| 单词 | counterpoint |
| 例句 | The sirens droned on, a soprano counterpoint to the bombs’ relentless bass, their pitch so eerily human it sounded like every soul in London had taken to their rooftops to cry out collective despair. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As a consequence I’d lost the natural counterpoint between the lake and the field. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This sound was stripped of the multiple layers and intricacies of counterpoint, and designed for clarity and instant sensual impact. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z One of the simplest and most familiar types of counterpoint is the round. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Although there is plenty of music that has no counterpoint, independent parts are one of the most basic ways to make music sound rich and interesting. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Polyphonic music can also be called polyphony, counterpoint, or contrapuntal music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Since jail, I understand the counterpoint beats better than ever. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In fact, the common harmonic tradition that includes everything from Baroque counterpoint to modern rock is often called triadic harmony. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The drumming of his hooves was like a counterpoint to the slow song of the wind, endlessly burning past my ears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The language of their Mexican past sounded in counterpoint to the English of public society. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Or is there a kind of cosmic fugue, with themes and counterpoints, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music of the Galaxy? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The government promoted the power of traditional leaders as a counterpoint to the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He truly was a master of the counterpoint form. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Traditionally, vocal music is more likely to be described as polyphony and instrumental music is more likely to be described as counterpoint. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Obviously, there is no counterpoint if there is no melody at all. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Indeed, there was fine melody; indeed, there was counterpoint well worked; the dances were the very type of grace and elegance; but I little relished them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Instead, she slid her fingers back and forth across the rough grain of the table’s underside, letting her skin drag over the unfinished wood, working out a kind of counterpoint to Henry’s rambling. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z None of it is satisfying—it never has been, not really, but it never mattered as much as it does now that there’s the sharp counterpoint of Henry, who knows him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z This fuzziness surrounding the rules was a strange counterpoint to the solidity of Sing Sing’s walls, the seeming immutability of the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bach’s interest in counterpoint, though, was not about putting haughty monarchs in their place, nor about solving puzzles and codes for the sake of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If we could listen to them all at once, fully orchestrated, in their immense ensemble, we might become aware of the counterpoint, the balance of tones and timbres and harmonics, the sonorities. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You may also have heard some Bach fugues or inventions; there are no better examples of counterpoint than these. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The vicar’s words were in counterpoint with their echoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Dressed in the right language this might have made a fantastic answer—something about the woman’s serenity standing in powerful counterpoint to the general realism of the piece. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Somewhere off to the right, another voice sang counterpoint to hers, some baker’s boy shouting, “Meat pies, three pence, hot meat pies here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Haydn was setting Beethoven counterpoint exercises while on summer retreat at the palace of Eisenstadt. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This six-part ricercar is still, to this day, considered by musicians and composers the greatest, most complex feat of counterpoint of all time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Who knows what grubby or elderly boys they are bending to their own uses, or to counterpoint me? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They found the cleverness of their forebears’ music, with its fugues, its interweaving counterpoint, its layering upon layer of sounds, too academic and dry, rather like student exercises. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He played a joyful counterpoint to her plaintive dirge—his notes light and hopeful to drive back the desolation of the future. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If there is one melodic line accompanied only by rhythm, or drones, or only by chords, there is no counterpoint. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The corporals’ snores rose and fell in counterpoint. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z First, some examples of music that is not counterpoint. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The music that is made up of counterpoint can also be called polyphony, or one can say that the music is polyphonic or speak of the polyphonic texture of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even if different people are singing or playing different parts, it is not necessarily considered counterpoint if the parts are not independent enough, or if one of the parts is very clearly a dominating melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In a few, she had indicated some harmony, and in one, counterpoint. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She deserved to hurl whatever was available, to keep us moving, to speak in counterpoint to the deadening strings of my pyrrhic feet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the simple lockstep of history has given way to a far more differentiated view that might be likened to an ever-varying counterpoint pattern. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, when describing the texture of a piece of music, two of the most important questions that need to be addressed are: is there counterpoint, and how important is it? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “It’s a good counterpoint to the grandeur of Lincoln Center’s other spaces,” said Daniel H. Stern, the society’s president. Renovations That Seek to Put Film Out Front 2011-05-15T21:56:16Z The foundation Web site is a counterpoint to the parks agency's Web site, which is heavy on official information, and that's the point. In Transit Blog: Happy Birthday, Parks. Now Open Your Web Site. 2012-08-29T17:00:02Z There are recaps and interviews, appreciations and roundups, points and counterpoints. Breaking Bad Finishes in the Shallow End 2013-10-01T09:45:47Z These intimate paintings are most often shown as a counterpoint to his large-scale abstract installations. A Cookbook of Artists’ Creative Summer Desserts 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The Stasi surveillance man Gerd Wiesler, at last touched after listening in to a piece of music, experiences the first pangs of sympathy for his prey as a counterpoint to his emptiness. Clip joint: rooftops 2010-08-11T15:01:00Z Midway through, Rubin answers her with a delicate counterpoint melody, and Allen concludes by commanding, "Love me like it's the end of the world and I'm the very – last – girl." Dance music's sample-free future 2011-08-18T21:29:00Z But Mr. Hurel’s music is less about gradual unfolding than about interlocking counterpoint and, for the sake of contrast, sudden shifts of perspective that put the two lines briefly at odds. Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-04-28T22:13:00Z It offers a compelling, entertaining counterpoint to Micheaux’s often despairingly cynical view of religion in black communities in his films. Second showing: unearthing the lost history of African American cinema 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The shows offered a striking counterpoint to the previous stereotypical portrayals of blacks as buffoons in mainstream films, books, theater, advertising and cartoons. ‘Funky Turns 40’ Show Recalls a Seminal TV Moment 2014-03-19T17:25:11Z Wisely, Anshaw keeps the national politics mostly offstage, alluding to them just enough to lend a sense of proportion — not so much counterpoint as compass rose — to the fictional events she maps. Second Thoughts in the Second City 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The music is otherworldly, thick with cumbersome counterpoint and, well, strange. Music Review: ?Missa Solemnis? Ends New York Philharmonic Season 2010-06-24T21:09:00Z These archetypes are as timeless and primal as that scene in “Alien” when the alien bursts out of Kane’s chest in counterpoint to the real-life nation obsessing about abortion and women’s lib. Who Wears the Wonderpants? Feminists, Amazons and the fate of the world 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z She arrives at her aunts’ house to serve as audience surrogate and provide some romantic interest in counterpoint to the genteel yet brutal social and economic warfare that make up the central story. ‘The Gilded Age’ Review: Dime-Store ‘Downton’ 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z The band’s true commitment is to counterpoint: to putting interlocking melody at every level of a song. On ‘The New Abnormal,’ the Strokes Flip Nostalgia Toward the Future 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Nicky Hopkins, piano: His counterpoint melodies and solos distinguished countless records by The Who, the Jefferson Airplane, the Kinks, and, most notably, the Rolling Stones. A sampling of some of rock's greatest foils 2011-06-20T01:07:00Z Mvula’s own musical instincts persist, with jagged, leaping melodic lines cantilevered over the beat, not-quite-dissonant counterpoint and unexpected blooms of vocal harmony. Laura Mvula Set Her Sound Free. It Ended Up in the ’80s. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Patitucci was pushed especially hard, with bass lines that functioned not only as an anchor but also as a voice in chattering counterpoint with the piano. Music Review: Danilo Pérez Celebrates Panama at Jazz Standard 2014-02-07T21:55:14Z The counterpoint between the animal and human worlds, so brilliantly caught in the famous David Pountney production at ENO in the 1980s, is regularly undermined here, replaced by something far too twee and sentimental. The Cunning Little Vixen | Opera review 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z The mascarpone, with its high butterfat content, adds a nice smooth and slightly tangy counterpoint. Apple & sweet potato latkes with hot honey mascarpone put a twist on a holiday classic 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Without 50 Cent on "Like a Dog," Jake One's piano loop sounds more wilted, and a barely-there synthesizer counterpoint is newly noticeable. Get in the van: Jake One "Enstrumentals" 2011-03-09T18:45:06Z In a scene when oil seeps up from the ground, the strings ooze and slide through a stretch of overlapping glissandos, until restless inner figures break into every-which-way counterpoint. Review: ‘There Will Be Blood,’ With a Haunting Live Soundtrack 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Bahnhofsviertel, he said, is a good counterpoint to Frankfurt’s affluent vibe, adding that it is “important to the atmosphere of the city.” Frankfurt’s Rough Red Light District Becomes Cool 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z No one really cared enough to listen to how carefully he constructed lyrics, or how he developed counterpoint guitar lines and melodies that shifted throughout a song. Greg Kot: Music behind myths of Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson 2011-05-03T18:47:25Z But counterpoint among the violins was murky, and musical inspiration ran short during the morbid concluding Rondo, after which a sizable portion of an already thinning audience departed. Music Review | American Symphony Orchestra: Loosening the Reins on Composers After Stalin 2010-03-01T05:50:00Z In “Ghost Towns,” Stolen Jars set up a quick, precise, transparent tangle of counterpoint, with more than a hint of Dirty Projectors. The Playlist: Iggy Pop’s Jazzy Whimsy, and 12 More New Songs 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z But we thought it was very important for the dramatic moments to hit, to be a counterpoint to absurdity. Mia Wasikowska: ‘After a while acting leaves you feeling hollow' 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z The brevity of Kennedy’s tenure finds its counterpoint in this encyclopedic chronicle of those tumultuous years: the victory over Nixon, the challenges from Moscow and Southeast Asia, the momentum of civil rights. 17 Great Books About American Presidents for Presidents’ Day Weekend 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Her installation is a counterpoint to massive outdoor sculptures on the estate, such as Henry Moore’s bronze sculpture “Knife Edge Two Piece” that Nelson Rockefeller dropped in by helicopter. The Rockefeller Family Estate Expands to Include New Artists and Audiences 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z His movement style is complex, counterpointed, coordinated, full of whole-body undulations and improbable extensions. Dance Review: ‘Raven Girl,’ a Wayne McGregor Ballet Premiere in London 2013-05-27T20:45:55Z They provide a counterpoint to what Blonkvist calls “the primary organizing elements of the house”—textured native stone walls running north and south. Light Footprint 2010-08-01T04:00:00Z Even on repeated hearings, its angular edges and jarring counterpoint still sound revolutionary, as they did in the Emerson’s vigorous rendition. Music Review: Emerson String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2012-04-06T00:35:05Z Their Tin Man tailoring called attention to severe, rigidly constructed looks that served as a counterpoint to last year’s effusive draping. Trendspotting : Paris Fashion Week Futuristic Visions in Paris Fashion Shows 2010-03-10T00:30:00Z Yet the melodrama — like that of the framing terrorism plot — acts as a bracing counterpoint to the clumsy, funny interactions of Ez and Barry. Alan Ayckbourn’s Latest, ‘Arrivals & Departures’ 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Groff’s story of a marriage in which neither partner truly understands the other uses a sophisticated technique to tell its simple story, subverting our expectations with a two-voice counterpoint as meaningful as it is dazzling. Love May Be Time’s Fool in Fates and Furies 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z A sweet Montepulciano wine sauce and a herbaceous honey made stunning counterpoints. Through Home Food, Being a Guest for Meals at Italian Homes 2010-04-10T02:26:00Z Such comments are not included in Vitija’s tale, which is intended to be a counterpoint. ‘Loving Highsmith’ Review: The Patricia You Didn’t Know 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z As counterpoint to the pepper’s sweetness, look to salty capers, olives and anchovy fillets. Let the Flavors Do the Work 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Correa shrewdly sets the various confessions and evasions in counterpoint, so the stories echo without growing tiresome, and the production’s director, Dan Knechtges, keeps things moving at a rapid clip. Theater Review: ‘Tail! Spin!’ at Kraine Theater 2012-08-18T00:33:32Z Two other women joined her in shared chords or cascading counterpoint, often harmonizing through nonsense syllables and reveling in sheer musicality. Music Review: Frankie Rose at the Knitting Factory 2012-02-23T23:17:43Z They find their assemblage counterpoint in dresses handmade from strips of sustainable denim, cotton, and silk by Austin’s s.t.e.f. “Texas Design Now” at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In many ways, this is a counterpoint to Monson's last book, "Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir," a National Book Critics Circle finalist. Ander Monson's 'Letter to a Future Lover' and the lives of books 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z A Bach adagio was played by Mr. Redman and Mr. Grenadier, in an austere reduction of counterpoint. Music Review: Joshua Redman at Town Hall 2013-06-06T21:53:18Z Rex, lonely and vulnerable, lends a sad counterpoint to the book’s satirical tone. Crime fiction: Pretentious writers get their comeuppance 2014-02-05T23:37:04Z In the past, he has used voice-over as commentary and counterpoint, a way of drawing attention between what is seen and what is felt or thought. Review: ‘Voyage of Time,’ the Cosmology of Terrence Malick (the Short Version) 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The counterpoint continued to grow as new layers were added, eventually building into a cathedral of sound. Aron Kallay experiments, triumphs in Piano Spheres' 'Nothing Is Real' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Throughout, she intersperses bits of shadow puppetry that work as a counterpoint to the main narrative, a reflexive device that emphasizes that “Candyman” is also fundamentally about storytelling. ‘Candyman’ Review: Who Can Take a Sunrise, Sprinkle It With Blood? 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z His radiant writing puts his audience on another level not through simple formulation but through rigorous use of canon and counterpoint, ever-shifting metre and imaginative instrumentation. Steve Reich, London Sinfonietta; Mitsuko Uchida; Tallis Scholars – review 2013-03-10T00:06:07Z Melody and rhythm, rather than harmony and counterpoint, dominated the music from the east. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z His organ playing, which often counterpointed Blackmore's virtuoso lead guitar, was unique and often copied. Jon Lord 2012-07-16T17:47:58Z And the singers in the less consequential roles moved easily through the work, providing a cheerful counterpoint to the tragedy unfolding in the spotlight. Music Review: ‘Jenufa’ by Opera Slavica With Susan Marie Pierson 2012-09-02T21:14:14Z It opened with a rustling counterpoint among reeds and brass, before Mr. Payton and Ms. Kendrick took on the melody, over a disco beat. Music Review: Words and Music: A Jazz Trumpeter Plays, Sings and Blogs 2011-03-02T22:19:39Z The marriage between the parents is just one union serving as a counterpoint to the love match that all the daughters so ardently, subversively desire. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z The counterpoint of her two stories is meant to illuminate a larger set of questions about the beliefs and behavior of America and its enemies in the post-9/11 world. | 'The Oath': Laura Poitras?s Documentary on Two Al Qaeda Cases 2010-05-07T00:09:00Z Characteristically built on stark, subjective monologues in counterpoint, her new piece is the work of an assured artist. | 'Horsedreams': ?Horsedreams,? at the Rattlestick Theater - Review 2011-11-18T03:02:40Z Through imitation, counterpoint and attentive orchestration, Leontovych brought the sounds of the Ukrainian nation to a broader public. When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z It was a counterpoint to the Wine Bloggers Conference, an annual gathering of writers that tends to be focused on the West Coast. Maryland wines flash their potential at Taste Camp 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Thompson sees the work of her studio, founded in 2006, as a necessary counterpoint to the bustle of the city. T Black Book: Florists 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z This breath of country air is the perfect counterpoint to the rest of the exhibition. The Fashion Show From the Belle Époque 2012-10-08T13:33:21Z That the Lehmans arrived in the 1840s as observant Jews seems a counterpoint morally to some of the businesses in which they served as brokers and middlemen. Review | With the opening of ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ Broadway just got smarter — and more exciting 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z In the first Ms. Srinivasan skillfully adapts solo choreography by her teacher, Sri C. V. Chandrasekhar, for all three dancers, demonstrating a feel for the interactive possibilities of unison and counterpoint. Dance Review: ‘Being Becoming,’ by Malini Srinivasan, at Fringe Festival 2012-08-13T21:34:16Z It also acts as a perfect counterpoint to the chugging rhythm section with a mixture of slow and medium paced runs that add wit and melody to a classic song. What's the best ever guitar solo? 2012-07-20T11:33:35Z It offers an intriguing counterpoint to Martinez’s sculptures about Israeli settlements: the creation of home from the ground up rather than top down. Argentine slums and a Unabomber cabin: How 'Home' at LACMA rethinks ideas about Latin American art 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z It is Harun who narrates the events of that fateful day, his first line already a counterpoint to Meursault’s: “Mama’s still alive today.” ‘The Meursault Investigation,’ by Kamel Daoud 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z A contrary motion unsettles this narrative counterpoint, reversing the seasons so the spring-light seems to decline rather than lengthen. Poem of the week 2010-05-10T10:24:00Z These accounts offer an intriguing counterpoint between optimism in hard times and self-defeating pessimism in relatively easy ones. 2010-02-17T03:22:00Z The Chinese poetry that Peanut sometimes quotes provides a sad, timeless counterpoint to the violence and duplicity that are central to this portrait of modern espionage. Adam Brookes’s ‘Night Heron’ is a top-notch thriller about stolen secrets His iron and steel arcs and lines, towering in their simplicity, play elegant counterpoint to Versailles's elaborate gardens and ornate edifices. TIME's Summer 60 2011-07-15T18:25:00Z Robert Altman’s 1988 TV version — also very good — presented a cacophony of overlapping lines, murky motivations and action staged in counterpoint to the dialogue. ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Review: Righting the Ship 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a fictional counterpoint to that book is deliberately trying to catch hell. ArtsBeat: Navy Seals Embark on a Hellish Literary Adventure 2012-08-31T16:53:54Z Two tiny loudspeakers placed on the piano strings dampened some notes to percussive effect while adding a counterpoint of sustained wails and murky overtones. Music Review: Looking Behind Curtains On a Gripping Journey 2011-05-26T21:42:30Z And the film’s set pattern, with spoken introductions followed by passages in which music and image paired up in delicate counterpoint, could feel formulaic. Review: ‘The Colorado,’ a Music-Driven Eco-Documentary 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z "The balcony pas de deux has this exquisite sequence of steps like butter, so organic with a melodic counterpoint between the two lovers, and yet it's incredibly difficult." Alexei Ratmansky wants to reignite Romeo and Juliet's spark 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Theirs is an event with no professional counterpoint, no longtime future. On "Cheer," Jada Wooten is a role model, despite the narrative of "too much"-ness spun around her 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Crow weaves his jagged guitar parts around Crow's tuneful bass lines, while they trade off vocals and sometimes sing in counterpoint. Review: Hooky melodies, tricky rhythms by Pinback 2012-10-16T19:55:16Z The gothic nature of “The Blair Witch Project” seemed a bracing counterpoint to the modernity that marked much of American culture at the turn of the millennium. ‘Blair Witch’: Shaky Cams That Left Audiences Shaking 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z They sang counterpoint melody lines that softened the accusatory lyrics in “Local Girl” and burrowed into the plaintive heart of “Night Still Comes.” Neko Case, Mavis Staples captivating at Hideout 2013-09-07T05:25:00Z Warning, though: Not even the snarkiest older sibling has anything on the caustic virtuosity of Oscar Levant, who serves as a vital counterpoint to the weightless joys of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Movie Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Their personal stories and ultimate transformations present a moving counterpoint to Declan’s looming troubles. ‘The Plover’: buckets of trouble on the open sea 2014-03-26T19:45:35Z Klebe’s “Sign of Life” provides redemption, with a soaring chorus against a counterpoint guitar line. Album review: Shoes, 'Ignition' 2012-08-13T22:26:00Z Dried fruits, fresh herbs, edible flowers, sugar-coated fennel seeds, nuts provide a textural counterpoint. Thin’s in, flat’s where it’s at. Here's how to create art on a plate. 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Together, sometimes in amusing counterpoint, the Book and Benny chronicle his journey during the fraught year 2016, when he turns 14. Review | If a book could talk, what would it say? Ruth Ozeki has some ideas. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “There is a connection with Mendelssohn in the last movement, in the counterpoint, but she takes it to another level. It’s used as a dramatic construction.” Louise Farrenc, 19th-Century Composer, Surges Back Into Sound 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Green apple seemed like it would add enough sweetness as a counterpoint to the spice of the glaze. What is "southern" food? Dale Gray takes readers from South Africa to South Korea for the answer 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z But the effect is strongest when it emerges from its counterpoint, “disfluency”, or difficulty of thinking. How to have a pop culture hit like La La Land and Rae Sremmurd 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Once the chant became the foundation for writing large-scale, multi-part Masses and motets in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, composers were given a laboratory for developing what became modern harmony, counterpoint and rhythm. 