| 单词 | woodwind |
| 例句 | If you listen closely you can hear a window scraping open, a fresh reed being inserted into a woodwind’s mouthpiece. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z NOTE: In some woodwinds, such as the clarinet , the upper "octave" may actually be the third harmonic rather than the second, which complicates the fingering patterns of these instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Players of both bowed and plucked strings generally find fingerings and tuning to be easier in sharp keys, while woodwind and brass players often find flat keys more comfortable and in tune. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Our families are the strings family, the woodwind family, the brass family, and the percussion family.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Most woodwinds can get two different octaves with essentially the same fingering; the lower octave is the fundamental of the column of air inside the instrument at that fingering. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z These musicians cultivate the characteristic Russian orchestral sound, with dark, mellow strings, reedy, plaintive woodwinds and weighty, soft-edged brasses. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-07T21:24:21Z And in Stravinsky’s ballet “Firebird” — like the Scriabin, a dazzling Russian piece — supple strings and brilliant contributions from the principal woodwinds and French horn compensated for occasionally shaky work from the brasses. Music Review: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in Newark - Review 2012-01-09T22:57:25Z Mr. Stucky’s piece, by contrast, was a homage to Ravel, packed with shimmering string and woodwind textures yet with a changeability and bite that are among the most recognizable hallmarks of Mr. Stucky’s music. Critic’s Notebook: Robert Beaser’s Guitar Concerto at June in Buffalo Festival 2012-06-13T21:58:39Z The strings played with filigreed elegance, the woodwinds with admirable finesse. A reshuffled Baltimore Symphony Orchestra can’t quite fill the void after headliner’s exit Imagine all the thunder and authority of classical music, but without balancing strings and woodwinds. With the Barclay Brass, D.C. takes an outsized role in the small world of classical brass music 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Gatti coaxed superb colour from the orchestra, especially the ever-busy woodwind, and kept textures transparent to support the ensembles as they divided and reshaped in various contrapuntal patterns. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z Unanimous strings, affectionate woodwind phrasing, an impressively secure horn section and rousing work from percussion and heavy brass ensured a convincing and highly enjoyable account of both works. Review: Springtime Auburn gets a taste of Russian winter, courtesy of ASO 2010-04-11T16:36:00Z And though the woodwinds produced a sound slightly warmer than that of their modern counterparts, they were brighter than period winds often are. Music Review: American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall 2012-04-10T21:55:31Z But even up close the woodwinds were mostly inaudible over the louder quartet, so I heard only half of what I came for. Critic?s Notebook: Returning to Newport, Encountering Jazz?s Present 2011-08-08T18:25:03Z The orchestra played beautifully for him: the brass and woodwind choirs in the Andante moderato were exceptionally fine, and the string playing captured the work’s suppleness as well as its grandeur. Music Review: Many Different Sounds In a Wide-Ranging Week 2010-10-15T21:26:00Z Nothing was overblown, and the balances among the various sections, especially between brasses and woodwinds, were exquisite. Review: An Intense yet Pastoral Mahler, Cowbells Included 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z There is a backdrop of rustling sounds and breathing, some produced by woodwind players blowing through their instruments without articulating specific notes. Music Review: Salvatore Sciarrino?s ?Porta Della Legge,? After Kafka 2010-07-21T21:23:00Z It calls for a huge orchestra, offstage brass and woodwinds, three choirs, five soloists and a narrator. Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Composer With Cinematic Flair, Dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z There was a notable sheen and transparency to the strings, with elastic woodwinds functioning beautifully as individuals and as a team. Salonen, CSO scale majestic heights of Bruckner symphony 2011-03-04T18:35:00Z Mr. Maazel led an expressively shaped rendition, with fine playing from the woodwinds and brasses. Music Review: Lorin Maazel Leads Philharmonic in Sibelius and Brahms 2013-01-17T21:34:32Z Those dolphins in Seattle jumping from the waves exactly in time with the woodwind shrieks! Critic?s Notebook: ?Nutcracker? Riddles With Many Answers 2011-01-02T23:00:23Z Its sound is proudly retro and humbly indie: Vampy Wurlitzers, woolly acoustic guitars and trilling woodwinds abound. Clairo Takes a Defiant Leap on ‘Sling’ 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The other three movements offered relief, especially the second, where there were wonderfully lyrical moments and fine exchanges among solo woodwinds. Review: Bruckner Rises and Stalls in Hands of Two Conductors 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The strings, particularly in Mr. Jansons’s plangent reading of the finale, were rich-toned and supple, qualities matched by the remarkably focused woodwind and brass sections. Music Review: A Dutch Orchestra Plumbing the Depths 2010-02-19T04:35:00Z The idiosyncratic colors of individual woodwinds vividly brought to life some of the birdcalls Beethoven wrote into the first movement. Review: American Classical Orchestra Takes on Friedrich Witt 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The woodwinds were placed in the first row of instruments. Music Review: Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-30T22:45:27Z The orchestra gloried in the work’s brilliant and kaleidoscopic sonorities and produced powerful heft, with shining woodwinds and brasses, without letting the sound turn blowsy. Music Review: Orchestral Extremes: From a Pizza Shop to Carnegie 2011-02-06T22:41:17Z This was a brilliant performance from all hands, especially the woodwind, brass and percussion players. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-12-10T00:25:30Z There was a sudden lull with a gentle version of Chopin’s Nocturne in C sharp minor, the melodies shared among piano, woodwinds and brasses. Music Review: Nocturnal Voyages Through Many Eras and Textures 2011-06-14T22:22:12Z The brass, woodwind and percussion contributions, too, were immaculately realised and coalesced into a gloriously rich and finely balanced soundscape. LPO/Nodea 2010-04-18T21:00:00Z The opening woodwind phrases were carefully moulded, yet also indicative of a soul in crisis. Prom 48: LPO/Jurowski – review 2012-08-19T15:56:24Z The opening woodwind chords were imperfectly tuned and the string color in the second part was a bit antiseptic. National Festival Orchestra well drilled in penultimate concert 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z The exception would be the woodwinds in the Schubert, a different lineup than in the rest of the program, who struggled to play in tune with one another throughout the first movement. Conductor Mario Venzago energizes Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Of the orchestra’s other conductors, Andrews Sill has recently emerged — after the American Ballet Theater’s David LaMarche — as the city’s finest ballet accompanist, but the woodwind and brass sections play poorly for him. Critic?s Notebook: At City Ballet This Winter, You Could Sometimes See the Music 2011-02-28T23:15:07Z Afterward, children — the recommended age is at least 6 — can try out not just the French horn, but string, woodwind and other brass instruments, too. Spare Times for Children for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The first sounds you hear in “Sumeida’s Song” are clattering percussion and screeching woodwinds evoking the noise of a train arriving at the station in the town where the story is set. Music Review: ‘Sumeida’s Song’ at Here Arts Center 2013-01-10T22:30:02Z I heard that one up close, but couldn’t make out the finer details of Guillermo Klein’s woodwind arrangements. Playlist: A Confection of Pop, and Newport Chops 2011-08-20T19:45:06Z All that freedom called for some ground rules – early on, Trapanese restricted the use of flutes and other woodwinds, typically used to add color and texture to a composition, because Gonzalez’s synthesizers filled that role. ‘Track Stars: M83 and the Music for Oblivion 2013-04-24T12:00:20Z The perfectionist woodwinds — piccolos, flutes, clarinets and saxophones — are invariably drowned out by the brass section, meaning their dedication to musicianship doesn’t rely on recognition. When U.S.C. Plays U.C.L.A., They Play Too 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z There were more subwoofers connected to yet more ropes, both bisecting the room, as well as a row of percussionists and a woodwind player on each side of the space. Review: ‘The Force of Things,’ an Indirectly Audible Opera 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The conductor Michele Gamba painted in dusky pastels, finding unanimity of color in swelling strings and pearly woodwinds. Review: A Tenor Arrives at the Met Opera in ‘Elisir’ 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The orchestra is divided into three ensembles, strings, woodwinds and brass, separated somewhat onstage. Music Review: Seattle Symphony Explores Nature at Spring for Music 2014-05-07T21:12:37Z Written for a small orchestra of limited strings and single woodwinds, horn and trumpet, the piece is a vivid series of fantasy landscapes limned with canny economy. Review | Ross emphasizes the new and the forgotten with Alexandria Symphony 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The BSO certainly was not sounding its best; there was some dreadful intonation between the woodwinds and an offstage trumpet in Ottorino Respighi’s “Church Windows.” Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore celebration falls a bit flat 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z But where Mussorgsky painted in crude, powerful strokes, Liadov was more expansive, surrounding the witch’s dramatic, low-lying theme with splashes of color from the woodwinds and brasses. Music Review: Branford Marsalis and Philharmonic in Central Park 2010-07-15T22:45:00Z The three women sang oohs in wordless harmony, and Mr. Longstreth crooned extended, leaping lines, all cantilevered amid the orchestra’s fits and starts of percussion, cackling Stravinskyan woodwind motifs and hovering tone clusters. Music Review | Dirty Projectors: Indie-Rock on a Quest, With Woodwinds, Brass and Strings 2010-02-22T05:52:00Z At times, you felt as though you were sitting within the orchestra, nudging up against those various woodwinds in their wonderful solos. Music Review: Boston Symphony’s Two Nights at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-13T21:25:01Z The violins were tuning, the woodwinds warming up and the trumpets blaring bits of Mahler. Gustavo Dudamel in New York: Selfies, Hugs and Mahler 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Gilbert gracefully shaped the wistful passage for a choir of woodwinds at the opening of the great slow movement. Critic’s Notebook: New York Philharmonic Performs in the Parks 2013-07-11T21:34:28Z Sinatra’s performance, with masterful string and woodwind arrangements by Gordon Jenkins, won the Grammy Award for best male vocal performance, heralded a massive comeback and became one of his most requested songs. Ervin Drake, songwriter of ‘It Was a Very Good Year,’ dies at 95 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The brasses and woodwinds could snort, snarl, bray and swoon with the best of them, as appropriate, and the percussion section, which drives much of this work, was suitably raucous and disruptive. Review: In Mahler, Philadelphia Orchestra Finds Beauty Amid the Grit 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He began his career as a tenor saxophonist but also mastered the flute, oboe and bassoon and used woodwind instruments from many countries in his music. Jazz musician Yusef Lateef dies 2013-12-24T10:22:03Z The minutes that lead up to it are turbulent and brutal, and the oboe emerges from them with an apprehensive solo, answered sweetly by the woodwinds. “Babe”: Pig at the Philharmonic 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Orchestras of the time were not a static phenomenon, but an evolving one, making use of the latest evolving technology as regards the woodwind and brass instruments, rather as Beethoven’s symphonies evolved. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Five separate “choirs” of woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings and voices will perform outdoors at Lincoln Center’s Hearst Plaza, choreographed by Mark DeChiazza. Every Single Place Has Its Own Sound 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Important lines of brass and woodwind misfire or crumble in both of these ballets and others. Ballet Theater’s Met Season, a Mix of Sparkling Moments and Familiar War Horses 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The general excellence of the orchestra extended as well to individual soloists, especially the woodwind players in both works. Resigned Director of Minnesota Orchestra Takes Spin at Old Job 2014-03-28T06:27:13Z The lungs and muscles of the thorax are bellows that propel air through the vocal folds, which respond by vibrating, producing a buzzing sound like a reed in a woodwind instrument. Passing gas is an art and science 2012-08-23T00:00:00Z In the affirming tenor aria “Every valley shall be exalted,” little flourishes in the strings were echoed by bustling replies in woodwinds, a colorful and unabashedly symphonic touch. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z The orchestra sounded in good shape, with particularly fine work from the woodwinds in the Shostakovich slow movement. Critic’s Notebook: Spring for Music Festival at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-13T22:06:48Z But all extraneous noise was blocked by the loud, joyous sounds produced by a small procession of Highland bagpipers and bass woodwinds holding court in Long Island City. Variety and Verve at Make Music New York 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The two Debussy pieces were particularly successful, with gauzy textures and translucent passages, and a lot of virtuoso playing from the woodwinds. Violinist Augustin Hadelich earns a rafter-rattling ovation from a Seattle Symphony audience 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z As the music breathes calmly, motifs and figures intrude: a burst of quiet brass, a darting riff in the woodwinds, fidgety melodic fragments. Review: Susanna Malkki Makes an Immediate Impression 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z “Bridge of Life,” cut into two brief segments in the album, joins writing for five classical woodwind players, who improvise a little bit, into Mr. Pérez’s jazz trio; it’s a lumpy fit. