philadelphia 2014-03-20T12:00:02Z His knack for melody and gorgeous harmonies coupled with his amazing sense of rhythm and virtuosity on acoustic guitar should make him a household name, no matter what language he's speaking. New band of the day (Ásgeir 1,553) 2013-07-15T15:17:37Z “His virtuosity is worthy of the gods,” Igor Stravinsky said. Green Book: the true story behind the Oscar-buzzed road trip drama 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Regus is the latest in a line of roles in which Waltz deploys an unshowy virtuosity: He does a lot with little. Christoph Waltz Has Some Thoughts 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The part, relying more on lyrical expansion than coloratura virtuosity, was a good fit for Fleming. When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But he soon crossed paths with Spielberg, a director less than a year his senior, whose eruption of precocious virtuosity was perhaps the most dazzling Hollywood had seen since Orson Welles. Richard Dreyfuss: 'I was a bad guy for a number of years' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z On a record you can hear someone's taste and dexterity and virtuosity, but that's all you hear. Hugh Laurie loosens up in continued visit to house of American music 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z His virtuosity as a picturemaker and an actor’s director almost validates that assumption. Django Unchained: Tarantino Frees the Slaves 2012-12-12T16:04:56Z Mr. Sands reeled off a solo of such hot-dogging virtuosity that the only proper response was to gasp or holler, as some in the crowd did. Music Review: Christian McBride Trio at the Village Vanguard 2012-12-14T23:18:18Z Considering Michelle Dorrance’s virtuosity as a dancer — which in her medium, tap, is really a type of musician — perhaps it’s not surprising that she also sings and plays the bass. Review: Michelle Dorrance Happily Shares the Spotlight 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Over the steady beat of a drum, Mr. Hope’s bow blurred over his instrument in a feat of impressive virtuosity. Music Review: No Musicians Harmed in Playing This Concert 2010-12-14T06:08:55Z His white-hot virtuosity is tempered by coolheaded thinking and lyrical sensitivity. Yes, We Need (Yet) Another Rachmaninoff Recording 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Silversmiths aimed to exhibit their wit and virtuosity, not just the raw value of white metal. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z Listening to his words spoken aloud in a theatrical setting is both rewarding and exhausting; his virtuosity is both invigorating and a little stunning, in the sense of leaving you dazed and disoriented. Theater Review: David Foster Wallace Inspires Piece at Chocolate Factory 2012-03-25T21:57:25Z An indefatigably peripatetic musician, he played hundreds of shows every year, filled with virtuosity and wisecracks. Bob Brozman, Guitarist, Is Dead at 59 2013-05-02T00:36:58Z These places were theatres of humiliation, or small-scale virtuosity. The Vanished Music Stores of New York City’s Forty-Eighth Street 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z She kept the orchestra on its toes in her crackling interpretation, notable for her ever impressive virtuosity and powerful, sometimes steely-edged tone. Music Review: Pairing Wolfgangs From Two Eras 2010-11-19T22:50:00Z Warning, though: Not even the snarkiest older sibling has anything on the caustic virtuosity of Oscar Levant, who serves as a vital counterpoint to the weightless joys of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Movie Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The New York Philharmonic has prized a virtuosity that edges, for better or worse, into brashness. How the L.A. Phil Can Stay on Top of the Orchestra World 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The performance has a smooth virtuosity that plays down the gimmickry and illuminates how Macbeth’s mind is a tangled nest of both noble and evil impulses. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z His virtuosity has lured star performers from other disciplines. A life in dance: Akram Khan 2010-09-27T07:00:00Z The film’s virtuosity is evident in every frame, but this is virtuosity without self-aggrandizement. ‘Oppenheimer’ Review: A Man for Our Time 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z This gently dignified piece, with childlike simplicity and few extremes, all but dares its soloist to achieve majesty at a whisper, to only suggest virtuosity. Review: Mozart’s Requiem Gets a Fresh Spin at the Philharmonic 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Bartok’s Rhapsody for Cello and Piano, a transcription of his First Rhapsody for Violin and Piano, extends Brahms’s preoccupations with melodious virtuosity and folk-dance borrowings, though shot through with odd, eerie harmonies. Music Review: Steven Isserlis at the 92nd Street Y 2013-01-28T22:31:28Z The disconnect between these perspectives accounts for the memoir’s air of anxious virtuosity. Carmen Maria Machado’s Many Haunted Stories of a Toxic Relationship 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Another thread that runs brightly through the book concerns virtuosity, and Chopin’s place in a music scene dominated by stage animals. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z And in every innovation — more flowing drapery, more dynamic movement, more lifelike faces and hands — Verrocchio set the bar for virtuosity that his students tried to ape and exceed. In ‘Verrocchio,’ Leonardo’s Master Is the Star 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Her crisp arrangements balance frenetic virtuosity with an overarching reflective mood. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z As those rhymes in Burnham's Catholic Rap imply, he's about more than virtuosity. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z Beyoncé made the better and more ambitious record by any accounting, but Academy members are famously conservative voters; they tend to favor old indicators of virtuosity, authenticity, and tradition. The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z People are quick to cite his brilliance, legendary work ethic — the man didn't sleep — and virtuosity. How Minneapolis made Prince 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Even as a student he was recognised for his exceptional beauty of sound and virtuosity, giving BBC broadcasts and concerts all over the north of England. Raymond Cohen obituary 2011-03-22T18:23:06Z To those of us with more scientific interests, we are left wondering how Le Pétomane would have fared if he had turned his virtuosity to buttspeak— speaking through his rectum. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z Birbiglia’s virtuosity as a narrator is very real, giving him full control over the evening and the audience’s reactions. ‘The Old Man & the Pool’ Review: Wading Into Mike Birbiglia’s Comfort Zone 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Although the recordings were not immediately successful, they heralded the "cool jazz" that would prove popular with musicians dissatisfied with the formulaic nature of bebop and its emphasis on virtuosity. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Marciano writes with such authority and storytelling virtuosity that incidents like these feel less like narrative contrivances than the sort of startling coincidences randomly tossed up by the wheel of life. Books of The Times: No Safe Harbor for Travelers in ‘The Other Language’ 2014-03-30T21:47:39Z Schumann and Saint-Saëns offered a showcase for Mr. Bell’s gleaming tone and virtuosity. Music Review \| Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk: Inflections: Proustian and Jazzy 2010-02-25T22:01:00Z And that’s the funny thing: He’s rhyming about what it feels like to go flying off the rails with a virtuosity that suggests he’s incapable of losing control. Review \| Is Kendrick Lamar the greatest of all time? (Don’t ask. Listen.) 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Part of what animates his practice is a belief that sheer virtuosity is an antidote to pity and marginalization. An Artist Who Doesn’t Want to Feed Western Fantasies About Africa 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Liszt's aphoristic thoughts on desire and God had a drastic simplicity, as if both passion and virtuosity were all spent. Boesch/Martineau ? review 2011-04-04T21:00:01Z Here, Feltsman never put a foot wrong, his virtuosity complementing a musical imagination that always felt natural. Vladimir Feltsman, formidable pianist in program of Schumann, Mussorgsky 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z This imaginative five-movement work, inspired by texts by the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus, is billed as a “meditation on virtuosity, freak shows, entertainment, spectacle, business and the sacrifices one makes to survive in the world.” Classical Music & Opera Listings for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Always wunderkinder of virtuosity, Cunningham’s dancers had to be as intellectually brainy as they were physically smart. When Merce Cunningham Took On a New Collaborator: The Computer 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Sales’s warmth and virtuosity especially shone in “Symphonic Variations.” Review \| Washington Ballet’s ‘Mixed Masters’ program marks growth of company 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Academy voters sometimes use technical virtuosity — as well as genre and “seriousness” — to rationalize their choices. Will the Oscars Get as Nostalgic as Hollywood Did in 2019? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z His quietly charismatic approach combines scholarship and nonchalant virtuosity, but his sheer expressivity was a revelation. Accademia Bizantina/Dantone – review 2012-06-26T15:00:01Z Similarly, the Ballade from Ysaÿe's Sonata in D minor Op 27 is an ideal vehicle for displaying virtuosity and expressive tone. Tasmin Little ? review 2010-12-01T22:40:00Z There was also an animalistic quality to the beginning of Ravel’s “Tzigane,” which Ms. Jansen attacked with ferocity, embracing this showstopping feat of virtuosity like a dare. Janine Jansen and Itamar Golan Balance Power and Nuance at Zankel Hall 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z But both Teddy’s mind and the world of Shutter Island are closed, airless systems, illuminated with flashes of virtuosity but with no particular heat, conviction or purpose. Movie Review \| 'Shutter Island': All at Sea, Surrounded by Red Herrings 2010-02-18T15:49:00Z Between the two performances Mr. Frost exhibited a virtuosity and a musicianship unsurpassed by any clarinetist — perhaps any instrumentalist — in my memory. Music Review: Martin Frost, Clarinetist, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2013-12-09T21:54:32Z It took unmatched skill, and across his career, Prince’s virtuosity felt like an expression of commitment to his idealism. We’ve lost Prince, our single greatest pop star 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z On the single Jump, keyboard chords ground the song but an improvised, high energy electric guitar solo reminds the listener of Van Halen's virtuosity as he leads the band into a Bach-inspired, keyboard fantasy. With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Some things necessarily fall by the wayside in that process: virtuosity, stagecraft, exuberance, respite from the respite. Music Review: Jack Johnson Stops at Madison Square Garden 2010-07-16T21:36:00Z The most difficult works, found towards the end, are technically demanding, short compositions of some virtuosity. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z Whether he’s riding a New Orleans second-line beat, or tossing in classical-piano flourishes, or splintering a soul song into avant-garde jazz, or radically reconstructing a Professor Longhair standard, his virtuosity is a force of nature. Pop Picks for New Year’s Eve in New York 2013-12-26T23:11:43Z Despite his lack of technical virtuosity, his work does explore, or at least play around with, the nature of . Raoul de Keyser obituary 2012-10-14T15:40:33Z The battle scenes are staged with blunt, ground-level virtuosity, and with a welcome regard for spatial and visual coherence. Movie Review: ‘Fury' Has Brad Pitt Killing Nazis Again 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z With brief solos passed around as Dunford introduced the musicians, the mood turned more jazz club than recital hall — with a relaxed charm that felt, after an evening of virtuosity, entirely earned. Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z An intoxicatingly expressionist Shakespeare adaptation dense in fog and shadow, Coen’s “Macbeth” is a solo debut from a filmmaker whose visual virtuosity has never been so starkly drawn in sound and fury. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z But this too was a commanding performance, with virtuosity aplenty yet no empty display. Music in Review 2011-02-20T23:48:45Z The illusion of rehearsal has endlessly rich possibilities in theater; Mr. Neenan merely sketches a few uncoordinated possibilities of glamour, virtuosity, musicality. Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘A Program of Firsts,’ a Tricky Triple Bill 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The robotic plotting leaches the inventive energy from Rodriguez’s direction; the churning and pompous virtuosity of the action sequences show off expensive toys rather than their inventive use. “Alita: Battle Angel,” Reviewed: A Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron Robot Film with Too Much “Titanic” in Its DNA 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z His choice of cadenzas — he played Joseph Joachim’s — suited the subtle virtuosity of his approach to the work as a whole. Music Review: Gil Shaham and Pablo Heras-Casado at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-04T20:23:00Z That began to change in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as artists like van Gogh, Picasso and countless others shifted the focus from technical virtuosity to the expression of individual sensibility and intellect. Review: ‘Richard Estes: Painting New York City’ Features Works in Abstract Realism 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z His concert highlighted both formidable virtuosity and stylistic sensitivity. A young virtuoso makes his D.C. debut 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z The rocketing scherzo with its syncopations sounded like a natural fit for Carpenter’s aggressive virtuosity, but the finale splintered inconclusively, with soloist and orchestra failing to unite in a common point. Review \| NSO gets off to an energetic, all-American start 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Bleak House is Dickens’ grandest, most virtuosic achievement, but with all that grandeur and virtuosity it still makes me cry for Esther Summerson. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 1: Bleak House 2012-02-07T09:59:35Z In “Anthem,” Ms. Djordevich pushes back against those edicts by embracing “theatricality, virtuosity and sass” through a mix of various dance styles and repetitive movements that grow in complexity before dissolving in chaos. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The idea is to show very creative artists, with artisanal virtuosity, the choice of the best stones, with the aim of making jewelry eternal, international and universal.” Parisian Exhibit Reveals Secrets of Fine Jewelry Making 2012-11-27T13:30:19Z This was virtuosity of the highest order, though he made no show of it: His stage manner throughout was one of elegant restraint and dispatch. From Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Sonatas and Partitas 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Five children are born — each, thanks to Smiley's virtuosity, profoundly distinct from the others. Jane Smiley brings 'Some Luck' to readers 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Lizzo’s real-time virtuosity and full-time exuberance are welcome correctives, along with her willingness to reclaim funk, soul and gospel, to fill her recordings with live-sounding instruments and to balance self-aggrandizement with campy amusement. Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Shankar's distinction as a sitar player was his brilliant virtuosity, creativity and vast range of musicianship. Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies 2012-12-12T07:46:00Z You hear beautiful technique on this album, but not much in the way of virtuosity. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-05-16T19:58:50Z It's a symbol: he is a soldier of music virtuosity. Sebastien Tellier on Eurovision 2012-05-25T23:03:00Z The track starts off with one of the most famous clarion calls in music, one of the most famous licks in the world: Louis Armstrong, exhibiting pure genius and virtuosity, all alone for 12 seconds. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Working in the stride tradition, Mr. Sportiello showed technical virtuosity to echo that of Art Tatum. Music Review: Rossano Sportiello Pays Tribute to George Shearing 2013-06-16T21:32:51Z Riding Into Carnegie Hall on a Masterpiece by Bach Piano competitions are often criticized for favoring empty virtuosity over originality and introspection. Music Review: The Honens Winner Minsoo Sohn Performs at Zankel Hall 2012-10-09T22:01:37Z The live version, with Sullivan accompanied only by electric guitar and backup singers, matches virtuosity to vehemence as she switches among long swoops, cascading runs, quick jazzy syllables and wide leaps. Jazmine Sullivan Ponders Love and Materialism on ‘Heaux Tales’ 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Unlike Heifetz, Lewis brings his flayed vulnerability, his childhood crises, to the fore of his displays of virtuosity. Childlike Stars 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z What you hear in a scene like this is a kind of careless virtuosity. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z But this doesn’t really diminish the virtuosity on display even a little bit. Spelling bees make trolls of us all 2013-06-01T15:00:00Z Today the Ailey dancers are sleek, athletic masters of the universe, and the pieces routinely draw midmovement applause and cheers for moments of virtuosity. Dance Review: Voodoo, Vivid Colors and Strange Visions 2010-12-08T23:56:00Z If there's a philosophic point to be made, it's that if you look at the very origins of the Olympic Games they weren't merely sporting competitions, they were celebrations of virtuosity. Edinburgh festival director Jonathan Mills extends his contract until 2014 2011-02-03T13:58:56Z Orchestrated with the forces of maximal Romantic grandeur, the Rachmaninoff concerto tends to overpower soloists — who, denied a traditional cadenza in the first movement, must often settle for hand-cramping virtuosity that hardly anyone can hear. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z But where the ensemble showed its qualities most acutely — the beauty of the strings, the sheer virtuosity among other instruments — was in the standard orchestral literature in the second program, on Monday. Daniel Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Delivers 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z This multiplicity connects to the overlapping dance rhythms that have already become part of the choreography, and to the fluent intersection of naturalistic social behavior and dance virtuosity that gives this piece its special flavor. Critic?s Notebook: A Galaxy of Ballet Stars Spinning in a Flickering Universe 2011-06-05T22:25:36Z Mr. O’Rourke tucked virtuosity into his guitar playing, with intricately contrapuntal picking and meticulous dynamics. Music Review: Declan O’Rourke at the Irish Arts Center 2013-04-25T21:24:15Z If you want to understand the role of rock guitar and listen to real virtuosity, then Jimi's the man. Jimi Hendrix estate rolls out "People, Hell and Angels" studio set 2013-03-03T14:51:45Z Despite the contradictions and controversies, Beyoncé’s star power, virtuosity and ability to “cause all this conversation,” will undoubtedly see her play an integral role in the 2020s as well. 10 years of Beyoncé: A decade "causing all this conversation" 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The ability to convey meaning is a rare form of artistic virtuosity — rarer, even, than corporeal skills. Spring Performance: Dance: Speaking In Rhythm Of Footwork 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z Not that any of the players lack personality, virtuosity or flair. Jerusalem Quartet Plays the 92nd Street Y 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z On Monday he described the performance by the young singers as “inhuman,” meaning it as praise for their technical virtuosity. Dance Review: A Day in the Garden, Riding Mood Swings 2011-03-29T21:47:17Z From the opening thread of triplets to the brassy, extroverted finale, the solo lines kept coming back to Hausmann, who handled them all with unflinching virtuosity. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z “Gruelling virtuosity” is exactly what you see in “The Good Wife”; it’s what its characters are in danger of developing, in place of “poise and character.” The Season Finale of 'The Good Wife' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Countless bands and producers would learn from Pink Floyd how to fuse grandeur and malaise, how a few well-placed sounds can say far more than a showy display of virtuosity. After Half a Century, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Still Reverberates 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z This group, founded nearly 50 years ago by violinist David Harrington, has, in its malleable virtuosity, become a wellspring for hundreds of new music commissions. Review: Kronos Quartet Offers a Creative Snapshot of a Global Pandemic 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The album's sonic palette is so rich and varied, so utterly filled with whimsy, that each new cut sizzles with virtuosity and drama. Paul and Linda McCartney's "Ram": Dramatic pop virtuosity that still shines brightly at 50 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z This is not to say that his charm and virtuosity have abated. Juan Diego Fl?rez 2010-05-11T21:05:00Z For Riley, his instrumental virtuosity and his compositional imagination are the gateways to the exploration of a global musical consciousness. A guide to Terry Riley's music 2013-01-28T16:06:11Z Townsend's music, however, is an authoritative compendium of European folk styles played with thrilling virtuosity. The Gypsy Bible - review 2010-10-17T21:15:00Z Soloist Olga Kern took the stage for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto, a youthful gantlet of virtuosity. Leonard Slatkin gives himself a 75th birthday present: a reunion with the NSO 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z In fact, it's the virtuosity of Lignes de Fuite that impresses rather than its volume. Proms 63 and 64: BBCNOW/Roth; Early Opera Company/Curnyn 2010-09-03T11:17:00Z If she has become chary with her coloratura, she made up for it with her musical-comedy spirit and virtuosity. Barbara Cook at the Wallis: Still doing what she does best 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z His stunning solos with those three bands basically introduced instrumental virtuosity to popular music. Eric Clapton: Still at the Crossroads 2013-04-12T20:18:12Z The frantic, nightmarish allegro allowed full rein to the orchestra's virtuosity, while the jaunty presto finale was truly scintillating and deeply unsettling. LSO/Elder 2010-06-14T21:31:00Z Performed by New York City Ballet on Thursday at the David H. Koch Theater, “Opus 19” explores the virtuosity of stage presence, in which a male protagonist shifts between stillness and agitation. Dance Review: City Ballet Dances 3 Works Set to Violin Concertos 2014-02-14T22:37:35Z It’s nearly context-free, and has the feel of a work of pure virtuosity, in which the physical details that adorn Becker’s earlier films now become an end in themselves. An Essential Retrospective of the French Filmmaker Jacques Becker at the Newly Renovated Film Forum 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z He’s been criticized for overemoting at the piano, for virtuosity at the expense of art: Some refer to him as “Bang Bang,” with lip decorously curled. Lang Lang offers a generous helping of serious music at engaging recital 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z It is not a work to be punctuated with rowdy cheers and foot-stomping ovations, despite the uncanny virtuosity of Mr. Yazbek’s benchmark score. Review: ‘The Band’s Visit’ Is a Ravishing Musical That Whispers With Romance 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Mendelssohn wrote the piano part to display what was by all reports his remarkable virtuosity. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-21T23:13:14Z Roger Linn, whose LinnDrum put the beat in many 1980s hits, demonstrated new controllers that are sensitive to more parameters than keyboards, aiming to restore virtuosity and a human touch to electronic music. Critic’s Notebook: Moogfest 2014 Unfolds in Asheville, N.C. 2014-04-28T22:13:11Z The impulse to virtuosity, to elaborate and refine and outdo earlier work, might explain the slightly surreal “Battle of the Nudes,” by Pollaiuolo, an engraving that was influential throughout Europe. Review \| Getty exhibition shows how the naked body became a subject for art 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Miller said his choreography aimed to play to their strengths: Mr. Rushing’s “liquid butter” sensuality; Ms. Peck’s classical virtuosity and “competition, spitfire spirit”; and Ms. Figgins’s earthy fierceness. The Film ‘Enemy Within’ Melds a Variety of Dance Styles 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z There is a lot of art out there that does not display virtuosity that sells well, because some sort of buzz surrounds the artist. The affordable-art paradox: Do reasonable prices make pieces of art less desirable? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z To judge from the works of his I’ve seen, he’s not remotely preoccupied by ballet’s virtuosity, hierarchy or orthodoxy. Vail International Dance Festival Features Seven New Works 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Punk ideology insisted that making music did not require virtuosity. Readers recommend: discordant songs ? the results 2011-02-10T17:22:20Z Almost, one feels, as an exercise in virtuosity, Donne turns a human flea into a persuasive romantic symbol. John Stammers's top 10 love poems 2011-02-09T10:26:17Z You’re never unaware of this virtuosity — “Montage” is, more than anything, an editing tour de force — or of the highly constructed nature of Mr. Morgen’s narrative. Review: ‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,’ a Documentary by Brett Morgen 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Depicted here in appearances before the pandemic, Guy, who is in his 80s, still gives his all, combining soul and virtuosity with off-the-wall showmanship. ‘The Torch’ Review: The Blues Legend Buddy Guy Sows His Legacy 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Yet, as this exhibition proves, while society names may fade into insignificance, their jewels remain, as imaginative design and technical virtuosity ensure an eternal sparkle. Parisian Exhibit Reveals Secrets of Fine Jewelry Making 2012-11-27T13:30:19Z An immersive account of life at Auschwitz for a Jewish prisoner forced to work in the gas chambers, Son of Saul earned awed acclaim for its gravity, ambition and formal virtuosity. Son of Saul's László Nemes: 'Our civilisation is preparing for its own destruction' 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z When you take those into account, “Manhunt,” while it doesn’t approach the storytelling virtuosity of “Zero Dark Thirty,” may be the more profitable viewing experience. Television Review: ‘Manhunt’ for Bin Laden, on HBO 2013-04-30T20:10:13Z Here, juggling becomes flights of inspired poetry, musical choreography with strong dance elements, crazy-comedy surrealism, breathtakingly dexterous virtuosity, darkly absurdist drama. Review: The Inspired Poetry of Gandini Juggling 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Then, without leaving the stage, he has to change gear immediately into top-speed virtuosity, with full-throttle sequences of jumps and turns. 