'Blurred Lines' verdict would rock Amadeus and other great composers 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The choir also offers the potential of perfectly terraced dynamics, sudden bits of counterpoint and the attention-getting clicks and growls of African languages. New Music: Kathleen Edwards, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Cate Le Bon ? CDs 2012-01-16T22:48:58Z The severity of the show's content, however, is counterpointed by the grace, athleticism and skill of its eight performers and by the sweetness of Arkadiy Yushin's accompanying music. Trash Cuisine – review 2013-06-06T16:07:39Z At another point, she joined the company’s vocalist, Ismael Fernández, in a duet, their two styles and melodies overlapping in friendly counterpoint. Review: Sonia Olla Flamenco Company, Passionately Blending Cultures 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “In a scene when oil seeps up from the ground,” Mr. Tommasini wrote, “the strings ooze and slide through a stretch of overlapping glissandos, until restless inner figures break into every-which-way counterpoint.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘I Feel Bad’ 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Regardless, the riffs are a nice counterpoint to her sweet, wide-ranging voice. St. Vincent: A New, Old-Fashioned Rock Star 2011-11-04T18:22:38Z A counterpoint to the Far West Side’s skyscrapers, it was a triumph of sculpture and urban design. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Beckett’s life-long interest in music is clear in his writings, with the text often working more as a kind of soundtrack, full of changes of pitch, tempo and counterpoint, than as a narrative communication. In Northern Ireland, a Celebration of Samuel Beckett 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Their societies, in which both men and women were able to embody the martial virtues, provided a counterpoint to Greek society, in which only men could be valorous. The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The vertical counterpoint to the memorial is the Tower of Voices. Forty chimes will ring at Flight 93 National Memorial to honor the 40 killed 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Geometric abstractions by the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark will add a transcendent counterpoint to similar work by Europeans and Americans. The Week in Arts: Alicia Keys, Mark Morris and an Expanded MoMA 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z As she moves through the variations, Ms. De Keersmaeker often echoes musical patterns: canon, counterpoint, retrograde, modulation. In France, a Festival Delivers the Essential: Dance to Audiences 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z A sweet potato purée made it lusher; roasted Mountain Rose apples supplied a tart counterpoint. In Omaha, Farmers and Chefs Are Good Together 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Loops of her beats and her raw violin lines are still the core of her music, but collaborating producers add new possibilities: wilder counterpoint, psychedelic hazes, orchestral cushioning. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Strands of voices slip into passages of fugue, though Handel knows not to push the counterpoint into tangles of complexity. Review: The English Concert Brings a Marvelous ‘Semele’ 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z His Alex is a gracious counterpoint, as he reveals things about himself in as measured a way as his guests are prone to oversharing. ‘The Wolfe Twins’ at Studio Theatre: A smart trip Schiff underplayed the glitter and, instead, created a counterpoint of something barely detected but utterly necessary. Pianist Andras Schiff mesmerizes with last sonatas of 4 composers 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The old shoegaze sound returns in the verses, with guitar counterpoint swathed in reverb, but the intro and chorus punch out syncopated power chords, banging hard for attention in the here and now. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey Finds Love in a Hopeless Place 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Other illustrious practitioners were Lindsay Anderson, who offers ironic counterpoint to If… with captions such as "Crusaders", and carves up the nation into "West," "North" and "South" in O Lucky Man! Anne Bilson 2010-06-03T21:20:00Z But the quieter perspective brought by Noel and I was a counterpoint. Peter, Paul and more than memories 2011-08-25T18:09:03Z Mr. Buffett came into the national imagination in the 1970s, just in time to become a counterpoint to what would end up being called the Yuppie generation. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Lesh’s bass lines were an additional layer of counterpoint, tugging against the guitars or talking back to them. No Song Left Unsung, Grateful Dead Plays Its Last 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Pullman, who describes himself as a “thoroughgoing materialist,” provides a counterpoint to authors like Lewis and his friend J. R. R. Tolkien, believers who infused their children’s fiction with Christian themes. Philip Pullman’s ‘Daemon Voices’ Casts an Entrancing Spell 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z It’s the perfect counterpoint, she said, and a great way to flex the imagination. How ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Helps to Heal Generational Trauma 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The combination of close harmony and complex counterpoint make it tricky to perform. Early Opera Company – review 2012-12-20T18:26:27Z The counterpoint between Harry’s ideas and her unruly emotions drives the plot. ‘The Blazing World’: charting an artist’s turbulent inner life 2014-04-09T20:15:27Z "Yet, there's the beauty and the lightness as a counterpoint, which was also needed." 2010-01-11T16:37:00Z Boulanger drilled him in the nuts and bolts of musical technique: species counterpoint, transposition at sight to and from any of the seven clefs. Perspective | If you think you know who Philip Glass is, you probably don’t. 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z And in the case of Amin, playing a South Asian immigrant making a gender transition from Ishan to Indira, the actor’s projection of quiet, courageous resolve offers a touching counterpoint to Hunter’s bravado. It’s spring in the hearts of the characters of ‘Summer’ 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z In easygoing counterpoint, Ms. Melnick and Mr. Mitchell entwine imaginatively on the floor. Review: In ‘Platform 2015,’ the Beauty of Ragged Edges at Danspace Project 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Brief digressions into Greek myth provide a helpful counterpoint, but some of the consequences of Lucy’s experiences are skipped over. Review | Can a woman find true love with a handsome fish? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z From the initial lurch of the opening track, “A Day Off,” this album flutters around Mr. Threadgill’s preferred zone of tumbling funk, brambly counterpoint and deft, darting syncopation. New Music: Albums From Wisin y Yandel and Giant Giant Sand 2012-07-02T21:53:46Z The actors don’t have enough to do beyond serving as depressed counterpoints to the eternally vivacious Mrs. Miller, and so their scenes come across monochromatically. Review | She does bad so good: Debra Monk in ‘Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z There are serenely elegiac piano melodies, counterpoint in plinking bell tones and choirs of sampled voices. Nine Inch Nails Faces the Pandemic With Hope, Despair and Noise 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Jimmy Jam and Mr. Lewis orbited Prince, and that opening has always sounded like a counterpoint to the mania of “Let’s Go Crazy,” which had just completed devouring America the year before. Sorry, Ms. Jackson: You’re Underrated. ‘Control’ at 30 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Ms. McTeer’s sly, exuberant performance is a pure delight, and the counterpoint between her physical expressiveness and Ms. Close’s tightly coiled reserve is a marvel to behold. | 'Albert Nobbs': ?Albert Nobbs? ? Movie Review 2011-12-20T16:46:28Z An exhaustive exposé in the literary magazine n+1 raised the temperature, and the current issue of the New York Review of Books contains page after page of tetchy point v counterpoint. What lies behind the battle over the New York Public Library 2012-07-07T13:00:01Z He studied at the local conservatoire with Victor Gallois who, unusually for the time, made him work at harmony and counterpoint almost simultaneously, instead of regarding the first as a preparation for the second. Henri Dutilleux obituary 2013-05-22T17:43:25Z It doesn’t bother him; he uses it as a source of counterpoint: “When I see something on the news, I get the feeling of writing the music to go against what they’re trying to sell.” Perspective | New opera by Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter remakes myth without sacrificing music 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z She was an interesting counterpoint to the women on the red carpet who are more than twice her age and showing twice as much skin. Lorde and Amal Clooney, the red-carpet winners at this year’s Golden Globes 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z What makes so reverberant is the counterpoint between the alien strangeness of the choreography, with its twitchy dislocations and jolting kinetic currents, and the Royal dancers' narrative instinct. Chroma/Tryst/Symphony in C; RainForest/The Art of Touch/A Linha Curva 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Radiating a mixture of anxiety, cockiness and ardor, Velazquez makes Consuelo both an intriguing character in her own right and a revealing counterpoint to Celia. Review | She might get top billing, but ‘Celia and Fidel’ at Arena Stage shortchanges the female revolutionary 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s like 75 lines of counterpoint, and to keep that intensity with just 18 players was difficult, and I like to think I pulled it off. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z There is throughout some lovely interlacing of bubbly pop and more somber, contemplative strains, as when Moran’s priest intones a prayerful counterpoint to the band’s aching love song “Dream for You.” ‘Sing Street’ Review: New Wave Music as Sweet Deliverance 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z His songs are full of asymmetry, dissonances and meticulous counterpoint, yet still upbeat and catchy. Review: Tom Zé Brings Brazilian Songs With Breezy Tunes and Sly Jokes to BAM 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Lee and Magaro are easygoing, appealing performers, and they work in relaxed, natural counterpoint. ‘First Cow’ Review: The Milk of Human Kindness 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Gabriel has a lot of fanciful counterpoint going on that I normally would shy away from, because I would think it would be cluttered. Natalie Merchant on overcoming pain, roadblocks to produce the "best-sounding record I've ever made" 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z “The vocal writing has an incredibly wide range, the imitative counterpoint is going back and forth in rapid fire between the two choirs, and Martin is using a 5/8 meter.” Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The grand artifice is the very reason for these films; the quest for an ordinary tone as counterpoint is a mark of the times. The New “Avengers” Is Really About the N.S.A. 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z At the same time, in an intricate but not very interesting counterpoint, we see the fumbling beginnings of relationships for their three children and the depressing impasses reached by several of Joy’s therapeutic clients. Review: Netflix’s ‘Wanderlust’ Is an Experiment in Fidelity 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It serves as a delicate, poetic counterpoint to the undercurrent of testosterone and possible violence running throughout the show. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z There’s almost no counterpoint — though maybe that’s what the band was meant to provide. Review: Setting a Squadron of Joyless Worker Drones to Music 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Benjamin’s recasting of the music highlights the mix of lacy counterpoint and haunting harmonies. Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-17T22:26:00Z He has a counterpoint in “Vespers,” hanging across the room — an ethereal female figure in a long white dress, praying with head upturned and eyes closed. Art Review: Portraits of Phantoms, Struggling to Stand Out 2010-12-16T23:32:59Z Guitars and bass play elegant counterpoint to the vocal melodies, and keyboards thicken the already dense arrangements. Review: Smith Westerns tap into their inner child on second album 2011-01-14T16:53:06Z Through Dr. Freeman, Ms. Ricks also met Cynthia Dodson, a charismatic patient who became both a close friend and, in the film, a tragic counterpoint to Ms. Ricks’s well-financed recovery. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Q&A: Dee Dee Ricks on Her Cancer 'Education' 2011-04-29T18:30:22Z Its minimalist interiors are largely steel and glass, though walls of rugged stone in the living room provide a visual counterpoint to the steel and glass throughout the residence. Capri, Italy : Stunning Villas, Castles, and Modernist Retreats to Rent This Summer 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z In the end, the music trumps all quibbles – any tendency Simon had toward solipsism is more than balanced by the all-enveloping groove and ebullient counterpoint harmony vocals. Top box sets, from the Beatles to Bill Withers 2012-12-10T16:42:00Z With its coral-like vegetation, it provides a sculptural counterpoint to all other succulents. Get to know the different succulent varieties 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Carole and Morgan, partly because their compunctions about choosing the way of violence seem to me to be essential counterpoints to the rest of the show. Dead serious: what The Walking Dead needs to come back to life 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “The Report,” which Amazon Studios is releasing in theaters this weekend, is also a kind of cinematic counterpoint to Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty.” In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The songs are more effective in a gentle, reflective mode — with lovely counterpointing of wistful, individual voices — than when they try to stir or rouse. ‘Fortress of Solitude,’ Now With Musical Numbers, at the Public Theater 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z This band segues from hauntingly lyrical solo passages to ornate instrumental counterpoint to translucent, other-worldly tones with hardly a hitch. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z This simple quest story serves as a counterpoint, a vision of female consciousness extricated from the pressure of endless facts. Can One Sentence Capture All of Life? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z An unexpected note of optimism is suddenly heard in the finale, which segues from anxious counterpoint to an uplifting Bach chorale played by a solo trumpet. Music Review: Riverside Symphony Performs Works by Takemitsu and Honegger 2014-01-26T21:13:20Z Between bites of oatmeal, my four-year-old chimes in with well-rehearsed counterpoint as her older sister closes her eyes and solemnly belts out the reprise to “For the First Time in Forever.” Translating 'Frozen' Into Arabic 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z But in D.C., you feel the counterpoint between the coldly marbled gigantism of the National Gallery and the Phillips, on a leafy street just off Dupont Circle, with special intensity. At 100, the Phillips Collection doesn’t seem to have aged 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The chili heat in the sauce was thrilling counterpoint to a sweet, multitextured mélange of pear, pomelo, papaya, pineapple, cherry tomatoes and peanuts. Mai Thaiku fixes homestyle food, cool and quick 2013-07-18T23:24:52Z The music plunges into a jubilant yet focused chorus of bustling counterpoint. Review: A Rare Showcase for Bach. His Sons, That Is. 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Behind humble vocals and verbal conundrums, the music might set up shifty progressive-rock counterpoint, hark back to late-1960s pop or turn into a percussion workout. The Week Ahead: Aug. 8 ? 14 2010-08-04T19:06:00Z I wish that there was a pop-culture counterpoint to Lean In that could show these aspiring journalists and bloggers and book writers of the world that success does not fall into your lap. Girls season two review: surprises and disappointments 2013-03-18T15:24:16Z The satiric opening song provided a startling counterpoint to the surprisingly tragic stories that followed. Anonymous Oscar ballot: Publicist gives "Roma" 7, "Vice" 3, "Can You Ever Forgive Me" 2 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But the older composer did convince the younger that free counterpoint was more interesting than strict imitation, an idea which was to radically influence his work. Letter: What Gustav Holst taught Elliott Carter 2012-11-09T17:22:24Z Soon a jumpy melodic line emerges, like something that cannot decide if it is scat singing, with bits of solo saxophone, or a lost strand of counterpoint from a neo-Baroque toccata. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z The flashing fists of young boxers in the ring move in counterpoint to the trembling fingers of Mr. Roach, a trainer and former fighter who now does battle with Parkinson’s disease. Television Review: ?On Freddie Roach,? an HBO Documentary - Review 2012-01-19T23:31:23Z The chorus sang with a purity of tone that the Canticum Novum singers could only dream of, and the Tully Hall acoustics rewarded the excellent balance and clarity of the counterpoint. Music Review: Canticum Novum and Collegium Vocale Gent Sing Bach Oratorio 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z They both provided a nice counterpoint to much of what I'd been seeing elsewhere. Standup comedy only gets better with age 2012-08-23T14:03:58Z The equation of math with counterpoint is not necessarily axiomatic, but the probability is high that J.S. Math + music=a little dry, but pleasant 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z In 1947 they met again and found instant musical rapport, fascinated by the challenge of using counterpoint in jazz. Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 2012-12-05T18:31:41Z The scene was a somber counterpoint to the chaos and violent agony that had come before it, and Sapochnik wisely let the quietness build. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Grammer provides the ideal counterpoint to this hysterical creature, in a cool, modest performance that has its own sneaky charm. | 'La Cage aux Folles': Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge on Broadway 2010-04-19T04:59:00Z “Sure Are You,” with its muscular counterpoint, might call up the same reference. New Music: Air, Of Montreal and the Jim Black Trio 2012-02-13T23:57:44Z The third movement darted and bit even more bitterly, the viciously maintained counterpoint interrupted by a crystalline, mournful trumpet solo around the midpoint. BSO bids a reluctant farewell with Mahler’s Ninth Symphony at Strathmore 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Here, a cast of five embodies a score of eternally lonely New Yorkers on a single day, accompanied by a five-member band that plays and sings in ambiguous counterpoint to their diverse encounters. Review: ‘New York Animals,’ a Musical About Intersecting Lives 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The solo piano interludes between vocal solos, with their Baroque-sounding counterpoint, were delicate in Iftinca’s hands and offered an ideally fey response. Soprano delivers a seemingly effortless performance at UDC theater 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z In “Constellations,” a grab bag of an opening gallery, artworks and Jewish ceremonial objects play off one another in aesthetically pleasing, if historically nebulous, counterpoint. A Museum’s Fresh Take on the Whole Megillah 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z As the memoir progresses, her parents’ voices slowly begin to emerge, creating a tentative but welcome counterpoint. Review: ‘The Liars’ Club,’ by Mary Karr 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “Sex Education,” as a counterpoint to legislative madness, manages to be heartfelt, funny, provocative and even better, responsible in its view of teen relationships and coupling. From "Porky's" to "Sex Education": Teen raunch comedies thrive in the worst of times 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Captured in crisp, studio-level fidelity, Corea and Burton trade phrases and counterpoint patterns, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra rounding out that breezy conversation. Chick Corea: Hear 12 Essential Performances 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z “I’m very interested in the counterpoint of the household,” Tesori says, neatly repurposing a musical term to describe the family’s separate yet simultaneous activities. 'Fun Home' composer Jeanine Tesori hears the music in everyday life 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s highly mathematical counterpoint that still feels improvised. Cardi B’s All-Star Team-Up, and 9 More New Songs 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Mahler seized on the Wagner for its heady mix of stately march music, industrious counterpoint, soaring chorale tunes and good-humored busyness. Music Review: Embracing the Ambiguity of Mahler?s Seventh 2011-02-24T23:27:09Z Inspiring and confrontational, these signs provide a visual counterpoint to the individual voices of our children as they plead with the powers that be to act, and act responsibly. Children Lead the Way: A Gallery of Youth-Made Climate Strike Signs 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Yet even in a stylish courante or minuet, Bach the ingenious master of counterpoint is ever-present. Review: Roman Rabinovich Plays Bach and More at SubCulture 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Lewis wrote elegant, epigrammatic compositions that integrated the counterpoint of chamber music into a hard-bop framework. Jon Batiste and Wynton Marsalis Prize John Lewis, and Each Other 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z With its interesting independent shops, cafes and bars, Bristol's Corn Street area makes an ideal counterpoint to the vast Cabot Circus retail behemoth next door. Clubs picks of the week 2013-04-13T05:00:17Z I'll confess that here is where I was ready to protest that I am pretty unconcerned about changing the flavor of my water, but Wassberg Johnson makes a very persuasive counterpoint. Will record heat make Europe embrace the American ice cube? 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z There’s often an emotional counterpoint in Mr. Simon’s songs: a shifting balance of misgivings and consolations that demands an attentive singer. Music Review: Tuneful Paul Simon Tribute Bridges Decades 2014-04-01T22:19:25Z They forged a tandem style that became known as “folk-baroque,” full of gnarled harmonies, spiky counterpoint and melodic filigree. John Renbourn, Eclectic Guitarist Who Founded the Pentangle, Dies at 70 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z She used yMusic not for lush arrangements, but as a bullpen full of potential counterpoint, with the instruments spinning off terse little rejoinders to her vocal lines. Music Review: Oceanic Passions in a Chamber Setting 2011-01-28T23:52:56Z Her work is funny — a deliberate counterpoint to what she sees as the grim story lines of many dramas about Africa. Daughters of African Immigrants Use the Stage to Tell of Two Worlds 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z They’re a perfect counterpoint to the sweetness of shellfish, tomatoes and butter. A Brothy Pasta So Good You May Forget About the Mussels 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z They began the opening Adagio at a restrained tempo, letting the somber theme build inexorably into a web of ethereal counterpoint. Music Review: Eb?ne Quartet at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 2010-08-19T21:21:00Z There is also a reading of the Ten Commandments in four-part counterpoint. Provocative Opera at 2 Extremes: Early and New Music 2011-12-17T05:03:15Z Like Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, which also knew how potent cheap music is, Distant Vices, Still Lives was laced with dozens of postwar tunes to counterpoint or underline the narrative. The Long Day Closes: The Passion of Terence Davies 2012-03-23T22:27:48Z The melodies are plucked ever so lightly over accompaniments that are often skeletal counterpoint, exquisitely understated. If Friends Play Your Songs, They Just May Change Your Tune 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z Establishing Frances' menstrual pain as the necessary counterpoint to the various interpersonal dramas, the series insists that we understand her pain at once embodied and laden with symbolism. "Conversations with Friends" challenges us to rethink the desirability of the woman in pain 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The line captures the novel’s essential counterpoint between dreams and torture. Rumsfeld, Rice and Gonzales make cameos in a dark, comedic novel 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister, and Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S., provide a counterpoint. Spare Times for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Still, the oligarch’s wife and her resolutely uncommercial protégé added a quixotic counterpoint the this year’s biennale, and a rare sense of mission. Special Report: Contemporary Art: A Russian Guru at Work in Venice 2011-06-13T12:00:06Z In his Music for Piano and the crystalline Partita for Woodwind Quintet, Fine demonstrates an elegant mastery of Stravinsky’s spry counterpoint, balanced with his own strong sense of melody. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z With its outpouring of musical styles and counterpoint numbers, Willson’s score is brilliantly designed to push different worldviews into proximity and sometimes into harmony. Review: Even With Hugh Jackman, ‘The Music Man’ Goes Flat 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z He was a skilled showman, a savvy political operator and a proudly plebeian counterpoint to the East Coast elite that he believed dominated the news business. Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV juggernaut Fox News, is dead at 77 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Not only do they serve as circular counterpoints to the angular shapes beneath, but also as little lenses, refracting and distorting the grid of pixels into more organic forms, each one a tiny rainbow kaleidoscope. From drops on a computer screen, Valerie Green creates tiny kaleidoscopic worlds 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Martsch sang them all with his shaky, high, soft singing voice, an essential counterpoint to the beefy guitar. Concert review: Built to Spill 11/19/10 at the Showbox 2010-11-20T20:57:00Z The Coke ad, which McCann did, indeed, produce, was used in the finale as an ironic counterpoint to Don’s actual experiences in California. 'Mad Men' Finale: Readers Respond 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The music, mostly for a chorus of female voices, skillfully blends busy counterpoint and evocations of ethnic folk music. Review: Librettos and Ariosos Meet Video at Anthology Film Archives 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z As layers of sound and texture are added in counterpoint, the piece, when played with the commitment and focus of Tuesday’s performance, ascends to the transportingly mystical. Steve Reich, Busy as Ever, Enters His Late Period 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Setting cryptic alienation amid clockwork, constantly evolving guitar counterpoint, the Strokes are instantly recognizable, and still at their prime. Best Songs of 2020 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Cuckoo Chaos, a California band of three guitars, bass and drums, uses those guitars to mingle West African-style counterpoint with some indie-rock noise; its songs were precise and rhapsodic, each evolution well planned. Critic?s Notebook: At CMJ Music Marathon, a Glut of Bands and a Haze of Music 2011-10-23T23:43:16Z Stari Grad is one of the oldest settlements in Europe and, with its simple stone houses and pleasantly yacht-free waterfront, offers a quietly timeworn counterpoint to the hubbub of Hvar Town. Next Stop: A Croatian Island’s Day in the Sun 2013-07-05T17:32:31Z He is becoming more interested in sort of archaic styles — certainly imitative counterpoint — that he was trained in, and blending it with the experience of studying with Morton Feldman. A Long-Lost Symphonic Love Story Is Told Again 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Louisahhh's louche vocal is set off by some incredibly satisfying counterpoint melodies, distorted horns going off like sirens and a repeated descent into a deep and compulsive groove. F&M playlist 2011-08-25T20:30:00Z The band can converge on a riff or fan out in intricate counterpoint, and its agility makes odd, shifting meters and Mr. Matthews’s leaping vocal lines — baritone below, uncharted above — sound natural. Dave Matthews Sings to the Next Generation on ‘Come Tomorrow’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The opposing sides of the store work in counterpoint. Visit Jewelry Designer Lisa Jackson’s Sleek New Boutique in New York City 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z It’s an eerie counterpoint to the shell middens and arrowheads found when Betsy arrived. New Life for the Wyeth Legacy Five Miles Out to Sea 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z It makes a curious counterpoint to the two Ovidian panels devoted to Prometheus, his fashioning of man, theft of inspiriting fire and subsequent punishment. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z In the 1930s, he adopted a more Neo-Classical style, composing essentially in a tonal language enriched with contemporary sonorities and demonstrating utter mastery of counterpoint. Classical Playlist: Teodor Currentzis, Bach and Per Bloland 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, the music reveals Hadelich’s gifts for shading — the great Chaconne from the Second Partita has stark contrasts here — but also betrays his shortcomings, particularly his unreliability in teasing out implied counterpoint. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The scene is charming and hilarious, but made all the more poignant in counterpoint to a later scene, after the breakup. Annie Hall at 40: ranking the film's funniest moments 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z But unlike Sun Ra, who used meditative chants and droning organs to capture the cosmos, Mr. Mazurek deploys looping drums and counterpoint to escape reality on an album that is concise yet nomadic. Rob Mazurek’s Intergalactic Jazz Aims for a New Dimension 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z “When you’re talking about these kinds of awards shows, with the elegance of most of the women, the men should be a counterpoint to that.” Formal-Wear Tips From Men?s Fashion Experts 2012-02-22T21:48:18Z “Animitas” is also a perfect counterpoint to Maravilla’s more dramatic installation across the street. Sculpture Transplanted to the Gardens 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z As the piece evolves, there are brassy blasts, pummeling pianos, every-which-way counterpoint, entangled bits of text among the four hard-working singers, overall craziness and, at times, a relentless din. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW Performs ?De Staat? at Zankel Hall 2010-05-11T22:20:00Z He’s been the perfect counterpoint to Jon Stewart’s earnest liberal outrage – a character made entirely of arched eyebrows and hubris. “Stephen Colbert” is dead, long live Stephen Colbert! 2014-04-11T14:36:00Z It’s an unsettling sequence of events one can read equally as either proof of or counterpoint to the dictum “Believe All Women.” The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z And the exhibition is a counterpoint to the many brand-name fashion shows appearing in museums lately, given that many of the creators will be new names to visitors. Exhibitions to Fill an Art Lover’s Fall Calendar 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z If it is a formative realm for Pip, the peninsula can also be seen as central to Dickens’s own world — a rural counterpoint to London: at once his sanctuary and his inspiration. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The counterpoint between the celebrating crowds and the inner angst of the diarist helps to sustain the reader's interest. The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z The steak and cheese roll, in counterpoint, is totally disgusting. Half-baked: what Greggs’ vegan sausage roll says about Brexit Britain 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The set, which incorporated a wide range of vocal techniques and sounds, included the energetic counterpoint of “Playing in the Waves,” the colorful “Yes, Yes, Yes” and the mournful “E-U-R-Y-D-I-C-E.” Music Review: 13 Hours of Sounds and Psychedelia 2011-06-24T21:33:31Z Ms. Wasner harmonizes with herself and brings in auxiliary guitars, intricate or distorted; the keyboards join the counterpoint. Music: Listening to Sia Tolno, Wye Oak, Etta James and Givers 2011-12-30T17:00:00Z You can see them in the “Making the Met” show, where they stand in perfect counterpoint to the radiant calm of the late-6th-century bronze sculpture from India — labeled as a “Buddha Offering Protection.” Perspective | I just went to the Met and MoMA after five months away from museums. Someone, please, pick me up off the floor. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z On “Prairie Burn,” she issues rugged, two-handed counterpoint; dense smashes of harmony; and simmering blues improvisation. For Mara Rosenbloom, Piano as a Remedy and a Force in Jazz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Will Close, as England’s captain and star player, Harry Kane, plays up the striker’s famously laconic manner, providing a bathetic counterpoint to the coach’s earnest rhetoric. ‘Dear England’ Review: When Soccer Success Becomes a Moral Victory 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The quartet “Where Is Evil” binds the opera’s four voices into a tight matrix of counterpoint as the orchestra shifts from startling blasts to patches of elusive harmonies. Review: ‘Anatomy Theater,’ an Opera, Puts Convicts Under the Knife 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z And a riotous eight-foot-tall work by Cecily Brown serves as an exuberant counterpoint to the subtly calibrated palette of pale blues, grays, and creams in the refined living room. Steve Gambrel Imbues A Storied Manhattan Duplex With His Signature Style 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z But Minaj has cultivated a pop counterpoint to her harder image. Nicki Minaj’s earnest new album: The most un-”Nicki Minaj” moments on “The Pinkprint” 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z He provides masterful, melodic counterpoint in the open spots in the chorus. Ginger Baker’s Essential Songs: Listen to 15 Tracks 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z According to the musicologist Stanley Sadie, “counterpoint, in Handel, is almost invariably virtuous”; thus the Christian choruses feature strikingly contrapuntal music and the Roman heathens are given simpler fare. Music Review: ‘Theodora’ at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-03T07:29:53Z This is music rich in incident, with broad muscular tunes buzzed by flitting ostinatos and often giving way to intricate counterpoint. Music Review: Minnesota Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-30T22:51:59Z “You can have somebody singing in the ’50s and then Virginia Woolf enters into the picture singing counterpoint. Fleming returns to Met in new opera based on ‘The Hours’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The harmonies are extraordinary, as is the complexity of the counterpoint. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Beethoven 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z It is also a perfect counterpoint to the professed liberalism of Al Manner’s from “Trouble in Mind” and the unacknowledged white male privilege that he wields over his cast and stage crew. What Three Broadway Shows Tell Us About Racial Progress 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z After a quizzical opening and a strong statement of the main theme there are stretches of fitful counterpoint, brass chorales and ruminative passages that take you by surprise. Music Review: Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-26T21:18:46Z He invited me to tea – of course I was terribly shy – and treated me seriously: was I doing counterpoint? Oliver Knussen: 'It never occurred to me that not everybody thought music was the most important thing in life' 2012-06-06T16:50:00Z Hewitt's gracious bows are always counterpointed by a busy kind of nodding, as though saying, you're right to applaud this enthusiastically. Angela Hewitt ? review 2011-03-27T21:30:02Z Radishes might seem like an unusual choice, but when hit with high heat, they soften and sweeten, making them the perfect counterpoint to salty, miso-glazed chicken. Chili Season! 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z For a counterpoint to liberal arts, from a messenger who is nothing if not certain of his mission, see Jon McNaughton’s recent painting, “Solitary Confinement,” posted on the artist’s website in October. Facing Violence With Brushes and Ballots 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z In this way, Big Little Lies’ nuanced depiction of abuse offers an essential counterpoint to a culture that consistently minimizes victims and their humanity. War at home: how Big Little Lies deftly dissects domestic violence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z He played it all with terrific abandon, though, and an improvised encore, with the Liebestod and The Ride of the Valkyries juxtaposed in counterpoint, brought the house down. Proms 20 and 21: Wayne Marshall; OAE/Rattle 2010-08-02T12:44:00Z Camila Meza joined the group on vocals for most of the set, bringing a welcome measure of cool ethereality to “Zone,” with its clockwork counterpoint, and “Gallop,” with its syncopated churn. Greenleaf Music Label Turns 10 With a Show at SubCulture 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The counterpoint to all these, by implication, was Sid, who went for a jog in New Zealand and keeled over. Elisabeth Mahoney on The Archers 2010-06-30T07:00:00Z In his last years he started to restudy counterpoint, because he thought his skills were insufficient. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: The Vienna Four Part 2 2011-01-11T12:00:49Z The superlight and airy — say a chiffon dress wafting with feathers — was a counterpoint to what the designer called “the soft armor” of fitted dresses. Fashion Review: The Rodarte Duo Explore the Outback 2012-02-15T17:56:58Z By the end, a children’s choir has taken over, singing in counterpoint to proclaim, “I never felt so close to you,” but leaving all mysteries wide open. Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z It’s a raucous counterpoint to the stillness that made “Host” so effectively disturbing. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Her wrists and fingers worked in counterpoint to her footwork, pulsing complementarily as she moved. Dance Review: Odissi Dancer Sujata Mohapatra at Erasing Borders Festival 2012-04-10T21:49:08Z A hoppy beer, simmered into carrots, offers a counterpoint to the vegetable’s sweetness. Jennifer McLagan’s ‘Bitter,’ reviewed There was plenty of dramatic tension in the performance, and the counterpoint sounded particularly clear with the pared-down forces of one voice per part and a lean ensemble. Steve Reich’s ‘Tehillim’ Meets Bach at Miller Theater 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Is this meant to be an ironic counterpoint to the accounts of the abused? Review: For Once, Singing of Complete and Utter Clarity 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Individual string instruments increasingly join in, until the music evolves into an episode of free-seeming counterpoint, inflected with elements of modal harmony and a folk-music flavor. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-04T21:35:50Z But the novel is also layered with what Faulkner called "counterpoint" – careful patterns of words and images to create an artistic unity that transcends the fragmented perspectives on display. Sarah Churchwell: rereading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 2012-07-20T21:55:05Z Waiters are well trained in describing how each very different beverage matches to the same dish, sometimes as an echo, sometimes a counterpoint. Restaurant Report: Coppervine in Chicago 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, as "The Harder They Come" progresses, Colter's saga becomes a mythic counterpoint to Adam's slow deterioration. T.C. Boyle reflects on the beauty of fiction, the seduction of a reader 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z You could argue that the old-fashioned masonry harkens to traditions Americans cling to — or that the stone is simply a sensual counterpoint to the sleek planes of the rest of the design. Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z In performance, twin versions of the film were shown on a split screen with the composer creating a fidgety counterpoint between them, using two joysticks. Review: The JACK Quartet, With Instruments of Destruction 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The result is a film that Marker described as like "a musical composition, with recurrent themes, counterpoints and mirror-like fugues". Chris Marker obituary 2012-07-30T11:57:53Z One image of her holding the mask between her legs is a prescient counterpoint to Tracey Emin's photograph of herself, in which she clutches a pile of banknotes and coins to her crotch. PhotoEspaña 2013: the 1970s feminist avant garde 2013-06-14T15:50:00Z Phrases from the past mingle with those from the present in a feat of structural counterpoint. Twyla Tharp: ‘Each One of the Dances Is My Hope for a Perfect World’ 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s the counterpoint of reality to those earlier cinematic dreams. Before Midnight: Very True Romance 2013-05-23T20:06:53Z But, like Hurley, his equivalent in Lost, Tarly provides dramatic counterpoint to the ruthless others who know how to master themselves in adversity. Game of Thrones; Jonathan Creek – TV review 2013-04-02T06:00:03Z Instead of acting as counterpoint, however, these cinematic interludes, a separate entity in style and mood, merely undermined the stage action. Lucrezia Borgia; CBSO/Nelsons; Ibragimova/Gerhardt/Osborne ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:35Z “Gone is the warm richness of the German bass counterpoint,” Mr. Elder said. A Critic’s First Orchestra Defines Britain’s Musical Soul 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Jamie Bond and Natasha Oughtred's account of the lyrical second movement, however, is very fine indeed, with her nervy vulnerability perfectly counterpointed by his elegant line and cool, almost abstract, presence. Birmingham Royal Ballet ? Pointes of View 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z Jackson Park, Chicago Recognizing that the pomp of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago had the potential to overwhelm visitors, Olmsted was intent on creating a landscape that would act as a soothing naturalistic counterpoint. Footsteps: Jewels of Olmsted?s Unspoiled Midwest 2011-09-02T18:18:14Z And London’s affirmative use of bright color is providing a powerful counterpoint to the classic shades of the return-to-minimalist looks. Special Report: Ballet Russes Takes a Bow 2010-09-21T10:50:00Z Fine met Boulanger when she visited Cambridge, Mass., in 1939 and followed her back to France to study in her composition class, absorbing rigorous lessons in counterpoint and harmony and engaging with Stravinsky’s music. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Although the state reversed its decision after he went public, his understandable bitterness – "They’ll pay to kill me, but not to help me!" -- provides a disturbing counterpoint to the rest of the film. What assisted suicide really looks like 2011-05-25T15:01:00Z They felt safe, and acted as a counterpoint to the ghastly image of a frat house post-party. Drinking at sororities: Probably not the best way to fix the campus rape crisis 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Downstairs, locally woven rugs prove an earthy counterpoint to spiraling curtains of gold chain. Peek Inside the New W Bogota 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z But Mr. Pierce maximized the arrangements, surrounding his small, scratchy voice with counterpoint, resonances and the potential for towering crescendos. Music Review: Spiritualized ?Floats in Space? at Radio City 2010-08-01T22:22:00Z The program notes spoke of interconnectedness among the works, and the performances bore out that concept, tending in each case to stress the horizontal element, counterpoint, over the vertical, harmony. Performances at the 92nd Street Y and the Brooklyn Academy 2010-04-20T22:44:00Z “A poignant sadness infiltrates the director’s gayest moments,” Andrew Sarris once observed — but that’s Lubitsch, whose touch, “is this counterpoint between sadness and gaiety.” Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The images spark off memories, the "counterpoint and candlelight" of a birthday celebration followed by an unsettling medical diagnosis. Poem of the week 2010-05-10T10:24:00Z The curious thing about St Aubyn's novels is the way they counterpoint personal suffering and social comedy: it is misery lit recast by Evelyn Waugh. Edward St Aubyn: 'Writing is horrible' 2011-08-17T20:30:02Z This narrative of survival and cultural flourishing is an essential counterpoint to the painful facts of the past, but it threatens to become generic, a “happy ending” motif in the feel-good vein of Hollywood. The African American Museum tells powerful stories — but not as powerfully as it could 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z In counterpoint to the funeral train, we get a survey of Booth’s flight through the Virginia marshes. Museum Review: Lincoln?s Legacy at Expanded Ford?s Theater Complex 2012-02-10T13:00:00Z She made child’s play of Fritz Kreisler’s cadenzas, even in double-stopped counterpoint. Music Review: Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-05T21:43:45Z The Spinning Wheel, one of her signature pieces, is a ring-shaped golden cage pendant in which the stones roll like pebbles, a playful counterpoint of sound and motion. Special Report: Jewelry: Playful Jewelry Moves and Upends Tradition 2010-05-20T13:30:00Z He took the first movement slower than usual in an attempt to untangle its overcomplex counterpoint, while the second half was operatic in its urgency. Hall?/BBCPO/Elder 2010-05-05T22:00:00Z Bruckner himself called his fifth "my contrapuntal masterpiece," and its counterpoint plays at times like sacred mathematics, an intricate fugue with ethereal melodies. Bruckner's Second Act 2011-07-16T14:05:00Z A pas de deux animates each of the score’s three movements, but these are folded into and out of group passages, often rhythmically and visually counterpointed. Review: ‘Cool Britannia’ Shows Off Native Land’s Talents 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Most of Stevens’s new tracks are thickets of counterpoint, dissonance and noises that can be comic or ominous. Sufjan Stevens’s Cry of Despair and Prayer for Redemption 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The structure, counterpoint and harmony of the sonata allude to Beethoven, Bach and Hindemith; the percussive drive shows the influence of Prokofiev. Classical Recordings: Sebastian Currier: Piano Sonata, Other Works ? CD Review 2011-12-22T15:26:52Z Yet he flourished at the Colony, offering an incongruously sensitive and gentle counterpoint to his boss's excesses. Michael Wojas obituary 2010-06-11T17:28:00Z A topping of crushed kale chips delivers the texture counterpoint. The no-cheese gratin that aims to please 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z It was a sharp counterpoint to the exuberant young men who took the stage in the spirited “Men of Kyiv.” Review: At Fall for Dance, Resilience Takes Center Stage 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Daniels provides the GOP with a onetime potential White House hopeful as a counterpoint to Obama in an election year heavily focused on the nation's economic outlook. Daniels to deliver GOP response to Obama 2012-01-19T18:01:04Z The silly group antics of the Retirement House are a welcome counterpoint to stories of isolated elders quietly diminishing in nursing homes during the pandemic. ‘Grandfluencers’ Are Sharing a New Vision of Old Age 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The overture begins with restless exuberance and darting counterpoint, then segues into a restrained second theme that shows the young composer already able to ensnare you with a soulful melody, a skill he would perfect. Music Review: A Third Season Begins After a Busy Preseason 2011-09-22T13:22:45Z More suggestive than depictive, Mr. Gurrin’s images — a distant prairie home subjected to slow, prismatic distortions; an industrial building standing placid amid simulated wind gusts — provided poetic counterpoint without distracting unduly from the music. Music Review: Momenta Quartet at the Stone 2013-01-09T22:51:07Z In the nineties, as a pop-culture figure whose moneybags façade was a counterpoint to tasteful displays of tech wealth, he was “a kind of human gold chain.” A New Book Argues That Trump Is Television in Human Form 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The counterpoint is the lovely underscoring composed by Nick Powell and performed on a piano at the lip of the stage by Candida Caldicot: Call it a fugue for stocks and bonds. Review | ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ is so good, it expands your sense of what three actors on a stage can conjure 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z As the music unfolds, pummeling rhythms alternate with bursts of industrious counterpoint. Music Review: Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-30T22:45:27Z He sees the work as a counterpoint to the rancorous discourse of 21st-century America and the country’s trail of social injustice. In Miami, the Murals Are the Message 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z A large white-latticework pavilion will appear to float above the restored pond edge as a horizontal counterpoint to the Washington Monument rising above. America’s front yard 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Although many of the movements are simple in texture, making an impression with liveliness of rhythm and melody, Jones also shows a more organ-like use of counterpoint in the fifth set’s opening movement. CD reviews: Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s latest Mozart is a missed opportunity 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “When you started getting into the nuances of pop music and counterpoint and irony, and all the different layers of sophistication that happened, that was a switch-up.” And the Emmy goes to . . . music supervisor 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z To avoid a succession of mere speeches, the challenge is to interweave a number of dramatic stories or arguments as counterpoints to what the other characters/interviewees have said. In the line of fire: theatre and Afghanistan 2010-07-21T22:00:00Z Her 2015 album, “Roots,” brings traditional Japanese songs into a modern jazz context, equipping them with tumbling counterpoint and swiveling grooves. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The music flows in episodic waves, with sustained brassy harmonies that are like cosmic chorales, bursts of fitful instrumental writing, spans of jagged counterpoint, and — a Messiaen trademark — skittish birdcalls. Music Review: Hamburg Symphony Orchestra at Roulette 2012-01-25T00:10:49Z In fact, quotations from other works are sometimes hidden inside scores of breathtakingly ornate counterpoint, like secret messages beckoning code breakers of future ages. Review: Blue Heron Performs ‘Missa De plus en plus’ at Corpus Christi Church 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z “American Sniper” is filled with moral counterpoints like this. 'American Sniper:' What if both sides are missing Eastwood's point? 