| 单词 | melodic |
| 例句 | Since they usually ignore the tuning, melodic forms, and other aesthetic principles of the traditions that they are borrowed from, such uses of "exotic" scales should not be considered accurate representations of those traditions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z 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 He slid into the singing of the green part now, melodic and soothing, a relief after the frigid destruction that had made his voice harsh and forbidding. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s voice was melodic - yet it had a strange resonance, as if it extended past the human range of hearing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Rewrite each scale from Figure 4.18 as an ascending and descending melodic minor scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z This round, which is about the arrival of summer, actually has two “melodic ostinati,” which are known as “grounds,” at the end, which can be sung along with the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Both the melodic image and its model pursue him incessantly like a double idee fixe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The result is that each raga is a collection of melodic scales, phrases, motifs, and ornaments, that may be used together to construct music in that raga. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The members of the ensemble that plays odd but melodic and danceable tunes in the ballroom are bedecked in suits of red velvet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even without words, the notes are still grouped into melodic "ideas." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z When there is more than one independent melodic line happening at the same time in a piece of music, we say that the music is contrapuntal. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It was no longer sweet and melodic but menacing and intimidating. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The Passacaglia structure involves a short sequence of four or eight chords repeated many times, which act as the springboard for a series of unfolding melodic explorations or improvisations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Many longer works of music, such as symphony movements, have more than one melodic theme. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z However, to get the melodic kind of sounds more often associated with music, the sound waves must themselves be organized and regular, not random mixtures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For example, in the music John Williams composed for the Star Wars movies, there are melodic themes that are associated with the main characters. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The peculiar-looking young man had said nothing, but now he started to hum to himself, a deep, melodic, bass humming that made the interior of the car vibrate and rattle and buzz. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Esme asked in her soft, melodic voice, and I realized I was staring openmouthed after him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Please see The Shape of a Melodyl0 for children's activities covering melodic contour. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z With their loose sentence structure and the melodic give and take allowing a team approach to conversation I knew they were Guyanese. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A melodic phrase is a group of notes that make sense together and express a definite melodic "idea," but it takes more than one phrase to make a complete melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As dawn slowly turned the dense jungle from pitch-black to gray, birds began their melodic calls. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z First of all, the melodic line of a piece of music is the string of notes that make up the melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even her ordinary speaking voice bubbled up from inside her, rich and melodic. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The simple but meandering melodic lines of plainsong were to exert a considerable influence on his composing style as he matured. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In most well-written homophony, the parts that are not melody may still have a lot of melodic interest. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She teased him because it was all so pretty and melodic, and "in the same phylum as Hall and Oates," and he threatened to evict her from his room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “I think you dropped this,” a low, melodic voice said in Yiddish from behind me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Technically, Mozart’s approach was similar to Haydn’s - the same orchestra, the same chords, the same architecture - but he had the melodic gift of a god. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Bruckner’s third symphony of 1873 was dedicated to Wagner and in its first version contained melodic quotations from his idol’s operas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Pollux’s face breaks into an expression of delight and he has a series of melodic exchanges with the mockingjay. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This melodic symmetry had not been a noticeable feature of the more onward- flowing, unpredictable tunes of Bach and Handel, whose phrases were so often guided by the metre of the words they set. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But symphonies were supposed to be explorations, journeys to find out what would happen if you took a clutch of short melodic ideas and elaborated on them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A short melodic idea may also be called a motiv, a motive, a cell, or a figure. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z By the end of the fourteenth century, nearly all of music’s vital components had been discovered: notation, both melodic and rhythmic; structural organisation; and polyphony, the layering of voices on top of one another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She sings songs I've never heard in a clear, melodic voice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They’re familiar with the musical genres, timbres, modes, and instruments, rhythmic and melodic patterns, and have learned the culturally acceptable cadences, harmonies, texture, and so forth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The melodic, swooping movement of her Jamaican patois was quickly replaced by the more stable cadences of American English. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes she soothed him with classical music, sometimes she played popular songs, singing along in her husky melodic voice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Using a piano/keyboard, pitch pipe, or some other melodic instrument, find the correct starting pitch for the range of students in your class. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Thanks to him the Street of the Turks, with its dazzling display of knickknacks, became a melodic oasis where one could forget Arcadio's arbitrary acts and the distant nightmare of the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The theme is not developed but simply grows in volume like Ravel’s Bolero; it is succeeded by a slow melodic passage that suggests a chant for the war's dead. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The important element is that all of the parts or “voices” are equal, and there isn’t a single dominant melodic line. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Notice in particular the relationship of the altered notes in the harmonic, melodic, and dorian minors. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z There was nearly as much commotion over the saving of the sinners as there had been during the gratifying melodic sermon. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “My friends,” he said, his accents on the syllables of his words unlikely, melodic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 2.6: A melodic phrase based on the Siegfried leitmotif , from Wagner's opera The Valkyrie. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “You know what we’d better do next Saturday?” he began in one of his voices, the low-pitched and evenly melodic one which for some reason always reminded me of a Rolls-Royce moving along a highway. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She was as delighted with the introduction as she was with the melodic sounds of her language sprinkled over the woods, even if the words were said clumsily and even out of order at times. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z His old Spanish guitar spat out a series of warm, labyrinthine phrases that wrapped melodic vines around Gordo’s fierce piano hits. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Not one of them was allowed to be repeated in a melodic phrase, which prevented the listener’s ear from latching on to any note as the centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I am,” she said, her voice twinkling and melodic. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z With Bit leading the way, the Low Cuts beelined up her obstacle course of a driveway and rang the doorbell, which chimed a melodic yawn, like an old man just waking up. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Such a line gives the contour or shape of the melodic line. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Since the English words need not conform exactly to Mozart’s melodic lines, Mr. McClatchy is free to write translations that adhere more closely to the original imagery, meaning and rhyme scheme. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z Sharp melodic figures dart through spacious openings, dual-guitar harmonies soar and percussive rejoinders crackle, functioning as punctuation marks on a wide-ranging two-hour set. Lollapalooza Day 2: Rain, retro and Eminem 2011-08-07T06:50:00Z The piece begins with the violin alone, playing a searching, quizzical melodic line. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-04T21:35:50Z The surface of the score is pointillist, with ever-changing melodic phrases and individual chords that become their own events. San Francisco Symphony interprets John Cage, with great results 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Beyond his melodic flow, Sol’s music has long been marked by his positive outlook and social/political awareness. Seattle rap vet Sol returns sharper, more thoughtful than ever on latest album ‘Soon Enough’ 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z As Lil Baby eases into rap superstardom, he tends to lean on his melodic side, a combination of savvy and conciliation. Queen’s Unearthed Lament, and 6 More New Songs 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z There are poignant episodes where plush harmonies cushion melodic fragments. Music Review: St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Denis Kozhukhin Perform 2014-02-14T22:30:29Z As in the Haydn, he exquisitely decorated the melodic lines when sections repeated to add complication. András Schiff slyly and expertly plays late sonatas of legends 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z That “mid-Atlantic accent” of soft “r”s and melodic cadences was favored by pre-Brando stage actors; today it can be heard today only on black-and-white oldies on Turner Classic Movies. Norman Lloyd: Hitchcock's Saboteur Is a World-Class Raconteur 2012-05-26T23:41:42Z A twisting melodic line in the strings spins delicately upward and trails off. Music Review: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Performs at Zankel Hall 2014-04-09T20:18:43Z The film’s essential scene finds Lil Baby in a dim recording studio, improvising melodic mumbles into a microphone, waiting for words to appear inside the sounds. Review | Lil Baby’s inside voice is the sound of a restless American summer 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z If we were talking about a distinctive melodic line, that would be a different. Free Led Zeppelin: “This is about music, it’s not about sound” 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The chorus sings three aching yet unforced cries of “Père!,” answered each time by weary melodic fragments in the slowly churning orchestra. music: Passion, Not Hyperbole, in Frank Martin?s ?Golgotha? 