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z Mr. Masur managed its transitions deftly and drew a performance of sharply focused intensity from the Philharmonic’s strings and woodwinds, with vivid contributions from its brasses in the more extroverted sections. Music Review: Kurt Masur Leads the New York Philharmonic - Review 2011-10-28T23:49:22Z Some offer traditional oompah music — an ensemble of brass, woodwinds, accordion, and drums. Rick Steves: How to become a Bavarian at Oktoberfest 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The Debussy scores were taken slowly, with some wonderful blending in a woodwind section at the top of its game, but without loss of rhythmic drive. Prom 71: Orchestre National de France/Gatti 2010-09-08T11:06:00Z In addition, brass and woodwind players are susceptible to embouchure dystonia, which may cause the lips to tremble or the jaw to lock, or otherwise affect the face, mouth and tongue. Critic?s Notebook: Dystonia, Which Struck Glenn Gould and Other Musicians 2012-03-13T22:19:34Z She’s singing “Reaching Through to the Other Side,” from My Brightest Diamond’s new album, her melody shadowed by a blush of woodwinds and strings. New Music From Real Estate, My Brightest Diamond, Harold O?Neal 2011-10-17T22:37:44Z A keening erhu melody floats over Western string and woodwind chords. Music Review: New Works Enliven Spoleto Festival USA 2012-06-04T22:14:32Z The lean format, while lacking the woodwind colors of the originals, is effective, the pared-down textures revealing the subtleties of the piano part in alluring detail. Review: Parlor-Style Mozart From the Ariel Quartet 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The woodwinds did much excellent work, but any number of orchestral textures, especially those featuring the horns, were skated over. Beethoven Loses to Piazzolla at the Seattle Symphony 2012-12-29T18:39:04Z Sounding like a woodwind section all by himself, Kirk displays his idiosyncratic multi-horn technique. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Avant-Garde Jazz 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z A New York Philharmonic woodwind player fiddles with his reeds. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The woodwinds rise in hungry mischief to meet each “ate.” ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’ Review: Holiday Winks 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Before the last silence, with birdcalls in the woodwinds, there is a spell of absolute fulfillment, of all-embracing spiritual warmth. The Shimmering Magnificence of Jessye Norman 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The work of the orchestra’s woodwind principals was stellar. Review: Mostly Mozart, Highlighted by Sol Gabetta’s Haunting Vocalise 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Alsop seemed content to provide restrained accompaniment, with warm strings, lovingly caressed woodwind lines and gentle rubatos. A reshuffled Baltimore Symphony Orchestra can’t quite fill the void after headliner’s exit Young woodwind, brass and percussion players are among the 61 participants in this 45th-anniversary season. New York String Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z David Alan Miller, the Albany Symphony’s music director, told the crowd that assembled here to listen to the sounds of strings, woodwinds, brass and drums along the Mohawk. Hell or High Water, an Orchestra Celebrates the Erie Canal 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Those qualities prevailed through the rest of the suite, as did the attractions of the orchestra’s luminous string sound, lyrical woodwind playing and, especially in “Laideronnette,” its characterful percussion. Music Review | New York Philharmonic: ?Once Upon a Time,? as Told by 2 Composers 2010-02-26T21:54:00Z These will be available for purchase or free download for each of the standard orchestral string, woodwind and brass instruments as well as for recorder, saxophone, euphonium, piano, harpsichord, guitar, harp, percussion and voice. Carnegie Unveils Music Education Program 2011-03-25T23:03:39Z He conveys a similar effect in the opening movement, which bustles with cluster chords, punchy outbursts and spiraling figures for woodwinds and brasses. Music Review: Salonen and the Big Sounds of a Small European Nation 2011-03-11T23:45:17Z For Ligeti’s “Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances,” two lines of players faced each other, woodwind and viola on one side, the rest of the strings on the other. The Knights Play Stravinsky and Bartok in Central Park 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z But the balance comes adrift at the beginning, with the woodwind ululations drowning out the strings. St John Passion | Classical review 2010-03-23T23:00:00Z Ms. Lahiri, writing in Italian, at this point seems only a lesser version of herself, a full orchestra reduced to tentative woodwinds. Review: Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘In Other Words,’ a Writer’s Headlong Immersion Into Italian 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Abbado led a tightly focused performance, with lithe string and woodwind playing in the Overture and finale, as well as a beautifully balanced account of the brass choir writing in the Nocturne. Music Review: Caramoor International Music Festival 2012 in Katonah 2012-06-24T22:08:50Z He uses a high and a low instrument from different families: violin and bass for the strings, clarinet and bassoon for woodwinds, and trumpet and trombone for brasses. Stravinsky?s Devil, Reignited 2011-06-03T18:21:16Z The composer was one of three keyboard players, alongside three multitasking woodwind virtuosi and a singer. Philip Glass – review 2012-12-16T18:15:01Z But Mr. Rozhdestvensky teased out its musical undercurrents: rattling inner voices in the woodwinds, bursts of pungent brass that punctuate the phrases. Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Here everything was finely polished and in place, the woodwind playing was shapely and the string tone warm, yet the reading’s matter-of-factness kept the score from blossoming fully. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-26T23:41:47Z In “The Sun Still Seems to Move,” she offers theological and existential musings — “I know that life’s not one linear seamless destination” — over fingerpicking and woodwinds, muscles and hands and breath. Red Hot Chili Peppers Honor Eddie Van Halen, and 10 More New Songs 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Up high, there was sometimes a hint of vinegar in the sound when he played fortissimo, but this was, overall, top-tier woodwind playing. Despite the disconnect, clarinetist and pianist put on an enjoyable recital 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The evening's concerto was Friedrich Gulda's for cello, scored for an orchestra of woodwinds and brass with one double-bass and a small rhythm section. Morlot debuts with charisma, substance 2011-09-18T18:59:45Z The Third Symphony was hardly less enjoyable, marrying vertical strength and horizontal sweep with pliant lyricism and refinement of instrumental detail, especially with respect to the woodwind choir. Dohnanyi, Ax and the CSO produce Brahmsian splendor at Ravinia concerts 2011-07-17T05:00:00Z And her excellent band — Rod Fleeman on guitar, Ed Howard on bass, Lewis Nash on drums and Bob Sheppard on reeds and woodwinds — buoyed her singing with robust sophisticated arrangements featuring Mr. Sheppard. Music Review: A Sharp Eye for Songs in the Key of Now 2011-06-03T22:14:02Z In Carnegie Hall’s plush acoustics, woodwind lines too often went unheard. The Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Two woodwind principals — Kjersti Dahle, oboist, and Matthew Taylor, bassoonist — introduced themselves in the spare opening of the Vivaldi slow movement and provided joy throughout, especially in the Mozart. Music Review: Norwegian Ensemble Flaunts Its Bows and Body English 2011-03-24T22:04:24Z The studio also hired the London Symphony Orchestra to rerecord the classical tracks, section by section, to allow players to swap out separate “stems” — woodwind, percussion, violins — and replace them with instruments from the remixes. Honky-Tonk Tchaikovsky? ‘Fantasia’ Game Offers a Way 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The Scherzo comes as a complete contrast: biting and frenetic music, in breathless perpetual motion, with an intensely difficult violin part that tussles with a rattling, boisterous orchestra, especially some ornery woodwinds. Review: A Surprise Conductor Makes a Superb Debut 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The frenzy subsides into the more delicately scored, gentle “Pulse 1,” whose yearning violin solo contrasts with the colorful percussion and bright woodwind underpinnings of the exuberant “Pulse 2.” Esa-Pekka Salonen With Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 2012-11-25T00:50:05Z In the Dvorak she produced a lovely, often soaring tone and was deftly supported by the orchestra’s trim woodwind and brass sections. Music Review: New York String Orchestra With Jaime Laredo - Review 2011-12-25T21:55:35Z The lineup: Jagger, Richards, Wood and Watts, bassist Darryl Jones and touring keyboardist Chuck Leavell, supplemented at the Fonda by a pair of sax/woodwind players, two singers and an additional keyboardist. Rolling Stones reunite with their more dangerous past at 'secret' L.A. show 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Hooks are few and the accompaniment is spare, with the thrum of guitar interrupted by occasional spasms of percussion and woodwinds from Henry’s son, Levon, who merges the sounds of klezmer, New Orleans and Stravinsky. Review: Joe Henry weighs risks and rewards of love 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z For Mozart’s Symphony No. 34, woodwind, brass and timpani joined in for a jubilant and sparkling performance. Jennifer Koh Accompanies the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The brass are brassier, and the woodwinds blow through mysterious Finnish forests — but also have the cheery flavor of delicious small Finnish summer strawberries. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia play larger than life on Southern California tour 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Fischer’s solution arrayed the double basses high across the rear of the stage, made a bowl for the rest of the strings and perched the woodwinds in between, projecting through the tumult. Budapest Festival Orchestra Plays at Avery Fisher Hall 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The orchestration, rich with harmonium, celeste and harp, and aglow with fluttering woodwind and solo string writing, displays Massenet's hunger for throwing every musical meat, fish and fowl into his recipe, with uneven results. Cendrillon; Rinaldo ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:30Z Transience dominates: A string or a woodwind instrument, sometimes doubling the vocal line, sighs and dissipates against a stark orchestral landscape. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z With sensuous yet lively strings, the English Concert offered poised playing throughout, even on difficult-to-control period woodwinds and brasses. Review: A Handel Oratorio Gave the People What They Wanted 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Clean orchestral textures, meanwhile, allowed us to hear molten woodwind gurgles and ominous pizzicato throbs that we usually miss. Prom 13: Verdi Requiem - review 2011-07-25T10:04:41Z The strings brought a dark intensity to the long opening passage, the woodwind spotlit some already fine soloists, and the whole ensemble played with electric commitment. Prom 13: NYO-USE/Gergiev – review 2013-07-22T17:49:10Z The music is mostly based in the sweetly percussive tintinnabulations of the gamelan, though it’s often accompanied by either a sralai, a woodwind instrument that’s oboelike in sound, or vocal chanting. Dance Review: Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-05-03T22:54:41Z In the slow movement Mr. Barnatan drew a mellow auburn glow from his instrument; when the orchestra joined him with a series of fine woodwind solos, their colors blended perfectly with his. Music Review: Riverside Symphony at Alice Tully Hall 2013-06-07T21:20:02Z It came out of an idea of Barnett's to combine the tough, synthetic beats of chart pop with the brass and woodwind arrangements of English classical composers: Britney meets Britten, if you like. These New Puritans: a band like no other 2010-10-07T21:59:00Z Unfortunately, the volume level of the amplification was often set far too high, making the loudest notes of the electronic keyboards and woodwinds unbearable to the ears. Review | ‘Koyaanisqatsi,’ film and soundtrack, back at Kennedy Center 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z The album features Mr. Lloyd on tenor saxophone, flute and tarogato, a Hungarian woodwind instrument. A Busy Spring for Charles Lloyd 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The woodwinds gave much aural delight, from the jaunty bassoon duo to the piercing high piccolo. CSO goes to the mat for sub conductor 2011-01-21T17:34:13Z Mr. Gautier’s cello sometimes seemed a mere foil for the snarling horns and woodwinds. Music Review: Nézet-Séguin Brings Philadelphia Orchestra to Carnegie Hall 2014-02-23T22:56:56Z From there the soundscape is dominated by a recurrent descending figure that moves in waves of woodwinds over pulsing strings. Conlon serves Shostakovich suite to the max with CSO 2011-04-22T17:40:00Z The other woodwinds were dotted among the strings, and the sound was more supple and less formal as a result. Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer/Hough - review 2011-01-17T21:46:01Z With just five string players, in certain passages a solo horn or complement of woodwinds dominates the overall sound. Music Review: Emanuel Ax and Tamara Mumford in ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ 2012-11-05T23:29:47Z Choirs of reedy woodwinds and delicate, sometimes scratchy string sounds permeated the space. A New Work by John Luther Adams Debuts at Lincoln Center 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Some orchestras impress with the qualities of their individual sections: a particular sheen or warmth from the strings; the mellowness or piquancy of the woodwinds; the power or golden tone of the brasses. Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-22T21:44:54Z Through much of that track’s 23 minutes, the woodwinds deftly frame the dramatic fluctuations of Mr. Shorter’s band; at times the two factions achieve a compelling synthesis, advancing a dramatic theme. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z At the start of this expansive, final part, the orchestra buzzes strangely, achieved by flutter-tonguing in the woodwind and the rapid tremolando bowing of the strings. L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortilèges; BBC Prom 33 – review 2012-08-11T23:05:35Z Schoeck’s vocal writing is less pleasing: much of it is talky and shapeless, and it is often swamped by the string and woodwind scoring. Music Review: A Meandering Thread Becomes James Joyce 2010-10-10T19:42:00Z In “Nada,” she sings about sorrow, loss and fearlessness, with a clip-clopping Andean beat and a mesh of woodwinds, voices, samples and synthesizers, at once steadfast and eerie. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Pappano and his players dovetailed immaculately with the pianist, the orchestra's woodwind, in particular, offering many solo highlights. Prom 10: Academy of Santa Cecilia/Pappano – review 2013-07-21T12:54:25Z Elder caught the whiff of danger that suffuses the whole piece, and with the LSO woodwind players in particularly fine form in their many striking solos, the tremendous opening largo unfolded with force and logic. LSO/Elder 2010-06-14T21:31:00Z So too is his liberal approach to the repertory, mostly classic boleros and ballads, furnished with woodwind orchestrations by Guillermo Klein. Ambrose Akinmusire, Drake, the Roots, St. Vincent 2011-12-17T03:03:14Z “Interruptions,” the fourth movement, features dramatic woodwind and brass flourishes, with a chorale linking it to the viola solo and muted trumpets of “Song.” Music Review | New York Philharmonic: The Toe-Tapping Starts at the Podium 2010-02-19T23:15:00Z Not that there was anything heavy or pompous about it: sitting with his back to the audience, Barenboim faced the woodwind section like friends at a formal but friendly dinner party. Daniel Barenboim and the Music of Anton Bruckner 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In the second half of the concert, they also measured up just thrillingly to the more conventional challenge of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony - vivid, precise detail in the woodwind and brass, rich-textured strings. Prom 18: Australian YO/Elder 2010-07-31T11:58:00Z Gergiev, hands constantly aflutter, brought even the most insignificant transition passages to vivid life; the LSO's woodwind principals shaped all their solos exquisitely. Prom 41: LSO/Gergiev 2010-08-17T10:57:00Z Mr. Coleman recorded it with the Council of Balance, a chamber agglomeration of woodwinds, percussion and strings, along with members of Five Elements, his turn-on-a-dime band. Steve Coleman, a Jazz Outlier, Rides a Wave of Acclaim 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Along the way he studied under woodwind luminaries like Simeon Bellison, the principal clarinetist for New York Philharmonic, and Anthony Gugliotti, who held the same post with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Martin C. Dreiwitz, Who Took Student Musicians on World Tours, Dies at 91 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The woodwind renovator from Great Yarmouth – they put him in Angry ward. Radio review: Visitors 2010-10-08T07:00:00Z The young Oberlin musicians also demonstrated their prowess in Stravinsky’s “Firebird” Suite, giving a stirring, vividly shaped rendition that featured exemplary playing from the woodwinds. Music Review: Oberlin Conservatory Plays at DiMenna Center and Carnegie 2013-01-21T22:22:40Z Conductor Schwarz took the opening Introitus with slow deliberation, the mournful woodwinds carrying the theme over a sea of weeping strings, but this was to set up a burst of energy that began the Kyrie. Review: a full stage, full of beauty for SSO Mozart program 2011-01-21T18:50:05Z The work's four instrumental groups – woodwind, brass, strings and percussion – echo and react to each other as though in a latter-day Gabrieli canzona. Birtwistle portrait – review 2012-05-25T15:42:59Z In this one, she collaborates with musicians from Ensemble Connect to teach about woodwind instruments, which the children can try. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In Jonathan Bailey Holland’s atmospheric new piece “Stories of Home,” whispered murmurs of the woodwind and brass players, speaking in English and German, came through clearly. As Geffen Hall’s Renovation Stumbles, Cincinnati Shows the Way 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z With a voice that mesmerizing, her music barely needs anything else: six guitar strings, a few tiptoed piano lines, fleeting woodwinds and a tambourine that rustles with hesitation in the album’s final minutes. Review | Let’s get small with Jessica Pratt 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z It is genial music for a large orchestra, carefully orchestrated to keep things gentle, hazy and impressionistic, with a vibraphone creating a blurry aura in the background and cascading woodwind figures internalized in the texture. Review | With aerialists, ribbons and Copland, the Shift festival begins 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z But it may have had to do with forays made by the woodwinds — screeching, warbling or keening — over a steady rhythm in the percussion. New Juilliard Ensemble’s Focus! Festival Under Joel Sachs 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The string, woodwind, brass and percussion sections also received coaching from members of the New York Philharmonic before the concert, which was a benefit for the Riverside Food Pantry. Music Review: St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra at Riverside Church 2010-06-09T21:33:00Z The amendments Mahler made – doubling up the woodwind, reinforcing the brass, tweaking the dynamic markings – were probably no more radical than those habitually made by many conductors of his time. LSO/Alsop ? review 2010-12-07T22:00:00Z Listening to his “Pastoral” Symphony that night, the bird calls he wrote for the woodwinds took me back to the bird songs I’d heard retracing his footsteps on the Beethovengang. From Bonn to Vienna, in Search of Beethoven, the Man 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The sound can grow weighty and brash at times, but the playing is always brilliant, with blazing tremolos from the strings, distinctive colorings from the woodwinds and golden orations from the brasses. Schumann, via Simon Rattle, Robin Ticciati and Nézet-Séguin 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Melodies slithered over a minor-mode atmospheric orchestra, only to cede to undulating figures in which one had the impression of hearing one giant woodwind instrument. When One Instrument Speaks in Three Voices 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The expanded brass section was bold and tireless, the woodwind solos vividly characterised, and the strings supplied a tonal warmth that retained a distinctive patina in the hesitant melodic flow of the slow movement. Prom 56: BBCSO/Bychkov ? review 2011-08-28T14:44:08Z Within moments the entire audience became spellbound seven-year-olds, captivated by the dappled shade, cool breezes and birdsong conjured by chattering woodwind, jaunty strings and glowing horns. The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 ? review 2011-08-13T23:06:02Z The Hallé strings conjure up wonderful dark hues in the opening of Pohjola, and a silvery lightness to underpin the dancing woodwind in The Oceanides. Sibelius: Symphony No 2; Pohjola's Daughter; The Oceanides – review 2013-05-16T21:19:01Z Mr. Mortensen imparted tremendous energy to the young string and, at times, woodwind players, providing occasional keyboard flourishes but leaving most of the continuo work to players on a second harpsichord and a positive organ. Review: A Vivid Vision of Muffat at Juilliard415 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z And the woodwind soloists — including Yoobin Son, standing in as the principal flutist — were superb. Review: Odd, Delightful Juxtapositions at the Philharmonic 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z He introduced different types of flutes and other woodwind instruments from many countries into his music and is credited with playing world music before it was officially named. Saxophonist Yusef Lateef dies at age 93 2013-12-24T07:33:07Z Mr. Glass’s score mixes mildly angular vocal lines into his signature torrent of swirling woodwind figures and string arpeggios, and it relies more heavily than usual on varied, assertive percussion textures and rich choral writing. Music Review: Philip Glass’s ‘Kepler’ at Spoleto Festival USA 2012-06-01T21:25:58Z There is uncanny richness in the reedy woodwinds, mellow brass and, especially, the russet strings. Music Review: St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Denis Kozhukhin Perform 2014-02-14T22:30:29Z Scores for "World of Warcraft" and other games call for strings, woodwinds, brass and choruses — whirling scales for an industry whose franchises rival Hollywood's. Video game music comes to the orchestra concert hall 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Balances were off, with some amusingly out-of-whack emphases in the woodwinds, timpani, bass drum and tuba. A confusing but striking ‘Firebird’ comes to life at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z This wily, offbeat group features four woodwinds, two cellos, viola, bass and drums. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The players were convinced: from the rosy vein struck by the strings to the honed gestures of the woodwind, here was an orchestra at one with itself and its director. LSO/Gergiev ? review 2011-03-03T22:29:01Z The woodwind players also performed well, with all sections meshing into a vigorous and expressive whole. Music Review: St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra at Riverside Church 2010-06-09T21:33:00Z A fluent, triumphant sweep didn’t hide insistent detailing, particularly in the woodwinds and the lower strings, but it did put smoothness, and a pristine cultivation of hue, first. Review: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Leads the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The woodwinds migrated to a standard grouping near the back, replaced in the front row by Roland Denes, the timpanist, who admittedly played an especially prominent role. Music Review: Ivan Fischer Leads Beethoven Program at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-03-29T21:12:00Z Against a backdrop of haunting, pianissimo strings, which move at a glacial pace, Mr. Rouse imposes short bursts of fast, angular flute figures, darkly mysterious contributions from lower-lying woodwinds, and sudden bursts of fortissimo brass. 2010-02-11T23:34:00Z A Red Army theme started off dolorously stamping, before being playfully twisted by Cohen's funky polyphonic parts for strings, woodwind and his own incisive bassline. Avishai Cohen with Strings – review 2013-05-08T16:48:00Z The economical number of strings brought some lucid woodwind textures to the fore, particularly in the lilting waltz of the second movement and the whispering elegy of the third. Northern Sinfonia/Zehetmair - review 2011-01-31T18:11:20Z But the international mix of woodwind, brass and percussion players shows the extent to which Japanese training in those instruments has been outstripped by the strings. Ozawa?s Illness Shadows Festival He Inspired 2010-12-10T16:53:00Z Brown walks into one rehearsal space and a big smile spreads across his face. He waves at the students, taking a seat in the woodwinds section to chitchat with the young musicians. He believes in the arts as a basic right for kids. He is getting a $200,000 award for working for that 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z For now, the only hint is, er, woodwind. New Kanye West album 'coming this summer' 2011-01-24T11:24:37Z She didn’t necessarily mine the score for color or character — Gilda’s apotheosis was stubbornly earthbound — but Scappucci surfaced bleak hollowness in the woodwinds and strings that touched on the futility of Rigoletto’s struggles. Review: At the Met Opera, a Tenor Arrives in ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z When the players reassembled for the Prokofiev finale, however, the orchestra emerged as a supple ensemble with a big unified sound, impressive and mostly unified brass, and plangent, expert woodwinds with lots of character. Jon Kimura Parker shines with Vancouver Symphony | Classical review 2013-01-24T17:48:49Z Nelsons retained a relaxed and pliant mood, encouraging rude, rustic interventions from the bassoon and shaping the cuckooing woodwind with a deliberation and nuance that were never mannered. CBSO/Nelsons: Beethoven cycle, The Flying Dutchman; Eugene Onegin – review 2013-03-24T00:07:02Z "Slippin" is one of the lush-er high points, with strings and woodwinds going off like staccato pop rocks and dry electric guitar bristling in the distance. Music Monday: Quadron, C Note Ave feat. Tay Sean, I Low 2010-06-14T18:07:00Z Presented by classical music's poster gal Clemency Burton-Hill, there are five categories – percussion, woodwind, brass, strings and keyboard. BBC Young Musician 2010 2010-04-16T05:45:00Z Orchestral timbres are sensuous and minutely shaded, from the smoky drifts of woodwind at the end of Part One, to the glacial weight of the Protector's anger – blurts of low brass – in Part Three. Los Angeles Philharmonic/Dudamel; Written on Skin – review 2013-03-17T00:06:26Z Poulenc’s 1956 score, with its heavy reliance on woodwind and brass hues, reflects those conflicting currents. Music Review: Juilliard Presents ?Dialogues des Carm?lites? 2010-04-22T21:17:00Z After fluttering figurations from the woodwinds, a final flourish from Nathan Cole's violin ended the piece on a giddy note. A Polish accent to L.A. Phil New Music Group's Green Umbrella program 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z In the Third, Eroica, the skilful woodwind and brass sections were given luxurious free rein. Proms 9, 10, 12 ,13: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Cadogan Hall Proms; Falstaff – review 2012-07-28T23:06:25Z Intonation sagged in unaccompanied choral sections, and there were discrepancies in sustained high woodwind chords and in the agreement of cellos and double basses on the bass line. Review | National Philharmonic soloists boost an otherwise delayed, derivative event 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The shade of Shostakovich haunts many a page, never more so that in a grim, militaristic march led by shrill woodwinds. CSO and soloists shine under Dutoit, but Penderecki piece is dull 2011-03-18T17:25:13Z In his 1996 autobiography, "Blues All Around Me," King recalled being awed at first by the scene around Beale, where intermingling sounds of guitar, harmonica, brass, woodwind and string players awakened him. B.B. King built a bridge to the blues for the world 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z He gave an added twist to the woodwind droops, snarls and swoops in the closing “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath,” making the whole deliciously grotesque. Mariss Jansons Leads the Bavarian in Berlioz and Shostakovich 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z There was nary a flub in the woodwinds, the brass didn’t overblow and the strings played with bold sinew. New musical voices at BSO, but program at Strathmore a disappointment 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z He's working on a piece for woodwind quintet and marimba. Free concert spotlights gifted young, local composers at Benaroya 2010-04-21T23:04:00Z This was also the first film the composer Bernard Herrmann scored, and the foreboding brass and woodwinds over the movie’s first shots portend his future, indelible collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock. Watched ‘Mank’ but Never Seen ‘Citizen Kane’? Here’s a Primer 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The woodwinds and percussion dampen the shine of violins. L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The woodwind playing throughout the evening was captivating, and not just from the principal players. Music Review: Boston Symphony’s Two Nights at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-13T21:25:01Z Her melodic lines are at once regretful and wily, supported by slightly jazzy harmonies dominated by woodwinds that reminded me of Ellington’s orchestra writing. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z I had to leave the Royal Albert Hall halfway through a Prom because the strings sounded like dry percussion, the high woodwind screamed, and brass and tympani boomed painfully. My Beethoven moment 2010-09-07T20:30:00Z He commented to the singer of Lady Macbeth that one plaintive woodwind note in her sleepwalking scene held the whole key to her twisted psychology. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z As I came to a patch of flowers in some woods, I was surprised to hear a scratchy violin and bursts of nervous repeated notes for woodwinds and percussion. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The distinctive character of the Vienna woodwind and brass really shone through here, even if the string section seems less coherent and rich than it used to be. VPO/Tilson Thomas – review 2013-04-10T17:15:01Z No one left the hall prematurely during an account abetted by lush strings; lucid woodwind solos, burnished brass and horn chorales; scampering percussion; and passages of crystalline transparency. Music Review: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Prudential Hall 2013-01-06T21:57:01Z The most substantial work of the five is Yershon’s spare, pensive score for “Mr. Turner,” in which solo woodwinds cry out over an unstable harmonic background; it seems to pull tones from Turner’s darkling skies. Composing for Hollywood 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z A soft but terse march in the flute and harp is a pricking chill, which deepens in a muted chord that builds from the bottom to the top of the strings, then the woodwinds. Review: In ‘La Bohème’ at the Met, the Star Is in the Pit 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The Davis/Evans segment, with its chamber-music blends of woodwinds and horn lines alternately bravura and sighing, shimmered with such aching beauty, particularly on "Sketches of Spain," that it brought tears to people's eyes. Monterey Jazz Festival still kickin' at 54 2011-09-19T19:36:04Z In its slow movement, for example, rapidly bowed, muted string figures were overlaid with shrill woodwind timbres, and within that high-contrast fabric a quiet, intensely chromatic piano line created an air of mystery. Music Review: When Soloists Don?t Necessarily Star 2011-04-15T23:01:47Z Unlike in the first program, when the strings and woodwinds were occasionally swamped at full volume and density, they were plainly audible on Thursday. How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Luisi led a characterful interpretation, enhanced by fine contributions from strings and woodwinds, that illuminated moments of Stravinskian ingenuity, like the violin and viola harmonics in the Introduction. Music Review: Met Opera Orchestra With David Chan and Yefim Bronfman 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z In a dawnlike scene, to birdlike woodwind music, eight women arrive, one by one, gesturing outward but also watching one another anxiously. Dance Review: At Miami City Ballet, Edward Villella’s Tenets Live On 2014-01-13T22:49:55Z The latest, Field of Reeds, is arguably their most impenetrable yet, less a rock record than a neoclassical composition constructed from brass, woodwind, found noises and looming silences. These New Puritans – review 2013-06-20T16:59:19Z In the first two movements of the Beethoven, he elicited clear detail from the woodwinds at the same time he emphasized the longest musical lines. BSO at Strathmore: A confident, open-hearted guest conductor 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Unabashedly a throwback in notion and execution, this new disc comprises six modern-day ghost stories, swaddled in rich, harmonically sophisticated arrangements and adorned with woodwinds and vintage keyboards. Music Review: Steven Wilson at the Best Buy Theater 2013-04-28T21:00:18Z The liquidity of her phrasing in the second movement of Scriabin’s Sonata No. 2 eerily evoked the sound of woodwinds. Music Review: Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-17T20:20:09Z “Amidst Neptune,” the 2003 piece that opened the set, started with a low, rumbling drone, modal woodwind figurations and a viola solo that sounded almost devotional with its liquid intensity. Music Review: Alarm Will Sound Oozes With Resolve at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-06-16T21:50:06Z Scored for strings, woodwinds, harp, percussion and piano, the piece is remarkably concise: not short, exactly, but with plenty of motion, none of it wasted. Music Review: June in Buffalo at the University at Buffalo 2012-06-10T21:30:06Z Tamino’s flute on this occasion indeed sounds magical, as its brassy notes seem to emanate not from a woodwind but from the horn of Herb Alpert. South Africa’s Isango Ensemble beautifully remolds ‘The Magic Flute’ The woodwind solos, complete with chirping birdsong, were effective, and despite a few uneven entrances, the orchestra was in good form. Review: New concerto was written for powerhouse violinist — and he delivered 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “Gretchen,” a blend of innocence and complexity, is couched in rich woodwind blends and gracefully winding string lines. Music Review: Piers Lane Is Soloist With American Symphony - Review 2011-12-12T23:26:47Z The orchestra's lithe strings, reedy woodwinds and mellow brass were his allies in clarification. Under Gatti, French National Orchestra focuses on style, color 2011-04-14T17:25:00Z As the orchestra played the chortling opening theme, alive with woodwinds, Wang almost sneaked into the fray with a subtly lyrical rendering of the piano’s quizzical lines. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Music compositions by Eliza Thompson, the occasional trill of woodwinds between chapters, has the old-fashioned feel of a radio story hour, but sound design, which might have generated dimension and atmosphere throughout, is curiously absent. Review: A Solo ‘Great Expectations’ That Calls for Endurance 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z It begins with what seems a disorienting call to attention: thin, reedy chords, sometimes sustained and sometimes slippery, are played in high registers by woodwinds and percussion. Review: With ‘Tao,’ Philharmonic Dives Deeper Into Andriessen 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The propulsive first movement opens with barbaric repeated piano octaves and chords, engulfed by snide brass and woodwinds. Music Review: Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-30T22:45:27Z The orchestra, from the pointed brasses to the curling woodwinds, found its way to unanimity of utterance. Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s a good-natured New Wave dance party of synths and woodwinds. Pop & Rock Listings for Jan. 17-23 2014-01-16T23:19:54Z Everything was collaborative, with neither of them working on parts alone, and for an album recorded in Hannibal's LA bedroom, it's a luscious confection, featuring woodwind, strings and brass sewn through limpid electronics. Rhye: the sounds of seduction 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z Coming to a cliff overlooking the Harlem Meer, passages of shimmering sonorities were flecked with delicate harp runs and fidgety woodwinds. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Both performances were finely detailed, with the woodwind very elegant in the overture, and the strings supremely rich and eloquent in the symphony. Czech Philharmonic/Gardiner 2010-08-30T10:51:00Z The woodwinds and brasses sometimes evoked geese and ducks. Make Music New York: ‘Maritime Rites’ at Make Music New York 2012-06-23T00:23:02Z The performers are grouped into five choirs: string, brass, woodwind, percussion and vocal. A New Work by John Luther Adams Debuts at Lincoln Center 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Nelsons drew vivid colors — dark strings, reedy woodwinds, mellow brasses — and impressive clarity from the orchestra. Review: Jonas Kaufmann Takes a Big Step Toward ‘Tristan’ 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z A large group of woodwind and brass players walked up the slope of Illumination Lawn, which gave them an elevated vantage point. A New Work by John Luther Adams Debuts at Lincoln Center 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z On “Forms and Sounds,” from 1967, for woodwind quintet, the stippled, tense energy of the oboe and the clarinet spritzed the curious lines of Max Grube’s bassoon. Ornette Coleman’s Innovations Are Celebrated at Lincoln Center 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z As a composer and arranger, Mr. Robinson likes to gather mass by accretion, stacking woodwind or brass lines over Mr. Gress’s unshakable grooves. New Music: ‘La Misma Gran Senora’ by Jenni Rivera and ‘Tiresian Symmetry’ by Jason Robinson 2012-12-17T22:57:59Z The Brahms symphony proved a good showcase for Ms. Phelps and the rest of the orchestra’s superb low strings, and for Mr. Wang and his fine fellow woodwind principals. Review: A Stirring Premiere at the Philharmonic, With Perfect Timing 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The strings maintained their warmth and sheen, though, throughout the melodic expansiveness of the slow movement, and there was some vital and characterful playing from the hardworking brass and woodwind. BBCSO/Hrůša – review 2012-11-25T18:41:57Z There were some lovely solos in the orchestra’s woodwind section. Review: Washington Square Music Festival Features Joseph Anderer 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Here, as throughout the program, the orchestral playing was notable more for its individualities — for the color and character produced by each player, especially among the woodwinds — than for its smoothness and blend. Carnegie Hall Opening Night Gala - Music Review 2011-10-06T12:00:06Z It begins with a slippery tune, woodwinds dominant, as tart chords punch out accents and off beats. Review: U.S. Youth Orchestra Inspires a Chinese Counterpart 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z The instruments respond with pungent backup music for woodwinds, and jarring, jazzy full orchestra harmonies. Review: The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Returns, With Gusto 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The combination of woodwinds, strings and group vocals is the kind of musical alchemy that a lot of artists here take a stab at performing but rarely end up sounding this light and effortless. Portland playlist from Justin Ringle 2013-05-24T23:10:32Z Mr. Kahane’s interpretation offered balance between the stormy elements and the work’s arching elegance, with fine playing from the woodwinds. Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Jeffrey Kahane Leads the New York Philharmonic 2010-03-26T20:47:00Z During the scene with the nuns, descending figures in the woodwinds undercut the humor. Arts: Taking a ?Little Mermaid? to Dark New Depths 2010-03-20T00:33:00Z The Philharmonic, playing with velvety yet focused strings, melting woodwinds and glimmering brasses, seemed inspired. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Steven Stucky’s Symphony 2012-11-30T21:46:43Z After the strangest, highest and most terrifyingly exposed bassoon solo ever to open an orchestral work, the music becomes a sinewy braid of teeming, complex woodwind lines. The Rite of Spring: 'The work of a madman' 2013-02-12T19:59:01Z Horns sit toward the back of the orchestra, but their ranks tend to be larger than those of their peers in brass and woodwind. French horn musicians converge in L.A., where Hollywood meets classical 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The scherzo was distinctly rustic in flavor but not too heavy-footed, with raspy woodwinds and a rudely swaggering waltz. Haitink's Mahler 9th makes superb season finale for CSO 2011-06-03T17:59:36Z Her break with tradition, though, was to place the woodwinds at the front of the orchestra, which created a lovely effect. Review: Make this L.A. Chamber Orchestra guest conductor feel at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Dean prefaced the concert with his own new orchestration of the slow movement of the first Razumovsky Quartet, which, even with the subtle addition of woodwind, still sounded like a stark descent into unconsolable despair. Northern Sinfonia/Dean – review 2013-05-12T13:55:17Z With that in mind, Goransson locked himself in his studio for a month and intuitively bought a bunch of rarely heard bass woodwind recorders. How Ludwig Goransson Became Directors’ Secret Musical Weapon 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z No matter, Bach’s woodwinds carried the day once the performance sorted itself out after a confused opening. 4x4 Baroque Music Festival Presents ‘The Grand Overture’ 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z The woodwinds and horns deserve special mention, playing spotlighted sections with pizazz all night long. Review: Koopman, SSO go for Baroque 2011-05-14T17:08:05Z Instead, he wrote music befitting the horror genre, where tiptoeing strings and queasy woodwinds create a slow, sinking sense of foreboding doom. 'Hateful Eight' puts veteran Ennio Morricone's score center stage 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z The indelible, spiky piano riff on “N.Y. State of Mind” is played by an acoustic bass and padded by lurking brass; creeping vibraphone on “One Love” gets a lift from flighty woodwinds. What’s on TV Friday: Nas and ‘Strike Back’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z He solely will be playing flute and many different kinds of woodwind instruments. André 3000 makes his comeback, the Beatles are No. 1 and more music news 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z And it was beautifully played, by the woodwind above all. Prom 12: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Barenboim – review 2012-07-24T13:38:30Z The leap, prefaced by bounding woodwind, juts impertinently upwards, while the chromatic descent, thanks to the addition of an extra note, has mutated into a yielding moan. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z Mr. Salonen’s picturesque, often tumultuous account, with its electrifying accelerandos, carefully sculpted woodwind lines and polished but hefty brass playing, captured the score’s heroic qualities and made its wrenching conclusion palpable. Music Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Juilliard Orchestra at Tully Hall 2012-04-05T21:20:41Z The three sections of the orchestra will be lit in changing shades of different colors — the strings in blues, the woodwinds in reds, the brass in yellows. Seattle Symphony premieres John Luther Adams work 2013-06-12T23:10:49Z The orchestra sounded superb here as elsewhere; Mr. Gilbert led a full-blooded and kaleidoscopic rendition, with sensuous string playing and alluring woodwind solos that vividly evoked languid Arabian nights. Music Review: Daniil Trifonov in Piano Debut With New York Philharmonic 2012-10-01T21:49:39Z The superb principal woodwinds were positively melting in their hushed choirs, with the oboist Richard Woodhams doing the heavy lifting in solos. Review: In Mahler, Philadelphia Orchestra Finds Beauty Amid the Grit 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The overture’s quirky doodling emerged fast and clean, and the magical duet-turned-trio that ends Act II lilted, with Straussian wafts of pungent woodwinds. Review: ‘The Silent Woman,’ an Opera About Putting on an Opera 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Still, the distinctive palette of the group — rhythm-section heavy, with multiple woodwinds but just one trumpet, and no trombones — registered clearly in the compositions. Music Review: A Distinctive Voice, No Matter Who Is Performing 2011-04-26T21:30:10Z Mr. Lin’s double concerto is most ambitious toward the end, when resolutely tonal sound blocks from the tuned percussion and brass evoke a still landscape, crossed by flutters from the woodwind, cello and sheng. Review: The New York Philharmonic Celebrates the Chinese New Year 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z On this absorbing album, partly inspired by anatomical terms of movement, he leads an improv-chamber group — woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, the whole deal — through oblique tangles of counterpoint. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z He composed and arranged all the tracks on “Bring Backs”; to make them come alive he assembled a chamber ensemble of brass, woodwinds, strings and rhythm section. Weezer’s Rock ’n’ Roll Nostalgia Trip, and 10 More New Songs 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z He accomplishes his musical innovations — turning every brass and woodwind instrument in his band into a form of percussion — by treating his sidemen as house slaves. REVIEW: 'Get On Up' Is a Loud, Proud and Oscar-Worthy James Brown Biopic 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Strings skittered and squealed; woodwinds huffed almost inaudibly; a viola croaked as if stretched on a medieval rack; a pianist tried, again and again, to restore calm. Music Review: Contact!, New York Philharmonic Series at Met Museum 2012-12-26T22:31:15Z Moody woodwinds fill the emptiness of the space. Review: Looking to the Stars, ‘Cielo’ Can’t Quite Form a Constellation 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z “Gossamer,” the second Passion Pit album, adds both new gizmos and a more human touch: dizzying electronic stutters, wavery manipulated voices, chiming glockenspiels, stately pianos, female backup singers, twittering woodwinds and elegiac string sections. New Music: New Music by Passion Pit and Micachu & the Shapes 2012-07-23T22:18:24Z Da Càsola is joined by the orchestra's woodwind section leaders for the E flat Sinfonia Concertante, in which the playing of the central quartet sounds at times more like a competition than a game. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Sinfonia Concertante in E flat; Symphony No 31 'Paris' 2010-07-08T21:39:00Z It occurs not only among pianists but also among string and woodwind players, guitarists and percussionists. Critic?s Notebook: Dystonia, Which Struck Glenn Gould and Other Musicians 2012-03-13T22:19:34Z Amplified violin sections are inevitably harsh; woodwinds tend to get swamped by the strings and brasses, even more than usual in Mahler’s dense orchestration. Review: The Met Opera Reunites, With Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The orchestra cooperated with articulate woodwinds and portentous lower brasses. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z Ax's pianism was limpid and free of exaggeration, most notably in his gracious give-and-take with the woodwinds in the central Andante. Haitink's mellow mastery an ideal match for CSO's power 2011-05-27T16:27:33Z She wound up writing an otherworldly score played on Tibetan temple bowls, gongs, wood blocks and hand drums, along with guitars, woodwinds, strings and more. Incidental Music in ?Winter?s Tale? and ?Merchant of Venice? 2010-07-19T21:26:00Z The orchestra’s brasses, often in the spotlight in these works, played with an exquisite combination of energy and precision, and the woodwinds, strings and percussion all seemed in superb shape as well. Music Review: The Music Was Wagner?s; The Stamina Was Levine?s 2010-10-03T16:32:00Z String crescendos swelled gently with a single glockenspiel note at their peak; brasses or woodwinds formed chorales; an oboe or a flute offered a countermelody. Music Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter Performs Her Latest Songs in Concert 2014-03-02T23:26:25Z The style is symphonic rock or chamber pop — strings, drums, keyboard, woodwinds and more that twine together in a sound that is undulating and lush. Review: ‘The Good Swimmer’ Stays Out of the Deep End 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z There were radiant and passionate string cantilenas, sinuous woodwind solos, incisive interventions by the brass, vehement percussion outbursts. Dausgaard brings distinguished interpretation to Sibelius' Fifth with the Symphony 2010-03-26T18:22:00Z Each made inventive use of the full lineup of the Red Light Ensemble, a woodwind, string and piano septet conducted by Ted Hearne. Music Review: Honoring Nils Vigeland at Symphony Space 2010-05-05T22:25:00Z The aulos was a more sophisticated woodwind instrument consisting of two pipes. Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Unrestrained playing across the orchestra forced the woodwinds and strings into problems of intonation and ensemble unity, but it made for an exciting finale. BSO continues centennial celebration with two new pieces 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z But in “Pulse,” written for a chamber orchestra of woodwinds and strings with a piano and electric bass playing a continual pulse for 15 minutes, the mood remains reflective. Steve Reich at 80, his finger on the pulse of a bewildered country 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z And there are passages of needlessly awkward instrumental writing, with woodwinds, for example, asked to play breathless repetitive motifs. Recordings: A New Recording of Philip Glass?s Opera ?Orph?e? 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z The woodwinds were cleaner and more expressive than the brass, with a particularly limpid clarinet. Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra offers enthusiasm, but program is lacking But there is no easy Mahler, and though the ensemble played beautifully and powerfully much of the time, its battle fatigue was evident in sloppy woodwind entrances and occasional intonation problems. Music Review: Light Touch Brings to End a Marathon of Mahler 2010-10-25T22:45:00Z Those woodwinds were crucial in the other works as well. 4x4 Baroque Music Festival Presents ‘The Grand Overture’ 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Kalmar led his players in a taut, passionate account, with superb woodwind and brass playing and pointed percussion in the Dies Irae and a haunting string tone in the closing Requiem Aeternam. Music Review: Exploring Themes of War, Both the Existential and the Concrete 2011-05-13T22:45:09Z There's nothing normal about playing Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony with an orchestra containing 13 double basses and 33 woodwind. Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z Twice, a faux woodwind rises to the fore of the mix and plays against a rhythmically undulating synth blob, and the combination sounds like it could be a whole new song. Friday Favorites: USF, Sax G Whiz, ????? 2010-08-27T17:09:00Z Now he had Madison Square Garden at his fingertips: this earthbound Cirque du Soleil of woodwinds, violins, drums, and cellos, plus the robed choir, was all his. Music Is Coming: “Game of Thrones” Live at Madison Square Garden 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Corrosive brasses and heated strings enlivened the Respighi’s first movement, and gray-toned woodwinds, transparent violins, and luxuriant cellos and basses colored the second. Review: When the Philharmonic Applauds the Soloist 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The Asphalt Orchestra, an idiosyncratic brass, woodwind and percussion ensemble that performed at the atrium on Thursday evening, embraces all those styles and more. 2010-01-09T03:00:00Z There were some nicely drawn textures in “By The Brook” — the solo cellos audible for a change and the gentle woodwind dissonances toward the end just right. Despite some standout playing, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra struggles at cohesion Wagner's Parsifal overture showcased some fantastically blended woodwind, but the first theme was made sluggish by a slight lag between instruments, and the music never quite hit its sublime stride. Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle 2010-09-05T16:05:00Z “He’s the De Niro to my Scorsese,’ says Stanton of Newman, whose music, Greiving writes, is often characterized by “fluid, wispy woodwind solos and liquid strings.” Essential Arts & Culture: Monumental sculpture, 'Finding Dory's' fluid music and lessons from the Tonys 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The woodwinds were excellent in both the Zemlinsky and in Stravinsky’s “Song of the Nightingale,” where Sandra Church, the flutist, portrayed the bewitching songbird with appropriate charm. Music Review: Andrey Boreyko Conducts the New York Philharmonic 2014-01-24T22:15:22Z Grace is the watchword of Mozart conducting, though, and this was far too clunky, weighed down in the strings and blurry in woodwind details. Met Orchestra With Maurizio Pollini at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z His plaintive lines float atop undulant orchestral ripples and bucolic woodwind harmonies tweaked with clashing intervals. Review: ‘Marnie’ Stays in the Shadows in Nico Muhly’s Opera 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z There were also performers on guitar, banjo, mandolin and pennywhistle, and many orchestral string, woodwind and brass players. Music Review: Mighty CCi House Band Plays ?In C? at the Cornelia Street Caf? 2010-06-22T21:32:00Z Gorgeous phrases begin, first violins finishing what the second start, horns picking up strands and handing them off to woodwinds, which go someplace else. Mahler lives! Dudamel gives his most impressive performance yet with L.A. Phil 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z This time there were 62 participants, ranging in age from 15 to 22, most of them string players, but also woodwind and brass students. Music Review: New York String Orchestra, Conducted by Jaime Laredo, at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-31T21:05:36Z With its forward woodwinds and its resolute strength of line — the fugue in the finale was downright stubborn — it almost reminded me of Otto Klemperer. In His Twilight, a Conductor Revisits Where His Career Dawned 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Mitchell's high vocal lines are offset by the sombre orchestral timbres of low strings and woodwind. NI Opera Shorts – review 2012-07-07T23:05:46Z There was some raw tone from the woodwinds. Music Review: ‘Carmen,’ With Anita Rachvelishvili, at the Met 2012-09-30T21:49:45Z In the introduction to Part 1, Mr. Gilbert let the slinky, exotic lines in the woodwinds and brasses linger over steady, sustained harmonies so that the clashing dissonances really registered. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Season at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-09-20T16:22:20Z High points were the chirping wrong-note grace notes of the woodwinds in the “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” and the deep sounds of the ox cart in “Bydlo,” more mournful than brawny. Guest conductor sets a fast tempo for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z The slow movement, with its exquisite string and woodwind writing, was beautifully poised. RPO/Karabits – review 2013-03-21T18:17:23Z Andrew Litton, who is conducting 10 of the 11 performances, shapes the score marvelously, even though moments of brass and woodwind playing on Tuesday let him down. Review: ‘Romeo + Juliet,’ a Movielike Ballet in Need of Better Direction 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z If a script had too many similar characters, he would say there were too many trombones and that woodwind was required. John Fawcett Wilson obituary 2011-03-08T17:59:04Z But Mr. Williamson remained technically on a leave of absence, and on Friday he announced that he would be taking his woodwind back to Chicago next season. ArtsBeat: Philharmonic Clarinetist to Return to Chicago Symphony 2014-02-21T22:27:39Z Varèse’s “Deserts,” scored for 14 brass and woodwinds, five percussionists and piano, was played on Tuesday’s program without the optional electronic interludes. Music Review: Seattle Symphony Explores Nature at Spring for Music 2014-05-07T21:12:37Z Hushes, rushes, brightness, softness, clusters of woodwind notes, quiet choral wordless singing: the score covers a spectrum. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Opens Season With Gala 2014-05-09T23:25:13Z “The Low Down Up On High,” the finale, flows with muted brasses and woodwinds, like bittersweet gospel. Music Review: At the Philharmonic, an Uneven Blend of Jazz 2010-09-23T05:53:00Z Tanner had begun to work on an assigned score when Balanchine changed his mind, telling him to use instead “Octuor,”’ a 1923 score for woodwind and brass instruments. To Igor, With Love and Masterpieces, George 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z But in both works, the lack of a contrasting tone colour, whether woodwind instrument or piano, produces rather dense, unvaried textures. Brahms: String Quintets in F minor and B minor – review 2012-07-05T21:04:01Z Sustained woodwinds breathe a chord behind her at the beginning as she sings, between fraught pauses, about an angry, unsatisfying lover. Coi Leray Borrows a Hip-Hop Classic, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The orchestra from Geneva, which last visited Washington in 1989, shone immediately in Debussy’s “Ibéria,” with glimmering washes of string sound and polished contributions from the woodwind section. Geneva orchestra at Kennedy Center shines with Debussy, Stravinsky 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Dausgaard kept a firm but flexible grip on the work’s abrupt figures for strings and woodwinds, allowing the orchestra to seamlessly navigate its arresting, disruptive metrical shifts. L.A. Chamber Orchestra's impressive guest conductor leads homage to Tim Burton, 'A Freak in Burbank' 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The strings provide the main body of the sound, with the woodwinds often acting as an astringent. Review: American Symphony Orchestra’s George Perle Centennial Tribute 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Symphony No 6, "Pastoral", faltered but nonetheless whipped up a thrilling storm, helped by the furious energy of the timpanist and consistently terrific woodwind playing. Cuarteto Casals; Beethovenfest Bonn 2012 – review 2012-10-13T23:06:30Z The Philharmonic is a mighty instrument, and Freer had the orchestra playing softly and with great finesse—exquisite harp, guitar, and woodwind solos, the strings murmuring or rustling, except during the love music. “The Godfather” at the Philharmonic 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The last movement, a scherzo rife with vivid woodwind melodies, proved the highlight of the work. Music Review: A Tour of Two Continents: Jaunty Mexican Musings to Somber Cosmic Questions 2011-03-27T22:09:35Z Seldom does a work offer so many opportunities to hear important solos from principal players, particularly the woodwinds, who rose admirably to the occasion. Seattle Symphony gets thunderous applause performing a piece that caused a riot years ago 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z At first the music, which deftly melds traditional Chinese and contemporary Western elements, provides a placid, hazy background: gentle glissandos, soft scratchy tones in the strings, delicate flickers from the woodwinds. Music Review: The American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall 2013-01-20T20:34:10Z Balances didn’t help, favoring the first violins and submerging the woodwinds. Review: Orchestras Large and Small and a Composer Portrait 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Despite health and safety protocols that include mandatory vaccinations for all musicians and daily testing for woodwind and brass instrumentalists, 31 onstage musicians were affected after recent performances, the BSO said in a statement Monday. Boston Symphony Orchestra cancels Europe dates over COVID 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Argue's work has some of the brutal minimalism of Louis Andriessen – low woodwinds and hocketing piano and bass – but the effect is completely original. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society; London Sinfonieta/Matthew Herbert 2010-11-21T22:45:00Z While keeping Handel’s string parts he added to and enriched them, and included woodwinds, brass and timpani. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z In his opening passages Mr. Stucky uses low-lying woodwinds and brasses to suggest a primordial soup from which a riot of activity gradually emerges. Music Review: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-02-27T23:13:45Z The most sophisticated ballet composition of the 19th century, it’s also the most Mozartian, with bells, woodwind, staccato and voices that often make this Tchaikovsky’s version of “The Magic Flute.” Under City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Tree, Dancers Find New Roles 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Keyboards, woodwinds, clinking percussion, static, bits of beatboxing and peculiar samples all come and go. The Playlist: John Mayer Laments the Friend Zone, and 11 More New Songs 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The opera opens with a pastoral scene on a balmy evening depicted by the orchestra, at first just the woodwinds. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The woodwinds were polished and expressive, David Gordon’s trumpet sallies were brilliantly projected and Mark Robbins contributed some uncommonly delicate horn solos. Mahler’s challenge triumphantly met at SSO | Classical review 2012-11-30T19:07:07Z The work often seems something of a minnow compared the magisterial compositions that preceded and followed it, while the metronomic tick-tocking of the woodwinds in the second movement can sound a little banal. Northern Sinfonia/Fischer – review 2013-03-18T17:49:30Z The strings were warm and expressive and, as usual with this orchestra, the woodwinds were especially fine, most notably another oboist, Matthew Dine, in the earlier Mozart symphony. Review: Matthias Goerne Captures the Mood at the Mostly Mozart Festival 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Orchestra: a group of musicians containing string, woodwind, brass and percussion sections. Seattle Symphony is up for 3 Grammys. Here’s a beginners guide to enjoying the Symphony. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The boys all chose percussion or brass; the girls chose woodwinds. A Counterculture Portraitist’s Chronicle of New York’s Youth 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Is that "theremin" sound coming from a piccolo backed by faint woodwinds? John Adams, Jonathan Biss and Symphony have a stellar night 2012-11-09T17:13:04Z The orchestra played with vigor, enhanced by admirable contributions from the woodwinds. Review: Jeremy Denk in a Full-Blooded Performance at Mostly Mozart 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z This episodic piece alternates assertive outbursts of fleeting themes with restless passages of suspense, where strings and woodwinds swim around and the percussion section percolates. Music Review: National Youth Orchestra Takes Purchase; Washington Is Next 2013-07-12T21:08:59Z “Wading” is strictly ambient, while “Theme from Prince Avalanche” features dancing woodwinds, piano, and acoustic guitar weaving together. Explosions in the Sky Explore a Muted Sound on the Prince Avalanche Soundtrack 2013-08-09T18:56:46Z Even with a relatively small ensemble onstage, the orchestra’s string sound was lush and well blended; woodwind contributions were lively and brimming with character. Music Review: Danes Deliver Rare Works by a Native Son 2011-07-29T21:59:08Z Flecked intermittently with woodwind bird song, the piece is clearer and lighter than its predecessor but hardly less mysterious. Classical Recordings 2011-05-25T21:36:46Z And he repeatedly brought the woodwind section to the fore, adding an unaccustomed warmth to many passages. Singers vs. director in La Scala 'Walkuere' 2010-12-12T11:01:00Z The work’s second section, known as “The Hero’s Adversaries,” paints his critics in strident, self-important lines in the woodwinds and tuba before vanquishing them with brass fanfares. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Richard Strauss 2013-12-13T22:39:30Z It says something that one track, on which Fraser's voice moves lightly over samples of woodwind and choral voices, receives as vociferous a response as any of the old stuff. Elizabeth Fraser – review 2012-08-07T10:38:36Z The fluttering woodwinds that break in came across like rustling, slightly ominous sea birds and mists. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But the actual sound of Without You My Life Would Be Boring – a clattering, propulsive assemblage of sampled voices, woodwind and ritualistic drumming – is so exciting, it bypasses the argument that informs it. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual – review 2013-04-04T14:30:01Z Brittle, sarcastic woodwinds characterize the first pantomime, to which Weill adds ominous strings for the second. Music Review: Kurt Weill Festival: One Man, Many Different Beats 2011-03-08T13:00:06Z The first movement, with its bold, jagged theme played in string proclamations with woodwind chorales and bursts of brass, was excellent. New York Youth Symphony Plays Copland’s Symphony No. 3 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z The woodwinds are a little jumbled in the first movement, but the strings are luscious in the second, a funeral march. ‘The Weber Sisters’ throw fresh light on Mozart vocalism 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Better, in the end, to focus elsewhere: there was plenty to admire in nimble strings, eloquent woodwind solos and burnished French horns. Music Review: Philharmonic?s French Flavors With Tangy Seasoning 2010-06-04T22:36:00Z No, but Hahn’s lyrical gift — learned in part from his teacher, Massenet — is always sure, and his writing for woodwinds marvelously fluent. Classical Playlist: Brahms, Arvo Pärt and Gorczycki 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z But the spotlight that night was on woodwind. BBT Celebrated – review 2013-05-20T17:08:03Z The individual instrumental lines often seem to melt together: strings sound like woodwinds; marimba and piano timbres are inextricable and exotic blends become impossible to parse. Music Review: Celebrating Steve Reich, a Bit Early 2010-12-12T22:18:00Z Cartoon dolphins leap from the painted waves, exactly on upward-rippling shrieks in the woodwinds. Critic's Notebook: Tales Within Tales Create a Tale of Two ?Nutcracker? Productions 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z First up is Mark Bramhall, an American with a melodic, woodwind voice who executes a fine East-European accent, easing out of it for general narration. Best audiobooks of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z A self-contained theme in the woodwinds and brasses, like some ominous march, plays over murmuring triplets in the strings. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra, With Colin Davis - Review 2011-10-20T21:57:49Z They are writing for ensembles in which electric guitars and laptops join forces with classical string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. Critic?s Notebook: Searching New Music For Keepers 2010-12-28T22:58:20Z As for the Knights, I’m curious why they think it’s fine for singers and woodwind players to use a light, natural vibrato but string players can’t. Review | Shift festival illustrates a clutch shortfall in today’s symphony culture 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The woodwinds are mellower, the brass less reliable, but therefore more striking at their best. Review: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at Alice Tully Hall 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Short choral works — including the celestial “Salve Regina” and “Statuit ei Dominus,” with its colorful woodwind writing — offer further glimpses of Mr. Pärt’s tender and ponderous sides. ARVO PäRT: ‘ADAM’S LAMENT’ AND OTHER CHORAL WORKS 2012-10-28T04:20:05Z Some people near me actually sat up and smiled when the piano and woodwinds played riffs and trills that evoked bird song. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Festival with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Shai Wosner 2012-08-12T19:54:07Z Given the rarity of the solo instrument, I’m not sure how often it will be heard outside of Ireland, but it might be worth making an arrangement for one or two traditional woodwinds. From ‘Danny Boy’ to uilleann pipes: A showcase of Irish music 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Here the strings played zestily, and the antiphonal interplay among the trumpets, woodwinds and French horns was a delight. Music Review: Juilliard415 at Peter Jay Sharp Theater - Review 2011-10-17T22:12:13Z The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's woodwind players slither around the overture's scales rather than articulating them firmly. Cos? Fan Tutte 2010-05-23T21:45:00Z Harrowing woodwinds wend throughout the album, and the pairing of bassoon and brass lends it a mournful glow. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Each begins with the falling interval of a fourth in the woodwinds, supported by strings, but the effect couldn’t be more different. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Comes to Town, Megawatt Appeal on Display 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z In the extended showpiece “Et incarnatus est” in the “Credo,” she interweaves her immaculate soprano with the intricate woodwind lines, sweet and tender. Recording reviews: A limpid soprano’s chance to soar 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z On its surface the first movement, in which the piano is accompanied only by percussion, woodwinds and brasses, is a breathless folk dance. Music Review: Lang Lang?s Bartok With the New York Philharmonic - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:36Z Rachel Portman’s “The First Morning of the World,” a song commissioned for “Eden,” used flowing woodwinds to conjure bird song in a gorgeous evocation of humanity’s origins. Review: Joyce DiDonato’s ‘Eden’ Takes Root at Carnegie Hall 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Waltzing strings conjure up glittering spray, rainsticks evoke waves sucking back the sand, and the woodwind imitate seagulls. Prom 6: BBCPhil/Mena – review 2013-07-17T17:55:58Z Michael Riesman, Mr. Glass’s keyboardist and music director, produced a fresh orchestration, with lines originally played on electronic keyboards transferred to woodwinds and horns. Brad Lubman Revives Philip Glass?s ?Glassworks? 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z The orchestra — notably on non-Karoui nights and especially its brass and woodwind — can still fall apart in the more standard repertory. Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z Individual woodwind and brass instruments in City Ballet’s orchestra spoiled the scores at several points. Review: Balanchine, the Storyteller: Frisson Is in the Details 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z In the first, the woodwinds played with enough character to evoke a spooky promenade of “things that go bump in the night.” Michael Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine any grade schooler chuckling at a runner about the proliferation of alt-milks at the grocery store, even with the desperately whimsical woodwind score. ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ Review: A Winter With Plenty of Falls 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z These younger musicians made it brim with optimism, although the exposed woodwind solos and multimetric dance rhythms in the fourth and fifth movements are hardly child’s play. National Festival Orchestra’s bright performance is a gift 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Irons’s resonant woodwind tones are spellbinding, his expression of emotion and mood superbly mobile. Review | The words of Martin Luther King Jr. as you’ve never heard them before 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z When she handed off a phrase to the oboe, the piano wooed the woodwind like a character onstage. L.A. Phil, Dudamel dive into the 'Mozart in the Jungle' act at the Bowl 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z There are warm pop ballads, voices overlapping in a choir, jagged polyrhythms built of woodwinds, bass lines on a constant walk, kalimbas setting up a mode for the singer. 2010-02-06T03:47:00Z There has never been a perfect outdoor orchestral performance; instruments made for warm indoor acoustics take on an edge, and overamplified strings swamp the woodwinds every time. Review: A Ukrainian Orchestra Speaks With Quiet Intensity 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z As if to balance that, the Sibelius symphony was rife with woodwind and brass chorales; the strings don’t even enter until the 18th measure. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z In the second programme the orchestral forces were increased – six double basses for the Fourth, eight for the Eroica, in which the woodwind was also doubled, too. Proms 9 and 10: West-Eastern Divan O/Barenboim 2012-07-22T12:24:58Z Le Carré’s natural voice has a dark woodwind timbre, and in mood ranges from amiable to indignant to melancholic. Best audiobooks of 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Some of the playing Bychkov drew from his new orchestra was truly exceptional, notably in the woodwinds. Prom 34: BBCSO/Bychkov – review 2012-08-09T16:06:12Z I placed myself near a percussionist at one side, while the two woodwind players serenaded the majority of the audience at the opposite end. Review: ‘The Force of Things,’ an Indirectly Audible Opera 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z This year 48 string players, along with 18 woodwind and brass players, have been brought to New York for coaching sessions and workshops. The Week Ahead: Dec. 23 — 29 2012-12-23T08:10:04Z Most of Mr. Davies’s staging suggestions were bypassed — no woodwind musicians in cages here. Music Review: Cantata Profana at Roulette 2013-05-24T21:04:28Z There’s opener “Don’t Smoke In Bed”, which presents a screeching, crayon sketch of the original, followed immediately by random woodwind nonsense on “Don’t Explain”. What Do Xiu Xiu and Nina Simone Have in Common? 