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z It is thoroughly creepy and made even more so by upbeat counterpoints like a sound system playing Dionne Warwick’s “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” over and over. Snowbound scares in Syfy’s ‘Helix’ 2014-01-08T15:58:54Z In a fair that is heavy on painting, Leilah Babirye’s ceramic sculptures of heads and faces festooned with found objects are a wonderful counterpoint. Still Independent, and Still Exceptional 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z And he fell right into step with Mr. Kellso, digging into improvised counterpoint and on-the-spot riffs. Music Review: The Ear Regulars, Jazz Group at the Ear Inn, South Village 2010-04-26T22:50:00Z Minute fabric swatches, they were pinned in tidy rows to a slab of slate-tone fiberboard, where they formed the understated counterpoint to a lineup of nautical stripes, fluorescent-bright daisies and eye-popping leopard spots. Countdown to Fashion Week: At Veronica Beard, Meeting in the Middle 2013-08-07T20:40:05Z So setting it in the early nineties gave me the ability to use two of the biggest icons from that era, which was a helpful counterpoint for someone who was struggling with obscurity. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Acting and Amateurism 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z He says it is a welcome counterpoint to the exclusive Cannes festival, which runs through Sunday. Cannes in a Van parks itself amid the movie glitz 2011-05-18T16:16:04Z The music was fully shared with a band that could deliver the sweetly piquant blend and brassy growls of old New Orleans jazz, dart through knotty postbop counterpoint or latch onto a tricky funk vamp. Music Review: Henry Butler With Steve Bernstein at the Jazz Standard 2014-01-02T22:31:14Z And her portrayal of the cultural conflicts in the magical city of Daevabad and of Ali’s inner turmoil is compelling and complex, serving as a strong counterpoint to the thrilling action. Best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Weirdly, it adds something here, counterpointing all the anger and defiance in the lyrics with an affecting frailty. Public Image Ltd: This Is Pil – review 2012-05-24T14:29:01Z “Boy” similarly unfolds in a brisk, back-and-forth counterpoint of short scenes, with projected dates. Review: In ‘Boy,’ a Man Deals With Gender Cards He’s Given (Not Born With) 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Balanchine specialized in rhythmically watertight constructions that exist in brilliantly close counterpoint with their scores. City Ballet’s ‘Robbins 100’: Making Music Theatrical 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z But then he felt it was his job to disguise the borrowing — embedding the original material in the counterpoint, which can make it quite hard or even impossible to hear. The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Beyond its utilitarian value, the farm offers a pleasant rural counterpoint to the city and is used for events for donors and volunteers. Preparing trees to go from green pastures to the concrete jungle 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Earlier, Rondeau’s rendition of Haydn’s Sonata No. 31 in A flat is elegant, yet also fierce in its counterpoint. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z That slow movement also benefited from Gerard Reuter’s poignant oboe solo, a mellow counterpoint to the trumpets that shone throughout the rest of the work. Music Review: Eccles’s ‘Judgment of Paris,’ at Washington Square Festival 2013-07-10T19:59:16Z It’s also an extended experiment in careful improvising, using counterpoint to move quickly and unsentimentally toward the open spaces. New Music: The National, Mike Pride and Hush Point Release Albums 2013-05-20T21:46:46Z In the shifting chords of “Closing,” lines sing as if in Baroque counterpoint, with a fragility and tenderness that recalls Strauss. Classical Playlist: Rihm, Brahms, Glass and Messiaen 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z ZZ Ward's confident mix of rock, blues, R&B and soul offered counterpoint. Made in America L.A.: Day 1 sizzles, Top Dawg claims throne 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z On its 1990s albums, Matthews’s guitar — often acoustic — was the band’s only chordal instrument, joined in light-fingered counterpoint by saxophone, violin, bass and drums for staccato grooves that blended folk, funk and jazz. Dave Matthews Band’s Grown-Up View of Love and Dread 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Quotations of Shostakovich’s own previous music abound—including, in the final movement with the name motif, a counterpoint from the last scene of “Lady Macbeth,” in which prisoners are transported to Siberia. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The races and the chases play in counterpoint, each with its own beauty and its own type of ecstasy. | 'The Robber': A Thief With Less Need for a Getaway Car 2011-04-28T23:18:24Z He wrote sacred and secular vocal music, taught extensively and produced scholarship that includes a unique manuscript treatise on improvised vocal counterpoint. A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z I’m hesitant to complain, though, because Natasha’s chaotic life provides such a fascinating counterpoint to the elegantly structured historical drama laced through the novel. ‘The Kindness of Enemies’ explores the deep roots of the war on terror 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Lesh plays bass as he always has: not as a riffing foundation for a rhythm section, but as a low, ambling, compatible counterpoint to the rest of the band. Music Review: Phil Lesh and Friends at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2014-04-16T21:17:15Z Using scant dialogue, the film makes a counterpoint: It takes physical violence to control the throne. ‘The Princess’ Review: Holding His Heart in Her Hands 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z A tender encounter many years later poignantly counterpoints Rachel’s still-thorny relations with her son, and a final revelation provides Hoffman’s lavishly stuffed plot with a bravura climactic twist — facilitated by a dead woman, no less. Alice Hoffman’s compelling tale of the artist Camille Pissarro and his mother 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Her desserts are an elegant counterpoint to a casual dinner. A Chicago Restaurant Brings Fresh California Cuisine to the Midwest 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Here and there, two or more dancers traded successive notes or rhythms with enough speed and dexterity to approach wit, or two groups locked into a clear and satisfying counterpoint. Review: ‘Tap Lab,’ From the Bang Group, Conveys Musical Scores Through Footwork 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Jayita Bhattacharya's physically energetic performance serves as the manic counterpoint to Anchors' verbally intense depressive, with the rest of the ensemble serving largely as choral voices. From Rhino Fest, reviews of "4:48 Psychosis" and "Poverty" 2011-01-27T18:39:00Z By blending Renaissance counterpoint with cutting-edge Baroque theatrical rhetoric, he humanized the texts, and made them into an unprecedented amalgam of religious fervor and sheer fun. Review: A 'Vespers' for the ages at St. James Cathedral 2010-12-04T18:09:00Z The cello quartet sometimes produces an unsteady drone, sometimes spare counterpoint, sometimes strands of folk song. A Festival Adds to Opera’s Soaring Body Count 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Published in what was East Germany, War Primer used second world war photographs, mostly from Life magazine, and accompanied each one with a short rhyming epigram, by Brecht, as comment and counterpoint. Deutsche Börse Photography prize show: mashups and moon walkers 2013-04-17T17:23:17Z Amid the rippling piano runs and fanciful violin writing, this music pulses with rigorous counterpoint and brittle harmonic writing that recall Stravinsky. Music Review: Steven Beck and Miranda Cuckson at Bargemusic 2010-06-20T21:37:00Z The hotel and the train station coexist in one long, outstretched building, which was completed in 1914 and offers a refreshing prewar architectural counterpoint to the glittering glass-and-steel skyscrapers Tokyo is now known for. A $1,000 Day in Tokyo for $100 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Taken as part of the shuttle's long, tarnished history, however, they provided a moving counterpoint. Last night's TV 2011-04-11T08:33:13Z Professor Sigley said the idea of ancient caravan routes in southwest China appeals to Chinese tourists as proof of the country’s ancient history and a stark counterpoint to its rapid development. Following the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. Or at Least Trying. 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Her soaring, high-pitched vocal provided a counterpoint to the lead vocals and the harmonized lower-register “wimowehs,” and the record spent three weeks atop the Billboard pop chart. Anita Darian, a Singer With an Eclectic Range, Dies at 87 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Only in some of the most complex counterpoint could the sound have been crisper, the words sharper. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Her inquisitive approach continued through the succession of variations: an elusive minor-mode one, a playful military march, a subdued variation rich with crawling counterpoint, and more, until the joyous finale. Review: Susanna Malkki Makes an Immediate Impression 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But the first season, set in Louisiana, saw Cary Fukunaga directing every episode and offering a counterpoint to what is probably an awfully dark sensibility. Don’t kill “True Detective”: Yes, Season 2 was a mess — but HBO could save this show 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z And it’s a counterpoint to cable-drama history as “The Sopranos” creeps up on its 20th anniversary in January. Review: ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Is an Intimate Epic 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Despite standing as the "note of confirmation … in the 'Lament'", Margaret was also estranged from her family by marrying a Highlander called Iain whose grumpy, down-to-earth voice provides a key counterpoint in the book. The Big Music by Kirsty Gunn – review 2012-07-27T07:00:02Z The four dancers in “Rosas” are double the number in “Fase,” and the expanded ranks allow for more complex canon forms and counterpoint. ‘Rosas Danst Rosas’ Revisits a Choreographer’s Early Work 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Nick is already living on the fringe and has been in his own apocalypse for quite a long time, and Alicia who is in counterpoint to that. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Showrunner Breaks Down the Series Premiere 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Garity is cast as a successful, self-assured doctor, a counterpoint to Bloom. 2010-02-02T06:08:00Z Transposed to the modern guitar, the light-and-shadow contrasts of Dowland’s compositions become starker; the flights of counterpoint more brilliant. Classical Playlist: Strauss, Bartok, John Dowland and More 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Even though I don’t think the series condones anything Lawrence’s friends say, neither does the ending provide a counterpoint. ‘Insecure’ Season 1 Finale: Great Expectations 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The solos or pas de deux often have counterpoints by small groups from the ensemble, who subtly echo or accentuate the movements of the principals, often forming exquisite frieze-like stage pictures. Dance Review: Choreographer Works Magic With Latest Ballet 2013-12-20T13:13:20Z But except for one brief quotation, the music is Ms. Berkson’s, including a motet setting of Psalm 130, sung in unintelligible German, that skillfully weaves delicate counterpoint with dense chromatic harmonies. Music Review: ‘The Vienna Rite,’ by Judith Berkson, at Roulette 2012-11-05T19:43:03Z In this elaborate miniature, an eerie chorale of vocal harmonies carries the names of places in France; then guitar counterpoint takes over, sketching a melody just once before letting it fall away. David Crosby’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z There are gorgeous melodies, but also beautiful counterpoint and detail. | Brad Mehldau: Pianists, Yes, but a Jazz Singer and Deep Metal, Too 2011-02-25T19:44:54Z The dinner-table chatter went dead, and I noticed that the portly, jacket-and-tie-clad man next to me kept nervously stirring his vodka stinger, the clink of ice tinkling a counterpoint to the groans from the stage. 2010-02-11T23:23:00Z He was providing the counterpoint to musical guest Neil Young's passionate advocacy for environmental causes as part of the duo, Neil Young and Crazy Host. Neil Young teams with Stephen Colbert for a semi-environmental song 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Then, something will happen in the orchestra -- a pungent harmony, a twitch of somber counterpoint -- and the violin responds with a wafting melodic line in its shimmering high range. Boston Symphony Shows Verve Even Without Levine 2011-03-16T06:11:47Z She films the performers with a poised camera; her incisive angles and smooth pan shots emphasize the dances’ visual counterpoint and overlapping rhythms. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Lacy, probably best known as Pete on the final season of "The Office," is a solid counterpoint to Slate's flighty, fidgety style. 'Obvious Child' teases the comedy out of the human condition 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The rest of “Lost Girls” unfolds as a counterpoint between bright, youthful expectations and the gray resignation of characters who in their 30s have already slid into middle age. Review: In ‘Lost Girls,’ Derailed Blue-Collar Lives, With Zingers 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Martin sees the character as a counterpoint to the high-energy action around her onstage, injecting wisdom and groundedness for Pippin. Andrea Martin is living in the moment these days 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The impish yet haunting music bustles along in rhythmic figures that overlap, build up and break into bursts of rhythmic counterpoint. Music Review: Juilliard Percussion Ensemble Offers Music Made in New York 2010-04-06T22:31:00Z As they explained this, they fell into a kind of counterpoint. This couple met when they joined the school choir. More than 70 years later, they’re still in rhythm. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “I studied harmony and counterpoint, and I kept the pencil going,” said Shore, 70, employing his oft-used mantra for composition. Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The crust is a salty-crisp counterpoint to the creamy sweetness of the filling. A Pie to Cut Through Summer’s Heat 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In between sketches by Mr. Irwin and Mr. Shiner, she performs original songs with a versatile band, a counterpoint to the clowns’ silent bits. Review: ‘Old Hats,’ Mime and Mayhem From Irwin and Shiner 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Exploding cars and an exploding spleen, cut together in perfect counterpoint: that’s cinema, kids. ‘Ambulance’ Review: Michael Bay Is Our Emergency Movie Technician 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Entering to the strains of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song,” she began by striking a unifying tone, a counterpoint to the ominous strings strummed a week earlier by Donald Trump. The Democratic convention has been a slick production — and that’s a compliment 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In "Arenal," men and women perform energetic, entwining duos, trios and quartets to Mediterranean songs — in counterpoint to a soloist who weaves through them with more mournful, emphatic gestures. Dance review: Artful, brooding work from Spain's Compa?ia Nacionial de Danza 2010-04-23T19:40:00Z The group had bluegrass at its core, with close vocal harmonies and nimble picking, including Mr. Lovett’s own precise, ragtimey counterpoint on acoustic guitar as he breezed through “One Way Gal.” Music Review: Lyle Lovett Concert Introduces ?Release Me? Album 2012-02-29T23:31:23Z Carrell has a counterpoint, though: “If you have something, and you care for it, why wouldn’t you spend the money?” Anthropomorphism and the World of Canine Luxuries 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z As a group, they pose a bohemian counterpoint to mainstream convention in an exhibitionistic lineup that reflects the red hot nowness of that era. Richard Avedon’s Wall-Size Ambitions 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “Bach sought to show everything he knew about writing unbelievable counterpoint,” says Stern. Seattle Phil concert focuses on late works by the greats 2013-01-10T22:01:56Z “Absolute Zero,” in contrast, doubles down on piano virtuosity and musical intricacies: odd meters, polytonality, bustling counterpoint. Bruce Hornsby’s New Album Is Complex and Untrendy. That’s Why It’s So Good. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z At the beginning of Mr. Paterson’s work, each instrument inhabits its own distinct sound world: the harp produces rolling arpeggios; the flute plays graceful, slightly exotic melodies; and the viola offers brusque, combative counterpoint. Music Review: Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church - review 2011-08-26T22:30:32Z It elucidated the role of Super PACs, shed light on the nitty gritty of congressional districts and provided the perfect counterpoint to the dead-serious bombast of cable news. Stephen Colbert’s most amazing lessons for America 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Jessie's stories provided the first of many counterpoints to my own white, middle-class schooling, which largely presented both sexism and racism as historical, linear and resolved. We are far from Stoneybrook now: On the quiet revolution of "The Baby-Sitters Club" 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The work is strongest when she floods the stage with 35 dancers, maintaining multiple fields of activity in rippling counterpoint. Review: ‘On the Nature of Things,’ Karole Armitage’s New Dance Work 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z It will take them and two-and-a-half more hours of similarly symmetrical scenes, usually played in direct, crosscutting counterpoint, to confess their bond to each other. Review: ‘War Paint’ Recalls Two Cosmetics Titans 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z “Rather, he distributed sonic agency among the eight ensemble members and himself to produce a supple and limpid psychic counterpoint.” Blues, jazz, electronica. It all flows through Ben LaMar Gay. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z After an early interest in counterpoint and tone rows Cage became less interested in a fixed outcome for his music, instead creating structures in which he radically yielded control. Books of The Times: ‘Where the Heart Beats,’ John Cage Biography, by Kay Larson 2012-07-22T21:59:58Z Dylan turned his piano into an orchestra: rumbling, jazzy dissonance; terse counterpoint fills underneath his vocals; thundering gospel chords as prelude to spider-walking flourishes with both hands. Concert review: Bob Dylan at United Center 2012-11-10T06:43:10Z I tried to surround what Kala plays with something that would be a Western counterpoint but that would still allow her to play and hear it in her own way. Highly sought-after composer Reena Esmail debuts new piece with Seattle Symphony 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z But still, that counterpoint and the structure ... it is identifiably Taneyev. Carpe Diem String Quartet takes its music to the people 2010-11-18T02:52:00Z This dish calls for maybe a quarter of the amount of kidney beans to lentils, meaning with every other bite you get a toothsome counterpoint to the silky-soft dal. A love letter to the vastly underrated kidney bean 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Talking heads occasionally appear on screen, but usually their voices counterpoint a collage of images, most of them black and white, that retrace Sebald’s steps. Movie Review: ?Patience (After Sebald),? a Documentary 2012-05-08T22:32:23Z Of course, the counterpoint is that the limited scope of "The Janes" is the point, along with its casual presentation. HBO's "The Janes" spotlights the abortion activists who operated like a spy ring pre-Roe v. Wade 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z “I always believed in counterpoint, doing what nobody else was doing,” he told The Star-Ledger of Newark. Danny Stiles, Radio Host Who Kept the Oldies New, Is Dead at 87 2011-03-12T05:23:00Z At this point, in his homeland, he is a mindful and welcome counterpoint to all the thrashing dubstep jockeying for his dance floors. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z He has a small but loyal base of fans who see his work as an innovative counterpoint to what they decry as Hollywood standardization. A Thai Director Earns Acclaim Abroad and Ambivalence at Home 2010-09-14T03:00:00Z The fugue emerged as a glorious matrix of tangled yet audible counterpoint. Music Review: Colin Davis Conducts the Berlioz Requiem at St. Paul’s 2012-06-27T22:51:51Z The band’s signature sound — Brownstein and Tucker’s guitars and vocals winding around each other in stinging counterpoint, anchored by Weiss’s deft, thundering drumming — always relied on its precise chemistry. Sleater-Kinney Asked St. Vincent for a Creative Spark. The Trio Blew Up. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The rice clings beautifully, and the cruller runs through it like an I-beam, keeping it stable and offering a counterpoint of crunch. Breakfast as It Is in Shanghai, Taipei and (Sometimes) New York 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Her vocal music is cast in a virtuosic, tight counterpoint of coos and chitters, emulating bird calls at one moment, yelping atop a purely musical glissando the next. ‘On Behalf of Nature,’ Meredith Monk’s Wild Side 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z While some of the ascetically curt melodies, edgily avant-funky grooves and impassively entwined counterpoint are familiar Coleman traits, the music is several degrees warmer: full of sparky ensemble writing, varied percussion sounds and vivacious grooves. Steve Coleman & Five Elements: Functional Arrhythmias – review 2013-04-11T21:35:01Z Even so, the balance generally on display throughout the roster still provided an illuminating counterpoint to, say, the Academy Awards, where the monochromatic nature of the nominees this past year led to an #OscarsSoWhite hashtag. Emmys 2015: 'Empire,' 'Transparent' nods signal new age of TV diversity 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Here, as everywhere, the performances were captivating, but the music was somewhat denatured, the earthy tunes awash in ethereal counterpoint. Music Review: Australian Voices Focuses on Music From Home 2013-06-27T20:13:38Z Often a theme was scored for trumpet and tenor in octaves, or in a chattering counterpoint. Review: Ibrahim Maalouf Salutes a Great Arabic Performer 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Romano proves to be the understated counterpoint the series desperately needs, and he plays this as a quiet moment, electric with tension. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1, Episode 2: Mugged by God 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z In the 10-minute “Black Lake,” the strings offer austerely distant counterpoint and, at times, long-sustained chords that conjure stretches of unbearable solitude; march and dance beats heave up at times, then disappear. Björk’s ‘Vulnicura,’ From Deep Within 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z This lack of face-to-face time has forced the authors of “War Paint” to depict the women’s twinned biographies as a series of parallel lives, acted out in counterpoint on separate sides of the stage. Review: In ‘War Paint,’ Sing a Song of Face Creams 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z For each of her biting insights Holofcener offers a counterpoint suggesting we are all worthy of compassion and yes, a little giving. Please Give: As Good As It Gets 2010-04-29T23:55:00Z They leaned in for gentle, perfectly blended harmonies from their debut album, “See You Around”; they fingerpicked and fiddled in lapidary counterpoint. In Its Own Quiet Way, I’m With Her Is a Supergroup 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The melodies are slyly angular, leaping around far more than typical pop tunes, so the vocals are slotted into the counterpoint. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-03-28T23:26:01Z The music builds less by development than brooding accumulation; the counterpoint is stark. Review | Melbourne Orchestra brings sense of several places to Kennedy Center 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z A version of Cherry’s “Art Deco” began with an unaccompanied duet, full of improvised counterpoint, between Mr. Rava and Mr. Petrella, the front line and core of the group. Music Review: Enrico Rava Quintet at Birdland 2012-02-25T00:10:47Z His versions are real-time acoustic guitar solos, filled with so much springy counterpoint that sometimes it’s hard to believe he’s playing alone. 13 Albums That Revisit (and Redefine!) Holiday Classics 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Because it’s the counterpointing and the contrasts that’s some of the richness of it, and to lose that, I think, is to lose one of my aces in the hand. ArtsBeat: An Interview With Michael Apted 2010-12-10T17:27:00Z It may be a little less glitzy than usual, a counterpoint to the casual clothing that constitutes party wear right now, but it should still offer a sense of occasion. Time to Break Out the Lipstick 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z It was not, as one might guess, a calming counterpoint to their grueling day job. Game, set, matching ottomans: Venus Williams turns from tennis to interior design Mr. Hakmoun’s voice, leaping above the instruments with an untamed edge, was echoed by his percussionists and shadowed by the counterpoint of an oud. Music Review: Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers at Met Museum - Review 2011-10-30T22:51:18Z Most cookies are easy, made by scooping batter onto baking sheets, and include chocolate chunk with some buckwheat flour for an earthy counterpoint. Seasonal Desserts That Surprise 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z The rhythmic writing, form and counterpoint in the Schoenberg pieces are actually not that radical. Radical Music: Sometimes Shocking, Sometimes Subtle 2012-09-18T17:43:03Z These inventions provide a lighthearted counterpoint to the more treacherous mendacity of the American government. 