2010-07-16T23:38:00Z This vibrant piece is written in six continuous sections, including a pileup of sliding melodic figures and heaving chords called “The Wailing Wall,” a riotously pulsing “Wedding March” and a mystical episode, “Adhan.” Review: New York Philharmonic Explores Israeli Musical Identity 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z About two-thirds through, solo lines with elusive melodic contours appear, played by various instruments, eventually including an ominous contrabassoon. Simon Rattle Conducts Schumann With Berlin Philharmonic 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Not an organic being with a melodic soul, but a flat recording; not an individual capable of lyricism but a mechanism spewing a script. "Succession": The Roy family wails through a loveless karaoke night 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z PWR BTTM, the melodic and theatrical punk duo of Liv Bruce and Ben Hopkins, are masters of presentation. PWR BTTM: Traditionalists, of Glam and Drag 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Something even more compellingly feverish came at the set’s close: “Remolino,” an incantation in the spirit of Albert Ayler, with everyone in the band intoning the melodic line as one. Music Review: Tony Malaby?s Novela at Jazz Gallery - Review 2011-12-19T22:05:11Z The influence flows both ways, of course; there’s lots of pop in Mr. Paisley’s big melodic hooks. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z Sung entirely in Ukrainian, it showcases historical costumes and traditional instruments in a firm stamp of Ukrainian identity, while also effectively merging a melodic chorus with the global rhythms of hip-hop. How Eurovision helps define Europe’s boundaries (and why Ukraine will likely win) 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In their interaction, for instance, a commonplace melodic motif becomes less commonplace, whereas it remains commonplace in the orchestra’s hands. Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He juxtaposed contrasting rhythmic and timbral elements, assigning each group its own set of melodic motives and intervals. Music Review: American Soundscapes Ensemble at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-29T20:31:54Z The New Zealand quartet the Beths just released their second album, the lush, melodic “Jump Rope Gazers.” Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z These melodic questions go to the heart of this beloved 1975 musical, and it’s the heart that Signature Theatre’s sterling revival pierces so effectively. Perspective | Out of dozens and dozens of plays and musicals, these deserved the hottest spotlight 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The spiritual songs are very rhythmic, very melodic. Surveying São Paulo’s Music Scene With Céu 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Gordon presented a more abstract, Minimalist view, nudging simple, repetitive melodic fragments ahead at length — perhaps too great a length — before adding in the prayer’s opening words: “All vows.” Review: Maya Beiser Offers a Concert of Both Rock and Reverence 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Bracingly original melodic contours, often surprisingly harmonized, created a vivid sense of conversation among the instruments. Review | Chamber quartet dips into pleasingly unknown territory 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z It wandered through harmonic possibilities with Chopinesque grace, until he seized on a melodic fragment, a hint of a folk dance, that he extended and transposed, eventually dissolving it in trills. Music Review: After Hints Of Genius, A Muse Is Expelled 2011-01-17T22:30:26Z At first this seven-minute work sounds like a series of separate musical gestures: short squiggly figures; fragments of languid melodic lines; bursts of pizzicato wildness; skittish filigree. Review: Jay Campbell, the Cellist, Displays Strengths at Weill Recital Hall 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z But the notion of carrying a melodic “cell” through a whole work was unknown before Josquin’s time, and he was one of the most gifted experimenters with the concept. The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z And the narrow melodic and rhythmic range of the score gives the music a sing-songy sameness. Review: Village Theatre adopts 'Anne of Green Gables' 2010-11-19T05:01:00Z Almost single-handedly, and without context, it rediscovers hip-hop’s pugnacity in an era of extreme melodic sophistication, an idiosyncratic anomaly. Critic?s Notebook: Bam! Pow! A Loud Young Rapper Rekindles Rap?s Old Fighting Spirit 2010-10-08T22:30:00Z The evening’s most melodic moment was also its most moving. Review | Harriet Tubman, the band, blasts out at Kennedy Center 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z SWITZERLAND: 78sMy Name Is George - Crazy StarMy Name Is George, from Winterthur, have released their fifth studio record in which they again celebrate the pompous and melodic side of rock 'n' roll. March's best music from across the MAP 2013-04-02T15:55:27Z Even when the melodic profile turns a bit more agitated, as in “Spinning Blossoms,” a hazy tunefulness prevails — a form of chill complexity that is particularly welcome in the sweltering summer months. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Slow and fast motion, strange angles, jump cuts and rewinds, and something that seems unique to Indian movies — short sound bursts commenting on the action, in oohs and ahs and melodic gasps. Movie Review: ‘Rowdy Rathore,’ With Akshay Kumar 2012-06-01T22:18:07Z Lisa Bielawa uses snippets of overheard conversation in “Breakfast in New York,” a melodic vocal quartet with an inviting, detailed violin accompaniment. Music Review: In ?Five Borough Songbook,? 20 Composers Show N.Y. - Review 2012-01-15T20:56:39Z That turn was an exciting one during a show that often leaves the audience comfortably numb, with Tame Impala as the melodic background music of adventures of the mind. Review | Tame Impala’s freak flag flies at half-staff at Anthem show 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z He also drew attention for the speed of his playing, and for his ability to spin long solos without losing the melodic thread or breaking a song’s momentum. Kim Simmonds, a Key Figure in the British Blues Movement, Dies at 75 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z It may not have much of a melodic range but, oh my, if that tune isn't catchy. Typewriters: an illustrated guide and a debt of thanks 2012-11-22T09:08:55Z It's lo-fi and lovely, woozy yet melodic, like a lot of our favourite music, with a hymnal essence that evokes Fleet Foxes and a coda that is pure King Tubby. Our 1,000th New Band of the Day: Hot Horizons 2011-04-07T11:20:22Z It's for when you're in the mood for something melodic yet soothing. Audio advent calendar: Dev Hynes playlist 2010-12-21T12:08:10Z Then one day off tour I woke up one morning and I walked downstairs and I wrote a song, and it was evident from the first melodic idea that this was a Dashboard song. Dashboard Confessional, Emo’s King of Pain, Rises Again 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z As a young man, Vine wrote austere, ultra-modernist work, but later underwent a conversion to a more accessible, melodic form of music. Bleak midwinter to Sydney sun: King's College carol service gets a taste of Australia 2012-12-22T13:10:26Z We have this very close relationship and aesthetic – we're drawn to the same sounds, the same melodic phrasing and instruments. It takes two: musical duos talk about working together 2013-04-11T18:00:00Z The interesting thing about him as a composer is that he has a distinct harmonic and melodic vocabulary. A Rare Performance of Elgar’s ‘Gigantic Work’ 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “Forget the Swan” was the world’s introduction to Mascis’s guitar, which, in his song, sounds at times companionable, melodic, and like an airplane zooming overhead. Seaport SludgeFeast: Dinosaur Jr. at 4Knots 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s quiet, very melodic and introverted, changing tempo nearly all the time, leaning on subtleties of shifting left-hand harmonies. Music: New Music From David Berkman, Dirty Three, Christian Mistress 2012-02-19T14:14:22Z It's not like my other records in the sense of the melodic compositions, but it's still me. Kenny G on his new doc & not paying attention to critics: "Miles Davis liked what I was doing" 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z His initial approach to a beat is melodic and rhythmic, finding a cadence that suits his voice, an energy level at which the vocals will be delivered, and maybe a rhyme scheme. Into the Wild With Kanye West 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z If the Andante falls short of that in No. 2 for melodic gorgeousness, all four movements are strongly profiled and rich in true symphonic development. Review: At SSO, Gil Shaham ? and Borodin ? make concert special copy 2011-01-08T00:55:41Z A better term would be the tried and tested "melodic punk-pop" although there is on their debut EP Schemers a dash of dub as well that brings to mind the Clash. New band of the day – Skaters (No 1,418) 2012-12-18T16:55:00Z Fragments of phrases attempt to coalesce into melodic lines but dissipate. Review: 19 Female Composers Start to Mark a Century of Suffrage 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The remaining program, which featured Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” as well as the Beethoven, offered plenty of evidence of the youth symphony’s rich sound and melodic astuteness. Review: New York Youth Symphony and the Choir of St. Luke in the Fields Perform 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z It’s entirely possible for women to have melodic, pleasing voices, of course. Perspective | Elizabeth Holmes’s weird, possibly fake baritone is actually her least baffling quality 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Dean’s final piece, “Engelsflügel 2,” begins with a series of soft, sustained cluster chords from which a sly melodic line emerges. Emanuel Ax Concert Pairs Brahms With New Works 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z The song builds to a melodic chorus that explodes with joy. Listen to Sinéad O’Connor 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Though she does not have perfect coloratura technique, she ably dispatches the roulades and runs, folding them deftly into extended melodic phrases. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z Indeed, there’s no other instrument that heightens and soothes like the piano, its melodic chords a worthy complement to stronger-sounding drums and horns. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Now, working with a scenario written by the playwright Matthew Dunster, they pushed themselves to write longer melodic lines, each Pet Shop Boy revising and extending the work of the other. A Ballet Score? Not Such a Stretch for the Pet Shop Boys 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Levin’s poetry is often sweet and sometimes childlike, but except for the closing setting, “On Time,” Mr. Rakowski’s angular vocal writing resists giving it the melodic allure it seems to demand. Music Review: New York New Music Ensemble Plays at Merkin Hall 2010-04-20T22:27:00Z In his notated scores, he often puts brackets over phrases in each string part, with numbers above a given bracket indicating methods of repeating the melodic material. This Trumpeter’s Legacy Also Includes Composing String Quartets 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z So it's appropriate that "Song of the Sea's" music, composed by Bruno Coulais in collaboration with the Irish group Kila, is exceptionally melodic and pure pleasure to listen to. 'Song of the Sea' is a masterwork by director Tomm Moore 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Where Lamb switches up her patterns with melodic ascents, the players savored the opportunity to make this often static music sing out. Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The dolls’ computer plays four sounds, and one of those is the melodic gnashing of a dial-up modem initiating connection. American Girl says the ’90s are ancient history. American girls agree. 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z It's about moving in synchronization, and performing graceful, melodic storytelling on ice. In "Life in Synchro," this hyperfeminist sport empowers women to work together 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z All the songs in Perfume Genius' roughly half-hour set were just a few chords decorated with small melodic keyboard figures or Hadreas/Wyffels doing a vocal "ooh" at just the right moment. Concert review: Perfume Genius at the Croc 09/22/10 2010-09-23T17:55:00Z The “Blurred Lines” case concerned genre, while the “Dark Horse” case — and another involving Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” — had to do with commonplace musical elements, like chord progressions and melodic accompaniments. Lawsuit Over Lyrics in Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ Is Dismissed 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z In place of those typical Puccini melodic outbursts that grab you and won’t let go, this ingenious score folds refined lyrical strands into a nearly through-composed musical fabric. Music Review: Puccini?s Western Seeks Lyrical Gold 2010-12-07T17:10:00Z And his long battle to commission more melodic, less esoteric operas — which has sometimes met with resistance from composers and disdain from critics. David Gockley, Opera Impresario, Hangs Up His Cloak 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z He takes more chances; the music is raw, spare and percussive, with slicing chords and fractured melodic writing. Music Review: ?Amelia? Has Its Premiere at the Seattle Opera 2010-05-09T22:10:00Z But the main melodic phrase from “I Feel Love” sounds like it’s being played on the Korg keyboard that anchors “Break My Soul,” subtly tying two eras together in a third one. Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Embodies Decades of Dance Music. Here’s a Guide. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z But there’s no denying its ear-candy appeal, or Mills’s seductive talent for melodic writing. R.E.M.’s Mike Mills offers ‘classically tinged rock’ 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Throughout “All of You” he centers on one melodic idea, approaches it from various angles, exhausts it, then moves on to another. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play. “America’s National Parks,” his widely acclaimed 2016 release celebrating the natural wonders of North America, stands out in particular for its tumultuous melodic beauty and the bristling, mutating forms of its compositions. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z What stops it being one of those raw and ragged troubadour discs and puts it in a pop class is Dullaghan's melodic sensibility and breathy vocals. New band of the day ? No 981: Liam Dullaghan 2011-03-08T17:00:11Z I know some people may be intimidated by bebop — the lines can be very fast and complicated — but this is a very melodic piece, with a very accessible line. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Later in the program, all responded beautifully to the subtle fluctuations in tempo that breathe spontaneity into music that is flamboyantly melodic if also a tad predictable. Review: ‘Spanish Nights’ of Falla and Massenet 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z All the while, Pentagram was helping to establish the sonic, rhythmic and melodic tenets of doom metal. Doomed for life: How Pentagram became metal’s ultimate survivors 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Its electronic music repeats key phrases with an insistence that makes you long for the jolly melodic variety of Philip Glass. Review: A Dirge for Wilting Salad Days in ‘This Ain’t No Disco’ 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z But, oddly again, Pilate, though little more than a foil, comes closest to real melodic effusions. Music Review: ‘Collected Stories’ Series Continues at Zankel Hall 2014-04-25T20:41:35Z Have you longed to hear Usher at both his most melodic and his most Prince? Jam & Lewis Shaped Pop History. They’re Working on Its Future, Too. 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z There is a poignant grace in this surging music with melodic lines that unfold in curiously asymmetrical phrases. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-07T21:24:21Z With one melodic, harmony-packed tune after another from their new release, “Waiting for the Dawn,” they served up something resembling a self-realization revival meeting. Day 2 of Bumbershoot sees more sunshine and ‘fun.’ 2013-09-02T02:18:27Z After the commercial failure of “Panorama,” the Cars retrenched on their next album, “Shake It Up,” though they couldn’t recover the melodic inspiration of their flawless first two records. Ric Ocasek’s Essential Songs: Listen to 11 Tracks 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Musically, Mr. Catán was known for a neo-Romantic style that was compared variously to Puccini, Ravel and , with lush orchestrations and lyrical melodic lines. Daniel Cat?n, Composer of Operas in Spanish, Dies at 62 2011-04-12T02:28:20Z Rapper A$AP Rocky meshes his laid-back lyrical persona with a melodic sound, delivering an impressive piece of work with just a few flaws on his debut album, "Long.Live.A$AP." Review: A$AP Rocky is impressive on debut album 2013-01-14T18:31:15Z The grand mixture that is Cuban music — its intricate grooves, melodic inflections, arrays of drums — began flowing into her compositions. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z From the outset that means there’s no melodic or harmonic stimulus for Mr. Hall to bend toward or push against. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-12-14T07:30:19Z You’ll be swiftly reminded of your limitations, not only as a karaoke enthusiast, but also as a mortal trying to push melodic carbon dioxide across your throat, palate, tongue and teeth in real time. Ellie Goulding is singing from inside the pop machine 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z But it mimics the German words and fits the melodic line perfectly. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z His orchestra acts not as a Wagner-style character in its own right, nor as an melodic interlocutor. Review: After a Met Opera Milestone, ‘Boris’ Brings Another 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z That explains the latent melodic ache in this effortlessly propulsive music. Review | In 1984, these D.C. Ethiopian expats made a truly rare record. Now the world can hear it. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Then, at the crest of their melodic and rhythmic ascent, Clarke struck his lowest string. Chick Corea brings back the '70s in Seattle 2011-09-25T18:37:05Z But it is the later song that is the more characteristic of Novello, his melodic inspiration and his unforced lyricism. Ivor Novello, master of the musical 2012-08-03T21:55:11Z The program began with Hannah Lash’s “Folksongs: I, II, III, IV,” an appealing set of short, sweetly melodic pieces for piccolo, harp and exotic, light-textured percussion, performed by Maya, a trio with that unusual constitution. Music Review: Soundtrack for Bird and Turtle, and Other New Music 2011-03-29T21:48:48Z Children are encouraged to express themselves using voice, percussion instruments and melodic instruments such as pianos and guitars. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z “Arthur did not make aggressive music. His melodic gifts did not suit the times.” More than 20 years after his death, Arthur Russell’s music is more relevant than ever 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The melodic moment soon went viral and became something of a meme among Jenner's friends and fans — and of course Jenner took notice. Kylie Jenner selling 'rise and shine' sweatshirts inspired by her viral meme-ified moment 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Its harmonious intricacy, melodic grace and poignant wit are ideal for this andante. Richard Alston Dance Company at Monclair State University 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z "Midnight Marauders" is my favorite, somewhat whimsical but extremely rigorous about layering and arranging samples, a very melodic album but without much vocal melody. The new A Tribe Called Quest documentary, and their "worst" album 2011-07-30T01:46:04Z At some points, the melodic contours and rhythmic syntax of the original were barely perceptible, Jordan inventing creative musical structures at every turn. New Orleans singer Stephanie Jordan thrives with Chicago Jazz Ensemble 2011-02-19T16:43:00Z It is this melodic combustibility that fuels the thrilling revival of “Next to Normal” now occupying the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. Review | ‘Next to Normal’ is back. It’s still a glorious, heartbreaking experience. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Colette’s lyricism, the melodic rhythm of her prose and her epicurean descriptions of nature marked me. The childhood home of lauded author Colette is open to the public in this small French village 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Plush is vicious, melodic, sensitive and bombastic, all at once. Rock’s saviors? Ladies of Plush rock harder than most anyone 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z UK melodic rockers You Me at Six have two top 5 albums to their name but drew the short straw of competing for a crowd with headliners Metallica. Download festival – review 2012-06-11T10:03:00Z “I tried to make the melodic line very present — one big development from beginning to end,” Machover said. Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Inside is a nondescript room with just seven tables, which slowly fills with the murmur of Cantonese, angular and guttural, and the occasional melodic tones of one Mandarin-speaking table. Want fantastic Chinese food in North America? Head to Vancouver. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z These match the impact of a heavy rock power trio to the melodic slipperiness of a contemporary jazz group. This week's new live music 2012-08-17T23:05:00Z Strikingly, both men share hook duty, a testament to their flexibility and melodic gifts. Teaming Up, Together (Drake and Future) or Apart (Ryan Adams and Taylor Swift) 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The most charming was “Juno,” which Mr. Fleck named after his young son, a two-note melodic motif with a series of playful modulations. Chick Corea and Béla Fleck, Reveling in Their High-Wire Interplay 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z A. Morgan: I personally find sweet melodic pop songs creepy. ‘X-Files’ Writers Recall the Show’s Most Disturbing Episode 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Less so is Nina Barzegar, whose world premiere “Inexorable Passage” was thrilling in its fusion of experimental, extended-technique effects, as well as melodic and chordal inventions. Review: Iranian Female Composers Speak Indirectly to the Moment 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z One minute they’re kicking melodic hooks that could siphon Sol fans, while getting grimy with Nacho Picasso on the slithering “Risin’” the next. The best Seattle albums of 2018: Critics choose the top 20 releases of the year 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z She floated pianissimo high notes, shaped melodic lines with suppleness and dispatched coloratura runs so that they emerged as elaborations of lyrical lines, not just showy passagework. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-07T20:57:38Z It’s more than enough, at least for me, for a novelist to write beautiful prose — observant, melodic, imaginative. Women on the Scottish Coast, at the Whims of Male Violence 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z With overlapping melodic strands, four characters express differently bewildered reactions. Review: The English Concert Brings a Marvelous ‘Semele’ 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Rhythms, dynamics, melodic contours, vocal inflections and other ideas from Latin music have repeatedly catalyzed mainstream musical evolution: in jazz, rock ’n’ roll, psychedelia, disco, electronic dance music and hip-hop. In 2022, Latin Pop Thrived on Innovation. Again. 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The bassoon and oboe played soft wailing tones, then segued into plaintive, twisting melodic lines. Review: Suzanne Farrin’s Imaginative ‘La Dolce Morte’ at the Met 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z At first, reflective passages full of poignant melodic turns and blues-tinged, plushly orchestrated harmonies alternate with vibrantly jazzy, fidgety episodes. Review: Wynton Marsalis’s Urban Symphony for the Philharmonic 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Catalan sounded “much sweeter, and more melodic” than Spanish, he added. Catalan Pop? Corsican Rock? It’s Europe’s Other Song Contest. 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z It's full of fascinating melodic changes and is a very big soundscape for just three musicians to create. Troyka: Moxxy - review 2012-06-07T21:40:01Z Improvising around them creates harmonic and melodic potholes. Piano and koto meet in 'Strings and Serpents' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z If some of the main motifs sounded a bit simplistic, it didn't take long before Mazurek and friends transformed them with considerable melodic variation and harmonic complexity. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z French melodic style seemed, to Italian ears, to lack symmetry in its febrile responsiveness to minute changes in the text. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Les Vêpres Siciliennes’: How Paris Helped Him Soar 2013-07-07T21:44:22Z His melodic material is more varied, his expressive range infinitely broader, his orchestration far more piquant and inventive. Daniel Barenboim and the Music of Anton Bruckner 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Haque says that recently he has been writing compositions based on various mathematical ideas: particular pitch intervals, melodic motifs that evoke geometric patterns, that kind of thing. Switched-on guitar: Fareed Haque meets the Moog 2011-01-24T14:43:52Z The strings play ethereal tones, long-lingering as bits of melodic lines weave into the sonority and build slowly into radiant passages jostled with twitchy rhythms. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Audiences may focus more on melodic lines; musicians focus on key signatures — that odd B major in the second movement — and structure. Perspective | The best way to understand a Beethoven concerto? From a musician’s point of view. 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z It had some positive tension from the start and a greater degree of structured and melodic material for the jazz players. Music Review: ‘Ten Freedom Summers,’ by Wadada Leo Smith 2013-05-03T05:55:12Z But the vocal lines and some of the instrumental solos within the orchestral passages adhere to antique Chinese melodic styles, sometimes with an overtly microtonal approach to intonation. Guo Wenjing’s ‘Feng Yi Te’ Mixes East and West 2012-07-20T17:11:45Z But all the sounds were natural, nothing was amplified, and the music she wrote was rich with mystical modal harmonies and plaintive melodic lines. Incidental Music in ?Winter?s Tale? and ?Merchant of Venice? 2010-07-19T21:26:00Z Then something stunning happened, just for a moment: a short gesture, a softly sighing three-note melodic fragment landing on a dissonant-seeming chord that at first sounded as if it were wrong. Anthony Tommasini’s Musical Moments 2012-11-16T16:10:59Z Backing himself on guitar and loops with another guitarist offering delicate melodic runs, Sumney performed surprisingly somber and untethered songs, something he noted after a performance of his "Insular Peninsula." Moses Sumney, Lucinda Williams hit the pier at Way Over Yonder fest 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z The band’s eponymous debut full-length is smart, sharp guitar pop, with songs shaped by lyrical playfulness, chiming, melodic leads, and Rankin’s bell-clear, yearning voice. REVIEW: Alvvays Make Sunny Guitar-Pop Gold on Self-Titled Debut 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Even though “The Nutcracker” is a musical featuring some of Washington’s best singer-actors, don’t expect much melodic punch. The war comes home in updated ‘Nutcracker’ musical Sometimes we hear the same reiterated note becoming a pulse; sometimes a melodic mini-phrase keeps recycling. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Opens Season With Gala 2014-05-09T23:25:13Z The third movement of the Tchaikovsky, a perennial audience favorite, especially benefited from Mäkelä’s lucid reading, whose transparency brought equal attention to the itinerant melodic line and the dense orchestrations surrounding it. Review: The Rising Star of Conducting Arrives in New York 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Harmonically consonant, often unambiguously melodic and rhythmically effervescent, these half-dozen songs could easily slip into standard repertory. Music Review: John Zorn’s ‘Sacred Voices’ at the Guggenheim Museum 2013-06-24T21:20:40Z With liberal use of a whooshing flanger pedal, wah-wah and melodic feedback, Nashville's Jeff the Brotherhood warmed up early arrivals with a set that was punk in length, aesthetic and execution. Best Coast balances up-tempo with 'French kiss' slow songs 2012-05-23T19:39:04Z His songs combine trap music styles such as 808 drum machines, aggressive synths and tempo with melodic strings, lap steel and guitar and lyrics about Southern culture. Blanco Brown has the next country rap hit with ‘The Git Up’ 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z But if these two saxophonists play with an even, almost chilly undemonstrativeness, their melodic ingenuity is dazzling – a demonstration of creativity within the strict boundaries of chord forms that almost rivals Charlie Parker's. Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh: Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh 2010-07-15T21:31:00Z "I always see melodic lines," he says, "and counterbalancing forces of weight and harmony." New book surveys career of Seattle photographer Johsel Namkung 2012-05-18T19:40:08Z Mr. Lewis worked with terse melodic shapes and the occasional expressive indulgence, like a nubby, muttering tirade played with one palm covering his mute. Review: A New-Music Concert by the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z But this highly varied set is more explicitly classical in its harmonic mobility and melodic flourishes and more elaborately composed than Jarrett's work. Gwilym Simcock: Good Days at Schloss Elmau 2011-02-10T22:31:01Z Mr. Tetzlaff played the expansive melodic line with graceful lyricism and glowing sound. Music Review: Christian Tetzlaff With the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-05-21T22:18:57Z After all that, Nikels and Dimes sounds like the most beautifully melodic pop song imaginable. The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Gonjasufi – Mu.zz.le 2012-12-19T17:00:24Z Sadly there are no examples of this tonight, although the adults at the back brave the show out well – a job made easier by the fact these songs come armed with hugely melodic choruses. Black Veil Brides: 'The makeup only takes 10 minutes' 2013-02-28T19:03:52Z The vocal line is melodic and ranges from pretty to the sublime, evoking occasional frissons even from gray-haired opera goers who have long outgrown fairy tales. Witch burns, audience on fire at Vienna opera show 2012-12-23T23:01:04Z The title track, for example, is a beautiful piece of music: twitchy, tense, but captivatingly melodic and brilliantly arranged, it essays a new form of intelligent but never arid, electronic urban soul. New band of the day ? No 769: James Blake 2010-04-20T15:20:00Z Barnatan’s silky pianism encouraged the NSO musicians to respond in kind by creating a dreamy landscape for his extended melodic lines. Review | For NSO, a subtle Tchaikovsky goes a long way 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z On albums like “The Iceberg,” released in February, the Washington rapper Oddisee delivers introspective lyrics over richly melodic beats that he produces himself. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The best melodic/jazz harmonica player who ever lived, and influenced so many of us. Toots Thielemans, Who Won Jazz Renown With the Harmonica, Dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Now, five years after the band’s last recording, Chris Collingwood has gone solo, and while his new album shares the group’s melodic genius, it’s darker and less chipper. Life after Fountains of Wayne: “I don’t find myself listening to power-pop music at all” 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Devoid of melodic themes, the work made an impact through vivacity and variety. Music Review: New Music With the Energy of Youth 2010-12-19T22:07:59Z The symphony begins with large, heavy chords and somber, dark melodic ideas. Hurricane Mama's impressive set of pipes 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Only the finale, a sweetly melodic Presto agitato, brought Mozartean Classicism to mind. Music Review: Cuarteto Quiroga at the Frick Collection - Review 2012-01-16T22:28:26Z Reflecting on its genesis during a short film that precedes the gig, Cave muses that, "while we were making it, it seemed to become a very beautiful and melodic record". Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – review 2013-02-11T12:19:50Z The short closing line of each stanza creates a melodic cadence which is often a prelude to the next unit of sound. Poem of the week: Shepherds by Sasha Dugdale 2013-01-14T10:31:49Z The music stays cozy, supportive and unobtrusively inventive, placing luminous details behind Mr. Tillman’s sympathetic, ever melodic voice. Father John Misty: The End Is Near, Sing All About It 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z They had punk-rock songs, and reggae songs, and melodic songs, and they just followed what they wanted to make, right? The Beastie Boys Put Down the Mic and Pick Up the Pen 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z There are welcome flashes of speed-metal and less welcome flashes of melodic hard rock that are a direct rejection of this band’s strengths. New Music: Dumpstaphunk, Five Finger Death Punch and Ben Monder 2013-07-29T22:08:11Z If you press the pedal down, all the notes run together, and you want to hear the melodic line. Creating Uncommon Vibes 2011-07-22T20:52:11Z Laraaji, who has been releasing music since the late 1970s, produces aural glossolalia — divine, luminescent melodic debris. Ambient Music Isn’t a Backdrop. It’s an Invitation to Suspend Time. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z They’re melodic in a punk-rock way, both fun and passionate, but they have something serious to tell you: The world is a mess, and the Bible is partly to blame. What to See at Upstream: Day Two 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Equally melodic and assertive, her sound feels rooted in tradition, yet broad enough to encompass R&B and Latin music; its pronounced funk suggests allegiances to hip-hop and dance. A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Her fortissimos were fearsome, but so, in a quieter way, were the longing melodic lines of the first movement of Rachmaninoff’s Sonata No. 2. Music Review: Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-17T20:20:09Z They come from the rise and fall of the melodic line, from the periodicity of the tune. Stephen Sondheim, Rob Marshall and Meryl Streep on 'Into the Woods' 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z There was also the rise of "modal jazz," using scales as the basis for melodic invention, rather than the underlying chords. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z What raga is to South Asian music — a system of melodic patterns that also serve broadly as a guide — maqam roughly is to Arab, Turkish and Persian music. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The music, a march with romantic flourishes and a soaring melodic progression, is hardly a simple sing-along. As protests simmer, Brazil's national anthem soars at World Cup 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z L’Duro, one of the festival D.J.’s, explained that Cuban salsa is a rich, upbeat style incorporating drums, while Puerto Rican salsa tends to be more melodic, using saxophones and piano. In Paris, Mixing Up Some Salsa 2010-04-09T10:00:00Z “He is a singer on his instrument. The way he would squawk or screech is like a blues singer. His melodic, lyrical approach feels more oral than scales and arpeggios,” he said. At 81, jazz titan Archie Shepp’s legacy comes into clear focus 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Although the ballet does have Mr. Ratmansky’s aesthetic, it hasn’t been tied to “a meter and melodic line,” Mr. Angle said. ‘How Am I Going to Dance to This?’ Ratmansky’s New Music Frontier 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z For a while, as its groove gathered density — but still no real momentum — it seemed like the buildup to some kind of melodic event. Music Review: Where Hearing the Parts Whirl Is the Point 2011-08-19T21:33:35Z It’s a bummed-out coherence: 40 minutes of slow, thick miasma, with recurring, descending melodic phrases tying it all together. Critic?s Notebook: Different Trips From Georgia to New York 2011-03-14T22:39:07Z Two interwoven narratives dominate this film — Lil Peep’s inexorable rise, owing to the emotional directness and melodic accessibility of his music; and his thin defenses against the demands and consequences of fame. Juice WRLD and the Tragic End of the SoundCloud Rap Era 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z On “Never Satisfied,” he switches midsong from a digital croon to a melodic shout, and the chorus of “T-Shirt” sounds as if it’s rapped through a paper bag. Critic’s Notebook: Future, the Voice of Hip-Hop Today 2014-04-23T21:48:24Z David Robertson, making a too-infrequent appearance, conducted the Met orchestra in an energetic and moving performance of Britten's score, which is filled with surging melodic themes amid its spiky dissonances. Rare Met revival of Britten's shipboard opera 2012-05-06T16:31:04Z It includes exponents of urban hip-hop, melodic rock, retro-country, guitar band anthems and even the power ballad. Is music tribalism dead? 2011-07-23T23:07:50Z Mr. Parker, the guitarist in Tortoise, released the most ineffably soulful instrumental album of the summer: “The New Breed,” a convergence of loopy beats and melodic suggestion. The Playlist: Young Thug Turns the Summer’s Big Meme Into a Standout Track 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z It's dramatic, fierce, spooky, fascinating and sometimes very melodic, though it's not for those unmoved or unnerved by the angularities, discontinuities and dissonances of some contemporary-classical music and improv. Glasgow Improvisers' Orchestra/Barry Guy: Schweben – Ay, But Can Ye? – review 2012-11-29T21:50:01Z All the while, he remained musically cogent, turning memorable melodic motives into one thing then another then another, as if by magic. At USC and Disney Hall, finding the body and soul of the cello 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z He was in quite a mischievous mood, clicking with his band and warming up the crowd with a melodic rendition of “Didsbury Girl”, further amplified by his tight, wiry bass. The Complete Glastonbury Festival Post Mortem: 30 Top Moments 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Known in the industry as a top-liner, Parks, who performs as Tayla Parx, contributes melodic and lyrical ideas to some of the biggest artists in the world, and those aspiring to be. Tayla Parx Helped Ariana Grande Evolve. Now It’s Her Turn. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Much of the album looks back toward 1990s hip-hop: relying on instruments and samples of full bands, laced with melodic hooks and firmly enunciating the lyrics. History Meets the Present on the ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Album 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Having followed Ms. Reeves through many runs of scat and melodic excursions, he simply gave up at the end, countering, “What she said.” New York Philharmonic and Dianne Reeves on New Year’s Eve 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z During a few wistful moments, short melodic phrases in a natural minor scale sigh atop mellow harmonies. Review: An Orchestral Odyssey Through Chaos and Beauty 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It was deep, engaging, meditative, melodic and celebratory. A new generation of “plant music” blossoms amidst the Millennial-fueled houseplant boom 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z But — also a Lang Lang trademark — he teased melodic lines for maximum expressiveness and jerked the music this way and that. Music Review: Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony in Central Park 2010-07-14T23:05:00Z Improvising on the ragas — the melodic germs of Indian music — that form the work’s core, Anoushka Shankar, the composer’s daughter and a proselytizer for his music, was a magnetic soloist, her sound sprightly and sly. Review: A Concerto in Which East Meets West, and Peace Reigns 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He made a case for this episodic 22-minute piece through his engrossing performance, from the opening section, all staggered chords and melodic fragments, through the final bitter dance, reminiscent of Shostakovich. Gidon Kremer and Daniil Trifonov Team Up at Carnegie Hall 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Other offerings become overly abstruse, and there are grateful cheers when Yorke straps on a guitar to revisit the baleful Black Swan and the mesmerisingly melodic title track of his 2006 solo album, The Eraser. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-02-25T13:14:40Z They contain some mesmerizing right-hand detail, soulful left-hand changes and runaway melodic currents that seem to sketch mobile states of mind. New Music From Real Estate, My Brightest Diamond, Harold O?Neal 2011-10-17T22:37:44Z At that moment the strings in the orchestra enter, tentatively supporting his tender melodic line with cushioning harmonies. Is ‘Mass’ Leonard Bernstein’s Best Work, or His Worst? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z If anybody is missed above all here, it’s Tyler Sargent, whose high, melodic bass lines made their best songs whole in a way that only a full-time bassist can. REVIEW: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Loses Three Bandmates, Presses On 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Instead, each sound responds to what was there before — making Priester’s improvisation so melodic you could believe it was composed. Seattle’s Julian Priester helped create jazz as we know it. Now, he’s focusing on teaching the art of listening 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Such melodic victories, performed by the residents of a hospital geriatric ward, often erupt in this eagerly anticipated production, which opened on Wednesday night at the Bridge Theater here. Review: Song Trumps Senility in the Angry ‘Allelujah!’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The sound was melodic, unexpected and timeless: a lyrical coda to a day spent on the gong highway. Thailand’s ‘Gong Highway’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z "Zorn's never-ending sax trills were mesmerising and Anderson's unexpected melodic offerings late in the show were like flowers in the rubble," he wrote. Lou Reed booed in Canada for free-improv set 2010-07-05T09:08:00Z Unlike some reunion albums, it’s not a safe reprise of past successes; it pushes past them, more melodic and more turbulent at the same time. Sleater-Kinney Reunites 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z When the titular vocal sample enters, it's melodic lens flare, and suddenly several layers are revealed. Friday Favorites: Flexions, Lake House, James Blake 2010-10-15T21:01:00Z And so, at least superficially, does the music: mainly tonal, largely number-based and melodic. Urban Arias’ ‘Bastianello’ and ‘Lucrezia’ are at once timeless and anachronistic It’s hard to talk about Mr. Yahel’s style, which weighs searching phrases against alert, melodic swing from the bebop tradition, without bringing up another pianist, Brad Mehldau. Music Review: Making a Return From Organ to Piano at the Village Vanguard 2010-04-14T22:57:00Z Soon the various players break off into short three-note melodic bits, quivering strings, fidgety rhythms and sustained sonorities that keep swelling and diminishing. Review: The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Returns, With Gusto 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z His music, from the Oscar-winning scores for the “Lord of the Rings” films to his recent concertos for piano and cello, favors long melodic lines and unmessy orchestration. Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The violin enters and calms things down with questioning melodic lines that skirt stable harmonies. Music Review: Conductor Makes Philharmonic Debut With Sufi Poetry and Celestial Yearnings 2011-03-04T23:52:30Z Few rappers are as well suited for pop’s melodic tenderness as he is — the album showcased that gift. In Atlanta’s Ever-Shifting Hip-Hop Scene, Future and Migos Keep Innovating 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z So what audiences encounter in “Marley’s” maiden run is a lumbering vehicle, equipped with some tantalizing melodic windows. ‘Marley’ at Baltimore’s Center Stage offers up the music but not the man 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z During the introduction the orchestra passes around melodic phrases while the piano mostly provides fluid figures, like accompaniments of Schumann songs, played with rippling grace by the impressive Mr. Bezuidenhout. Music Review: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Plays at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-10T23:23:32Z What he really admires is the sturdy melodic stuff, like “South Pacific.” Barry Levinson sings a new tune as ‘Diner’ heads to the stage 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Ms. Fleming, looking radiant, brought verbal crispness and coy charm to the Countess’s conversational singing but grabbed every chance to let her voice bloom in the fleeting melodic bits. Music Review: Words or Music: Why Choose? 