2013-12-06T19:47:13Z The lovely performance of the Andante was enriched by exceptionally fine solos from the woodwinds. Music Review: Unfinished Works at Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center - Review 2011-08-28T19:03:32Z When Mozart—or Mahler—writes a woodwind melody, its timbral coloring and registral placement are so flawless that it would seem to have been born inside the instrument itself. Daniel Barenboim and the Music of Anton Bruckner 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z “I studied a lot of different instruments — woodwinds and piano and brass and cello. And then I finally put everything away and just kept the pencil going.” Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z At a few points, the woodwind and brass musicians played tuned crystal cups that conjured ritualistic magic. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Comes to Town, Megawatt Appeal on Display 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z They traveled a complex journey together from somber woodwinds to glorious soaring strings, and sent the crowd home very happy. Review: Slatkin, Thibaudet take Seattle Symphony audiences on a jazzy jaunt 2011-04-22T17:02:03Z In “Venus,” the wispy woodwind writing nodded to Debussy, if without his pentatonic panache; the dignified “Saturn” looked to the influence of Ravel. Review: Two BBC Proms More Modern than Pastoral 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Priscilla Smith showed as much humor in bird imitations on various woodwinds as she did skill in her oboe solos. Music Review | Juilliard415: Juilliard415 Is Attuned to the Baroque at Tully Hall 2010-04-04T21:47:00Z The Beethoven was equally gripping, an essay in opulent string sound, singing woodwinds and punchy, precision brass figures, all molded into a grand, furious explosion of early Romanticism. Music Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Juilliard Orchestra at Tully Hall 2012-04-05T21:20:41Z With light but precise control, Boyd led the coordinated attack of the woodwinds and strings, calling on particular heroism from principal oboist Ben Hausmann. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z Along with excellent work by the strings, the evening was notable for some superb playing from the woodwinds. SSO spotlights Tchaikovsky and his favorite composer | Classical review 2013-05-10T16:56:26Z Just a hint of tiredness crept into the woodwind tuning towards the end of the 80-minute work, but the vividness of the playing was remarkable. CBSO/Sakari Oramo ? review 2011-02-24T17:48:43Z Greg Felton, who does digital work for the orchestra, pointed an Associated Press reporter to the woodwind section's subtle, atmospheric notes. UK virtual orchestra puts you in conductor's stand 2012-05-22T18:16:47Z It starts with an unearthly blast of trumpets, woodwind and vocals, driven on by furious Indian dhol percussion, guitars and loop effects. Fanfara Tirana Meets Transglobal Underground: Kabatronics – review 2013-02-21T22:14:01Z This sometimes felt like keen insight, as when Mr. Harding created almost-duets between the solo piano and woodwind voices that can often fade deep into the background. Review: The Philharmonic and a Conductor Get Reacquainted 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Instead, “New Blue Sun,” due out Friday, “is an entirely instrumental album centered around woodwinds,” according to an announcement on Tuesday. André 3000 Announces Debut Solo Album (With No Rapping) 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The orchestra responded strongly to Mr. Barenboim’s command, though the woodwind playing became erratic in the late going. Music Review: Onstage in Milan, Shadowy Giants Visible in New York 2010-12-08T23:54:00Z The band extends the run through the intermission instrumental "Dusty Blue," with its shimmery keys and breathy woodwinds. Review: Charles Bradley turns up fuzz on latest CD 2013-04-01T14:05:12Z The reedy woodwinds, mellow brass and velvety strings have such distinctive colorings that strange inner voices and fitful contrapuntal crosscurrents in the music emerged anew. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic Plays the Ninth Symphony 2014-02-26T22:13:26Z His rich, woodwind baritone mutates effortlessly into arrogant old-boy bray, industrial Midlands clunk and the brittle tones of “one of those upper-class girls who grew up with ponies.” Review | In these new audiobooks, great tales are matched with great narrators 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z But Mr. Zenón, remaking these songs with his usual quartet, a woodwind ensemble and no singer, isn’t trying to preserve their natural dramatic mood. New Music: New Music From Miguel Zen?n and Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011-08-29T22:37:58Z She added that that her venerable classical woodwind was played through an electronic filter. Prog rock meets folk as Moulettes soar in London 2013-12-02T15:15:27Z The finale tugs at the heartstrings, as lonely and deeply melancholic woodwind lines give way, at last, to a manic and defiantly Haydnesque triumph. CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Or that the mellow chorale played by the woodwinds at the beginning of the slow second movement is obviously inspired by a Russian Orthodox male choir? Music Review: Finding the Soul of Russia Everywhere 2011-04-15T23:00:14Z There were also arresting moments where that sound was pared back and leached of expression, as in one transition that led into an exquisite, quiet, hazy passage colored by delicate woodwind playing. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-04T21:59:54Z Often associated with the brass section, the horn is sometimes lumped together with woodwinds because of its unique sound. French horn musicians converge in L.A., where Hollywood meets classical 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z There was no such problem in the other songs, and the Keats setting “What Is More Gentle Than a Wind in Summer?” was particularly gorgeous, with, again, wonderful contributions from those woodwind players. Music Review: Benjamin Britten Celebration at Trinity Wall Street 2013-09-06T21:51:28Z The wave of brass that closes “Pines of Rome” was certainly mighty, but subtler passages, like the soft woodwind lines near the start of the “Pines of the Janiculum” section, were played with sensitivity. Music Review: New York Philharmonic, With Itzhak Perlman 2012-09-28T21:31:09Z That said, this is by no means a mediocre ensemble, and for American listeners its appeal includes the earthy, mildly exotic woodwind and brass timbres common to European orchestras. Music Review: Vienna Symphony at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-11-15T23:15:18Z Putting the woodwinds, brasses and double basses on a series of risers guaranteed that those instruments would project with greater clarity than if they were on the same level as the strings. Music Review | Vladimir Jurowski: A Conductor and a Violinist Turn Fresh Eyes on a Beloved Beethoven and a Brahms 2010-03-02T21:56:00Z With its “pillars of commanding, rich-hued chords” and “chaotic, swirling woodwind lines,” Mr. Kozinn suggested that if this “shape-shifting” tone poem had a visual analogue, it might be a Jackson Pollock painting. Steven Stucky, Composer Who Won a Pulitzer, Dies at 66 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z In the past they might have been horns or woodwinds or steel guitar. New Music: New Albums From Estelle, Lambchop and Matthew Shipp Trio 2012-02-27T23:36:19Z The artist, who showcased his rapping talents on songs such as “B.O.B. — Bombs Over Baghdad” and “Aquemini,” instead flexes his woodwind skills. Andre 3000's first solo album is finally on its way. Why it won't have any rap a la Outkast 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Abels came up with a halting woodwind motif that plays during the first act as the case is first explained. Playful and profound, three film scores all help find the truth of the story 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “Everybody spoke about the brass of the Chicago Symphony. Nobody spoke about the strings. Nobody spoke about the woodwinds,” Muti said Monday in his photo-filled office beneath the auditorium. Muti ends 13 seasons with Chicago Symphony Orchestra with praise and honors — and Beethoven 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z In the new version, the orchestra accented Ursula’s verses with a resonant cimbalom, spooky woodwind chords and a booming church organ. How 'The Little Mermaid' changed the original's songs — without being 'sacrilegious' 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The London-born eight-piece brings together strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and collective vocals to craft sweeping compositions that invoke swells of emotion and overwhelm the senses. 4 concerts to catch in D.C. over the next several days 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Alsop elevated its vaporous beds of arpeggiating strings and coolly undulating woodwinds into a beguiling texture, soon intruded upon by alarming outbursts from the horns. Review | A weekend of masterful Mahler with the NSO and the BSO 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The third and fourth were a showcase of bustling internal mechanics — especially the andante con moto third, in which the violins seem eager to identify as woodwinds. Review | Emerson String Quartet launches its long goodbye at Wolf Trap 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z “It’s both interesting and challenging to step back from that mind frame and simply offer the barest, so the woodwinds and brass and strings can carry what I was hinting at.” Bob Weir keeps the Grateful Dead alive — and always evolving 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z And in its fleeting clearings, delightfully diaphanous woodwinds and flutes told the tale. Review | NSO’s ‘Wind & Wave’ celebrates the sea, but ignores the tide 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z His reading, more of a telling, was lyrical and wonderfully expressive, wandering into sublime conversation with the woodwinds. Review | Noseda and the NSO find a recipe for success: It’s an Italian sandwich 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z His goal is to combine woodwinds, brass and percussion to create a sound that is “big, transparent and light.” Berlin conductor Petrenko worried `no one needs us anymore’ 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Extra praise to the brass and woodwinds for beautiful work in every act, deftly underlining vocals with perfect penmanship. Review | With a no-nonsense ‘Il trovatore,’ WNO comes back with a vengeance 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z And last season, the brass and woodwind instruments sported cloth masks, a somewhat futile safety measure. Back to School and Back to Normal. Or at Least Close Enough. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Days before her concert at the nation’s Capitol, the singer replied to Carla Hayden, the 14th librarian of Congress, who tweeted pictures of the library’s collection of woodwinds, including Madison’s instrument. Lizzo's flute performance just earned her an invitation to James Madison's home 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The second movement feels like a brief respite, gorgeously sculpted by Noseda from beds of reaching strings and lurking woodwinds. Review | Noseda and the NSO find a recipe for success: It’s an Italian sandwich 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z He raised his palm, a chorus of shiny horns and woodwinds hummed to life, and the first notes of Adele’s “Easy on Me” filled the band room at Public School 11 in Brooklyn. COVID stopped the music. Now this school is striking up the band again. 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Atop a scrim of strings and chimes, dipping woodwinds and radiant horns, Overton’s voice was both monumental and precariously vulnerable. Review | ‘An African-American Requiem’ turns national grief into powerful music 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Jensen, who plays baritone sax, explains that, in a woodwind instrument like hers, most of the air comes out through the keys, not the bell. Back to School and Back to Normal. Or at Least Close Enough. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z At home games, the new ensemble — composed of brass, percussion and woodwind instruments — will perform at tailgate events, in the plaza on the main concourse and on the field before player introductions. Commanders’ revived marching band will have a new look and sound 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Reif matched a fluid grace with an architectural sensibility, offering a detail-oriented performance with especially pleasing lightness and clarity across the woodwinds. Review | Conductor Christian Reif makes a good guest at Strathmore with BSO 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The Commanders said in a press release Thursday that the marching band will be made up of 60 percussionists and woodwind and brass players. Commanders to incorporate marching band, reworked fight song next season 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Just from a sonic world, these woodwinds come back and it starts to put order to the chaos of the Ives. With ‘Eden,’ Joyce DiDonato hopes to plant seeds of climate activism 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Iglesias wrote for a spare string quintet, with opportunities for solos by woodwinds and piano. 'Encanto,' 'Parallel Mothers' scores explore life, death while tapping Spanish roots 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z In the third movement, a few iffy notes from the horns slightly dulled the polish, but were quickly buffed out by lovely work across the woodwinds. Review | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra brings force and finesse to a program of Beethoven and Wagner 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z He searched through music books and there, on the page, was a description of a shiny woodwind instrument, made of brass and with a conical shape. 