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The speed, grace and virtuosity with which these dancers perform their routines is nothing short of extraordinary. The School That Camille A. Brown Built 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Earlier Ms. Tyson had demonstrated a quieter virtuosity in what turned out to be the production’s most affecting scene, which takes place on the bus to Harrison. Theater Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful,’ at the Stephen Sondheim Theater 2013-04-24T02:00:06Z Mr. Albright was impressive in his recital, showing easy virtuosity in the Chopin études and the Turkish lark. Review: Matthias Goerne Captures the Mood at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z And in her filthy new work, Wong performs some truly refined vulgarity, working the crowd into a frenzy with virtuosity. Ali Wong’s Raunchy New Stand-Up Set Brings the Laughs We Need 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z In addition to playing with her trademark virtuosity, he said, she “captures the bewildered and visceral side of the piece with utmost dramatic strength.” Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The band did just that, bringing in Stella Mozgawa, a versatile Australian musician who instantly upped the band's virtuosity. Warpaint's patience is paying off 2011-03-18T22:10:00Z A lifelong Liszt devotee, Hamelin is a fine interpreter of his work, combining virtuosity with passion and intellectual refinement. Prom 54: Marc-Andr? Hamelin ? review 2011-08-25T14:39:20Z We are working against the beautiful virtuosity of a dancing body. Moriah Evans: Communitarian, Feminist, Dance Maker 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z The performance felt wide open: it sprawled and rumbled, but wasn’t about virtuosity or loudness or aggression. Review: Black Spirituals, a Duo That Defies Categories 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Frank Zappa’s work with the Mothers of Invention contained a lot of chaos and withering negativity — but also a lot of virtuosity, which was not a Dada thing. Dada Was Born 100 Years Ago. So What? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z She doesn't chop up and devour her enemies; she only mutilates them, while using her computer virtuosity to burglarize and expose their dank secrets. The Girl Who Played With Fire: Moony Over Noomi 2010-07-11T07:55:00Z Returning to a character he has portrayed before, he is seducing audiences with his technical virtuosity, crunching on all those crisp consonants in Hare's talky script while wielding his wiry body like a conductor's baton. Tony Awards 2015: Yet another British invasion of America 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z As social concerns override literary ones, writers seem fated to eschew virtuosity and experimentation in favor of a bland but immediately accessible style.” Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z But the group lacks the cohesion, weight and corporate virtuosity of world-class orchestras on other recordings. CD reviews: Cliburn medalist takes on Prokofiev with Fort Worth Symphony 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z “I’d like to acknowledge Oscar Levant, whose wit and irascibility and virtuosity is not only inspirational but a true original,” Hayes said in his acceptance speech. Sean Hayes Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for ‘Good Night, Oscar’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z It was vivid, committed, communicative music making of unequivocal virtuosity that left most of the audience, I suspect, with goose flesh nearly throughout. Violinist Gil Shaham leaves audience breathless during spellbinding NSO performance 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z This film is whimsical, inventive, crammed with visual virtuosity and six minutes long. \| 'Knight and Day': Opposites Attract: Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz 2010-06-22T22:10:00Z The emotional quality and the technical virtuosity of the composition is what brought me to it in the first place.” Matters of Spirit In a World Of Hectic Clamor 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z Even in feverish passages, the musicians, for all their virtuosity, seemed relaxed. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Hanick’s interpretation brimmed with virtuosity, focus and imagination; I hope he records it. Music Review: Conor Hanick Performing John Cage at the Stone 2013-01-03T23:09:13Z “Here, there is no need for spurious gestures and inflections; everything is given with a supreme naturalness and a perfectly accommodated virtuosity that declare Freire a master pianist throughout.” Nelson Freire, Piano Virtuoso of Warmth and Finesse, Dies at 77 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Gillian Murphy’s exceptional virtuosity has never appeared to such subtly expressive effect as in his “Nutcracker.” Critic?s Notebook: A Galaxy of Ballet Stars Spinning in a Flickering Universe 2011-06-05T22:25:36Z It repeatedly features high, acrobatic lifts and heroically daredevil virtuosity, but also elements of strain and fearfulness. Late Into American Ballet Theater’s Fall Season, a Flowering 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Carrier combined thoughtful musicality with virtuosity in her alternately energetic and delicate account of a flute line laden with light multiphonics and unusual timbres. Music Review: TimeTable Percussion and Friends at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-06-21T22:57:00Z Even when the music broke into intricate passagework and brilliant flourishes, Mr. Trifonov demonstrated crisp brio and an ear for detail, though there was plenty of fiery virtuosity as well. Review: Daniil Trifonov Brings Subtlety to Rachmaninoff 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z For sheer virtuosity, one of the most eye-catching works is a rectangular panel from the first half of the 20th century displayed in a case of Chinese ceramics. ‘Dramatic Threads: Textiles of Asia’ Review: The Very Fabric of Asian Societies 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z The maestro will demonstrate his virtuosity in that drum-and-gong art form on May 30, when he performs at the historic Lincoln Theatre as part of an evening celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Diaspora: In some ways the artists’ virtuosity is a logical evolution of 1990s turntablism, with laptops usurping the wheels of steel. MUSIC: Flying Lotus and the Los Angeles Electronica Scene 2010-05-29T04:26:00Z The marching returns, like a regression, but not before we get flashes of solo virtuosity absent elsewhere on the program. Dance Review: Cloud Gate 2 at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-11T01:06:45Z As M3GAN’s understanding of that programming evolves into something more malevolent, she advances to sinuous, sinister bodily virtuosity. ‘M3GAN’ Makes Us Ask (Again): Who’s Afraid of Dancing Robots? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In the 1970s and 1980s, however, an increasing number of collectors, attracted by the Art Nouveau virtuosity on display in these images and by their relative affordability, began to acquire them more assiduously. Swann Galleries Auctions Vintage Travel Posters 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z “It’s an incredible combination of emotional intensity and just supreme technical virtuosity,” he said, “and some extra level of charisma, a kind of electricity onstage.” Listen to Leila Josefowicz, the Intrepid Violinist Who Just Won $100,000 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z For all the variety of the vocal part, which evokes instrumental writing in its virtuosity, it was hard to avoid trying to find some meaning in what Ms. Cooke was singing. Review: ‘Canta-Concerto’ by Marc Neikrug by the New York Philharmonic 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z “Post Malone is different from other white rappers, most of whom try to prove their bona fides through virtuosity or political solidarity.” Sunday Reading: The Grammys 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z But that only makes their virtuosity all the more memorable, especially when the disarmingly sly Suzuki pushes them almost to edge while hardly seeming to move. Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan's impeccable taste shows at Disney Hall 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z While others fixated on the fluid virtuosity and harmonic sophistication of Charlie Parker, Coleman heard the bluesy cry in Parker’s tone and the rhythmic unrest just beneath the surface. Seeing Ornette Coleman 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make-believe,” it begins. Dance Review: Vincent Dance Theater in ?If We Go On? 2010-04-16T22:37:00Z She was an exaggeration, but she was true to the spirits of real women whom I’ve never seen portrayed anywhere else with such care and virtuosity. Why Christine Baskets Was One of TV’s Greatest Characters 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z This juxtaposition of hard-driving virtuosity and plangent elegy is also a defining feature of “Knee Play 4” from Mr. Glass’s opera “Einstein on the Beach.” Music Review: Philip Glass at Issue Project Room 2012-06-14T21:26:50Z There's a brilliant sense of playfulness about much of her work, a fascination with virtuosity and wordplay which makes it instantly attractive. This week's new live music 2011-04-08T23:07:52Z But Perahia's virtuosity, never fussy, narcissistic or quirky, generates a heightened sense of drama in whatever he plays. Murray Perahia evokes suspense, sadness and exhilaration at Disney Hall 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z But strenuousness is of the essence in this work, and the players, with their effortless virtuosity, almost made it look and sound too easy. Music Review: Music for Seaside Village, But Hold the Salt Cod 2010-12-03T23:00:00Z Decades after the photograph was made, Main Bocher himself expressed his admiration for Horst's virtuosity, writing, "Your photographs are sheer genius and delight my soul… each one is perfect by itself." In Pics: Fashion photographer Horst 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Bell played with his trademark glowing sound, effortless virtuosity and improvisatory freedom. Review: At Mostly Mozart, Joshua Bell Plays a Rejiggered Bach Novelty 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z In practice, most of this gets lost beneath the foaming torrent of his virtuosity. Comedy gold: Robin Williams's A Night at the Met 2012-12-06T15:15:00Z Equally commanding, Midori was the soloist in the Walton, a natural partner for Nelsons in her concern for flow and her eschewal of technical for emotional virtuosity. Prom 21: CBSO/Nelsons ? review 2011-07-31T17:07:00Z Towering over the dazzling technical virtuosity on display, anchoring the entire enterprise, is Lancaster — poised, nuanced, contemplative, the embodiment of a woefully endangered notion called noblesse oblige. The Week Ahead: Aug. 12 — 18 2012-08-11T03:44:19Z It’s a sing-along that lets Beyoncé show off her virtuosity, a focused, commanding display of individuality that speaks for every raised hand without a ring on it. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z “I like virtuosity not for the sake of virtuosity but because it’s dangerous,” Mr. Boulez said before conducting a performance of his fiery chamber work “Sur Incises” at Zankel Hall in 2008. Sampling the Work of Pierre Boulez 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z If the gorilla had the best line, Smith had the more expressive countenance, mugging with a deadpan virtuosity rarely seen since Oliver Hardy in his pomp. Mel Smith 2013-07-21T16:12:44Z The song restarted, with weird dimensions and ratios of noise to virtuosity, echo to dryness. Music Review: Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals Have a Story to Perform 2013-08-18T22:06:45Z “Cradle to Grave” is appropriately reflective for a veteran band, but contains Tilbrook’s unmistakable sense of melody and virtuosity, along with and his and Difford’s high/low frog and harmony. “Squeeze got a bit complacent in the ’90s before we split up”: Glenn Tilbrook opens up about the past and future of the legendary new wave band 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Between the violin works Mr. Stein examined the unusual nexus of virtuosity and introspection in solo keyboard works by Muffat and Froberger. Music Review: Exploring the Intricacies of the 17th Century 2011-07-31T21:56:33Z It was written for Kirill Gerstein, with a blend of staggering virtuosity and tenderness that fits him like a bespoke suit. Best Classical Music of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The Pulitzer board said Higdon's concerto "combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity." The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners 2010-04-12T22:55:00Z But it’s also a book very taken with its own polymathic virtuosity. Niall Ferguson Examines Disasters of the Past and Disasters Still to Come 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z But, overall, slight in both size and content, it is an entertainment that lacks the virtuosity and sophistication of Machado's undeniably major works Epitaph of a Small Winner and Dom Casmurro. The Alienist by Machado de Assis – review 2012-12-23T00:10:26Z But as his career shows, his talent wasn't simply in his musical virtuosity, but in his innovation: creating a brand new sound for rock music, but also in the design of the guitar itself. With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z They were different evenings with different ambitions; but I liked the real-world one, with its easy virtuosity, a lot better. Classical artists show that when it comes to new music, pop may be better 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Currie brought stunning virtuosity and tireless energy to the solo part, which required him to dash constantly among groups of instruments onstage. Review: Premieres, a Tribute and an Anniversary at Carnegie Hall 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z As in the Scriabin, Mr. Kissin offered a fluid balance of unabashed virtuosity and graceful, singing nuance. Music Review: New York Philharmonic With Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2012-05-24T21:51:03Z The imagery includes playing dice on the floor; trotting while clasping invisible reins; displays of male virtuosity delivered with athletic or acrobatic display; and rolling on the floor too. Dance Review: ?Jeu de Cartes? by the Pennsylvania Ballet - Review 2011-10-21T23:28:56Z Frequently, melodies played with virtuosity by Beiser served as Gordon’s own response to his family’s stories, bridging those complicated and often painful chronicles with arcing and achingly emotional replies. Review: A Composer Reconstructs Painful Family Stories 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z A similar virtuosity is needed for “Cry,” a 1971 solo by Ailey that confirmed Ms. Jamison as the company’s great star. Dance Review: Night of Tributes and Performance, Too 2010-12-02T21:44:00Z Written predominately in the register of whispering, high harmonics it was exceptionally demanding but never showy – an approach that Pintscher refers to as "concentric virtuosity". Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival – review 2012-11-26T12:37:30Z If space precludes naming the individual players who took turns in displays of virtuosity, each more perfect than the next, the overall kaleidoscope of color, texture and rhythmic swagger was viscerally thrilling and enormous fun. National Philharmonic and guest soloist Haochen Zhang enchant 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Part of his mission, Mr. Koda added, was to “convey the virtuosity of construction, the seaming, the patterning.” Technology Brings the Designs of Charles James to Life 2014-04-30T22:11:48Z This novel is impressive for its moral complexity, and for the energy and virtuosity of its language: a strange, pleasing music that lingers in your mind. New Books by Imbolo Mbue, Krys Lee, Gonzalo Torné and Lisa McInerney 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z She also was increasingly interested in virtuosity, especially through her encounter with classical ballet; but rather than absorb ballet technique, she staged a kind dialogue with it, sometimes an argument. Step-by-step guide to dance: Twyla Tharp 2011-02-01T10:43:36Z The Octet is dead serious, yet there is a playfulness in its virtuosity. Orchestra of St. Luke’s Explores George Benjamin’s Influence 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z His sound, though, was intriguingly less an outpouring of emotion or virtuosity, and more a flowing series of seemingly spontaneous thoughts, with a gently gliding accompaniment under brightly articulated melodies in the right hand. Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z There were ear-piercing whistles and screams for Culbreath's virtuosity and jazzy flair with tricky rhythms from the kind of enthusiastic young people classical ensembles are eager to court. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra explores Mozart by way of Sacred Harp, Haydn by way of flamenco 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z There is more than virtuosity at work here. Review: ‘White Teeth,’ by Zadie Smith 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Dutoit ended the program with Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, another substantial vehicle for virtuosity. Music Review: Charles Dutoit Leads Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-17T22:43:09Z The groups increased in ability and virtuosity as the program continued. Music is a universal language. It doesn’t sound the way you might think. 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Was it the knowledge of what that virtuosity demanded? Magic out of mould: inside the world’s wildest restaurant \| Jordan Kisner 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Compared with other clowning teachers, Gaulier said he does not emphasize technique or physical virtuosity. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z It was a remarkable evening, showing the high level of virtuosity that composers took more or less for granted on the still-developing piano in the first quarter of the 19th century. Review: Diabolical Diabelli at Rutgers, With New Variations 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z "There's a virtuosity to it, a deep intelligence," she explains. Moment of Friday: An Angolan dance jam from artist Okwui Okpokwasili 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Ensemble and soloist played with energy and commitment, with Mr. Hope demonstrating his usual combination of virtuosity and insight. Music Review: Max Richter’s Update to ‘Four Seasons’ at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-12-23T22:14:54Z A dish of spaghetti, accompanied by a savory-sweet quartet of sardines, sultanas, pine nuts and wild fennel, suggested both a deft grasp of the nuances of southern Italy’s culinary vernacular and a certain virtuosity. Bites: Restaurant Review: Sotto in Los Angeles 2012-04-06T19:37:00Z His program, including works by Scarlatti, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, seemed devised to showcase his spectacular virtuosity, especially the final work: Liszt’s demonically difficult “Totentanz.” How Should a Musician Make a Debut? Try Going Low-Key 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The violinist Daniel Hope and the cellist Paul Watkins each produced a rich, seductive tone and found a nuanced balance between the virtuosity and warmth that the Brahms Double Concerto demands. Music Review: Students Meet the ?Eroica? Challenge With Gusto 2010-12-29T22:19:42Z In Noble's hands, it's a feat of virtuosity and a celebration of the unfettered imagination. Ross Noble: wake up call 2012-11-12T18:30:02Z The duo wrote orchestral music for the Chicago Symphony and other classical ensembles, drawing on traditional instruments and virtuosity. Mouse on Mars at M.I.T.: A Symposium Becomes a Dance Party 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z His frenetic virtuosity in this and the Ysaÿe “Ballade” bounced off the walls, leaving us a little shaken. A mixed bag from six young musicians (and from the judges) 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z As in the Muffat, the ensemble found an inviting balance between virtuosity and courtliness. Music Review: Baroque Style?s Evolution Is Traced Across Europe 2010-10-12T21:45:00Z No sooner has he finished partnering her through the many spectacular effects of the first than he has to shift gears to produce full-throttle virtuosity himself. Critic’s Notebook: Versions of Sugar Plums at New York City Ballet 2012-12-29T01:10:26Z It’s also a contrast to Jonah’s usual focus on virtuosity in his dancing. Jonah Bokaer at World Nomads: Tunisia 2013-05-08T21:40:32Z That small difference — the image is rotated slightly, and the petals of the flower are a bit more closed up — suggests a great deal of visual and spatial virtuosity on the part of the painter. From sketch to painting, there’s no single clear path 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z In “Vertigo,” Alfred Hitchcock used his directorial virtuosity to make viewers think one character was an entirely different character. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and Shark Week 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z She’s an idiosyncratic traditionalist, with a high and nasal voice, and sometimes she backs away from big notes abruptly, for dramatic effect or for fear that too much virtuosity would undermine her eccentric charms. Music Review: Elizabeth Cook, With Crew of Characters in Tow 2010-06-22T22:04:00Z While the images may be off-putting to some, they also require an impressive technical virtuosity. Latte Art Begone! Here Come the Bold Freaks of Instagram 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z They play modern instruments with the vigour and weightless virtuosity of the best period bands, bows ricocheting off strings, full of individuality but gelling as a cohesive and dynamic unit. ASMF/Isserlis/Bell ? review 2011-03-08T18:30:17Z It exploits Roman's flowery virtuosity and offers the cellist diverting light touches — such as bouncing the bow on the strings and plucking them with a guitar pick. In an orchestra's meet-and-mash of Kanye West and Beethoven, classical kicks it with a hip-hop beat 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z They highlight Beethoven’s virtuosity as a keyboard player — the early models showing the influence of Mozart, the later sonatas breaking new ground. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace in Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2014-03-03T22:56:20Z The Pulitzer committee praised the work, which received its premiere in February 2009 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, as “a deeply engaging piece that combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity.” Jennifer Higdon Basks In Her Music Pulitzer 2010-04-21T22:25:00Z We seldom saw either in roles of full-throttle virtuosity, but they remained distinctive. Dance Review: Janie Taylor and Sébastien Marcovici Depart City Ballet 2014-03-02T23:25:56Z This sort of comedic virtuosity requires a simple structure; nearly every Stephen Chow movie is the same. The God of Funny: Stephen Chow Comes to Brooklyn 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The program contained selections from his transcriptions of Bach’s partitas for solo violin, bluegrass standards, arrangements of pop songs and Mr. Thile’s own compositions — full of whimsy and breathless virtuosity. Review: Chris Thile Is the God of Small Sounds 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Throughout Mr. Ciccolini’s career, critics praised his playing for its technical virtuosity, airy lyricism and cool, assiduous elegance. Aldo Ciccolini Dies at 89; Pianist Interpreted Satie 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Not everything in this set, though, was about brawny bebop virtuosity. Saxophonist Donald Harrison goes back to bop 2011-01-21T15:36:28Z Rosen never despised virtuosity, and in his 1971 book The Classical Style encourages the listener to enjoy the sheer brilliance of Mozart's concertos. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z Too mannered for realism and too thin for fable, it spins its wheels in a social and intellectual void filled only by Wakefield’s voice-over musings and the shadow of Doctorow’s virtuosity. Review: Bryan Cranston Is a Dad in Suburban Exile in ‘Wakefield’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Kennedy is also withering when it comes to violinists from the influential New York school of Ivan Galamian, whom he accused of sacrificing soul in favour of technical virtuosity. Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy 2011-08-13T21:56:11Z Chenoweth's spark plug virtuosity is on splendiferous display in "On the Twentieth Century." Showy or rich? Energetic or tempered? What Tony Award voters must consider 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z He's always retained jazz credibility, however, with a sensitive vocal style that can sweep across several octaves without missing the tricky intervals and syncopations of jazz virtuosity. Al Jarreau ? review 2011-07-05T18:30:01Z The New Yorker called it a “dazzling display of virtuosity.” Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Today the Ailey dancers are sleek, athletic masters of the universe, and the pieces routinely draw midmovement applause and cheers for moments of virtuosity.” ArtsBeat: Video: Celebrating 'Revelations' at 50 2010-12-09T19:00:00Z He avoided virtuosity and made no attempt to soften the stiffness of his archaic, almost primitive style of drawing. Odilon Redon: Prince du R?ve - review 2011-04-12T13:01:37Z But even though this compositional virtuosity answers aspects of the music, Ms. Tharp’s choreography never fits Beethoven satisfyingly. Review: ‘Twyla Tharp and Three Dances’ Lends a Look of Sensuous Improvisation 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z My one feeble reservation is that even such fabulous virtuosity, viewed over 40 minutes, becomes ordinary. Step-by-step guide to dance: Grupo Corpo 2010-08-20T13:43:00Z On one level, Ligeti used these pieces to explore the nature of virtuosity, the avant-garde musical equivalent of Serena Williams’s slashing serves. A Guide to the NY Phil Biennial From Our Critics and Reporters 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z It is worth using the glasses, but it’s also possible that the meaning of the art isn’t located in the mere virtuosity of details. At the Met, the artistic riches of India’s Deccan Plateau 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Even in Earl Wild’s brazen arrangements of Gershwin’s “Summertime” and “I Got Rhythm,” Kanneh-Mason’s virtuosity has good sense, though Copland’s “The Cat and the Mouse” is played for all it’s worth. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Among the outstanding qualities of these performances are their astonishingly pure and accurate pitch, beautifully blended and showcasing ensemble virtuosity. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z She seems to have everything it takes for a major career: thorough musicianship, virtuosity, charisma and a lovely stage presence. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z Though the years immediately following Prince reverted to far less rebellious legacy-rock acts, it’s hard to imagine the contemporary Super Bowl halftime spectacle—for all its delights and in all its excesses—without Prince’s virtuosity. How Prince Transformed the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Canellakis’s dark and sinewy tone and fiery virtuosity added depth to two Bulgarian folk songs he skillfully arranged for cello and piano. Music Review: ‘Look and Listen,’ at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery 2013-05-20T20:43:17Z Keeping her technical virtuosity unobtrusive, Ms. Bouder displayed a lovely delicacy and wit; a contemporary ballerina incarnating a romantic ideal. Dance Review: Melissa Barak?s Bugsy Siegel Dance at City Ballet 2010-06-06T22:21:00Z The real pity here, though, was not that a critic’s sense of rightness was thwarted but rather that an explosive display of virtuosity, imagination and wit was seen and heard by so few. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z They’ve been playing small club shows downtown, and they brought that informality to the Allen Room, punctuating dazzling virtuosity with bluegrass-aficionado banter and “Fiddle Tune Request Time.” Music Review: Chris Thile & Michael Daves at the Allen Room - Review 2012-01-14T00:30:25Z Pop hooks — perhaps from a trombone or an accordion — support raw, seemingly unpolished voices, even as the band arrangements demand real-time virtuosity. Regional Mexican Music Is Finding More Ears. Peso Pluma Is Helping. 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Mathematical virtuosity continues to be a big part of Mr. Schick’s appeal. Music Review: Steven Schick Plays Stockhausen at the Miller Theater 2014-02-03T22:38:14Z But she has realized that there are other kinds of virtuosity, and in recent years she has been exploring them with the same headlong energy. Review: The Virtuoso Sara Mearns Considers Other Virtuosities 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z If its choreography, spanning 1881 to 1913 and moving from classical virtuosity to radical modernism, had been staged in chronological order, we would have been astonished by the reforms attempted in those years. Mariinsky Ballet Performs at the Kennedy Center Opera House 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z When I saw the play in London, I was transfixed by the virtuosity of Luke Treadaway's performance. Three bright performances on Broadway: Nathan Lane, Michael Cera and Alex Sharp 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Mayer brings dazzling virtuosity and playfulness to jaunty pieces like “Le Banjo: Fantaisie grotesque” and “Pasquinade: Caprice.” Classical Playlist: Bach, Biber, Gottschalk and More 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z “Maria by Callas” is crushing; “Amazing Grace,” a teeming potluck of virtuosity and heart. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The nondocumentary live-action shorts are the weakest, most of them exercises in genre and attitude without much to say or show beyond an attempt at virtuosity or emotional impact. \| 'The Oscar Nominated Short Films': An Oscar Film Festival, All in One Screening 2011-02-10T22:55:01Z She continued with Brazilian pop songs transformed by her imaginative virtuosity, moving from gauzy delicacy to vigorous propulsion, from dreaming to dancing and back. Music Review: Badi Assad Is a Headliner at New York Guitar Festival 2014-01-21T22:43:03Z There are few surer guarantees of quality in classical music than the combination of Mr. Ax and Mozart, and Mr. Ax offered his usual elegant, understated virtuosity. Review: A Stirring Premiere at the Philharmonic, With Perfect Timing 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Fugazi was never a band about virtuosity, exactly, but it wasn’t opposed to the principle. To Make the Messthetics, Mix a Reunion With One Virtuosic Newcomer 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Wariner said as he kicked off the guitar jam portion of the show with a scorching set that displayed his virtuosity on the guitar. Paisley, Gill, Wariner and Skaggs rock the Opry 2010-05-26T01:01:00Z This style of singing may not attract the shouting headlines of opera stars but their virtuosity is equally exciting, their impact magical. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z AT THE DRIVE-IN When this band broke up in 2001, its music was a punk-hardcore whirlwind of frantic virtuosity, torrential verbiage and barely sublimated fury. Finding the Joy at South by Southwest: 12 Notable Acts 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z This ambivalent relationship with virtuosity lasted throughout his life. Henri Dutilleux obituary 2013-05-22T17:43:25Z Still, the combination of virtuosity and audacity in these performances is riveting. Alexander Melnikov Records Shostakovich Preludes 2010-07-04T02:16:00Z In a charming set of miniatures by Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Lisiecki likewise reveled in the playful contrasts between delicate lyricism and effortless virtuosity. In recital, Jan Lisiecki’s playing hints at an artist replete with potential 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z In the intervening decades, much has been written about the band’s virtuosity and muscle. Solving the Riddle of Metallica 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z His virtuosity is on display as he illustrates the intersections between place and the past, the individual and the collective consciousness. Review \| Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The virtuosity of the vocal part can overwhelm the poignancy of the moment, especially in staged performances. Review: LoftOpera’s ‘Lucrezia Borgia,’ With Flying Bottles of Beer and Poison 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Mejia, 23, who made “Beauty” debuts as Bluebird and Gold, has in recent seasons shown his athletic virtuosity as Oberon in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and in “Rubies” from “Jewels.” Four Dancers Promoted to Principal at New York City Ballet 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Charlotte Nediger, on harpsichord, and Ms. Mackay, on bass, were also solid presences, and the bursts of virtuosity were too widespread and numerous to list. ArtsBeat: Star-Studded Early Music in Toronto 2011-03-04T20:30:25Z It is the sheer physical virtuosity of the company that is so impressive – the sinuous, athletic bodies seemingly inexhaustible. Grupo Corpo 2010-08-23T16:36:00Z But, going beyond homage, she stamped her personality with beguiling intricacies of texture and virtuosity, as well as yearning in the Elegy and Requiem. Academy of St Martin in the Fields – review 2013-05-12T12:54:00Z On Saturday, the performance of Mr. Peck’s “New Blood” was so exhilarating that it vanquished my problems about the work’s display of compositional virtuosity: the main subject became the dancers challenging themselves and each other. New York City Ballet, Enlivened by the New 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z More than 100 works on paper from a number of New York collections, many of them never shown publicly before, show Fragonard’s virtuosity with materials, from chalk to wash. Art Fall Preview: From East Coast to West Coast. From Concrete to Ethereal. 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The orchestra played it all with an understated but palpable virtuosity. 2010-02-11T23:34:00Z What was limpid has become a knotty matrix of unremitting virtuosity, as impressive and alienating as watching someone showing off for two hours 50 minutes, hoping against disappointed hope that they'll pause for breath. David Mitchell: 'I don't want to project myself as this great experimenter' 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z Through Alberti’s virtuosity, Coogler captures the magic moment of transformation from potential to kinetic energy, from preparation to execution, from near-amateur to true professional. “Creed” Is a Knockout 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Capucon clearly adores the work and he played it with a panache, sensitivity and sizzling virtuosity that sent all those great tunes soaring. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z Set to Russian music sung by the Tsinandali Choir, as well as the soundtrack for “Mother Night” by Michael Convertino, the ballet highlights the dancers’ virtuosity and expressiveness. Dancer Acosta Makes a Return to the London Stage 2010-07-26T10:00:00Z Chiming, looping, limpid, he has Johnny Marr levels of virtuosity, astounding in someone so young. Avi Buffalo at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T14:54:00Z If Tony Williams is the biggest root influence on jazz drummers today, then more of them should honor his bombastic virtuosity with the same sense of joy and freshness that Justin Brown does. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The piece seemed made for the Calidore Quartet, drawing on the ensemble’s deep reserves of virtuosity and, above all, irrepressible dramatic instinct. Review: A Quartet With Sunny Energy and Grunge-Band Grit 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Where they’re similar, however, is in how they both took their audiences on unusual musical journeys that challenged the meaning of virtuosity. Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z As “Whelm” progresses, Mr. McMurray is visited or haunted by the other three; and the initially pedestrian movement opens up to include sequences of spectral virtuosity. Review: Mark Morris Dance Performs ‘Whelm’ and ‘Words’ at BAM 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Opeth, Coheed & Cambria, then later Mastodon and the Mars Volta emerged, recording – yes – concept albums packed full of – yes, again – difficult time signatures and extraordinary instrumental virtuosity. Go back to go forward: the resurgence of prog rock 2010-07-22T22:00:00Z These two exhibitions brought out both aspects of his virtuosity — and then something more — by focusing on his relationships with his subjects. Perspective \| Best visual art of 2020: Sublime Degas, spellbinding El Greco, Dorothea Lange and a defining video for our time 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z One breathtaking central sequence is a breakthrough in expressive virtuosity. Dance Review: Rachid Ouramdane?s ?Ordinary Witnesses? - Review 2011-10-12T21:30:36Z Still, the violinist made the concerto about nothing more than virtuosity, leaving Grazinyte-Tyla mainly to accommodate showmanship rather than investigate the quirky soundscape that underlies the concerto. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla lights up the San Diego Symphony with sparkling sonics 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Both films are grotesque horror thrillers of no artistic interest, audiovisual spew that, in the absence of their subjects—and their display of actorly virtuosity—would slip quickly down the drain of the movie market. “Ma” and “The Perfection,” Reviewed: Two Horror Movies Crassly Exploit #MeToo 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The song offers mic-drop confirmation of Miranda’s virtuosity as a composer and songwriter while affirming his particular genius as a cultural historian. ‘In the Heights’ Review: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z He consistently ranks on "best guitarist" lists, playing with a hard rock intensity and jazz-like virtuosity. Gov't Mule embraces Pink Floyd, peace and protest: "We're in some pretty precarious times" 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Gregory Porter, a nimble baritone, was assigned two sections of “Blood on the Fields,” including one that also contained the evening’s most exuberant burst of virtuosity, by the resourceful young tap dancer Jared Grimes. Music Review: ?Wynton Marsalis at 50? at the Rose Theater - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:47Z His latest collection of short stories, “Three Moments of an Explosion,” crowds virtuosity into every sentence. Review: China Miéville’s ‘Three Moments of an Explosion’ 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Unlike Osborne’s play, a conventional narrative, “Revolt” unfolds in a series of fragments that recall the form-bending virtuosity of Caryl Churchill. Review: ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ Captures the Fury of Modern Womanhood 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z You might assume that they’d be all impersonal grandeur and showy virtuosity, but no. How ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Tells Its Story Through Ballet 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s show was another story, more muscular in its virtuosity and less beholden to swirling mystery. Music Review: Thundercat, No Longer a Sideman, Plays S.O.B.?s 2012-02-03T23:23:15Z The range of faces and the virtuosity of the caricatures always delighted me. Perspective \| I returned to the National Gallery seeking comfort. But art no longer feels like an escape. 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Järvi's breakneck tempos for the finale of the First made us conscious of orchestral virtuosity rather than emotional exhilaration. Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/J?rvi 2010-07-28T10:49:00Z Never has a nostril been flared with greater virtuosity. ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ Catches Up With a Hard-Luck High Achiever 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z As a display of virtuosity that infuses an empty shell of a movie with a semblance of humanity, Huppert’s work in “Elle” is impressive. The Phony Sexual Transgressions of Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Much as I enjoy Baker's cheerful licentiousness and his stylistic virtuosity, it's impossible to read House of Holes without speculating about his motives and feeling disconcerted by his more bizarre deviations. Nicholson Baker 2011-08-13T23:04:05Z What gets lost in this approach is the reality of the poems as public, performative works and displays of virtuosity. Shakespeare’s sonnets on an iPad 2012-07-24T16:12:00Z The signature recital given by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra principal flute Walter Auer demonstrated virtuosity and a subtly-inflected singing tone and beguiling personality. Flute Festival 2011 ? review 2011-04-05T18:15:00Z Mr. Kissin offered a program spanning 50 years, with the works performed in chronological order, from the Viennese classicism of late Haydn to the daredevil virtuosity of Liszt. Music Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T20:57:19Z In movies, the alchemical force that makes an actor a star isn’t a straightforward matter of technique, akin to a musician-like virtuosity that can be achieved with study and practice. A Portrait of the Artist as an Older Man 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The young Guitry had no use for silent film, if only because the medium was deaf to his rich baritone voice, an instrument he played with soaring virtuosity. DVDs: Films of Sacha Guitry, a French Charmer, on DVD 2010-07-31T05:00:00Z But he’s much more than anyone’s sidekick: Saba’s solo debut, “Bucket List Project,” was one of 2016’s strongest rap releases, revealing his multifaceted virtuosity. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Danelli, a protégé of the great jazz drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, merged percussive virtuosity with a rock sensibility. Dino Danelli, Whose Drums Drove the Rascals, Is Dead at 78 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z The show belongs to Koh, whether playing soulful melody, making the raspy scraping sound of strings into poetry, or just tossing off plain, fabulous old-fashioned virtuosity. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Weilerstein took over the cello part of the orchestral program on Sunday, playing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme in the enhanced virtuosity of the Fitzenhagen edition, traversing the difficulties with seeming ease. Critic?s Notebook: Piatigorsky International Cello Festival in Los Angeles 2012-03-20T22:13:34Z Batiste’s generous virtuosity and dedication to equal-opportunity uplift make him an easy darling among a voting body not exactly known for progressivism. Why the Grammys Couldn’t Resist Jon Batiste 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z In Tuesday’s performance though, presented by Washington Performing Arts, the Seventh emerged, more than anything, as a testament to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s near-peerless virtuosity and the electrifying leadership of its music director. Review \| Philadelphia Orchestra triumphs in epic Seventh Symphony 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z All these elements made this an event of real virtuosity — yet delivered with modesty and charm. Nivedha Ramalingam Brings Bharatanatyam to Drive East 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z His music remains immensely popular with both artists and audiences, a draw for its deeply felt and grandly expressed emotions, and for its sensational virtuosity. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The drummers B. P. Haribabu and N. Ramakrishnan took care of the rhythmic virtuosity in a long duet that was a tutorial in variations around a steady beat. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Skirball Center at N.Y.U. - Review 2011-10-31T21:26:55Z Where Tchaikovsky’s concerto dazzles with surface-level pyrotechnics, Mozart’s calls for more understated virtuosity. Review: Lang Lang, Classical Music’s Superstar, Returns Quietly 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Clarkson delivers these vocals with her signature virtuosity, but she doesn’t quite inhabit these relatively faceless songs as fully as she does when she’s singing about love gone wrong. Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Chemistry’ Draws on Familiar Formulas 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Hancock continues, “I base my works’ value on what I consider the most solid pricing factors, like virtuosity and originality…. The affordable-art paradox: Do reasonable prices make pieces of art less desirable? 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But the piece was perhaps the highlight of the recital, with sizzling virtuosity at the end of the middle section and in the coda. British pianist Leon McCawley shines in program at the Phillips It’s possible that some degree of ballet training helps in flamenco — but ballet virtuosity adulterates flamenco style. Dance Review: Flamenco With Plenty of Volume 2011-02-17T23:04:58Z It is not distracted by its own virtuosity. Cirque du Soleil: Totem ? review 2011-01-09T00:06:11Z Erivo and a vocal coach would begin by trying to zoom in on the finer details of Franklin’s technical virtuosity and her subtle emotional inflections. In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z And in Mr. Gerstein he found a muse to explore the form’s tradition and the idea of virtuosity itself. Adès and Adams: Big Composers With Simultaneous Big Premieres 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z “Creatures of Passage” is that rare novel that dispenses ancestral wisdom and literary virtuosity in equal measure. Review \| Morowa Yejidé’s capacious imagination is on full display in ‘Creatures of Passage’ 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z It's no coincidence that veteran progressive rockers Caravan originally split in 1978, correctly intuiting that their elaborate whimsicality and fussy musical virtuosity made them a hopeless anachronism in an era of back-to-basics two-chord brutality. Caravan – review 2013-01-10T13:46:21Z But it lacks the power to turn its virtuosity, or the emotional discipline of its remarkable young leads, into a source of insight. ‘The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier),’ From Janos Szasz 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z And I don’t think it’s a piece about virtuosity at all. Garrick Ohlsson, Chopin Expert, Sets His Sights on Liszt 2012-01-13T16:22:33Z The experimental dance of that era, embodied in those pieces, set itself up against virtuosity. Trisha Brown, Choreographer and Pillar of American Postmodern Dance, Dies at 80 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z This is something she brought to “Chéri,” where she worked to rein in the virtuosity of her stars, though she acknowledges this could disappoint dance fans expecting Ferri and Cornejo to bound across the stage. Martha Clarke has made a career of movement. Now she cherishes stillness. When it comes to the orchestral samples of Prokofiev's Concerto, DJ Switch thrives on virtuosity. Gabriel Prokofiev gets the Proms into the groove 2011-07-28T20:29:01Z Though the contest supposedly ended in a draw, the surrounding discussion foreshadowed the familiar terms of aesthetic judgment underlying today’s competitions: drama versus polish, virtuosity versus lyricism. Music: Orpheus, Hilary Hahn and David Lang Start Competitions 2012-02-12T15:24:35Z Bouder, a dancer known for her virtuosity and daring, has delivered splendid crashes at City Ballet. 5 Dance Picture Books 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z This company’s nonchalant virtuosity routinely sends its audience into the rapture zone. Our dream selves, and getting through grief, with Alvin Ailey dancers 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Childs, now 76, has long been famous for her choreography’s blend of dance minimalism, sprightly virtuosity and geometric patterns. Review: Decades of Lucinda Childs’s Cool Minimalism in Motion 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Let’s see how the Trocks invest virtuosity with wit on a program that also includes “Swan Lake” and “Go for Barocco,” a parody of George Balanchine’s fiendishly complicated patterning. The Week Ahead: Dec. 16 — 22 2012-12-16T07:40:07Z “I like virtuosity, although not for the sake of virtuosity but because it’s dangerous,” was Mr. Boulez’s description of “Répons” when we sat down to talk for a few hours after the rehearsal. 2010-01-08T21:25:00Z The music world is taking note of Mr. Khozyainov’s stunning virtuosity. Critic’s Notebook: Recitals by Nikolay Khozyainov and Emanuele Torquati 2013-05-02T21:46:24Z As expressions of Bach’s virtuosity, solo pieces for cello, violin and harpsichord dotted the evening. Review \| The Knights weave old and new in concert of surprises at Dumbarton Oaks 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Hughes never quite reciprocated Locke’s adoration, but his virtuosity was magnetic. The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The Balanchine is a glittering display of virtuosity and musicality, and Teuscher, aside from a tiny wobble out of a turn, was majestic: clean, clear and expansive, distinct in her upper body. At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and ‘Swan’ Debuts 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z “I didn’t want people to expect virtuosity, I wanted them to empathize with me.” A Transgender Director Who Defies Genres (to France’s Confusion) 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z “We’re surrounded by people regularly enacting acts of virtuosity,” she said. Okwui Okpokwasili Wants You to Slow Down and Walk With Her 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The Presto finale, with the young players reveling in the thrill of collective virtuosity, was sheer joy. Critic’s Notebook: Aspen Music Festival Embarks on New Era 2013-07-29T21:49:03Z It was not simply Walker's display of virtuosity – graceful and apparently effortless – that was astonishing, but his ability to characterise the music so vividly. Walker/Watkins 2010-06-09T21:15:00Z For listeners inclined toward virtuosity of a less subtle kind, Mr. Shaham played an encore that he announced only as “a Turkish dance, not by Mozart.” Music Review: Gil Shaham and Pablo Heras-Casado at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-04T20:23:00Z The players were after resonance and a communal feeling; they weren’t in search of virtuosity. Review: Uncivilized Defies Conventionality in Concert 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Some state delegations approached the task of submitting a 30-second video with more virtuosity than others; some featured narrators in festive costumes. Perspective \| The 2020 Democratic National Convention won with viewers. Now its organizers hope to win an Emmy. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z His skill becomes something you take for granted; it’s a humble way to present virtuosity. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z But this is very difficult music, and the orchestra showed collective virtuosity in the final part. National Festival Orchestra well drilled in penultimate concert 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z But Glover, with his unsurpassed virtuosity and more streetwise image, had inspired a generation of young hoofers. Calling All Tap Dance Kids (It’s Not the Acting Kid or the Singing Kid) 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Despite the virtuosity of the dialogue and the charm of the cast, “The Newsroom” was quickly eclipsed by more knowing, acerbic dramas like “House of Cards” and even “Scandal.” ‘The Newsroom’ Ends Its Final Season on HBO 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z This being new circus, there are no animals and no gratuitous virtuosity. L?ng T?i (My Village) - review 2011-07-26T12:59:02Z The two artists meshed best in the final work, Poulenc’s acid-tongued sonata, where the quirky back-and-forth dialogue and individual virtuosity carried the day. Despite the disconnect, clarinetist and pianist put on an enjoyable recital 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z His virtuosity is bracing, but rarely feels emphatic; he’s executing a script, like an intelligent machine. Music Review: Meshuggah and Baroness at Terminal 5 2012-05-24T22:31:32Z Its first and third movements bear the mark of George Balanchine in their pumped-up geometric formations and their fleet, leggy virtuosity. MacMillan triple bill \| Dance review 2010-03-24T22:05:00Z Yet for one listener, at least, the chemistry and the newfound virtuosity and versatility seemed mostly to hold through the Masur years. Times Critics Remember Philharmonic?s Earlier Days 2010-05-07T20:49:00Z It was a delight to watch them both, and the rhythmic virtuosity of Mr. Melaku was often astounding. Dance Review: Where Feet, Beat and Joy All Soar Funkily 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z I admired the virtuosity of her photographs of swamps, but her agitprop digital collages — in one, an American flag lands atop a pile of guns — felt tired. As Galleries Reopen, Two Critics Find Rewards Eclipse the Angst 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Not that any of its individual sections are in any way deficient or that overall virtuosity is lacking. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z Suddenly, the necessarily narcissistic dazzle of Mr. Spacey’s elaborate turn locates the sparring partner it needs to transform an exercise in virtuosity into a two-way volley that you are reluctant to see end. Theater: Stars May Be Center Stage in London, but Others Shine 2011-07-26T13:00:06Z Guadagni's early distrust of virtuosity was a matter of aesthetics rather than technique, and Davies includes some of the showstoppers written for him by Handel and Arne, delivering them with wonderful finesse and flawless tone. Iestyn Davies: Arias for Guadagni – review 2012-06-07T21:55:01Z No complaints here about the virtuosity of the technique, blistering in the stormy finale, which elicited an encore, the equally restless Scherzo from Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major. Review \| Berlin Philharmonic helps Dumbarton Concerts series mark 40th anniversary 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z “Flamenco Men II” balances carefully on the border between virtuosity and Latin Lover schmaltz. ‘Flamenco Men II’: A sequel that’s actually better than the original 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z But what’s missing most of all is an equivalent for Scott’s virtuosity. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Returns to Sparkling Form 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But he retains his virtuosity within tightly musical phrasing, and he's never less than a deft and sympathetic partner to his ballerina Viengsay Valdés. Swan Lake \| Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z Hers was a virtuosity of shrewdness and precision. Colm Toibin on Elizabeth Bishop: A Different Kind of Literary Tango 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Her 1965 “No Manifesto” laid out a new approach to dance, stating an opposition, for instance, to spectacle, to camp, to virtuosity. Yvonne Rainer, a Giant of Choreography, Makes Her Last Dance 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But critics are often irked as much by an artist’s strengths as by his failings, especially if those strengths seem to inspire too enthusiastic a virtuosity. Review \| The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Licad brought intense virtuosity and a subtle variation of touch to the piece, taken at challenging tempos in the second and third movements. Review \| Cellist Alban Gerhardt proves to be a musical omnivore at Phillips Collection 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z His passionate readings are notable for both their poetic introspection and their tempestuous virtuosity. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2012 2012-12-20T17:59:14Z Each song on “Hellfire” is a whirlwind of virtuosity and structure, an idiom-hopping decathlon of meter shifts, barbed harmonies and arrangements that can veer anywhere at any moment. black midi Bristles at a Bleak World With ‘Hellfire’ 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z And that sensitivity didn’t preclude a joyous virtuosity in the outer movements that was just as dazzling as Chang’s, and with less grandstanding. Review \| Orchestra offers doubleheader: Chang, Bailey highlight season opener 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The way Mr. Taylor moves on, from one work to the next, is part of his virtuosity but also of his evasiveness. Dance Review: Paul Taylor’s Company Opens Its 60th-Anniversary Season 2014-03-14T22:41:11Z His mix of GQ-ready looks, instrumental virtuosity and a touch of incendiary politics has resonated over just a few EPs and a September major-label debut LP, and pop is better for that. Hozier takes a worshipful L.A. to an actual church 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z His reading sacrificed some of the work’s mischievousness in favor of sheer virtuosity but was irresistible for the precision, power and sheer opulence of the orchestra’s sound. Music Review: Fabio Luisi With the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-17T15:15:08Z Mr. Santos, a multi-instrumentalist and composer who died in 2006 at the age of 80, wasn’t known for his own virtuosity so much as for his original brilliance in composition and arrangement. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z For tantalising moments, Guillem and Le Riche allow their bodies to fall into familiar patterns of virtuosity – flashing beaten jumps and plush arabesques – but then they begin sliding and fragmenting and picking the material apart. Sylvie Guillem - review 2011-07-06T23:44:38Z Conducted by Laurence Cummings, the musicians showed virtuosity and vivacity both in the pit and on stage. Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z But what’s the threshold for virtuosity, and how do you even isolate it from depth and insight? Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Other shows seek a more meditative conclusion, one that emphasizes shared humanity rather than virtuosity. The Show Must Go On, and On, and On 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The images suggest cosmologies, geologies, glorious turmoil, but the handling, for all its lavish virtuosity, is weirdly perfunctory, almost corporate in its decorative impersonality. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z Like all great lovers of theater, Clinton is delighted by virtuosity, the alchemy of preternatural talent and unrelenting hard work. Why Hillary Clinton's next big stage should be at the Tony Awards 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The virtuosity of much of Ms. Chin’s music adds to its visual appeal. Music Review: Unsuk Chin Celebrated in Composer Portrait at Miller Theater 2014-03-16T20:54:53Z Though the dancing features no academic virtuosity, it’s often forceful. Review: Doom, Doom Everywhere (and Just a Drop of Joy) 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The virtuosity of “Esplanade,” with its daring floor-skimming slides and perilous catches, is veiled and like the other dances on the program, seemingly simple. Review: An Incandescent Journey Through 20th-Century Dance 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z But the ensemble virtuosity is greater than ever. Gustavo Dudamel and Bolivar symphony bring Beethoven's revolutionary conviction out in force 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z The core Algiers band — with Fisher on nearly every instrument; Ryan Mahan primarily on synthesizers and bass; Lee Tesche on guitars and Matthew Tong on drums — uses its physical and technological virtuosity almost paradoxically. Algiers Blasts Songs of Damage and Redemption on ‘Shook’ 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “I’d like to acknowledge Oscar Levant, whose wit and irascibility and virtuosity is not only inspirational but a true original,” Hayes said in his acceptance speech. Sean Hayes Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for ‘Good Night, Oscar’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Slagwerk Den Haag, a dazzling Dutch percussion group, similarly combined virtuosity and theatricality. Music Review: Bang on a Can Marathon at Winter Garden 2010-06-28T22:19:00Z Still, it offers ample scope for virtuosity, which Ms. Uchida supplied in full. Music Review: Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-21T20:08:54Z Sorrento’s villainy sets up a battle on two fronts — clashes in the Oasis mirroring chases through the streets of Columbus — that inspires Mr. Spielberg to feats of crosscutting virtuosity. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Coming from the other direction, the classical folks often seem to think that their virtuosity is the only kind of virtuosity, so of course it will work in every context. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z Taka Kigawa played three contemporary Japanese piano works with coolly precise virtuosity. Music Review: Strum, Pluck, Rescue, Rebuild 2011-04-11T21:45:04Z As in “Guwa No. 1,” musical flow is paramount, but virtuosity, though never ostentatious, is also a concern. Music Review \| Music From Japan: Interplay of Antiquity With Some Modernity 2010-02-22T08:25:00Z Like Bach, Ysaÿe used a wide range of expressive and technical elements in the Ballade, a showpiece that displays Mr. Bell’s virtuosity, rich tone and characterful playing to full effect. Sam Haywood and Joshua Bell at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-16T22:38:31Z The virtuosity of theatrical craft, by comparison, is reassuring in its transmissibility and manageability; it’s nearly quantifiable, which allows critics to play teacher and assign the equivalent of a numerical grade. What “Fences” Misses About Adapting Plays for the Screen 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z We know from past appearances that this is a man who has carved out his own virtuosity, through the swivelling, scissoring embellishments of his enormous jump and the inhuman assurance of his pirouettes. The Bolshoi Ballet: Spartacus 2010-07-20T13:45:00Z Arron Scott, the company’s most winningly innocent dancer, scores a particular success with the Jester’s virtuosity. Review: ‘Cinderella’ Returns to the American Ballet Theater Stable 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z So, yes, this new play is a lot, and the virtuosity of its frenetic pace is impressive. Review: A Satire of Social Media That Aims at Too Many Targets 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z It is a masterpiece, and its flaws only serve its virtuosity. ‘American Qur’an’ is an old/new masterpiece 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z But the sequence reveals its full virtuosity when Carlito arrives at Grand Central. Don’t Get What Makes Brian De Palma an Auteur? Try These Two Films 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z He was clearly inspired by his colleague’s virtuosity and artistry. Music Review: New York String Orchestra, Conducted by Jaime Laredo, at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-31T21:05:36Z This event felt far removed from the world of flashy virtuosity. Critic’s Notebook: Recitals by Nikolay Khozyainov and Emanuele Torquati 2013-05-02T21:46:24Z Painted with academic virtuosity in viscous glazes, she seems as if immersed in Jell-O. Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He’s among the precious few jazz instrumentalists — let alone trumpeters — capable of conveying relatable emotion through the hard lens of virtuosity. Music Review: Away From His Desk, Up on the Bandstand 2011-04-01T22:58:20Z Romeo — a taxing role — appears extensively throughout all three acts, with both heroic partnering and expansive dance virtuosity. 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “You could argue that classical music is about perfection and virtuosity — trying to touch the hem of God,” Mac says. Taylor Mac brings 24 decades of delirium and music to Los Angeles 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z What made it a bona fide hit, running close to 500 performances, was the jaw-dropping virtuosity of its singing and dancing. Review: ‘Shuffle Along’ Returns to Broadway’s Embrace 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Hull tiptoed lightly with her vocals, never pushing the lost-love feeling too hard, and she took it easy on her mandolin, too, not wanting to overpower the moment with virtuosity. Music Review: Prodigious Talent Discovers Balance 2011-03-09T22:33:48Z Momenta inhabited every note in an impassioned reading that combined brilliant virtuosity with the utmost sympathy and unity of intent. Momenta String Quartet shines in demanding program at National Gallery 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But in “Hogar,” the generic movement, while calling on their virtuosity, also stifles their individuality. Dance Review: Ballet Hispanico Explores Varied Themes at the Joyce 2014-04-23T20:12:54Z In “Chapter 3,” the violence has been supercharged, and so has the virtuosity. ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Review: Keanu Reeves Is Back for Another Brutal Round 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The piece is in no way a traditional concerto, showcasing pyrotechnical instrumental virtuosity, though Sorey did, in fact, write it with cellist and former Seattle Symphony artist-in-residence Seth Parker Woods specifically in mind. Volcanic drummer and MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winner Tyshawn Sorey premieres new work with Seattle Symphony 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z “Carib art,” is how Baudelaire described sculpture, meaning that even the suavest, most sophisticated works of unearthly virtuosity by Enlightenment paragons like Canova and Thorvaldsen were tainted by the medium’s primitive, cultish origins. Has Sculpture Become Just Another Pretty Face? 2011-08-09T17:39:27Z As much as Ms. Rainer’s 1960s work avoided conventional expressions of virtuosity, like superhuman leaps and strings of turns, this “uninflected continuity,” was, she said, “a new possibility of virtuosity.” A D.I.Y. Dance for Your Home, From Yvonne Rainer 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z "There is virtue in virtuosity, especially today, when it protects us from the tedious spectacle of ineptitude." Robert Hughes quotes: 20 of the best 2012-08-07T10:44:50Z In the performance of Julie Kent, especially, we see dancing that's equally transparent – virtuosity made to look as natural as laughing, talking, sighing. American Ballet Theatre ? review 2011-02-02T18:35:16Z That virtuosity – the “spirit feel,” as Heilbut calls it – imbued a number of her Columbia sessions, as she transformed standards into deeply personal statements. Aretha Franklin, America and the origin of the 'spirit feel' 2012-10-29T18:23:00Z Unlike the savage thrumming of later rock guitarists, Berry’s virtuosity wore a smile. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z “But, in ‘Soul,’ we can actually hear Dorothea’s virtuosity as both a saxophonist and as a bandleader.” Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The program brought back many of the orchestra’s collaborators through the years — from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, New Orleans and Brooklyn — in a kind of greatest-hits reunion that showed off the group’s breadth and virtuosity. Music Review: Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Symphony Space - Review 2012-01-22T23:03:12Z The show also allows the smashing Ms. Mirren to demonstrate her quick-change virtuosity in becoming the queen at different ages, from 1951 to the present, before our very eyes. Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z In some roles he was animal, in others a cascade of sensuous virtuosity. Art Review: ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes,’ at National Gallery 2013-05-23T20:40:40Z Beyond friendship, Aimard's unique capacities inspire me, for as well as his amazing virtuosity he is also a profoundly sensitive and thoughtful musician. Composing for the piano in black and white 2010-06-03T22:05:00Z The virtuosity of the players of our time is not to play fantastically fast, but to change instruments, like an actor changing his costume. The Conductor Transforming Period Performance 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In fact, our virtuosity with genes is modelled closely on what nature herself does all the time. Creation: The Origin of Life; The Future of Life, by Adam Rutherford – review 2013-04-06T14:00:01Z His controlled virtuosity was a delight, too, especially in the second movement's light touch scampers. Leon McCawley ? review 2010-12-03T22:30:00Z During every era of the piano there were players who were superb artists with more on their minds than dazzling virtuosity. Virtuosos Becoming a Dime a Dozen 2011-08-12T13:09:23Z Yet, for all the virtuosity of David Berthold's production and the play's success in its native Australia, I found the experience more theatrical than dramatic, and evasive about several key issues. Holding the Man 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z And just as she did with the Bernstein — a piece which often leaves me a touch cold — Hahn found ways to temper feats of acrobatic virtuosity with stretches of extreme vulnerability. Review \| My spirits needed a lift. Violinist Hilary Hahn and the NSO delivered, in D major. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Twelves have a real this-is-what-we-do presence and casual virtuosity to match. Twelves: The Adding Machine ? review 2011-04-07T20:31:02Z Praise be to the divine magic of "Fleabag" and its unconventional romantic lead, a culmination of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's virtuosity and Andrew Scott's inspired performance. "The New Pope" is still sexy and it knows it 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z This aptitude at using constantly, and with equal virtuosity, the pictorial language of figural and abstract art remains unique in our time. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z In the first section, "Heaven," they embraced the work's formidable demands with winning virtuosity, producing rich-hued sonorities. American Youth Symphony and National Children's Chorus members rise to 'Heaven Earth Mankind' 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The musical virtuosity of Prince was rivaled only by his status as a sex symbol. Prince and the queer body: Our dirty patron saint of pop gave me permission to think outside the gender binary 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Exacting narratives composed by two acclaimed novelists capture layers of virtuosity and unexpected comedy in their intricate arrangements. Finding Harmony, Literally, in Fiction About Music 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The lovely trills and vibrant, sharply etched cadenza bespoke understated virtuosity; but it was in his simple Schubert encore — the “Allegretto in B minor” — where his haptic imagination really told. This season, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plays it safe, almost to a fault 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z “The Jungle Book,” directed by Greg Banks, re-imagines Rudyard Kipling’s classic, “with an emphasis on the sheer virtuosity of the actors,” according to a release. Wimpy Kid Musical to Have Premiere in Minneapolis 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z This work, after all, was composed at the end of Bartok’s life and trades in the electricity and overt virtuosity of its two predecessors for a more temperate, often philosophical approach. 2010-02-16T22:40:00Z Unlike Frank Gehry, for whom he used to work, he is not known for his virtuosity. Maltzan's One Santa Fe apartment complex plays with notion of density 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z "James Levine's conducting and Meryl Streep's acting are extraordinary examples of insight, depth and virtuosity." Streep elected to elite academy 2010-04-13T08:20:00Z He brought formidable virtuosity to Scriabin and Liszt. How Should a Musician Make a Debut? Try Going Low-Key 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It's the sheer joyous ebbulliance with which it starts, going on to demonstrate virtuosity and originality before it winds down to a perfect conclusion. What's the best ever guitar solo? 2012-07-20T11:33:35Z The objective of the late starter is not virtuosity or a career. ‘The Late Starters Orchestra,’ by Ari L. Goldman A solo cadenza takes the trombone from bleating lows to ethereal highs, dispatched with virtuosity and playfulness by Mr. Alessi. Music Review: Military Brass, Civilian Strings 2013-07-04T22:38:04Z This is the kind of breaking point that all critics reach when it comes to a genre that they can’t appreciate regardless of the virtuosity of a particular movie. It’s a critic’s job to be fair. But when animals are involved, it gets dicey. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Later videos advertised Orlinski’s virtuosity: In footage recorded at a Moscow recital last year, he offers a rendition of Purcell’s “Strike the Viol” so decorated with vocal filigree that it practically sounds like bebop. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Ms. Mutter’s mastery is such an integral component of her playing that there was no trace of virtuosity for its own sake. 2010-02-11T08:29:00Z As he nears 80, Smith is merely doing what he’s always done: collaborating, arranging and playing organ with an understated virtuosity that prizes feeling over flash. How Lonnie Smith Found an Unlikely New Collaborator: Iggy Pop 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z New York critics praised the Cubans for their virtuosity, versatility and charm. For a Cuban Troupe, a Gift of Rootedness 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Those qualities, balanced differently and mixed amid more arresting strains of fiery virtuosity, informed her readings of the outer movements as well. Music Review: Renderings Energetic and Brash 2011-05-06T05:00:07Z As in their “Giselle” last year he and Ms. Osipova plainly stimulated each other, not just in intensity and virtuosity but also in responsive nuances of interpretation. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Sleeping Beauty,? 2 Auroras at the Met 2010-06-20T22:57:00Z Choreographer Sarosi Nay maintains a clever balance between the joy of physical virtuosity and the harrowing metaphors it's asked to carry. Rouge – review 2012-07-26T11:38:09Z Unfortunately a sameness or numbness soon set in because Tharp seldom developed her movement ideas and, instead, invariably abandoned them for dollops of ballet virtuosity. Twyla Tharp's 50th anniversary program, while graceful, becomes predictable 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z He beamed whenever one of the four other players demonstrated his virtuosity, and prefaced the two-hour concert — following a 20-minute opening jam — with lengthy comments on the musicians’ skills, reputations and personal lives. Herbie Hancock stretches out and enjoys the jams at Kennedy Center 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Expect crunchy electronic treatments of her cello, as well as traces of acoustic virtuosity. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in February 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z What we admire in great farce is the ingenuity and precision of the writing, the speed and virtuosity of the playing and the conviction that something serious is at stake for the characters. Run for Your Wife – review 2013-02-17T00:05:37Z It spoke of dazzling virtuosity rather than raw power or emotions dredged from the depths of a troubled soul. Whitney Houston: squandered talent of a singer who had it all 2012-02-12T17:13:58Z She even sat through press interviews, nodding approvingly while he told of his own artistic struggles and virtuosities. Margaret Keane, Painter of Sad-Eyed Waifs, Dies at 94 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z “The piece asks for special virtuosity from the singers, for total investment all the time,” Mr. Pichon said. At the Armory, Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ Are Newly Immersive 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Why it gets almost as much space in the sleeve notes as the other three works put together is hard to explain, for despite the energy and virtuosity it demands, it seems an unremarkable piece. Parry; Delius; Foulds: Cello Sonatas, etc 2012-10-04T21:00:03Z Taking Joplin as a point of departure, Denk presented the rag as a classical form capable of expressing virtuosity, humor, nostalgia and experimental daring. Denk shows range in ‘iPod shuffle’ 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z But I was a stubborn child, proud and possibly a little spiteful, and not yet ready to surrender my dreams of virtuosity. David Nicholls Every Good Boy 2011-07-22T22:01:00Z And yet he gives us real dance virtuosity and ensembles containing speed and elaborate geometry. ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The crux of Dolce’s criticism of Michelangelo is that the artist was somehow just a little coarse, attracted to coarse bodies and tempted to display a vulgar virtuosity over a refined aesthetic reticence. Review \| The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Introducing Chan, Tom Hanks acknowledged that the blend of slapstick comedy and martial arts virtuosity for which the star became famous was “historically underrepresented at the Oscars”. After 56 years, 200 films and innumerable injuries, Jackie Chan wins an Oscar 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The piece, never played in Schumann’s short life, famously defies a few conventions by presenting no breaks between movements and downplaying virtuosity for much of its length. Berlioz ‘Symphonie fantastique’ at SSO on Feb. 13, 15 2014-02-06T22:34:39Z In that sense, the concert’s high point was a solo set by Mr. Friedlander, who expressed deep interiority and sumptuous virtuosity. Music Review \| John Zorn: Exploring the Topography of John Zorn?s Continent 2010-02-19T22:52:00Z The role suited his robustly masculine and charismatic stage personality and provided a first-class showcase for his virtuosity and partnering skills. Richard Cragun obituary 2012-08-10T16:10:05Z But he tended to downplay his virtuosity in his PiL days, describing his signature sound — made sharper and brasher by his use of guitars with aluminum necks or bodies — in distinctly post-punk terms. Keith Levene, Public Image Ltd.’s Buzz-Saw Guitarist, Dies at 65 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z But as far as virtuosity, I don’t think any of these songs are pushing technique too far. Lindsey Stirling’s Music Combines Classical and Dance 2014-05-02T22:32:38Z When you have that many words and you can be so expressive, virtuosity is a natural byproduct. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z His mastery of complex geometries is where his virtuosity is most evident. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Opens Season With Gala 2014-05-09T23:25:13Z Bee’s quick run through of her opposition to assault weapons was suffused with the sense that this was an issue she’d been grimly prepared for; there was a nihilistic virtuosity to her delivery. Late Night TV's Response to Orlando Shooting Shows New Sophistication 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z It was monumental not because of its controversial subject matter, but rather for the exhilarating virtuosity of Nabokov’s prose. Russia’s Literary Icons, Explored on a Budget 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z There is a simple, almost-too-clever visual virtuosity to the forms, which also recall dominoes lined up and ready to be toppled. Ai Weiwei: A retrospective of his works All slack flow without definition and drive, the dancing provides no match or counterbalance for Gandini’s virtuosity. Review: Gandini Juggling’s Drab ‘Spring’ Mixes It Up With Dancers 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z It wasn’t just that he sustained his theatrical virtuosity that was so exhilarating. The Best Performances of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z And Milo has Horace, an erstwhile co-worker and a more aggressive version of Milo himself, but with a virtuosity, scrambling cultural references and modes of diction that put Milo to shame. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z Many of the writers are famous people, caught in a moment of accessibility and rawness or off-the-cuff virtuosity: Beethoven on his deafness: “I must live almost alone, like one who has been banished.” Explaining the Popularity of Letters of Note 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The show is still an incredible showcase of timeless classics and musical virtuosity, even if it’s not the reunion everyone wants to see. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z His materials — high intelligence, wit, philosophical depth, technical virtuosity — looked back to an older era of poetry’s high ambition. John Hollander, Poet Known for His Range, Dies at 83 2013-08-18T22:06:10Z An elegant and witty celebration of orchestral virtuosity, its series of surges towards climactic peaks defies expectation by ending quietly with a wry smile. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2012-10-14T14:56:03Z The work of a virtuoso wood carver is delivered via virtual virtuosity. L.A. photographer captures nature's beauty and truth, but not all is what it seems 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Why, you wonder, has a film with such witty visual virtuosity been re-engineered for such a crass and frantic crossover to the stage? Review \| The new ‘Beetlejuice’ musical is overcaffeinated, overstuffed and virtually charmless 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Her music demands a stealthy virtuosity: most of the works here begin slowly, simply and quietly, and blossom into dense, technically demanding webs of themes, counterpoint and ear-catching effects. Music Review: Changing Like Winds, With Gusto 2011-05-09T18:16:59Z That isn’t true for the alter ego Gurney, though at 47 he too has traded in professional success for another kind of virtuosity. Books of The Times: ?Think of a Number,? Crime Story From John Verdon 2010-07-15T21:32:00Z But supreme orchestral polish and virtuosity are beside the point here, which seems to be to situate Hans Gál in music history. Classical Recordings: Orchestra of the Swan Record Gál and Schumann 2012-06-01T14:10:41Z Yet the people onstage never call attention to their virtuosity. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The sombre first movement, by turns barbed and lyrical, was beautifully understated, and its tricky combination of harmonic bitterness, muted virtuosity and melodic expansion flawlessly judged. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda/Ehnes – review 2013-02-24T18:00:05Z Mr. Kigawa recast the sonata as an essay in how to apply suppleness to virtuosity, and the result was an energetic but also characterful account. Music Review: Difficult Pieces Inspire a Pianist 2010-08-25T22:15:00Z Both paintings, with trompe l’oeil virtuosity, create impossible intersections of hard surface and weightlessness, opacity and transparency. At Tacoma Art Museum: Camille Patha’s vivid ‘Punch of Color’ 2014-02-27T22:26:49Z The intellectual virtuosity on display is somehow both ostentatious and casual. ‘High Flying Bird’ Review: A Thrilling Dunk on Capitalism 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z
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