2011-03-29T22:23:23Z Finally, the whole orchestra joined in, playing sputtering rhythms, tart harmonies and thematic fragments that coalesced into melodic lines. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Defined by an ingenious knack for manipulating layers of feedback into oddly melodic hums and buzzes, this is a headphones record that gets more absorbing with every listen. Seefeel: Seefeel - review 2011-02-03T23:00:01Z She danced in a flowerpot hat and awoke in lilac pajamas to melodic news of the Wicked Witch of the East’s demise. Margaret Pellegrini, ‘Wizard of Oz’ Munchkin, Dies at 89 2013-08-08T23:47:50Z Byrd’s fantasia “Two Parts in One” and complex setting of the “In Nomine” tune showcased that composer’s contrapuntal rigor, harmonic invention and melodic fancy. Review | Countertenor Iestyn Davies and Fretwork revive music old and new at Library of Congress 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z No surprise, Memphis also ranked well in the survey for its music scene and its melodic sense of history. These Are America’s Best Cities for Barbecue 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Otherwise, Drake is content to rehash his familiar sorrows as he sleepwalks down the same melodic paths that’s he’s been following since 2011’s “Take Care.” Review | The world doesn’t need another soggy Drake album, but here, have two 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The clarinet and cello come to the rescue by playing rising, beckoning melodic lines that animate the stuck-in-place piano and crest to intense highs, only to dissolve over and over into descending cascades. Music Review: Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico 2012-07-29T20:46:59Z In this fantastical piece the soloist shifts from passages of humming and “Rumtum de diddle” nonsense, to elegiac melodic writing, to passages where the voice leaps about in a super-high register. Music Review: Oliver Knussen in Composer Portraits 2013-04-19T21:04:30Z In the pensive Andante, he played the mournful melodic line with lyrical suppleness while eerily articulating the delicate rhythmic figure that runs through the music obsessively. Richard Goode Plays Bach and Schubert 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Above is a radio rip of Ego, a six-and-a-half minute track that builds from a fairly standard, intricately programmed opening before Yorke's plaintive croon emerges from the fog to create a surprisingly melodic centre. New Music: Thom Yorke, Burial and Four Tet ? Ego 2011-03-16T15:44:38Z Within the decorous, melodic structures, Mr. Duncanson was revealing longings, wounds and accusations. Music Review: Restraint Layered Over Scales of Expression 2010-12-03T01:08:00Z Qawwali’s ingredients are very differently inflected South Asian rhythms and melodic modes. Music Review: Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers at Met Museum - Review 2011-10-30T22:51:18Z In it, he took himself to task for numerous sins, including things like adding unnecessary adjectives to fill out lines rhythmically and paying insufficient attention to a melodic line. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Bass-playing also gave Mingus an insight into the low sonorities and inner hamonies of jazz composition, and his melodic approach was profoundly influenced by the blues and gospel music of his childhood. Great moments in jazz: Charles Mingus's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 2010-09-06T15:46:00Z Hekselman, a fiercely melodic guitarist and an increasingly shrewd composer, released a strong album this year, “Ask for Chaos.” 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z I always see melodic lines, and counterbalancing forces, and weight, and harmony.” Fine-art photographer Johsel Namkung dies 2013-07-27T22:29:36Z Birch has an especially melodic way of playing, and her slinky, fluid grooves seem to relish their role in the spotlight. The Raincoats’ Gina Birch Goes Solo (and Still Makes the Floor Rattle) 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z They are called on to suggest the ecstatic "shaking" rituals of these worshippers, endlessly repeating the "loops" of melodic modules until their arms nearly drop off. USB Soundscapes: Eclectica – John Adams; The Rest is Noise: LPO/Jurowski; Britten Sinfonia – review 2013-01-27T00:08:04Z The group Bad Luck also presents a new work based on the melodic themes of “Nonaah.” Avant-garde jazz legend Roscoe Mitchell to perform classic work 2013-06-06T20:38:56Z Friday night's two symphonies, Beethoven's Fourth and Mahler's First, started in strikingly similar fashion: a sustained unity, with a melodic line stepping tentatively down. Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle 2010-09-05T16:05:00Z Rizzle Kicks close their good-natured set of old school melodic hip-hop with Down With The Trumpets, a sunny moment defying the overcast chill. Radio 1's Hackney Weekend offers an urban alternative to the Olympics 2012-06-23T18:00:01Z Her strong physical presence and rich, melodic voice are central to her still photos and video pieces over the decades, in which she sees herself serving variously as alter ego, muse and witness to history. Carrie Mae Weems, Photographer and Subject 2012-09-16T07:27:05Z "Huff was maybe sweeter and more melodic," Gamble agrees, warming to my notion that he was maybe the Lennon to Huff's McCartney. 'Philadelphia was the party with a tormented soul' 2011-03-03T22:41:00Z “It’s kind of gritty but melodic at the same time,” said Mr. Morales, who is quick to underline that almost all the recording was done in New York. Wiki, Formerly of the Hip-Hop Collective Ratking, Strikes Out on His Own 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z With superb vocal arrangements by David Loud, the songs roll merrily along in the melodic assembly line of a Sondheim enthusiast’s dreams. Review | Sondheim revue provides exhilarating warmth in cold, trying times 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Yves and his companion Paulette take to their bikes and leave the city behind while a melodic figure skitters up and down like a set of spoke beads. Readers recommend songs about bicycles: The Results 2010-07-29T21:30:00Z Their homeric tracks move through musical chapters, guided by singer Harry Burgess’ lolling melodic voice. “The idea that we are entitled to free music from bands is perhaps dangerous” 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The directions suggest a melodic recitation: Bolded words are meant to be intoned with forcefulness; italicized words are to be whispered. Can a storybook bunny really lull your child to sleep? 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Deconstructing its melodic identity and seamlessly fusing musical quotations drawn from a litany of sources, she creates an indisputable piece of art. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z When he first heard the saxophonist play, Stollman found himself dancing to the music, even though he had no idea where the strange and disturbing melodic trajectory was coming from. 50 great moments in jazz: The shortlived cry of Albert Ayler 2010-09-27T16:53:00Z Feldman's "indeterminate" music has more in common with the open-ended colour fields of abstract painting than it does with the melodic linear structures of more traditional composers of the time. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:07:00Z 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 That crucial word, “liebe,” comes early in Schubert’s harrowing song cycle “Winterreise,” embedded in a melodic phrase that rises with a remnant of hope before trailing off in despair. A Piano Rang Out Like Gunfire: The 8 Best Classical Music Moments This Week 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It contains climaxes fit to clear the listener's sinuses, but also some lyrical melodic writing that tugs at the heartstrings. Review: Spano and SSO skillfully serve 20th-century classics 2010-04-30T17:05:00Z Mr. Iommi’s genius is for short, disquieting, repeated melodic lines played on the lower strings of the guitar. Black Sabbath’s New Album, ‘13’ 2013-06-07T16:18:21Z Curiously the sound is only intermittently African; the melodic lines and pizzicato meters often suggest European folk material. Dance Review: Smuin Ballet Performs ‘Oh, Inverted World’ at the Joyce 2012-08-15T22:30:56Z There are episodes of minimalist repetitions and yearning melodic flights before the dotted-note riffs return, in a transfigured state, to end the work. Music Review: Santa Fe Celebration Includes New York 2011-08-12T22:22:50Z His attractive melodic fragments were difficult to hold in mind, since a listener’s attention was constantly drawn to some competing figure. Review: 50 Violins, 50 Computer Chips, a Secular Prayer 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z “Direct imitation of melodic or harmonic passages is to be avoided,” he says, referring to what the chamber group is playing. It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The light is soft and lovely, and the sounds of her progressively deeper breaths blend with the melodic music and murmurings heard in the background. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z In 1974, when Mr. Braufman was deeply embedded on New York’s radical free-jazz scene, he recorded “Valley of Search,” a record of darkly melodic improvising and portentous incantations and extempore group explosions. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z That device was designed to phase 12 separate oscillator pulses, creating gradually shifting melodic patterns. Steve Reich at 80: Still Plugged In, Still Plugging Away 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The chamber piece consists of 10 minutes of excitable, accented rhythms, drawn forward by sustained melodic lines, passed around from instrument to instrument. Troy Schumacher Prepares His First Work for City Ballet 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z A few tracks suggest Hamblett's melodic muse visits only irregularly at this early stage of his career, but since his sidemen are so good, the group sounds full of promise. Dave Hamblett Group: Light At Night – review 2013-02-21T22:59:01Z Shields said the first of the two albums will be “warm and melodic,” while the second will be more experimental — a stark evolution from what he called his otherwise “very traditional” writing process to date. Kevin Shields on My Bloody Valentine’s Return: Time Is ‘More Precious’ 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Well, there is more than an ounce of humor in this compelling recording by the feisty Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, along with colorful, atmospheric and, yes, supremely melodic music by an array of composers. Classical Playlist: J. S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Wu Man and More 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z There are winding melodic lines of elegiac beauty, solemn progressions of melancholic harmony and tumultuous bursts of intensity. Music Review: Rendering Elgar?s Mercurial Impressions 2010-12-10T22:00:00Z With its huge expressive range and chiselled melodic lines, the solo writing hardly pauses for breath for the whole 28 minutes. Jörg Widmann: Violin Concerto; Antiphon; Insel der Sirenen – review 2013-05-23T20:50:01Z Then the music would scamper off on dazzling individual tangents: playful, willful tempo fluctuations, thickets and inundations of dissonance, wry quotations, pensive melodic interludes. Music Review: Chucho Valdés and Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Carnegie 2012-12-05T22:57:47Z Their productions display joyous largesse: shiny, spacious and extravagantly melodic. Vito de Luca of nu-disco hitmakers Aeroplane on becoming a one-man band 2010-07-29T21:30:00Z “Snakes for the Divine” includes some melodic solos and anthem riffs, but they feel pandering, without the same bullish heart as everything else the band has done. | High on Fire: High on Fire, Metal Trio, Blasting the Blender 2010-04-11T22:11:00Z Both he and Mr. Weidman play with care and attention to the song’s changes; Ms. Spalding plays a melodic, songlike bass solo. New Music: JOE LOVANO US FIVE 2013-01-08T00:19:05Z Mr. Filas writes in a melodic, accessible style, rooted in the traditions of the late 19th century. Music Review: Juraj Filas Piece Is a Coda for Kent Tritle - Review 2011-09-15T23:01:04Z There’s a hymnal quality to the song, and a melodic sensibility that’s undetectable on “Panda.” Desiigner’s “Timmy Turner”: A Viral Freestyle Finds Full Form 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z In the middle section, the melodic line goes through twists and generates agitation. The Case for Greatness in Classical Music 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Evocative and melodic, his songs complemented the Spanish works: The passionate, declamatory “This Night of Love” contrasted with the gentle lilt of “Your Beauty.” Review: Isabel Leonard and Sharon Isbin in a Duet of Voice and Guitar 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Her intelligent command of both text and melodic architecture helped knit the coloratura passages into a coherent musical structure. The 1833 ‘Lucrezia Borgia’ Version Is Sung at Caramoor 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z All those repeated phrases take on the haunting insistence of melodic motifs. Review: In an Energized ‘Iceman,’ the Drinks are on Denzel 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z He took a genial, unrushed approach to the opening Allegro, allowing ample time for melodic phrases to breathe. Music Review: The Russian Pianist Denis Kozhukhin at Zankel Hall 2010-06-27T21:08:00Z She said she was particularly interested in the wide melodic leaps and in a certain shrill and nasal vocal tone she encountered in the speech and songs she studied. Vanishing Languages, Reincarnated as Music 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z It is full of familiar Birtwistle devices – dysfunctional ostinatos, shuddering chords, wiry knots of lyricism – on which the oboe etches its own melodic profile, and sometimes gets ensnared by the strings' manic clockworks. Nash Ensemble/Friend | Classical review 2010-03-26T23:00:00Z And Mr. Henderson kept his ironclad composure, whether he was charging through his postbop cadences or tracing a more delicate melodic arc. Eddie Henderson and Quintet Regales the Crowd at Smoke 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z At the outset of this 14-minute track, which opens the Gotham Jazz Orchestra’s fine new album, “Hiding Out,” a quietly suspenseful melodic theme is passed around between flutes and muted brass and cooled-down saxophones. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey’s Pointed Protest, and 8 More New Songs 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Innocently melodic, repeating violin motifs combined with sparkling percussion effects are gradually undermined by rumbling bass figures; a steady beat, played by pizzicato strings, is overwhelmed by full-ensemble cacophony. Music Review: Chris Thile and Mandolin Join Orpheus Ensemble at Carnegie 2012-03-26T22:38:28Z Mr. Reed said only in retrospect did he notice “these sort of cryptic little hints and clues buried in these half-spoken, half-mumbled melodic passes and demos” — nearly subconscious nods toward struggles with identity. Teddy Geiger Tried Teen Pop Fame. Now She’s Back on Her Own Terms. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z McCartney adds a bold melodic fluidity to his playing that burnishes his reputation as a pioneer of the electric bass, which sounds, at times, like a lead instrument. When the Beatles Walked Offstage: Fifty Years of “Abbey Road” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The left part of my brain related to a more sinister beat and the right part of my brain related to a more melodic beat, so I separated them. Erykah Badu 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist' 2010-03-24T11:48:00Z The outfit was named after the Mannheim roller, an intense melodic crescendo developed by the court orchestra of the German city of Mannheim, in the mid-seventeen-hundreds. Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z With his technical fluency, strategic melodic thinking and cleanly dusted tone, Wendel has become an idol to an entire generation of young tenor saxophone students. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The songs were more abstract and less melodic than anything on “Body Talk,” the 2010 album series that made Robyn a star. Robyn and Röyksopp: robot pillow talk & more at Marymoor | Concert review 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z At their best – as in Running Out of Luck, or Sink or Swim – Bad Lieutenant have also inherited New Order's ability to send melodic tingles down the spine. Bad Lieutenant | Pop review 2010-03-17T22:40:00Z But live, the band’s melodic hospitality felt intentional, with Legrand and Scally providing a reliable place to catch an unreliable feeling. Review | The Beach House concert that time forgot 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z A soothing mix of harp, hypnotic bass and melodic saxophone, it was meant to honor the spiritual guru Swami Satchidananda, who helped Coltrane see the light following her husband John’s death in 1967. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The intriguing way he began the slow movement made it seem like it starts in the middle of some long melodic line. Review: The Philharmonic Reveals the Rhetoric of Rachmaninoff 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of ‘Thinking’ are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition of ‘Let’s.'” Ed Sheeran Sued for Allegedly Copying Marvin Gaye’s 'Let's Get It On' 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Serpa, a Portuguese vocalist with a crisp, round tone, typically sings without words; she knows how to cut an unexpected melodic path while still conveying confidence and comfort. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The call-and-response duet of “Hive Mind” gives the song a seesawing quality, and every lyric is delivered with a cool, melodic steadiness that allows emotion to command our attention. Tirzah’s Genre-Less Pop Embraces the Beauty of Uncertainty 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z On a piece like “Care,” the ensemble floats from one clear melodic premise to the next, never sounding overdetermined or strained. Review: Ben Goldberg’s ‘Orphic Machine’ Influenced by Poetry 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Exacting about voicing when crafting melodic passages, Claremont is a sensitive group that plays with passion. Claremont Trio reveals emotional range at Library of Congress 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Written for Ms. Mutter, she played this effusively melodic music with a sweet, sometimes tremulous tone that felt unaffected and personal. Review: Anne-Sophie Mutter Pays Tribute to Previn at Carnegie Hall 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z He increased our sense of the work’s strangeness and stature, showing how it recycles rhythmic and melodic material as it goes on while almost imperceptibly transforming from sardonic to sincere. Music Review: She Can Be Tender, but She May Be a Killer, Too 2011-06-10T23:00:13Z Using drum pads that activated the work’s melodic elements, Mr. Cossin filmed himself performing one of the parts. After Decades, Steve Reich and Philip Glass Reunite at BAM 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Lake, with his wild, searing tone, soloed in bracing gulps over fluctuating rhythm, but here and there he paused to play a tightly coiled melodic line with his trumpeter, Freddie Hendrix. Music Review: A Wide-Ranging Festival Savors Some Late-Night Jazz 2011-06-29T21:55:14Z The opportunity followed years of hard work as Doechii developed her signature flow, which can be bombastic, nimble or melodic. Doechii Stays Balanced With 24-Hour Spas and a Good Girls Night 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z A youthful rock band in 2009, Local Natives' melodic self-funded debut Gorilla Manor featured soaring harmonies, chanting and lots of percussion, earning them favourable comparisons with Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire and Grizzly Bear. Local Natives: 'better than ever' 2013-01-30T08:37:00Z Casual singing became so normalized that when I went home, it took me weeks to stop peppering my conversations with melodic interludes. Anna Kendrick: The First Time I Made a Movie (at 16) 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z I love Elbow simply for what they are; their smart, affecting lyrics and their beautifully melodic tunes, their everyman personas, their cheerful longevity. Readers' reviews 2011-03-10T23:00:02Z Boyd is a terrific Brahms conductor, especially with the construction of this piece, with melodic lines leaning delicately on one another like flying buttresses supporting a cathedral. Review: Trilling birds and a sedate waltz, expertly delivered by Serkin at the SSO 2011-02-11T23:25:06Z And when he did shift between registers of strength, it was with less comfort than, say, his gifted ease in shaping long melodic lines. Review: A Singer’s Immense Sound Engulfs a Recital Room 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Seeming to gain joy and momentum with each melodic loop, the stickiest brain music soundtracked our inner dialogue for weeks on end. Tortured by music: The year's most insidious, relentless earworms 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Despite its flaws, “Euryanthe” shows off a melodic gift as winning as that of Weber’s contemporary, Schubert, the focus of the two-weekend Bard Music Festival, starting Aug. 8. ‘Euryanthe,’ Rarely Heard, Is Mounted at Bard 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Their prominent, sweetly melodic solo lines define them as transformed songs rather than full-fledged quartet movements, and in Nos. Music Review: Emerson String Quartet Plays ?Adventures in Bohemia? 2010-05-17T20:29:00Z Melodic shapes may be Mozartean, but the pitch material for melodic motives comes from the letters of Lionel Messi's name, for the simple reason, Harbison writes, that the Argentine is the Mozart of soccer. Camerata Pacifica introduces John Harbison's curvy string trio 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Some of the songs can be melodic and concise, while others are formless drones that go on for six or seven minutes. New band of the day ? No 862: Twin Sister 2010-09-07T16:06:00Z At the Markthalle, the melodic element was lost through overloading the PA with uncontrolled distortion, the basis of hardcore. Hüsker Dü: "Hardcore is bands with three initials" – a classic interview 2013-05-15T13:53:36Z In five spontaneous interactions spanning an hour, Ms. Anderson offered simple electric-violin figurations and melodic sketches, often electronically altered and accompanied with sounds from two tiny keyboards. Music Review: Fred Frith Brings a Week’s Worth of Variety to the Stone 2013-08-29T20:38:08Z Compare the wall of pounding, resonant percussion percussion heard in Man of Steel to the peppy melodic line from Driving Miss Daisy. Have we reached peak Hans Zimmer? 