'My New American Life': Francine Prose's satirical novel of immigration 2011-05-11T21:04:03Z They have the rhythmic acuity to walk around clapping in counterpoint or do time steps in canon but not a tap dancer’s charisma and cool. Trinity Irish Dance Company Review: Those Flashing, Percussive Feet 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Pickled red onions are the perfect counterpoint to the rich meat, and if you’re looking for just the right red wine to wash it back, try the Cacique Maravilla Pipeño País from Chile. Review | Queen’s English brings Hong Kong’s sizzle to Columbia Heights 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z She and Mr. Stack devise music that is as much counterpoint as accompaniment, an active participant in the songs’ internal dialogues. Wye Oak Delves Inward and Opens Up on ‘The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z But indirectly, the messages of national unity stand as a counterpoint to the current divides in Kuwait. Kuwait drama on war unity contrasts current feuds 2012-08-16T12:25:15Z Though not imbued with as much symbolism as the green track suits, the pink counterpoint is a textbook example of color contrasts, according to Na Kim, a designer in Berlin. When a Track Suit Embodies a Nation 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Do you see the counterpoint that Balanchine establishes with his “Symphony in Three Movements” choreography? Setting the Tempo With One Eye on the Stage 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z McGregor, whose movement style is often characterised by hyperkinetic complexity, extreme limb extensions counterpointed against buckling torsos, said that when he read the poem, he was drawn to its vivid physical imagery and beauty. An ‘Allegory for Our Times’: The Royal Ballet’s ‘Dante Project’ 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Smoot’s naïveté placed him in counterpoint with the era’s changing politics and mores. Skip Williamson, Underground Cartoonist, Dies at 72 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Even here there was no sentimentality, just a thicket of counterpoint and glistening harmonies, like a Scarlatti sonata. Review: The Whitney’s Conlon Nancarrow Festival is an Enchanting Tribute 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z It’s Ms. Renavand who plunges into movement, falling to the floor and rising again, as the music begins, followed by the male ensemble, who move through dizzyingly counterpointed and canonic sequences to exhilarating effect. A Triumphant De Keersmaeker Takes Paris Opera by Storm 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Though counterpoint is a term used all the time in talking about music, many people do not really understand it. Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-17T22:26:00Z Without getting too theoretical, counterpoint refers to music written in multiple parts, or lines, that overlap and intertwine. A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside-Down 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z As a counterpoint to throbbing dance music, it’s vibrant, but dodging horn blasts, it was less effective. Music Review: Katy B Plays the Studio at Webster Hall - Review 2011-09-15T23:02:21Z In Season 3, the grief and guilt of the boy’s family run as a counterpoint to a new case, deepening the sense of melancholy and abandonment that pervades the show. Review: ‘Broadchurch’ Ends Its Run as Entertaining and Moving as Ever 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z “Party People” fuses hip-hop, salsa, and jazz to probe the legacy of the Black Panthers and the Puerto Rican Young Lords; it served as a collective counterpoint to Schenkkan’s White House-centered take on the sixties. American Playwrights Try to Reinvent the History Play 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Whole stretches unfold in thick, sometimes cumbersome counterpoint. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-10-24T21:46:31Z And the new building’s strong geometric forms should make a welcome counterpoint to the old one, which, from the outside at least, has always seemed a bit bland. 2010-01-21T06:29:00Z On their previous two albums, the Cohens put a primary emphasis on front-line intuition, often casting their lines in tight, tangled counterpoint. New Music by Florence and the Machine and Meshell Ndegeocello 2011-11-07T22:33:38Z In counterpoint to this broadside, lager brand Foster's has announced an extension to its sponsorship of the Edinburgh Comedy award, which will now run until at least 2016. Sarah Silverman's 'anal probe' tweet sparks political row 2013-07-10T13:49:04Z Mr. Graves pushed and reacted to the music with playful precision, creating momentum and counterpoint while dismantling patterns before they began. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z The electric blue of the Ligurian Sea was counterpoint to the reds, yellows and oranges of the seaside buildings. Scenes From an Italian Summer 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Both are known for storming tightly focused guitar-driven rock, but have evolved contemporary styles that add more counterpoint. Review | At Rhizome, Live Skull and Thalia Zedek provide echoes of ’80s post-punk 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Occasionally a political issue will come up, but only briefly, almost as a counterpoint to emphasize that this is not what the show is about. Joe Pera and the Surprising Pleasures of Gentle Humor 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z She follows Bach’s instructions to perform in a “cantabile” style, the melodic lines always emerging with crystalline clarity over the counterpoint. Classical Playlist: Villegas, Praetorius, and Boulez's Mozart 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z So perfectly weighted and balanced is every note against every other, so even is the sense of line and counterpoint, that music's beauties appear discovered rather than wrought, fashioned by nature rather than man. Murray Perahia – review 2012-06-08T17:05:08Z Ms. Gabetta played a solo encore: an obviously contemporary piece that posed major technical and expressive challenges even before she started to sing a haunting vocalise in counterpoint to the cello lines. Review: Mostly Mozart, Highlighted by Sol Gabetta’s Haunting Vocalise 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Strings and keyboards injected color and counterpoint melodies. Concert review: Rhye at Schubas 2013-04-12T06:14:00Z Providing counterpoint as Strange, Carvel's often manic energy is set to quizzical roil. 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' conjures literate magic world 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In fact, it's a one-off hybrid that mixes German counterpoint with Italian lyricism by setting a text that whirls bizarrely from one language to the other depending on the momentary mood. Telemann: Flavius Bertaridus – review 2012-11-15T22:13:01Z A heavily psychological text rooted in medieval Danish legend and a wealth of stunning, post-Wagnerian music rich in counterpoint and orchestral color deepen the complexity. Schoenberg’s ‘Gurrelieder’ in Full Glory 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The design is a nice counterpoint to the most brutal large-scale infrastructure and housing projects of Robert Moses-era New York. Architecture Review | 'Rising Currents: Projects for New York?s Waterfront': Imagining a More Watery New York 2010-03-25T23:27:00Z Ms. Haas would bear down on double stops that turned into sliding counterpoint. Michael Daves Brings Bluegrass to the Bell House 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The technique suggests a familiarity with printmaking, or even newspaper advertising in the days when spot color — a lone counterpoint to the black type — was more common than the four-ink process that produces full color. In the galleries: Artist’s glass has life of its own 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Philip’s emotional arc, meanwhile, was in complex counterpoint to Gabriel’s. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 6 Recap: ‘I’m Going Home’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z “Illustrative, very often doubling the meaning of the scene already. Godard is often in counterpoint.” Jean-Luc Godard Is, Quietly, a Probing Musical Mind 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The pieces that most caught the attention were the three by Mr. Currier — “Quiet Time,” “Time’s Arrow” and “Time Flow” — with rhythmic and textural qualities that sometimes worked against the images in fruitful counterpoint. Music Review: Cassatt String Quartet at the Hayden Planetarium 2012-06-21T21:44:36Z That first vision establishes the counterpoint that runs throughout all that follows. Theater Review: ‘Machinal’ Examines a Wife Driven to Kill 2014-01-17T03:00:02Z Neither Shostakovich’s counterpoint nor ideas have the inspired character of Bach’s keyboard preludes and fugues, but they come from a deep, dark, sonorous place that Levit revealed as only made possible by Bach’s inspiration. For pianist Igor Levit, first the Gilmore award, then a stupendous, cyclonic recital 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The textures of the Adagio lacked definition, but the counterpoint of the Ricercar was beautifully balanced with lines that wove about each other with fine linear clarity. Pianist Sean Chen shows his talent, and his rough edges, in concert at McEvoy But just below the surface the music teems with inner details: flourishes of offbeat counterpoint for the voices, squiggling riffs for the instruments. Review: In Time for the Holidays, Radiant Praetorius Carols 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z By contrast, Ms. Krall’s husky voice curls seductively around notes, running counterpoint to Mr. Bennett’s trumpet-like delivery. Tony Bennett and Diana Krall Croon and Contrast on New Duet Album 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The percussion music’s effect is now subversive, now simply an enriching counterpoint. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Offers a Vision of the World Through Mirrors and Illusions 2011-02-27T23:16:14Z This punchy condiment/garnish acts as a counterpoint, and as I sliced and ate forkfuls of the layers, I knew: This is just what any dish of beans on toast needs. Beans on toast is basic. This is special. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z With that kind of cultural counterpoint established, Sattler starts escalating the hostilities between Ali and Cole. Flawed 'Camp X-Ray' still exposes truths in war on terror 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The American star charges through this 100-minutes-plus gig with such an emphasis on repeat notes, brusque segues and thundering counterpoint that its feverish density gets close to overpowering at times. Brad Mehldau: Live in Marciac ? review 2011-03-03T21:27:01Z With Gunnar, we were cognizant that the film needed someone who loved James Bond to act as a counterpoint. In "The Other Fellow," real people named James Bond reveal the blessing and curse of the 007 moniker 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z And he supplies the counterpoint that keeps these books so gripping: Elizabeth Waring, the Justice Department official who is so smart that she ought to be Schaeffer’s worst enemy. Books of The Times: Hired Killer, Forced Out of Retirement, Says Hello Again to an Old Adversary 2011-05-04T22:28:57Z This elaborately packaged box gathers five shows on 12 discs, crisply recorded to reveal every iota of Dead counterpoint. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z With chordal layers or subtle counterpoint, Mr. Bartlett’s piano transformed slow vocal melodies or racing fiddle tunes into meta-Irish music, ruminations on a long legacy. Music Review: Globalfest at Webster Hall - Review 2012-01-09T23:18:48Z He’d play the rhythm on his lower strings, and a counterpoint lead line on the higher strings. The Superbly Original, Gloriously Weird B-52’s Say Farewell to the Road 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Throughout the novel, their obsession with sex and death has a pop culture counterpoint in a chatty podcast where two women breathlessly discuss gruesome murders for an audience of millions. The Dystopia Has Just Arrived 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z His appropriation of Mr. Godard’s most imitable signatures — counterpointed voice-overs, chapter titles that pop onto the screen, jaunty editing, naked women speaking in riddles — amounts less to homage than to revenge. Review: If You Love Godard, You’ll Hate-Watch ‘Godard Mon Amour’ 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “Midnight” unfolds as a counterpoint of scenes showing Hans in prison, where he is systematically tortured and humiliated, and Irmgard working tirelessly to secure his release. London Theater Journal: In the Shadow of the Nazis 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z And Mr. Rattle laid out the threads of chromatic counterpoint in an organic, glowing and, when appropriate, gnashing account of the Adagio. Music Review: Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-26T21:18:46Z He entered Harvard in 1925 and studied theory, counterpoint and composition with professors including the intimidating Walter Piston. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z A more guitar-band orientated bill on Sunday produces some welcome counterpoints to the dance stuff. Rockness – review 2013-06-10T17:03:53Z In the final movement, the astonishingly complex fugue, it was exhilarating to hear Ms. Filjak unravel the thorny counterpoint with such a light yet clear touch. | Martina Filjak: Birthday Gift: New York Debut 2009-12-17T05:42:00Z The Japan Wing’s permanent fixtures, too, make for elegant counterpoints as when an 18th-century Buddhist vestment is flanked by a pair of ancient wooden Buddhas. ‘Kimono Style’: A Beautiful Painting You Can Wear 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Texture is key: You’re after a clean, yielding bite, either in counterpoint to the crunch of celery or in concert with ripe avocado. Here’s how to make the best potato salads this summer 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But both actors bring emotional transparency to their roles, providing a quietly affecting counterpoint to the guarded ambivalence inherent in many of Mr. Sondheim’s lyrics. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z Clovis, who in T. Murph’s hands is the most consistently funny aspect of the show, provides a counterpoint to the hectoring voices of Keef’s new consciousness. In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z And although there’s no bagpipe in the orchestra, the overture’s rippling counterpoint is ignited by wind figures suggestive of the instrument. An Opera Rarity Reclaims Its Spot in the Repertory 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z She and Vinnie seem to exist in precise, kinetic counterpoint, like the left and right hands of a piano étude. Review: ‘A Quiet Passion’ Poetically Captures Emily Dickinson 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z They say some Russian state media outlets provide a healthy counterpoint to powerful Western media which, they argue, often push an anti-Russian agenda. Radio Free Europe, Voice of America launch new Russian-language TV channel 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s all his own music here: lines and counterpoint written for himself and Mr. Cohen that sound succinct and final, clear and articulate in an almost pre-Renaissance way. Barbra Streisand’s ‘Partners’ Is a Duets Album 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z But Wilder was actually shaking up Broadway by deconstructing long-entrenched stage conventions, and crafting a boldly frank rumination on death and loss in counterpoint to the fragile beauty of everyday life. ‘Middletown’ at ACT: A little Thornton Wilder, a little Beckett 2013-09-09T21:26:13Z The English actor, who took on the Watson role in the second year of the series after David Burke dropped out, was an unflappable counterpoint to Brett's brooding, nervy characterization of the detective. Edward Hardwicke, TV's Dr. Watson, dies at 78 2011-05-18T13:01:08Z Three songs in, during Tessellate, a choir squeezes through the crowd and, reading the lyrics from sheets of paper, offers an angelic counterpoint to Newman's ghostly lead vocal. Alt-J – review 2012-06-20T17:39:40Z It's written by four very busy, often tired working moms looking to offer some overdue laughs as counterpoint to today's parenting-to-perfection mania. New book battles tiger mom syndrome with laughs 2012-10-01T16:09:13Z A pair of elegantly intertwined acoustic guitars, joined by bass and percussion, propel and offer counterpoint to the singers as they sketch a love-hate relationship that might still end in desire. Lou Reed’s Folky Velvet Underground Demo, and 9 More New Songs 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z But the music usually has a danceable spring in its step, often with rappers bringing a boisterous counterpoint to Mr. Albarn’s melancholy. Music Review: A Virtual Band With Plenty of Friends 2010-10-10T06:21:00Z He still devises songs with melodies that hop around all over the place, meshed with precisely picked guitar counterpoint that also ricochets across the stereo channels. Dirty Projectors Find Love in Dystopian Times on ‘Lamp Lit Prose’ 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Along with intense mental states, the band’s songwriter, Mark Foster, savors the construction details of his perky pop songs: the clockwork counterpoint of terse, staccato motifs played with carefully selected and individually skewed tones. Playlist: Industrial Hip-Hop And Bouncy Sociopathy 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z In counterpoint to this there was also a big run on romantic comedies, featuring Warsaw's three highest skyscrapers, newly built bridges, and the city's scruffy streets filled with nicely dressed extras. Poland's artists now speak to the world 2011-04-04T21:00:00Z Some are portraits, whose figurative subject matter — including various saints and the late artist Franz West, Stingel’s friend — are a compelling counterpoint to the sea of textures.. | A Magic Carpet Ride in a Venetian Palazzo 2013-06-05T17:47:17Z "The Origin Of Love" remains one of the loveliest songs about romance recorded in the last two decades, while Mitchell and Trask, as Hedwig and Gnosis, provide perfect counterpoints for the film's musical tete-a-tete. The 22 Best Movie Soundtracks of the 2000s 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z He won the critics’ choice trophy at the Brit Awards for that reckless romanticism, but he could stand to add a tougher, more contemporary counterpoint to his sound. Rock & Pop Listings for Jan. 24-30 2014-01-24T00:17:04Z Bach, and his writing style reflects that homage to counterpoint and voice leading. Carpe Diem String Quartet takes its music to the people 2010-11-18T02:52:00Z It’s a stunningly ambitious embodiment of his approach — a vibrant melding of Afro-Cuban pulse, shifting counterpoint and a wealth of ideas that would seem to have little to do with music. Steve Coleman, a Jazz Outlier, Rides a Wave of Acclaim 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The “Petrouchka” struggled to define its episodic style clearly, and flattened its layers of unsettling counterpoint as if polishing over them in one stroke. The Ups and Downs of Europe’s Most Interesting Opera Festival 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z They share the beat, tapping it on the bodhran, and slip in counterpoint from fiddle or Celtic harp. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z Friday brings the release of Minions, a feature film about characters who’d heretofore been a cute comic counterpoint. This Is How Minions Took Over the World 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Svetlana Boym, a scholar and artist whose work illuminated the haunting, quicksilver counterpoint of myth, memory and identity, died on Aug. 5 in Boston. Svetlana Boym, 56, Scholar of Myth and Memory, Dies 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z In a program note Mr. Taylor mentions the two-voice counterpoint in the duets and the repurposing of popular music in the French Overture as elements also found in “The People United.” Music Review: Christopher Taylor Piano Concert at Miller Theater 2013-05-13T22:09:47Z “But when you have a collective of voices, that creates something really beautiful: there’s texture, there’s harmony, there’s counterpoint, there’s tension.” Dance’s Communal Ethos Is Moving Into the Office and Boardroom 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z If Serial’s thesis is that facts are elusive, Undisclosed’s counterpoint seems to be that the past is less murky than you might think. “Serial” bombshells aren’t finished: New podcast breaks even more news, and more doubt 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Inside, after passing through an entrance in the form of a large capital A, visitors are met with a counterpoint of symbols, text and colors. Chryssa, Artist Who Saw Neon’s Potential as a Medium, Dies at 79 2014-01-19T04:08:44Z It will be a counterpoint to prevailing wisdom that says any travel beyond Disneyland or a holiday drive to Grandma’s house is the realm of single, childless vagabonds and the jet-setting elite. A Globe-Trotting Couple Expands Their Tent for Three 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Schiff’s most characterful work, though, was in the Rondo finale, in which he rendered the cadenza as a grander conclusion, interjecting the “Don Giovanni” chords, then layering the overture and the concerto in clever counterpoint. Review: The Philharmonic’s Artist in Residence Wears Two Hats 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z The Elements intone chantlike harmonies, and in the most inspired moments, the male quartet performs complex, pungent passages, with crisscrossing strands of dense yet lucid counterpoint. Review: A Powerful Opera of Eastern and Western Allure 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Brahms’s remarkable, faithful arrangement fully conveys the counterpoint and intricacies of the original version; Mr. Denk rendered the individual voices clearly in a full-blooded and colorful rendition notable for its flair and dynamic contrast. Review: Jeremy Denk in a Full-Blooded Performance at Mostly Mozart 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z But Mr. Anderszewski’s interest seems to lie less in the structure of Bach’s counterpoint than in the individual moments of drama it affords. Music Review: Piotr Anderszewski’s Bach Recital at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-09T22:11:03Z Those two events, happening simultaneously, were counterpoints — and proof that more is happening between them, in Vancouver, than you could ever imagine. 7 travel and sightseeing tips for your next trip to Vancouver 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is incongruously housed in two belle époque mansions; bourgeois painted flowers and fancy plasterwork interiors provide a refined counterpoint to the almost fetishistic nature of the exhibitions. Amsterdam Tattoo Museum features the macabre and the beautiful 2012-07-26T09:21:32Z Lines that moved calmly among the players were plentiful, as were chordal passages and counterpoint. Music Review: Juilliard Baroque With Violin Music at Paul Hall - Review 2011-09-29T21:33:58Z I hate well-behaved fanfares, the sort with clever little harmonic sidesteps and neat academic counterpoint. Mark-Anthony Turnage: how I composed a fanfare for the Proms 2012-07-12T19:59:02Z As Matthew Fort writes in Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons: “Sicilian cooking embraces contrast, discord, counterpoint, counterpunching, variance and the absence of delicacy … the dishes are as bold and baroque as any flamboyant building.” How to cook the perfect caponata 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It brought the unabashed energy of American minimalism together with the fine-grained spirituality and cultivated counterpoint of the English Renaissance masters in a sunburst of originality, and it made his name. Nico Muhly at His Best 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z By now the focus is squarely on the members’ own compositions, which have long since become an insider language of their own, balancing lyricism and counterpoint and skittering, half-broken rhythms. 8 Things to Do This Halloween Weekend 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Its rustic setting and traditional British fare is a perfect counterpoint to a lavish afternoon tea at imposing Ashmount Country House on a hill above Haworth. Yorkshire celebrates the writing Brontë sisters, 200 years later 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Arthur’s poise and charm in these films exists in sad counterpoint to the severe depression and anxiety she suffered in private life. DVD: New on DVD: ?Jean Arthur: Comedy Collection? 2011-11-12T22:03:03Z Like Bach, whose “Goldberg Variations” he has recorded with great rigor and warmth, Denk knows how to spin rich counterpoint out of multiple lines. Jeremy Denk’s Memoir Features Music, Love and More Music 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Here, as so often, the dialogue is an ironic counterpoint to the visual field, a continuous verbal montage interrogating our ways of understanding reality. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The music directorship of any major orchestra entails a delicate counterpoint of democracy and despotism. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z In counterpoint comes a rumbling bellow at a volume requiring no help from the electronic listening devices that are almost as ubiquitous as cellphones in Broadway theaters. | 'Born Yesterday': Daffy Blonde Gets Wise to Washington 2011-04-25T02:01:07Z The Turbine Hall remains a stark counterpoint to the surrounding five-story plaster apartment buildings, a leviathan in a neighborhood grown a bit shabby since Mr. Behrens’s time. 2010-01-19T18:11:00Z They were more than a welcome counterpoint to the typical fluid shapes, like blanket coats, asymmetrical wrap skirts and flowing long-sleeved gowns, also included in the show. Special Report: Fashion: Sex, Pleats and Skin 2010-09-30T18:13:00Z Mr. Lang’s “wed” — an exercise in rhythmic counterpoint with hardly any dynamic or tempo indications — is open to a variety of interpretations. Music: Orpheus, Hilary Hahn and David Lang Start Competitions 2012-02-12T15:24:35Z While the harmonies grow funky, and the counterpoint becomes complex, even in its bustling moments it is — particularly given this orchestra’s warm sound — an unanxious, relieved work. Music Review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Tishman Auditorium 2012-02-07T23:35:30Z I was struck by “Wonder Woman” as a counterpoint to the Trump era — a series of scenes where women were in power, fighting for their home, and drawing on their skill and training and intelligence. Kimmel, Covfefe, ‘Wonder Woman’: Washington’s Views on Pop Culture in 2017 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z He was a classic counterpoint figure; the rugged and blue-collar flipside to his milquetoast sons. Shrinking returns: analysing the pros and cons of a Frasier reboot 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Brahms has this obvious counterpoint and resistance in the music, we always feel that every voice is so rich. ‘The Great Czech Piano Cycle’ Arrives at Carnegie Hall 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z I am not going to write a counterpoint, though maybe, one day, I will. This Is Not an Article About Lemony Salmon 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z This salad combines two components, crisp cucumbers and creamy yogurt dressing, to lend a cooling counterpoint to any summer menu. Finding Balance in a Summer Side 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The arrangements were packed to bursting with counterpoint lines – a weave of melody and chaos that made Parker’s voice sound only more vulnerable and adrift. Concert review: Tame Impala at the Vic 2013-03-07T05:58:00Z While the violin solos are most difficult in their fugues and implied counterpoint, he said, the cello works more or less keep multiple voices within the same line. Bach’s Cello Suites, Now on Violin, With a Folksy Feel 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z “The Man Who Loved Dogs” recounts Mercader’s life in counterpoint to the cat-and-mouse game that Stalin played with Trotsky from the moment Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party in 1927 until his murder. Books of The Times: ‘The Man Who Loved Dogs’ Centers on Trotsky 2014-01-21T22:09:20Z These pieces will be placed among the antiquities in the gilded room, so they are kind of a counterpoint. | Q&A: Robert Wilson on His Passion for Chairs 2011-09-21T22:57:02Z Perhaps intended as a direct counterpoint to Don and Ted's tete-a-tete, we also see Don attempt to force his will on Sylvia Rosen. Mad Men recap: season six, episode seven – Man With a Plan 2013-05-15T22:00:00Z Also debuting that same day, through Nov. 8, will be a new multimedia installation, titled “Fifth Season” that Ms. Sze created specifically for the adjacent indoor exhibition space as a counterpoint. At Storm King, 2 New Works Faced a Challenging Birth 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z There were acidic vegetable counterpoints — a cilantro- and jalapeño-pickled cherry tomato was refreshing, as were the house-pickled beans — but meat was clearly the focus. Dining in Thunder Bay, Where Sustainable Meets Delectable 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The textures are lucid, with less layering of busy counterpoint, and Mr. Carter’s lyrical voice emerges more overtly. Music Review: Elliott Carter Celebrates 103rd Birthday at 92nd Street Y - Review 2011-12-10T00:36:32Z Roberts' wide-eyed, open face is a delightful counterpoint to his character's penchant for secret agendas and domestic espionage. 'Submarine': Getting below the surface of a teen's life 2011-06-09T20:11:05Z Everything but the bass, including drumbeats, counterpoint, tunes and words, was pushed to the periphery. Music Review: When the Bass Is Like a Conqueror, Crushing the Guitars and Words 2011-08-14T22:30:28Z Damaged, twitchy, unfocused, he is a lost soul in a pitiless world, and his evolving relationship with Eric provides an intriguing counterpoint to that man's ferocious quest. A car theft drives the chilling, intense 'The Rover' 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z On “Rumour Has It,” written with Ryan Tedder, there are hollow counterpoint vocals, and a daringly morbid bridge that jerks away from the song’s rhythm, before once again acceding to it. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-28T23:15:55Z "She settled on these statues after many, many former attempts. And they create an immediate counterpoint to the graves of the fallen soldiers," he said. 'Grieving Parents' statues wend way across Europe for war dead 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Above all, the dark as counterpoint to the light; as one side of the great battle between evil and good. Darkness in literature: The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper 2012-12-25T00:30:01Z The standards Darn That Dream and Stella By Starlight are captivating reinventions, the latter turning into a kind of whispering clamour of improvised counterpoint at the end. Mick Goodrick/Wolfgang Muthspiel: Live at the Jazz Standard 2010-04-15T22:30:00Z It was an interesting counterpoint between the live tour we were developing and something more introspective, projecting more personality onto the robots. Robocall: A Conversation with Daft Punk
2013-05-21T19:21:36Z Lena Waithe, creator of “The Chi,” has said her show was conceived as a counterpoint to the simplified stories about Chicago violence that are spread by the news media. A wave of recent TV series focus on child deaths. Is it all too morbid — or a sign of our times? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Saturday night’s panel should be a perfect counterpoint to Martin Mull’s famous joke because it combines a discussion and music. MoPOP’s Pop Conference to explore music and politics 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Yet the evening, presented by CityDance and Washington Performing Arts, lacked a counterpoint to the emphasis on structure and order. Dance Theatre of Harlem reborn 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z She rejects Alexandria’s comforts but does so as an icy, Machiavellian counterpoint to Sasha’s flailing disintegration, glad-handing the locals while she plots against them, or at least in defiance of their rules. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: Don't Mess with Carol 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z But you could take that same music home and play it on your headphones and take out your score and say: 'My God, this is the most unbelievable counterpoint I've ever seen in my life.' Steve Reich on Schoenberg, Coltrane and Radiohead 2013-03-01T07:00:12Z Akiho has an uncanny gift for intricate rhythmic counterpoint, though the mathematical precision of the final product emerged through epic stretches of stream-of-consciousness play. One Composer, Four Players, ‘Seven Pillars’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The University of Newcastle Chamber Choir from Australia sang “The Owl and the Pussycat” and deftly navigated the brisk counterpoint of a lively arrangement of “Slangpolska Efter Byss-Kalle,” a Swedish folk dance. Music Review: Rhythms of One World Festival, From Friendship Ambassadors 2012-06-29T21:35:34Z His wife, a white woman who believes Nigel should learn to love himself the way he is, and his mother, who tells him, “You losing yourself. Your heart. Your roots,” create a necessary counterpoint. In This Ingenious Satire, a Father Goes to Extremes to Protect His Son From Racism 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z But the effect is to create a compelling universe of sound and motion, bodies intersecting, ricocheting and scattering like colliding atoms as Mr. Soulier deploys canon and counterpoint, unison and alignment to intriguing effect. Let’s Get Physical: A Berlin Dance Festival, Serving All Audiences 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z You get Barnes's story without the counterpointed biographies that give it its complex texture. Arthur and George | Theatre review 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z But as a rundown of the worst of what history has lead us to believe about Hoover, it makes a bizarre counterpoint to Eastwood's film. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'J. Edgar' 2011-11-10T14:23:09Z For Western audiences, Arabic literature in translation is an invaluable counterpoint to media reports and sweeping politico-cultural theories, exposing us to the breadth of the region’s creativity and the depth of individual experiences. The Novel After the Arab Spring 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z For many, however, the track owed much of its power to guest vocalist Kimbra, whose central interjections - printed above - provided a female counterpoint to its chronicle of estrangement and disillusion. Kimbra gets her chance to shine 2012-09-19T07:25:38Z She further noted that, set against very traditional molding and plasterwork, “the counterpoint of these low-slung, modern pieces is delicious.” How Low Can You Go (Sofa-wise)? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A possibly stronger counterpoint to the "Queen Charlotte" disclaimer rests not in its insistence that we see its historical fiction but in its classification as a romance above all. She is very brown: "Queen Charlotte" explains how the integrated ton was won, but what is left out? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z An interesting counterpoint to the crying woman is the figure of the snowman, a golem, whom Vrana renders in white and black. Myth and mystery in Ecaterina Vrana's paintings at Nicodim Gallery 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z He offers a counterpoint true to his nature: “I generally really like stuff.” Critic’s Notebook: Chris Hardwick of Nerdist Industries 2012-08-20T22:05:41Z Arendt’s sheer delight in intellectual speculation counterpoints her intense ethical commitment to thinking as a form of political engagement. The Philosopher in Dark Times 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z At various points, the ceiling plane folds down onto walls, creating a sleek, modern counterpoint to the 19th-century structure’s massive concrete columns and casement windows. Wired Unveils Its State-of-the-Art Offices Designed by Gensler 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Howard Swartz, a senior vice president at Discovery Channel, said Shark Week was born as a counterpoint for those who developed a fear of sharks and a desire to eradicate them after seeing “Jaws.” Haddish, Shatner, Paisley join Discovery’s ‘Shark Week’ 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Do you break music down by the elements and analyze, for example, who was the greatest master of counterpoint? The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z The idea underlying the suite, per its description, is to explore “the philosophical possibilities of the musical technique known as counterpoint.” Whitney Biennial 2017: Kamasi Washington collaboration is first among the big, the boundless and the beautiful 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z “The curve fits into that lush background as a counterpoint to the formality of the garden.” House Proud: Theater Producers Put Drama in Their Own Backyard 2010-08-11T22:44:00Z A placid opening sequence doubled as raw material, the regularly paced, mostly consonant piano chords providing receptacles that Mr. Stone refilled with wobbly, warbling tones and voices to create harmony and counterpoint. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Carl Stone at the Stone Space 2010-08-04T22:28:00Z Those soft, olive-like orbs join cured lemon lending tart counterpoint to roasted smelts pulled from Puget Sound and girdled with dried Berkshire ham. Bar Sajor is Matt Dillon’s finest yet 2013-06-13T21:27:15Z The guitar poked into interstices with pings or echoey chords or scratchy syncopation or dissonant counterpoint. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Stretching the length of the easement, the diagonal provides counterpoint to the regular beat of the canopy’s steel ribbing and the modules of 200 West’s facade. Architecture Review: Architectural Canopy Shines in Battery Park City 2012-06-04T22:33:59Z Rather than replace the monument at the top of the 90-foot-tall column, Ms. Leigh will position her figure on the ground beside the towering column for several months as a temporary counterpoint. A Show With Its Host City, New Orleans, as the Protagonist 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Singers frequently sacrifice diction for what they imagine is "beauty", but intensity of diction is precisely what punctuates and provides a counterpoint to beauty, bringing intensity and meaning into play. Cardiff Singer of the World: is a beautiful voice enough? 2013-06-19T20:00:02Z Gesturing to the family struggles at the center of “Fun Home,” “Caroline” and now “Kimberly Akimbo,” Tesori said, “I love a household — the counterpoint of the attic, the living room, and the basement.” Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The Romantics, fazed, one suspects, by the inevitable austerities of sound and counterpoint, avoided the combination altogether. Thomas Zehetmair/Ruth Killius ? review 2011-04-07T17:30:57Z Carried on the brassy ebb tide of Poulenc's music, they frame a rapturous duet for Marianela Nuñez and Rupert Pennefather in which his attentive ardour is counterpointed by her melting femininity. Electric Counterpoint, Asphodel Meadows, Carmen; Dystopian Wonders; Breakin' Convention 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z In the program note the composer cited as an inspiration the act of listening to two heartbeats “beating in counterpoint,” during pregnancy. Review: The Bloom Is Still on Claire Chase’s Monumental Project 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Asked why such vulnerability is important, Mr. Steinberg, whose memoir, “The Agent,” was just published, said it’s a counterpoint to the surfeit of surface impressions. This Life: Speechmaking Lessons From the Oscars 2014-02-28T20:07:57Z “It’s got all these angles inside of it; it’s not just linear. It’s three-dimensional, and there’s counterpoint. And it’s African rhythmically.” For the First Time, Thelonious Monk’s Songbook Swings Solo 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The solemn counterpoint in the Fantasy is glorious, and Gould marches so hard in the Italian Ground that he’s almost swinging. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z This time, Monty is never at risk as he offers a vivid counterpoint to Mildred at both ends of her journey. A different 'Mildred Pierce' from the film we know 2011-03-24T11:19:08Z There’s more gridwork in the vocals; all four band members sing, offering permutations of solos, harmonies and counterpoint. Warpaint Plays Celebrate Brooklyn in Park Slope 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Brown quickly discovered a career-long writing partner in Mr. Bruce, whose fluid and propulsive playing provided counterpoint to Mr. Baker’s explosive drumming and the guitar pyrotechnics of Cream’s third member, Eric Clapton. Pete Brown, Who Put Words to ‘Sunshine of Your Love,’ Dies at 82 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z After that, it re-emerges only in counterpoint to what he views as racist events. Black History Month: Pressing Forward on the Heels of Progress 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Its rhythmic precision and pellucid sound was the perfect frame for the intricate tapestry of Bach’s counterpoint. Choral Arts Society performs Bach’s Mass in B Minor at Kennedy Center This is the counterpoint to meat, a monster in Brooklyn, bacon the punch line to many a DIY operation. Behold the humble Superiority Burger, the rage of NYC 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z They were supposed to be a counterpoint to narrow-minded evangelicals, but Andersen says the New Agers committed an even greater sin than the faithful. Fake News: It’s as American as George Washington’s Cherry Tree 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Strife and violence find expression in webs of lurching counterpoint, astringent harmonies and searing orchestral blasts. Music Review: Strife of ?64, in Somber Tones 2011-05-12T22:00:06Z There is a delicacy, lightness and sometimes translucency to the objects — a counterpoint to the opaque weight of all that wood. Sculpture as personal as it gets 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The opening lines were sung in unison before unfolding in harmonically piquant, buoyant counterpoint. Review: Yale Composers Showcase Their Works at New Music New Haven 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z It is edifying to see a show of Warhol photographs isolated from the rest of his work, a compelling counterpoint to the monumental Warhol retrospective at the Whitney last year. Andy Warhol Through the Lens 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z At one point, we got three front-facing lines, in which the dancers, five to a line, moved their arms in counterpoint. Mark Morris’s Dark Spring 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z But her gift for showing you a character’s interior states, for feelings that delicately brush the skin, gives Savannah a vulnerability that becomes an expressive counterpoint to Laura’s grandiosity and wounded narcissism. ‘J.T. LeRoy’ Review: Unpeeling the Layers of an All-American Hoax 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The slow second movement, a Siciliana in the form of a double canon, unfolds in skillfully written counterpoint. America’s Quintessential Maverick Composer, at 100 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Gradually, the rest of the adept eight-member cast arrives and joins in, and soon we are seeing and hearing counterpoint. Review: When Real Life Adds an Unexpected Round to the Fugue 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The new mixes also regularly boost the lower register, at times elevating Voormann’s bass parts as if they were intended as counterpoint instead of a solid, unassuming harmonic foundation. Half a Century Later, John Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ Still Hits Hard 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Yet the counterpoint seems to roam all over the place and the harmonic language is vaguely like Hindemith in his Neo-Classical vein. A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside-Down 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Much of the credit for that goes to Mr. O’Connell and Mr. Mendelsohn, whose performances unfold in a counterpoint of brute force and deep craft. 'Starred Up,' a Father-and-Son Prison Drama 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z It’s a useful tool in fiction, a ready-made counterpoint: something a character can always look out on, a source of ever-changing mood, a kind of escape hatch into a different scale of existence. Garth Greenwell on Transitional Spaces and the Burden of Action 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z And her — Her Royal Highness — is the most refreshing moral counterpoint of all. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The group was founded as a kind of counterpoint to the Silicon Valley establishment, which its members say is exclusive, elitist and riddled with systemic problems including sexism, ageism and racism. Gen Zers Say Silicon Valley Is Elitist and Exclusive. Can They Build a New System? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The antiquated term seems a counterpoint to the men onstage, who can’t be easily, cursorily or collectively defined. Perspective | On Broadway, ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ and ‘Lackawanna Blues’ deliver stories that defy stereotypes 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z In “The Lonely Fir” a fanfare tries to assert itself but keeps dissolving into misty counterpoint, played here with myriad colorings and a textural clarity that revealed the music’s curious elements. Music Review: Exploring Complex Works, Before You?ve Even Had Your Coffee 2011-01-17T22:07:33Z The sublimely surreal flying fish, skeletal corpses and falling angels of Delvaux and Rubens and the Brueghels seemed an appropriate counterpoint to the indulgence of the day. Brussels: The Chocolate Trail 2011-12-23T17:57:07Z Korot sets fragmentary counterpoint against moments of textural and thematic homogeny, the pull of which is increased by the uniformity of the instrumentation. PLG Young Artists ? review 2011-01-11T23:30:01Z Over the years Stewart was a valuable counterpoint to Fox News and their friends. Trevor Noah gives Fox News a free pass: The new “Daily Show” could be great for Ailes and Hannity, bad for America 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z What’s more, McCartney reinvented its role in the Beatles, not just laying down a foundation for the song but often playing a strong counterpoint to the lead vocal. Paul McCartney: Busting a few myths 2011-07-22T13:48:00Z RO Morris inspired my interest in counterpoint, the music of the 16th-century composer Thomas Morley, and so on. Stephen Dodgson obituary 2013-04-15T15:52:17Z In academic circles, it serves as a sleepy counterpoint to the hyperawareness of “woke” social criticism, or as a more forgivable, understandable, sympathetic version of the Uncle Tom racial trope. Trapped in the Sunken Place: how Get Out’s purgatory engulfed pop culture 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z But after I was finished, I realized that they formed a counterpoint with each other. This Week in Fiction: David Means on Stories of Homelessness 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Traditional Irish music will serve as a counterpoint to the reading. Spare Times for June 14-20 2013-06-13T22:50:42Z Each song got a mento treatment, with its own swaying, ambling beat and prickly banjo counterpoint. Music Review: With Island Spice, and Years of Seasoning, Old is New Again 2011-02-25T23:54:45Z Their contributions are a more explicitly personal counterpoint to the collection of orange objects, since all were living in Cleveland when Tamir was shot. An Artist Honors Tamir Rice, One Orange Object at a Time 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z On Friday, the lustrous counterpoint vocal melodies that first established the band’s reputation were once again at the forefront. Concert review: Fleet Foxes at Chicago Theatre 2011-10-01T05:31:00Z Their rapport, bustling with on-the-fly counterpoint, hummed with an elegant exchange of risk and reward. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z And both it and Snipe’s driving “Infrastructure” learn from Feld’s example of counterpoint and cascading bodies, displaying the students’ high skill as a group. Review: The Kids (in New Hands) Are Still All Right 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z More crucially, the joke invites us to consider the extent to which Pagliacci's depression is a consequence of, and not merely an ironic counterpoint to, his desire to keep the whole world laughing. We don't need a prestige Joker movie, but "The Dark Knight" made one inevitable. 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Now, this might sound like a good thing, but when the pieces of music are so substantial, you really need something between them in counterpoint, and that's a bit more personality. Radio review: John Suchet 2011-02-02T07:59:00Z Sunday, however, brought fewer light moments; the atmosphere in the audience seemed less engaged; and, oddly, the counterpoint of numerous audience cellphones tinkling their merry melodies during the show was considerably more extensive. Seattle Opera’s ‘Flying Dutchman’ unleashes gloriously perfect storm 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Ladd’s loose rasp finds a nifty counterpoint in Mr. Power’s low rumble — or what would qualify as a low rumble on any stage without Mr. Rux’s sepulchral bass. Seko Sundiata Reincarnated, in ‘Blessing the Boats’ 2014-01-13T19:23:35Z Sontag, of course counterpointing, noted that “its most obvious trait is assertiveness of one kind or another.” Review | In the loopily expansive ‘Figure It Out,’ Wayne Koestenbaum ponders everything from Robert Rauschenberg’s shoes to the notion of the line 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The complications — and there are plenty of them — are in the music: stop-start meter changes, peculiar chords, gnarled counterpoint, all packed into two playful minutes. Billie Eilish Contemplates Distraction, and 10 More New Songs 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Two illuminating conversations with her male counterpoints shed some light on the choices of the new Lady of Winterfell. Two Pivotal Scenes May Hold the Key to Sansa’s Future on Game of Thrones 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z During thickets of jagged counterpoint, as in the wild “Amen” at the end of the Credo, coordination in the orchestra grew shaky, and the pitch of the chorus started to slip. Music Review: John Oliver Leads the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-08T22:44:17Z Voices were layered like a horn section on “Lady,” with staccato interjections and wordless counterpoint melodies. Concert review: Mary J. Blige and D'Angelo at the United Center 2012-09-14T07:07:00Z By deploying humor in the realm of social justice activism, hoaxers offer a critical counterpoint to the notion that all deception is inherently destructive. Humor and media hoaxes put social justice ideas on the map 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Her arrangements were meticulous and gorgeously wayward: fingerpicked guitar in delicate crosscurrents to her vocal lines, piano parts that evolved from open, sporadic chords to lush counterpoint, a harmonium drone like a trackless landscape. Review: Olivia Chaney, a Willfully Modern Singer of Folk 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z His most recent album, "Popular Problems," captures him in ragged voice but sharpened mind, wry and witty here, meditative and calm there, with longtime collaborator Robinson offering typically seductive counterpoint. 'On Tour with Leonard Cohen' presents a picture of the singing poet 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The challenges of signing music multiply when it comes to polyphonic works like the Passion oratorios of Bach, with their complex tapestries of orchestral and vocal counterpoint and declamatory recitatives. Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Having followed Abar as our hero for nine episodes, we might imagine her as the counterpoint to Ozymandias and Doctor Manhattan—judicious yet empathetic, the proper savior of a broken world. “Watchmen,” “The Boys,” and the False Hope That Superheroes Can Save Us 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z In one fetching episode of verbal counterpoint, the musicians spoke rhythmic iterations of the line, “Once upon a time.” Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z When Mr. Glass wrote what is now Part 1, in May 1971, he meant the work’s title to indicate that the piece, for keyboards, winds and voice, was built of 12 lines of counterpoint. Into the Music: Tune-In Music Festival Celebrates Philip Glass 2012-02-19T03:43:19Z And Dorrance’s choreography for the show’s opening, arranging the cast’s varying footfalls in rhythmic counterpoint, is sublime. Review: In ‘Flying Over Sunset,’ Getting High With the Stars 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The structures are elaborate, with vocal chorales and counterpoint blossoming while instrumental timbres transmute from acoustic realism to a psychedelic shimmer and back. Critics' Choice: New albums by Dr. Dog, Sam Amidon, Laura Bell Bundy and Aaron Goldberg. 