'How falling from a roof inspired me to become a musician' 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Members wore specialized masks and placed nylon bell covers on woodwind and brass instruments to limit viral spread. At the University of Florida, the prospect of a full football stadium on game day brings cheers — and fears 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z "Pupils taking a practical music assessment for GCSE, AS and A-level qualifications that requires singing or the playing of a woodwind or brass instrument will now be permitted to do so indoors," he said. Covid-19: NI schools to restart homework clubs and after-school sports 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z "Playing some woodwind instruments has a similar effect." Covid-19: School singing ban in NI 'should be overturned' 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z His signature production technique, the "Wall of Sound," involved layering several instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass, to give a lush, orchestral sound. Phil Spector: Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Even a world-class orchestra will produce a cacophony if its strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion sections don’t play in harmony. An ‘uncoordinated’ immune response may explain why COVID-19 strikes some hard, particularly the elderly 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Tossing aside all whimsy for this sinister story, the composer worked with a small group of musicians — percussion, upright bass, strings, eerie voices, piano, woodwinds, noise — to make an emotionally dense minimalist masterpiece. Remembering Ennio Morricone: His 10 most mind-blowing film scores 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z But Mr Weir said that singing and the playing of woodwind and brass instruments could be "more likely to facilitate transmission of the virus". Covid-19: NI schools to restart homework clubs and after-school sports 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The woodwinds and brass were five meters apart - as their instruments expel great quantities of air, during a pandemic that affects the respiratory system. Proms planning multiple line-ups amid the pandemic 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Yet only last week, 3 metres was announced as the safest distance for woodwind and brass. The future of the arts: ‘The classical music world has been transfigured’ 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “The timbre of her voice was exciting and mysterious against the woodwind and brass. She had a wonderfully smoky voice and a phenomenal sense of time.” 'I will kill you if you give this song to anyone but me': how Peggy Lee was perfect for Is That All There Is? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Cello, violin and woodwinds provide lovely ornamentation on occasion. Review: James Elkington’s melancholy the stuff for shut-ins 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z I wanted the woodwinds making the soft sounds of nature and the brass section trumpeting victory, whatever that might mean now. Livestreaming the Seattle Symphony Became a Source of Connection in Dark Times 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z As a classically trained pianist, her acerbic, sinewy songwriting nonetheless resists convention, pulling in off-kilter percussion and woodwind to explore the outer reaches of what might otherwise be reduced to “adult contemporary”. Fiona Apple: where to start with her catalogue 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z You’ve probably seen those gestures: quarantined Italians singing from their balconies, cellists on their stoops, impromptu woodwind orchestras playing together, but apart. Perspective | Smile: Three stories guaranteed to take your mind off you-know-what 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Catonsville, Md., is known as “Music City” for its collection of stores selling guitars, mandolins, woodwinds and other instruments. Welcome to Music City, Md.: Will an arts district make Baltimore County a tourist attraction? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z In sections of that song, Underwood’s array of woodwinds and horns had the character and color of cartoons, to the listeners’ delight. 'He was a musical warlock': reflecting on Frank Zappa's greatest album at 50 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Brass, woodwinds, piano and vocals were recorded in L.A. and New York. Emile Mosseri's lush 'Last Man' score swirls over a fairy-tale-like story 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The descending woodwinds after “nothing’s gonna change my world” are especially lovely. Fiona Apple: where to start with her catalogue 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Desplat’s music bounces with rapid string runs and breathless energy, and he often uses the orchestra like a percussion instrument: pizzicato violins, staccato woodwinds and plucked harp. Film composers turn from the expected this season to find a unique sonic wavelength 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Little Bonnie’s first day of kindergarten is set to a melancholy ballad for piano and solo woodwinds that conveys her frightened sadness. Randy Newman's sweet, song-like music sings in 'Toy Story 4' and 'Marriage Story' 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z For “Gospel,” Henry went into the studio in June planning to record demos with several other musicians, including his son, Levon, who has played woodwinds on his dad’s albums for the past decade. Music becomes medicine as singer Joe Henry battles cancer 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Pemberton recorded a London saxophonist playing unusual riffs and patterns, which he then mixed with strings and woodwinds in sometimes dreamy, sometimes dissonant colors. 'Motherless Brooklyn' as concert film? Yes, when Wynton Marsalis and Thom Yorke take part 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z She expects a renewed emphasis on the woodwinds and his coaxing of a “beautiful, rich, warm tone” from the strings. Jaime Martín has arrived. How L.A. Chamber Orchestra's new leader charts his course 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z The Berlin Philharmonic remains a magnificent musical beast, from its precisely churning double-bass section to its silken-toned woodwind soloists and on to its darkly shining brass. Kirill Petrenko’s Unadventurous Début at the Berlin Philharmonic 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “Ooh baby, it’s raining, raining,” they sang to Rihanna’s hit song “Umbrella,” as folks rushed to get actual umbrellas over the woodwinds in their ensemble. Dance performance brings movement and color to the Seattle waterfront 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z It begins with soft, synthesised percussion, piano, slight guitar strings a breath of woodwind. He disappeared into the fog: Mark Hollis the ethereal outsider 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Caroline Shaw, for her part, has no interest in forcing her Juilliard students to give up bel canto—to turn their great brass instruments into woodwinds. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Relying, as well, on brass, string, woodwind and percussion players, the songs’ layering avoids saturation and their themes and melodies are easily absorbed. Review: Paul Webb is vulnerable Rustin Man on ‘Drift Code’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The concerto features a solemn chorale and bits of folk song revenants, occasionally shattered by high-pitched woodwinds or percussive explosions of orchestral sound. What does 'crazed virtuosity' sound like? Jennifer Koh delivers her answer with L.A. Chamber Orchestra 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z After learning piano, Lott took up the clarinet at age 11, soon finding she had an affinity for the woodwind instrument. Amy Lott’s healing music message, from Mississippi to world 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z As gas rises out of that magma before an eruption, it causes air in the volcano's crater to slosh back and forth — creating sound waves like those in a woodwind instrument. World's first automated volcano forecast predicts Mount Etna's eruptions 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The diaphragm pumps more air, rocketing the note up the vocal tract, making its walls hum like the barrel of a woodwind. Roomful of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z He glories in thunderous climaxes, shading down to the subtly-voiced whisperings of the woodwinds. Philharmonic makes debut; new orchestra raises tone of local music 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Reeds are pieces of bamboo that are either placed on a mouthpiece of woodwind instruments, such as clarinets or saxophones, or serve as the entire mouthpiece for double-reed instruments like Fisher’s bassoon or oboe. The reed makers of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Just as gripping was Gershon's perfect pacing and finely balanced reading, which included close attention to inner details, such as the first movement's heartbreaking high notes from the woodwinds. L.A. Chamber Orchestra musicians offer a fitting remembrance for one of their own 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The composition starts off with sweeping shots of the ocean backed by swelling woodwind and string melodies. How to Create a Music Score for Our Planet 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z "I can't imagine now Beethoven's Ninth, or doing a Bruckner or Mahler symphony .… Once we even did 'Kindertotenlieder,'" he said, referring to Mahler's ambitious song cycle that requires an an expanded woodwind and percussion section. Dozens of musicians have fled or been killed. Yet, in war-torn Syria, the orchestra plays on 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z This past year, Murdaugh donated 20 brass and woodwind instruments to St. Paul Elementary School. S Carolina doc helps instruments keep making music 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Although it’s a tedious process, Fisher notes that making her own reeds is vital to being a professional woodwind player. The reed makers of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The overdriven rendition didn't pause for much detail and nuance, foregoing Mozart's ingenious, darker woodwind colorations in favor of determined ebullience. L.A. Chamber Orchestra musicians offer a fitting remembrance for one of their own 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z In her music, Smith strives to create an equally magical and peaceful world, populating sonic forests with the organic and the synthetic as she augments her synthesizer symphonies with her ethereal voice and birdlike woodwinds. 4 concerts to catch in Washington this week 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The core combo was bass, drums and his acoustic guitar, with woodwinds by Henry’s son, Levon, and occasional keyboards. Review: Joe Henry remains a unique voice on ‘Thrum’ 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Williams, who tends to favor mighty brass and passionate strings throughout “Star Wars,” here features woodwinds and percussion to reflect these primitive creatures. null 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Taylor, the flute player, conducted experiments to see if strap-on metal plates, marketed as a way to improve the tone of woodwind instruments, really work. A room where sound goes to die — and scientists go to study 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Items needed include woodwind instruments, brass instruments and percussion kits. EXCHANGE: 8th-grader gathering band instruments for needy 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z “I’d rather just not touch a woodwind instrument, because they have so many tiny, intricate parts,” Brown said. Omaha man in charge of repairing district’s instruments 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z I Want to be Well is manic and unsettled, its gaudy electronica sporadically injected with woodwind trills that wouldn’t sound out of place in a Disney film. Sufjan Stevens – 10 of the best 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z They involve synthesizers and voice, elements lacking in her classic 1970s work, with their lush arrangements of harp, woodwinds and other acoustic instruments. Higher state of consciousness: how Alice Coltrane finally got her dues 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z The woodwinds, whose penetrating tones gave them an acoustical advantage, waylaid tourists with the quintet version of Beethoven’s Sextet Opus 71. A Gathering of Orchestras in D.C. 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z And convenience is paramount when carrying bulky instrument cases — Ms. Avery plays 23 woodwind instruments, which range in size from a piccolo to a baritone sax. Broadway Musicians in a Hell’s Kitchen Studio 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z This happens every year, and for some reason the woodwinds always seem like the most emotional. Prop wagers for March Madness? You can bet on it 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z There were many lovely woodwind solos, as well. NSO on shaky ground ahead of Russia tour 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z But at the end of his audition, Connor signed up to play trombone, admitting with a grin that he preferred the brass instruments over the woodwind. Star Band offers young musicians in Indiana a head start 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z The 7 p.m. service, with Christmas music beginning at 6:30, includes Holy Eucharist and familiar carols led by the Adult Choir with organ and woodwind accompaniment and a sermon by the rector. Religion events around the Washington area 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Shoppers crowded past the goods, serenaded by a woodwind busker. Kansas City businesses near new streetcars boom 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Breezy and sunset-hued, the tone of the album is calm — a reassuring piano buoys the melody one moment, and, later, delicate woodwinds fade a song to black. What to listen to now: D.R.A.M., Colbie Caillat, NxWorries and Weyes Blood 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z It’s like a symphony: “Remove the violins and the woodwinds,” Dr. Klee wrote in an email. In Refrigerators, Tomatoes Lose Flavor at the Genetic Level 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Dougherty is clearly a Renaissance man, so it’s fitting that he plays a recorder, a Renaissance woodwind musical instrument, as well as a clarinet. Craftsman creates replicas of historical treasures 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z The 10 p.m. service, with music beginning at 9:30, includes Holy Eucharist, the Adult Choir with organ and woodwind accompaniment and a sermon by the rector. Religion events around the Washington area 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Jamie Shaffer said there are five instructors that cover a wide range of instruments - percussion, guitar, bass, woodwinds, piano, vocal and possibly violin and cello soon. EXCHANGE: Originality a big role in southern Illinois music 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The Villains, which previously played the Ford Amphitheatre in 2013, include various brass and woodwind players, plus singers and dancers. Prepare to get your groove on: Vaud & the Villains return to Ford Amphitheatre on Aug. 19 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z He took up the clarinet as a child, attracted to the woodwind instrument even though he suffered frequent respiratory illness because of weakened lungs. New Orleans jazz clarinet great Pete Fountain dies at 86 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z |
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