2010-04-11T21:37:00Z Lonergan, too, was striving to create a counterpoint between the purity of beauty and the complexity of life, and the way that one can lift you above the other. Perspective | When classical music becomes another character in a movie 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Two-voice counterpoint in one hand, sophisticated harmonic progressions, virtuoso pedaling and registration changes that never broke the rhythm . . . well. NSO lineup is all-American, from composers to featured artists 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z They didn’t battle it out, like two-tenor teams did 50 years ago, and they didn’t create lots of improvised counterpoint. Music Review: Two Saxophonists Step in as a Pair of Substitutes 2010-08-25T21:53:00Z The orchestra played well, with a full-bodied sound and yet a transparency that helped clarify lines in the occasionally dense counterpoint. Music Review: Mozart?s ?Jupiter,? Still Celestial but More Personal 2011-08-10T21:57:49Z “It’s starkly neoclassical. It’s angular, it’s dynamic, it’s fast footwork, and there’s a lot of counterpoint so we could be accurate.” Dance Theater of Harlem: Arthur Mitchell’s Dream at 50 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Though in her early years, Fine composed in a dissonance-saturated language of hard-edged contours and jagged counterpoint, she mellowed as she matured. Hear 7 of the Best Works From a Neglected Era of American Music 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z But he also served as a human, and humane, counterpoint to the Time Lord's alien eccentricities, and the pair developed a professional respect and personal affection. Nicholas Courtney, Doctor Who's legendary Brigadier, mourned by fans 2011-02-23T14:25:48Z Steward’s tales of frequent sexual encounters as a teenager and undergraduate in Woodsfield and Columbus, Ohio, in the 1920s and ’30s are a counterpoint to the aggressive persecution of homosexuals during the 1950s McCarthy scare. Samuel Steward?s Life in ?Secret Historian? 2010-07-26T00:00:00Z At one point, the stage was bathed in red lights, an odd counterpoint to the music. Seattle chamber-music fest returns in fine form 2013-07-01T19:00:11Z Their differences — and the backstory behind them — are better explained in the series than the film and offer a counterpoint to Sam’s belief in fighting the system. Review | Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ is even better than the movie 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Screaming house crows, hundreds of them, were a counterpoint to the booming waves. In Sri Lanka, an Island of Detachment and Desire 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z "When I did the sketch transcriptions, I thought it was some sort of exercise in counterpoint," he said. 'Lost' Beethoven hymn unearthed 2012-10-24T23:51:27Z Her description not only applies to Korean business culture but American soldiers still wandering around the Itaewon bar district of Seoul, the rowdy and populist counterpoint to the sleek & chic district known as “Gangnam.” K-pop: Holding up a fast, fizzy funhouse mirror to American cultural imperialism 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z In this concert the inspector is investigating the principle of counterpoint, for which he’s invented the contraption of the title. Spare Times: For Children, for March 2-8 2012-03-01T22:36:11Z In the brighter, faster second section, a delectably counterpointed, folk- dance-inflected duo for the men and a bravura finish for all four provide a surprising, but somehow inevitable conclusion. Dance Review: Alexei Ratmansky?s ?Souvenir d?un Lieu Cher? 2012-03-05T23:31:27Z The hits Bulletproof and In for the Kill are still arrestingly tinny, counterpointed tonight by the rumble of fans singing along, while the new material contains the kernel of something juicier. La Roux – review 2013-03-29T17:06:00Z That for me would be a concrete example of how the deeper narrative of Drown offers a complicated counterpoint to Yunior’s often-toxic racial utterances, the kind of call-response I’m trying to achieve in the work. The search for decolonial love 2012-07-02T20:54:00Z Audiard said he wanted to create a counterpoint to the stories that had shaped his own conceptions of love and intimacy, in particular the films of the New Wave director Eric Rohmer. Parisian Love Stories for the Age of Talk Less, Message More 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z These filmed “confessions,” shot against a black background, provide counterpoint to the lyrical B-roll interludes and the highly stylized interviews that dominate much of the proceedings. Yance Ford’s Powerful Cinematic Memoir, “Strong Island” 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The music becomes darker, more elusive and textured, with each variation as instruments enter, building steadily in intensity until a chorale calms things down, leading to an extended allegro alive with industrious counterpoint. 5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z “Composers learn the principles of harmony, counterpoint, technique, and choreography is no different.” New Leaders at Paris Opera Unveil an Ambitious Future 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Certainly, the resonant acoustics were adequate to Liszt’s clotted textures and harmonies, and his stabs at real counterpoint in fugues at the end of the Gloria and the Credo weren’t headed anywhere interesting anyway. Critic?s Notebook: A Jewel of a Spring Festival, Not Selling Out, but Still Sparkling 2011-04-20T22:16:56Z One such moment was an improvised piano interlude, played by Mr. Mitchell in a two-handed, crab-scuttling counterpoint, on a composition wryly titled “Numb Trudge.” Matt Mitchell’s Jazz Gallery Concert Showcased New Material 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The piano will slip into an episode of skittish two-part counterpoint, while orchestra instruments look for places to intrude with misbehaving outbursts. Review: Concert Hall, Meet Cabaret 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Sorrell is an expressive leader who drew sharply etched counterpoint from the chorus and created some lovely colors balancing the varied forces. Early-music expert leads NSO in fresh but uneven interpretation of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z This church was once the sanctuary for Florence’s displaced, and remains one of the most important Franciscan structures in Italy, the religious counterpoint to the Palazzo Vecchio. In Tuscany, Following the Rise and Fall of Machiavelli 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z There’s even a B plot featuring a budding love story that plays in counterpoint to the gang’s evolving plans to sow mayhem in New York City. Theater Review: ‘Modern Terrorism,’ by Jon Kern, at the Second Stage Theater 2012-10-18T21:50:45Z The onslaught of the county museum show finds a highly focused counterpoint in “Eames Words” at the fledgling Architecture and Design Museum, in a climate-control-free storefront across the street. Arts & Leisure: ?Pacific Standard Time? Art Exhibitions in L.A. ? Review 2011-11-10T16:57:42Z The novel splits into two interlacing narratives, presented in different fonts: an epistolary account of the violent agrarian movement through Supratik’s eyes; and in counterpoint, a third-person account of the Ghosh family’s intrigue and privilege. Book review: ‘The Lives of Others,’ by Neel Mukherjee The first movement is an engrossing jangle of counterpoint, yet somehow transparent. When Boston Ruled the Music World 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z There’s a striking passage where a tangle of counterpoint breaks into a rhythmically fractured stretch that recalls, for me, the frenzied auto-da-fé choral ensemble of “Candide,” complete with “wrong-note” injections of band instruments. Is ‘Mass’ Leonard Bernstein’s Best Work, or His Worst? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Herewith, a thought experiment: “Young Girls”: This song swells something serious, heavy drums pounding as a counterpoint to the ascendant melody. Critic’s Notebook: Bruno Mars’s New Album, ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’ 2012-12-11T19:11:57Z Throughout, the success of the trolls’ political efforts is counterpointed with their personal and interpersonal failures. ‘Russian Troll Farm’ Review: Clock In, Undermine Democracy, Clock Out 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Serving as a counterpoint to the Meadows documentary, it plays on ideas of myth and memory to capture the precise moment when one band seemed to eclipse all else. Spike Island: 'It's not about the Stone Roses, it's about loving the Stone Roses' 2013-06-04T19:00:01Z And when Basilio tells his subjects of his plan to test his son, he leads the chorus and orchestra in an industrious fugue, full of resolve and intertwining counterpoint. Music Review: Overdue Debut for Lewis Spratlan Opera in Santa Fe 2010-07-25T23:29:00Z Instead, it is left largely in the background, a smart counterpoint to the macho theatrics of high finance. All hail Billions – the smartest stupid show on TV 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The first movement is a commanding yet confounding Sonata-Allegro form; the final fugue, driven by a bustling theme initiated by a persistent trill, is a dizzying web of counterpoint. Review: Murray Perahia Takes a Majestic Approach to Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z It’s fairly mellow, as Filipino spaghetti goes, with more of an earthy counterpoint than other versions of the dish I’ve tried. Inspiring Loyalty, and Serving Chickenjoy at Jollibee 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z His silence is an eloquent and poignant counterpoint to Ms. McKinney’s garrulity; the drama of “Tabloid” resides in the asymmetry between them. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z This performance was a gift to women, a much-needed counterpoint to Monroe's entertaining but ultimately diminishing turn as Lorelei. Jane Russell: Mean! Moody! Misunderstood! 2011-03-01T22:00:01Z But on Thursday, he became the central part of the band all night, and his tasteful guitar was a constant counterpoint to Lucinda’s vocals. Bill Frisell joins Lucinda Williams for outstanding show | Concert review 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Wu’s is an old-school counterpoint to the cheeky, eclectically minded Mission Chinese Food a few doors down. Where Dumplings and Ducks Rule 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The training in the rudiments of harmony and counterpoint was intense. ‘Words Without Music’: A look inside Philip Glass’s creative genius 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z The nine dancers divide into twos and threes, and as they passed around positions and patterns, they demonstrated Ms. Clements’s skill in moving between full-ensemble passages and smaller groups operating in counterpoint. Review: Summation Dance, in a Kaleidoscope Repeatedly Snapping Into Focus 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z His idea, he said, was to invent “a scrappy underdog” show that would serve as a counterpoint to the Monroe musical. The ‘Smash’-That-Wasn’t Returns, for 3 Concerts 2013-12-06T17:02:29Z The lean, straightforward trio format and the tricky but frisky repertoire made an ideal showcase for Mitchell’s prodigious, playful virtuosity and Reid’s double duties of propulsion and melodic counterpoint. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The efficient direction by Morten Tyldum captures the immediacy and intensity of its subject’s work, yet cleverly folds in his later mistreatment as tragic counterpoint. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z And here again is Veronese, who preferred pen and ink to chalk; his sheet of wiry studies for “The Finding of Moses” makes an excellent counterpoint to the amply modeled Tintorettos. Art Review: ‘Renaissance Venice’ at the Morgan Library & Museum 2012-05-31T21:44:28Z The events provided a counterpoint to Friday’s inauguration when a small minority of protesters communicated their outrage at the Trump presidency through violence. Two million protest against Trump's inauguration worldwide 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z In a sense, Orlando is also an antihero in the drama of Woolf’s oppressive heteronormative society — a subversion, a counterpoint to convention, a sentinel of the resistance. Maria Popova: By the Book 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z It’s an emotional aggression that plays like a counterpoint to the physical violence of the “Passion.” Perspective | A Black Jesus is at the center of a ‘Passion’ that transfigures the listener 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s a counterpoint to all the spinning kinetic fury and slashing lines of the gang confrontation in the gym, which involved “hundreds of people and very precise timing to pull off,” Peck says. With ‘West Side Story,’ choreographer Justin Peck brought dance into the Spielberg universe 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a fascinating counterpoint to the expected Crawford narrative. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 3: Mommy Knows Best. Or Maybe Not. 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But each time I challenged her with a counterpoint, Rakowski waved it away. They turn to Facebook and YouTube to find a cure for cancer — and get sucked into a world of bogus medicine 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z It’s the high point of the album, attention-grabbing and prismatic, a slow burn of dense counterpoint. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z “Flight to Missoula” briefly enlists the members of the trio as three strands in a braided counterpoint. Albums From Gaslight Anthem and Swallow/Talmor/Nussbaum 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z “I feel like Michelle is able to bring this wealth of emotional gravitas that counterpoints the sort of savagery and dishonesty of the men around her.” Michelle Monaghan at the heart of ‘True Detective’ 2014-03-06T20:41:09Z Industrial-strength counterpoint weighs down the first part of the finale, which is prodded forward by an imperturbably steady walking bass line. Music Review | Riccardo Muti: Seldom-Heard Symphony Resurfaces as a Novelty 2010-03-05T21:23:00Z Put that way, might not helmet hair be a reassuring counterpoint? Weighing In on the ?Callista? Gingrich 2012-02-10T23:51:11Z Soon various players take off in bluesy solos, or engage in fleeting bits of counterpoint. Review: The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Returns, With Gusto 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z It is, in fact, the family’s blistering belligerence toward Joel that drives the work — a bitter underscoring that is a counterpoint to the beauty of the classical music Joel plays. ‘After the War,’ about an Israeli musician, shows there’s no country for bold men 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z During his time there, from July 2018 until this past May, he made sporadic use of its piano room, playing some right-handed counterpoint. Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z A nervous Feist led the band through the entire album: rippling counterpoint in “Caught a Long Wind,” modal delicacy in “Comfort Me,” roaring buildups in “The Commotion” and “The Undiscovered First.” Feist?s Solitary Road to New Album ?Metals? 2011-09-18T02:17:42Z The music seems to defy formal constraints, shifting from crazed vehemence to bitterly ironic dances, blasting marches to spans of industrious counterpoint. Review: Jonas Kaufmann Takes a Big Step Toward ‘Tristan’ 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Sadly, Bruckner never got to hear his counterpoint in full performance; he was ill the only time the piece was played by an orchestra during his lifetime. Bruckner's Second Act 2011-07-16T14:05:00Z Hawley himself ekes out little filigree solos with flutters of his guitar's tremolo arm, in sophisticated counterpoint to the ringing din at bass level. Richard Hawley – review 2012-10-06T23:05:53Z Fusing elements of Renaissance polyphony and Baroque counterpoint with the gauzy, layered chords of the French Impressionists, it is music of beauty, mystery and power. Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z His Lincoln speaks in a reedy drawl that provides a notable counterpoint to the bombastic bellowing of some of his allies and adversaries. Movie Review: ‘Lincoln,’ by Steven Spielberg, Stars Daniel Day-Lewis 2012-11-08T13:00:00Z “It’s a bigger problem,” she says, noting there have been some great recent counterpoints to the horror-movie boys’ club. ‘Babadook’ director Jennifer Kent talks about women making horror movies 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z That's also a really good counterpoint to anything going on in the stage. Celebrating "great songwriter" David Bowie's 75th birthday & introducing him to a new generation 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z The four bustles of the half-open parachute dress meet at the waist in a sharp-toothed zigzag seam that is the perfect counterpoint to its draped protrusions. Art Review: ‘Charles James: Beyond Fashion,’ a Retrospective at the Met 2014-05-08T13:04:04Z She used electronics to build up a song with her voice, loop by loop — gorgeous harmonies and counterpoint — then moved to that sound, wafting her arms calligraphically as she vocalized another layer. Taking a Dance Vacation at Rockaway 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Such fleeting, old-school courtesies played well yesterday, as a nice counterpoint to the stormy rhetoric of Rock, who repaid the favor, late in the show, when he showed himself interviewing customers outside a movie theatre. The Surreal Achievements of the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z I would often think about the stuff that I learned about in comp class like, “Can I do Bach counterpoint?” or “Can I do a little musique concrète-y stuff and treat them as Stockhausen might?” The Creator of ‘Radiolab,’ a Lapsed Composer, Returns to Music 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Miles are covered, cities explored, people collide to loving or lethal effect, but Smith creates an elegiac, meditative tone that serves as an apt counterpoint for the story’s through-line of desperation. Who Was Nick Before ‘Gatsby’? 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Outsider art is now an established genre, an often dark counterpoint to the "official" history of art that includes work made by mental patients, homeless people, and urban hermits who worked alone and in secret. Images from the outer limits 2013-06-01T23:05:40Z I preferred the big, pleasing mouthfeel of the toast slathered with peach butter, its sprinkles of sea salt providing delicate/assertive counterpoints. Slipstream pours on the coffee love. And they can cook, too. 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Penny constantly drew my attention to the way elements of a painting match or "rhyme" each other: a mandrill and stone ball, two counterpointed figures. Young British Artists versus old masters 2012-06-01T21:55:05Z Neumann asks, and her answer is instantaneous, her calm certainty in perfect counterpoint to his squirming self-consciousness. ‘Distances’ Review: Fumblingly Picking at the Knot of Race 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Barry's goodness hovers over the book and becomes its moral touchstone, a counterpoint to the nastiness elsewhere. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – review 2012-09-29T23:05:13Z Elsewhere there are passages of Bach-like counterpoint, Handelian coloratura, simple lullaby and Modernist astringency, all unified by a stunned, inexorable dramatic momentum. Music Review: Britten in Juilliard’s Spotlight at Alice Tully Hall 2013-12-04T22:33:18Z Instead he and his cinematographer, Erik Wilson, opted for a still, composed style, a counterpoint to the story’s emotional turbulence. Paddy Considine Directs ?Tyrannosaur,? Starring Peter Mullan 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z Bach drew those wildly imaginative and fanciful but spare lines of melody and counterpoint, leaving it to the player to add color. From Christian Tetzlaff, Violin Sonatas and Partitas 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Cliched music provides redundant commentary on the visual action rather than a counterpoint. Is the success of a movie score measured only on screen? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The song may be intended as an ironic counterpoint to the action, but it’s also a bit of a brag. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 5: ‘Once Upon a Time ...’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z As a counterpoint, Ms. Shechet will place what she called her “buxom” “Forward” figure on the steps leading up to the 19th-century archetypes. Porcelain Finds Its Outside Voice 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The negative reaction hit Variety and other mainstream publications on Monday after filtering through progressive outlets and naturally attracted its share of ignorant social media counterpoints based on zero evidence. Why the CBS digital team needs black reporters covering the 2020 election 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Reicha’s name also pops up in the biographies of composers who studied counterpoint with him at the Paris Conservatory: Berlioz, Liszt, Franck, Gounod. A Friend of Beethoven, Now Rediscovered in His Own Right 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The symphony somewhat follows the poem, setting the sodden barroom scene with two bluesy clarinets in counterpoint. Carl St.Clair leads Pacific Symphony in Leonard Bernstein ode 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z “Even the counterpoint lines — they give a celestial character and melodic lift to every one of his songs,” Dylan told Remnick in a detailed assessment of Cohen’s style. Leonard Cohen’s impact: From the ’60s to indie rockers and beyond 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The suite opens with a dramatic Prelude that pulses forward in rigorous spans of two-part counterpoint. Music Review: Conceptually Challenging in Familiar Repertory 2011-03-06T22:46:11Z Located on SoHo’s Greene Street, the 2,700-square-foot space—which will host its official opening party tomorrow—is an edgy counterpoint to its uptown sibling. Reed Krakoff Opens in Manhattan’s SoHo Neighborhood 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z This is almost a poem, with its repeated and evolving phrases, the counterpoint of sound, image and words. Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet? 2012-10-01T13:08:55Z Particularly striking were No. 8, with its graceful, bowed melody offset by almost continuous left-hand pizzicato counterpoint; No. 10, a study in icy harmonics; and the spare, harmonically brash No. 13. Music Review: New-Music Champion Inches Toward the Standard Repertory 2011-01-20T00:30:17Z There were echoes of Bach chorales in the mellow brass and the calm strands of counterpoint in the strings. Simon Rattle Conducts Schumann With Berlin Philharmonic 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s the poet’s embrace of individuality that makes him a necessary counterpoint — an important thorn — to the state. 25 Great Books by Refugees in America 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The music is sometimes alive with folkloric tunes and sprightly dances, sometimes thick with dizzying passages of demonic counterpoint, sometimes both at once. Music Review: Conceptually Challenging in Familiar Repertory 2011-03-06T22:46:11Z A quenelle of mascarpone and black garlic melted like a sauce into sautéed beet greens that provided sweet counterpoint to savory, crusty sunchoke cakes, suffering from too much rosemary for my taste. Loulay: all-around razzle-dazzle from the Chef in the Hat 2014-04-17T20:26:15Z However, I am here to offer a counterpoint. Roll of a lifetime: Robert De Niro's ad for Warburtons bagels is his best work in years 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z I pressed him on the neutrality of her body, and his voice lifted, in the manner of a person making a potentially surprising counterpoint. The Opposite of a Muse 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Similarly, the incidental musical accompaniment, amounting at times to a few wan plinks on a violin or thumps of a drum, provides an alienating, rather than moodily advantageous, counterpoint. Review | ‘The Winter’s Tale’ should warm your heart. This one leaves you cold. 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Dylan’s vocal sounds uncharacteristically fragile, and Langhorne’s guitar becomes a generous and soothing counterpoint: sweet and assured in the beauty of all things, even deep pain. Farewell to the Tambourine Man 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The ominous counterpoint guitars of “Little by Little,” stately piano of “Codex” and somber deliberation of “Give Up the Ghost” provide ballast; they are muted, unsurprising reminders of Radiohead’s past. Album review: Radiohead, 'The King of Limbs' 2011-02-20T05:48:13Z Sam Smith performed “How Do You Sleep?” without the elaborate electronic counterpoint of its studio recording; instead, he sang it a cappella, snapping his fingers. With Stars at Home, a Coronavirus Pop Benefit Scales Down 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “The musical texture is very thin, the counterpoint elementary and many settings awkward.” Paul McCartney Composes Work for City Ballet 2011-02-23T23:05:59Z It’s the gleeful abundance that matters, the counterpoints of salt and sugar, crunch and yield, spikiness and velvet. Burgers and Franks Go Over the Top at Prontito in Queens 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z It provided an opportunity for Will, as lead lawyer, to exercise his idealism in counterpoint to the decision he had to make about his own career. ArtsBeat: 'Good Wife' Watch: Alas, More Perils of Will 2012-02-20T06:00:57Z We provide a counterpoint and one that I would say is the more reliable version out there. Steve Coogan on finding "The Lost King": "It's not a journalistic piece. It's a point of view" 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z But I’m more curious about the counterpoint: Those books said to require experience, and age, to unlock. A Modern Classic Addresses Elemental Questions About Love and Power 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Her voice adapts to different situations from track to track: floating in isolation or layered in counterpoint within halos of hiss and static, among twinkling harpsichord, electric piano and found-sound ambience. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Julia Holter at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-03-08T00:17:18Z I appreciate you being honest and rejecting my high-flung theories about counterpoint and chess. Swapping Songs With Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z From the first moments of the title track, which opens the album, you experience a distinctively slanted feeling, the byproduct of an unstable but carefully coordinated form of counterpoint. At Last, a Box Henry Threadgill Fits Nicely Into: Pulitzer Winner 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z It was a performance of great textural beauty and clarity of counterpoint, marred by moments of rhythmic stiffness. BBCSO/Sinaisky ? review 2011-02-22T18:20:48Z He claimed, though, to be an excellent mime, so Marshall and Jay invented the mute King to function as counterpoint to the incessantly chatty Queen. The Princess and the Poconos 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Wine-store shelves today are a glorious counterpoint to those fearful days 15 years ago when a great homogenization of wine appeared to be taking place. Different Grapes From Different Regions, All Screaming Italy 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The tension between them is heightened by the impossibility of the situation, and nicely counterpointed by self-aware humour. Hostage Three by Nick Lake – review 2013-02-07T13:08:08Z It has provided a counterpoint to those who have scorned his ambitions and a public relations platform in times of crisis. How ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Changed Everything 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z The creation of brilliant music counterpoints the tormented amorous lives of three prominent composers in “Fugue,” Echo Theater Company’s edgy historically based meditation on genius, sexual obsession and betrayal. A different kind of fugue state by Echo Theater Company 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Then the music takes off — and how, with frenzied runs in each hand crisscrossing like strands of unhinged counterpoint, bursts of pummeling cluster chords leaping the length of the keyboard, and more. Review: A Carnegie Recital Pushes the Piano to Its Limits 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The prose is gorgeous, and the specificity of place is an enjoyable counterpoint to the mythic vastness of a story about traveling to the underworld. The Best New Fantasy Novels 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The Scandinavian duo Elmgreen and Dragset have proposed a golden boy on his golden rocking horse as a counterpoint to the squares' statues of military men. Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth faces huge cock up 2010-08-19T14:10:00Z The gloomy, late Romantic German's foggy, dense harmonies and tightly knotted counterpoint may have a history of a certain regard in German-speaking regions. Max Reger a crowd pleaser at a full and festive Disney Hall 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Yet this composer’s talent for placing moods in counterpoint ensures that mourning never fades entirely from view. 6 Things to Do This Memorial Day Weekend 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z The music sounds like Schumann with much less counterpoint. Music Review: Utrecht String Quartet at the Frick Collection 2013-01-22T23:00:32Z And at once, Mr. Patitucci’s designs as a composer-arranger snapped into focus, with bass and guitars forming a braided strand of melodic counterpoint, intricate and buoyant. Review: John Patitucci Takes His Electric Bass to the Iridium 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z In the early seasons, she was a necessary counterpoint to Hannah, but I wonder if it isn’t time for a little redemption for this much-abused character. 'Girls' Recap: Hannah and Adam Try to Rebuild 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Always it forms a rich counterpoint to the stage action, which is often metrically fast when the accompaniment feels slow. Review: The Inspired Poetry of Gandini Juggling 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z “It’s this vibrant young artist community,” Ms. Santos said, “a counterpoint to the big corporate sponsors of Super Bowl.” Seeing Phoenix, for the Super Bowl and Beyond 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Everything seems like it's too much effort for Nicolo, which is a nice counterpoint to the usual shrieking The X Factor stageschoolery. The X Factor 2010: the finalists 2010-10-04T12:25:00Z After the thick bombast of the Messiaen, it was disorienting to hear van Zweden lead a “St. Matthew Passion” of wise, often deferential restraint and transparent, balanced counterpoint. Review: The Philharmonic’s ‘Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z In the minor-key Allegretto, counterpoint was transparent, each line supple rather than sombre or onerous. CBSO/Nelsons: Beethoven cycle, The Flying Dutchman; Eugene Onegin – review 2013-03-24T00:07:02Z Teotihuacan’s history offers an intriguing counterpoint to modern tensions often stoked by migration. Stylish suburbs: how ancient Mexican metropolis dodged inequality trap 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Her music demands a stealthy virtuosity: most of the works here begin slowly, simply and quietly, and blossom into dense, technically demanding webs of themes, counterpoint and ear-catching effects. Music Review: Changing Like Winds, With Gusto 2011-05-09T18:16:59Z This movement, full of hope that ebbs and flows in counterpoint with despair, comes nearly an hour into the symphony; it’s all too easy to lose control or slip into stormy hysterics. Musicians Love the Conductor Kirill Petrenko. It Shows. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Pickled red onions atop the stack are just the right counterpoint, I want to tell her, but my mouth is full. Queen’s English heralds a taste of Hong Kong in Columbia Heights 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Greens with a little zip provide a nice counterpoint to a table laden with traditional Thanksgiving dishes. The surprisingly simple Thanksgiving side dish that plays well with others 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s also a counterpoint for the piece “A blueberry garden for Seattle” — bushes Linklater planted in the Frye’s courtyard as something living, and highly visible, that will stay when he goes. Explore Frye Art Museum’s intriguing new exhibit through these 5 works 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z His music is about melody and counterpoint, but it’s also about the grain of his voice, and treating sound as humid atmosphere. Demi Lovato’s Anguished ‘Anyone,’ and 11 More New Songs 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Eventually another woman peels away from the rolling group and counterpointed versions of the earlier material begin. Dance Review: Repetitions Build Drama With Rhythm and Gesture 2011-06-14T23:56:46Z The annual Festival of Contemporary Music, which started on Thursday and ends on Monday, is a counterpoint to all those large-scale blockbusters. Opera & Classical Music Listings for July 18-24 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The fact that the second Lego movie was Lego Batman – admittedly not quite as good, but the perfect counterpoint to Batfleck’s grim posturing – only helped to underline Lego’s potential as a feature film property. Bricking it: why the Lego movie franchise is on shaky foundations 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z When Mrs. Clinton lost, Mr. Roven decided to draw on her candidacy to create a counterpoint to the actual inauguration. Artists Reckon With Trump’s Inauguration 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The strong sense of foreboding that reigns here stands in arresting counterpoint to today’s notion of the Teflon president. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z In their films, the land is a counterpoint to humanity’s trials, dramas and absurdities, which they often put in ensemble and anthologised form, perhaps to get a larger perspective on individual stories. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, the radical brothers who electrified Italian cinema 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The Man with The Wooden Hat is written in a series of fast-moving vignettes, its prose and conversation frequently fleeting and elliptical, as if in counterpoint to the decades-long marriage it seeks to depict. Jane Gardam 2011-01-10T08:00:00Z “One reason why the poetry slam exists is as a counterpoint to an elitist academic view of poetry,” he says. Daemond Arrindell returns poetry to the people 2013-04-05T01:39:16Z Fatty meats like bacon and sausage are particularly good counterpoints to the clean, lean flavor of the shellfish. Chef Tom Douglas digs up delicious tips on serving Manila clams 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The presidencies of Reagan, George W. Bush and especially Richard Nixon provide plentiful evidence of this counterpoint. Riff: Riff: The Iron Lady as Anti-Muse 2011-09-25T04:33:02Z It shows a vital counterpoint to Charleston’s history. Letter: Charleston 2010-09-25T05:00:00Z Just below the surface, the music sizzles with modernist harmonies, fractured phrases, gaggles of counterpoint and lyrical strands that keep breaking into skittish bits. Thomas Adès Brings Fresh Wildness to the Boston Symphony 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z You want something that will act as a gently abrasive counterpoint, a drink that, like that green salad, will periodically reset your palate for more superlative stodge. How to eat: macaroni cheese 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The Freundlich essay’s earnest, directive tone is in perfect counterpoint to Mr. Leu’s shrewdly and entertainingly persuasive video. Art In Review: PER-OSKAR LEU: ?Crisis and Critique? 2012-02-16T22:48:15Z Her lyrics are often character studies, while her music builds patterns of rhythm and riff, often in counterpoint to her vocal lines. New Music: Beck’s New Album Is ‘Morning Phase’ 2014-02-24T22:48:45Z Gently marinated hen-of-the-woods mushrooms made an exquisitely woodsy counterpoint to ruffles of shaved La Marotte sheep cheese. At Danny Meyer’s Manhatta, Only the View Tries to Dazzle 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z In the sequel the pair are reunited in short, bittersweet and tender hallucinations – stark counterpoints to the relentless blood, guts and grime of the rest of the game. Game on: The Darkness II 2012-02-09T20:59:02Z And birdsong, with its first world war echoes, is finally used to provide a counterpoint to human turbulence. King Lear - review 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z “All the molecules were focused on your next move,” Kate Stables sings, as complex counterpoint gathers around her. Drake Surprises With a Kim Kardashian Sample, and 11 More New Songs 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Uchida wove the dense counterpoint of the fugue with exemplary concentration and clarity. Music Review: Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-21T20:08:54Z The film is a moving account of courageous journalism, but even more important, it offers a powerful counterpoint to the logic of the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban. Trump’s Muslim travel ban is a win for ISIS: This must-see film about Syrian journalists shows why 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The counterpoint, Johnson argues, is the city’s strong radical tradition, from cross-racial labor activism in the 19th century to the Ferguson protests. Counterpublic in St. Louis Pushes the Public-Art Envelope 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Bonobo overlaid the brisk beat of house music with plinking counterpoint hinting at Steve Reich. Electric Zoo Returns Under Watchful Eyes 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z While passivity of this kind might be true to life, portraying it like this in fiction — generally and without counterpoint — pulls energy from the narrative at large. A Debut Novel About Two Couples, Divided by Countries and Creeds 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z He prepared himself for that task, he wrote, “by further study in counterpoint and modern harmony.” Critic?s Notebook: Did ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Meets Its Goal? 2012-01-14T00:31:27Z Starting from a state of haunted near-silence, he evokes a bit of the music of Shakespeare’s era with plaintive open intervals in the winds and darkly winding counterpoint in the low strings, utterly without kitsch. Listening Booth: Operas by Rufus Wainwright and Hans Abrahamsen 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z You can see the muted pattern on back of the found textile, and how Ms. Blystad created a counterpoint to this with her own composition on the other side. What to See in New York ArtGalleries This Week 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, as on his album, Mr. Kahane wrapped his strong catchy melodies and stylish piano playing in arrangements for strings, winds and brass that revealed a composer’s ear for color, balance and counterpoint. Music Review | Gabriel Kahane: Tied to a Time and Place, but Not a Single Style 2010-03-04T22:54:00Z Edifices of counterpoint materialize around her; verses stretch and detour toward incantations. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s a battle that reaches absurdist heights as they break into different fragments of songbook standards, like “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” sung in aggressive counterpoint. Review: ‘Old Times,’ Where the Past Is a Dangerous Place 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The counterpoint idea can be drawn out further. What to See in New York ArtGalleries This Week 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The 48 preludes and fugues of “The Well-Tempered Clavier” are the ultimate exploration of counterpoint in all its complexities, yet also a dazzling collection of quirky, sublime and sometimes showy character pieces. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z Written in old age with a final flourish of inspiration, the score bristles with complex counterpoint, rapid madrigal patter, wild humour and explosive, trill-laden orchestration. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z “Protest Song,” with Ms. Haines upfront, braids together an elaborate stereo counterpoint of guitars, voices and syncopated beats, then gallops into a big shared chorus. Broken Social Scene Pits Creativity Against Collapse on ‘Hug of Thunder’ 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z In recent years Mr. Putin has tried to position himself as the champion of a Eurasian power, setting Russia as a counterpoint to Europe. Review: Walter Laqueur’s ‘Putinism’ Dissects a Canny Russian Leader 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Observing the counterpoint of the live discussion and the increasingly hostile comments on the screen behind is like listening to the voices of Ego with Id subtitles. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The quick-fingered musical gamesmanship and lapidary counterpoint of Vampire Weekend’s songs weren’t originally made for the stadium scale of festival shows. Jack White and Vampire Weekend at Governors Ball 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z A swipe at the Shakespeare authorship debate forms a counterpoint to the puzzle of Nicholas's identity: neatly, the book becomes an illustration of its own premise. Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux – review 2013-05-24T11:01:01Z The two actors work in a counterpoint that expresses not only the diverging temperaments of the men they are playing but also some of the contradictions of their era. Review: ‘The Master,’ From Paul Thomas Anderson 2012-09-13T15:23:48Z 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 added a crisp melodic counterpoint to the group’s gritty, percussive sound, including the outlaw country anthem “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.” Ralph Mooney, Master of the Steel Guitar, Dies at 82 2011-03-27T00:58:42Z I learned a great deal about Coward from him, much more than I did from Pinter — understanding the subtext and how the language is often a counterpoint. Director Maria Aitken, keeping Coward’s blithe spirit alive Dominated by the festival fringe, the EIF offers a traditional and tasteful counterpoint to the goings on in Edinburgh's Underbelly and other outré venues around the old town. Scotland's best classical music festivals 2012-05-25T21:45:07Z “The music, the sound, the textures wove together in a kind of counterpoint,” Mr. Abumrad said in an interview. With ‘Meet the Composer,’ Nadia Sirota Illuminates New Music 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Music and folk-song thread through the piece, not as an ironic counterpoint, but as a simple and often touching commentary on the action. Vincent Dance Theatre – review 2012-11-18T00:06:05Z Pillow talk like that is put alongside published material throughout, and the counterpoint usually proves effective. Review | Oriana Fallaci: the journalist, the agitator, the legend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z A tote bag devoted to a tropical tuber seems like a good counterpoint to winter. Books and Museum Treats for Art Lovers 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Drawn with a soft, sketchy touch and printed in a variety of muted colors, they are a private counterpoint to the posters’ public address. Toulouse-Lautrec’s Groundbreaking Prints at MoMA 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Anatomy and physiology are elegantly explained, not as abstract theory, but as counterpoint to gripping stories about survival against the odds: in frozen rivers, flaming cockpits, bombs, viral pandemics, deep water or outer space. Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams; Extremes by Kevin Fong – review 2013-02-24T00:07:13Z Pointillistic sections, rich in interplay among the five instrumental lines, are interspersed among chordal writing or more conventional counterpoint. 2010-02-15T00:46:00Z Andrew Kidd, founder of the Folio Prize The Folio was announced in 2011, somewhat controversially, as a counterpoint to the Booker, which had declared an intention to focus on "readability". 'A surprise and a risk': Reaction to Booker Prize upheaval 2013-09-18T18:25:17Z He improvised a bass line, sketching a counterpoint. Tame Impala Makes Music for Loners. But Now Kevin Parker Plays the World’s Biggest Stages. 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Below his aching lines, calm strings play strands of counterpoint that overlap into pungently mellow sonorities. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Banal verbal asides, in the best David Lynch tradition, offer a lacerating comic counterpoint. | 'The Woman': ?The Woman,? Directed by Lucky McKee - Review 2011-10-16T22:01:46Z I was a little skeptical of the science nerd played by Mary Wiseman, but she is providing a much needed counterpoint to Burnham’s morose demeanor. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 4: Remain Klingon 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z It keeps the atmosphere light and is an excellent counterpoint to fights that can take well over half an hour to complete, although being able to save at any time prevents that becoming an inconvenience. This week's new games 2010-08-13T23:06:00Z And his voicing of the strands of counterpoint was uncannily clear. Two Pianists Test the Meaning of Virtuosity 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Keyboards play a major role, dancing over the heavy guitars on "Tiberius" and adding a twinkling counterpoint to the six-string avalanche on "Being Beige." Smashing Pumpkins go pop, sort of, on 'Monuments to an Elegy' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Orff’s music is direct and accessible, with scant counterpoint and unadventurous harmony, relying instead on pummeling energy, rhythmic intricacy and melodic writing that variously evokes elegy, chant and children’s ditties. Music Review: From Chicago, a ‘Carmina’ Opens Carnegie’s Season 2012-10-04T12:42:45Z In a beautifully told counterpoint to this phenomenon, Stridsberg writes an elegy to the murdered woman’s life, from her point of view. Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z He drew glowing string sound from the Philharmonic in the sublime Adagietto, and brought shape and steady flow to the Rondo-Finale, with its long stretches of scrambled counterpoint. Music Review: A Slide Show for the Ear, Given by Emanuel Ax 2011-04-29T21:40:52Z “There’s this counterpoint of Lou going and doing Zen,” he said and laughed, referring to Reed’s interest in meditation and tai chi, “and then I’m going and doing rock ’n’ roll.” John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The dialogue is full of stylized harmonies and dissonances; plots and characters operate in counterpoint. Theater Review: ‘The Awake,’ by Ken Urban, With Consciousness in Limbo 2013-08-30T22:36:00Z Her voice — candid, funny and haunting — offers the counterpoint in a double biography, a chronicle of tenderness and self-destruction. Review: ‘I Called Him Morgan,’ a Jazz Tale of Talent and Tragedy 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The ribbons of marinated vegetables on top provide an acidic counterpoint to the fish and olive oil used. What happens when a chef doesn’t turn on the heat? 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Some are carefully orchestrated – sets from Feist and Jackson Browne offer a more louche counterpoint to the jangling bluegrass rhythms – and others are well trailed. My love affair with the American bluegrass festival 2013-07-17T12:00:03Z They arranged the record with a kind of joyous abandon; strings bounce along with Prass' vivid phrasing, providing counterpoint musical responses. Essential tracks: Natalie Prass' debut has plenty of brass, irresistible songs 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z It’s hard to pick a favorite lyric, but I’m partial to this verse, sung by the cheating ex-husband in counterpoint to LuPone’s ghostly warbling: When Patti LuPone Haunted a Laundromat 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z One of the new films, it nods to the Age of Covid by separating the dancers into individually filmed boxes, then juxtaposing the boxes onscreen, which emphasizes the counterpoints and musical timings of the choreography. A William Forsythe Sampler, JoyceStream and Bourne’s Legacy 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Yu uses images of her students in high heels and tall boots as a counterpoint to the ancient masterpiece. Review | Female artists have been overlooked and ignored. This book wants to correct that. 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z There were counterpoint flugelhorn melodies and bowed banjos. Neutral Milk Hotel at the Riviera concert review 2014-02-07T06:28:00Z The collision of disparate genres being standard artistic practice for the Wooster Group, another film is spliced into the production to provide counterpoint. When feminist debate turns into an ideological free-for-all: It's the Wooster Group's 'Town Hall Affair' 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z In counterpoint to Lane’s sudden collapse, Don was ascendant for much of the episode, seemingly amped up by their initial encounter. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: Don Gets His Groove Back 2012-06-04T05:10:24Z As for their all-important food scenes, Montreal’s muscular, hearty cuisine offers a robust counterpoint to the French capital’s refined traditions. True North 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z But almost stripped, there's a definite feeling of the elemental while I'm writing, a sense of physical exertion that's a welcome counterpoint to the endless operations of endless thought. Who do you think you are? 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z Andrew, the Financial Times enthusiast, makes for a mellow, astringent counterpoint to Tony—red wine after a ploughman’s lunch—but, like Tony, he has followed a clearly mapped life plan. “63 Up” and the Child in All of Us 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Her gentle receptiveness and poise stood in effective counterpoint to Leslie's opinionated exuberance. Rosamind Julius obituary 2010-07-01T17:47:00Z Retsuko appears like a critical counterpoint to Hello Kitty, an icon of femininity and softness who famously has no mouth. Hell Hath No Fury 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z He sits at the piano between verses, picking out a counterpoint to the guitar. The Nick Cave Song That Changed My Life 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Creamy mac ’n’ cheese is spangled with garlicky crouton chips, lending a nice crunchy counterpoint. Why summer just got better: There’s a Maryland Ice Cream Trail 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The travails of Shep’s best friend and colleague, Jackson, are no doubt meant to serve as a sort of narrative counterpoint, but there is something self-consciously contrived about his dilemmas. Books of The Times: America?s Health Care Crisis Visits Families, and Stays 2010-03-01T22:49:00Z He took the final fugue at a brisk pace, reined in just enough to elucidate the stunningly intricate streams of counterpoint. Review: Murray Perahia Takes a Majestic Approach to Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’ 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In both cases, there is a counterpoint of individual vision and collaborative labor. Review: ‘Dior and I,’ a Documentary That Peers Into a Storied Fashion House 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z VIBRANT, independent and home to one of Europe’s oldest universities, Bologna is a dynamic counterpoint to more popular, touristy cities like Rome and Florence. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Bologna 2011-06-09T18:54:47Z We also saw her tabulating her kills — she’s at 18 or 20, she said Sunday — and perhaps reconsidering her hostility toward Morgan, who’s unyielding sense of morality has been a counterpoint and source of friction. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 13: Carol the Killer 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z |
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