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The requiem, which is performed with a mixture of Western and traditional Cambodian instruments and incorporates the melodic chanting known as smot, unfolds over three movements. Genocide Survivors Compose a Requiem for Cambodia 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z What these composers share is a near-nerdy infatuation with rhythmic complexity, a harmonic and melodic directness, a fascination with poetry, a sentimental side and a love for trick endings. 4 emerging composers' works shine in L.A. Phil Green Umbrella Later, during the revelation that is "Bullet the Blue Sky," he shot melodic darts whose tips were drenched with distortion. U2 is still a can-do band, as its first Forum show amply proves 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Meaning the arrangements in a Blake or Jamie xx song feature beautiful melodic swoops and bold rhythmic restraint, qualities associated with women. Drake, 'Take Care,' dubstep and feminine energy 2011-12-14T21:48:15Z Yet the melodic line subtly shifts — first retrenching, then breaking out into fleeting passages of excitement. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z This guy once said he doesn’t believe in songwriting as craft, and if that’s still true, his melodic instincts here are simply unreal. Review | Bill Callahan found domestic bliss. Then he wrote the great apocalypse ballad of 2019. 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z It simultaneously delights and disappoints, a melodic throwback to the era when Puccini and Strauss were composing, with arias and duets and quartets. `Prima Donna' has US premiere at Brooklyn Academy 2012-02-20T16:57:08Z These are all questions prompted by the announcement of a new drink called Butterfly, which is being marketed as “a melodic beverage inspired by the magic of Mariah Carey.” Mariah Carey debuts new 'melodic beverage' called Butterfly 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Come to Me has the faintest melodic echo of Blondie's Union City Blue but also a poise and unexpected optimism that's all his own. Steve Mason – review 2013-04-12T16:42:19Z But he returned after World War II with an even stronger commitment to writing melodic music that featured nontraditional scales and instrumentation. ?American Mystic? Marks Alan Hovhaness?s Centennial 2011-11-04T20:26:09Z Through various episodes the music erupts with aborted melodic turns, piercing chords and wailing lines that thread through the overall busyness. Music Review: JACK Quartet in Pop Up! Concert at Miller Theater 2012-02-08T22:51:09Z But jazz made the greatest inroads in the genre least likely to be associated with its free-meter and exploratory melodic sense — EDM. In 2015, jazz reasserted itself 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z This perspective — looking at music as something physical — is at the heart of much of Ms. Fure’s work, which deals in sound environments more than melodic lines. Megaphones Up, the Philharmonic Opens With Two Young Voices 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z But while Ms. Goldrich’s music is always polished and gently melodic, and Ms. Heisler’s lyrics smooth if mostly prosaic, the score doesn’t inspire excitement; much of it blurs together in the memory almost instantly. Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z They do so using guitars, banjo and Brazilian percussion, and their mostly upbeat, melodic songs include simple, rousing singalong pieces such as Empeche-Moi and Mon Ouragan. Moussu T e lei Jovents: Putan de Can?on 2010-09-16T22:15:00Z This is a role for a singer with superb technical agility, an artist who can dispatch its intricate coloratura passages, vocal leaps and long-spun melodic lines. Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Whole stretches of ornate melodic lines inspired by bel canto soar over repetitive accompanimental patterns in the orchestra. Music Review: Wagner?s ?Rienzi? From Opera Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-02-01T00:07:03Z The two start by gradually stretching the melodic and rhythmic bindings of a movement of Bach's Concerto for Two Harpsichords. John Law/Mark Pringle: This Is ? review 2011-08-11T21:14:00Z The best melodic/jazz harmonica player who ever lived, and influenced so many of us. Toots Thielemans, Who Won Jazz Renown With the Harmonica, Dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z “I think I was always singing and dancing for somebody,” he said, in a light, melodic voice. Ashlee Simpson’s New Reality 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Heggie is a rarity, an accessible composer whose melodic lines and sense of drama are aimed at audiences rather than academics. Jake Heggie has a whale of a hit with 'Moby-Dick' 2010-05-01T21:46:00Z But in a drifting performance that essentially turned into one long improvised melodic paraphrase of the original songs, half of those chord changes were substituted or erased. Music Review: Veterans With Quartets, Stretching Out in Sound 2011-02-27T23:05:32Z The recording process began with some melodic mumbles. Weathering Young Thug’s Tornado 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The sound is distinctively percussive with layers of complex rhythms and melodic tones, said Sumarsam, a music professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Making beautiful music from recycled junk 2011-08-19T18:44:46Z Thanks to often-descending melodic motifs and stark rhythmic eruptions, the work evoked some of the weightiness of its title, which references both the Book of Ezekiel and a William Blake poem. Review: A Montreal Orchestra Brings Back Bartok’s Strangeness 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z You just wonder how he went there, with the same melodic material. ‘The Great Czech Piano Cycle’ Arrives at Carnegie Hall 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The score evokes influences as diverse as Gilbert and Sullivan and Kurt Weill, and is often suffused with an evocative, melodic wistfulness. Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z It was a curious and slightly disappointing performance with moderate, almost sleepy tempos, occasional split notes and overly fussy phrasing in melodic passages. Guest conductor Joshua Weilerstein leads BSO in a fine concert 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The form has coped by evolving a style in which lyric utterances of a single significance alternate with brisk, less melodic passages or even spoken dialogue in which the plot is explained. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z Mr. Jones played ballad tones and shrieked melodic repetitions without sentiment or aggression. Music Review: Darius Jones, Ryan Sawyer and Shahzad Ismaily at the Stone 2012-07-04T21:38:09Z Its original pieces range from tangled melodic webs to coolly meditative exhalations. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Keith, 72, is credited with developing a ringing, melodic style of banjo playing. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z Arena theatergoers are enthusiastic, responding emotionally to the tender, melodic score, with ballads and pop songs such as “Only Us,” “For Forever,” “Sincerely, Me,” “Words Fail” and “So Big/So Small.” How ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ became one of the most remarkable shows in musical-theater history 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z By contrast, “The Life of Pablo” takes a turn to the ornate, the melodic and also the emotionally intimate. Kanye West’s Year of Breaking Bad 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Miami's Spanish language El Nuevo Herald newspaper published an interview on Sunday with the 68-year-old two-time Grammy award winner, whose melodic and evocative ballads are well known in Latin America and internationally. Singer Pablo Milanes urges more freedom in Cuba 2011-08-14T15:09:37Z Just before, the inventive young R&B producer Dev Hynes performed under his Blood Orange moniker with a batch of tensely melodic grooves. FYF Fest Day 2: Redemption through Flying Lotus, Haim and more 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Sounding in places like Sonic Youth, Everything in Between – the follow-up to 2008's critically lauded Nouns – constantly explores the relationship between melodic immediacy and primal blasts of noise. No Age: Everything in Between 2010-09-24T00:00:00Z It's also present in the running jumps that skim the floor in Voices of Spring, and the silvery thread of adagio that floats in an unbroken melodic line through Monotones II. Royal Ballet: Ashton Mixed Bill – review 2013-02-13T17:50:49Z The sounds Ms. Auster played alternated between droning and tinkling; though not melodic like music, they were pleasant to listen to. So You Think You Can’t Meditate? 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The music of this misshapen masterpiece, variously martial, lyrical, melodic and thrilling, gleams and blazes then occasionally gutters to a mere flicker. Les Troyens; Le nozze di Figaro; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel – review 2012-06-30T23:07:11Z The band’s self-titled debut, released in 2016, was alternatingly noisy and dissonant, melodic and romantic, and put them on the map. Flasher takes the lessons of D.C.’s punk past and charges into the future 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z As they often did, Kithkin brought immediate balance by launching into the joyous “Asunder,” which balanced a whimsical melodic hook against the downward force of tribal drum beats. Kithkin makes the end times sound good | Concert review 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z His lean, linear, freely melodic vibraphone playing repeatedly made him the top vibraphonist in the Down Beat magazine musicians’ poll. Karl Berger, 88, Who Opened Minds of Generations of Musicians, Is Dead 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Gorman made one wish that more idiomatic political speech had melodic interest, that our leaders might sometimes break out into song, or step into skates. At the Inauguration, Amanda Gorman Wove History and the Future Into a Stirring Melody 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z With rare exceptions, like “Sammy” and “A New Day,” this album forgoes highbrow connotation in favor of a vibrant melodic accessibility. New Music: New Albums From Kirin J. Callinan and Brian Landrus 2013-07-01T22:17:06Z But the music is carried by lyrical, melodic stretches in the violins. Review: A Mariachi Opera Addresses Roiling Issues of Immigration 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Hubble makes music about small phrases and layered rhythms and tiny melodic variations: adding or bending some notes in a chain. Music Review: Hubble and Diamond Terrifier at Zebulon - Review 2011-12-21T22:48:40Z The slow movement unfolded at a steady, almost insistent clip with no trace of sentimentality, yet nice bloom and lyricism in the melodic lines. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Major Return Played Safe 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Masur’s experience in leading these symphonies was immediately apparent in the lucid interpretations he elicited here, deftly shaping melodic lines and highlighting orchestral colors. Music Review: Kurt Masur and New York Philharmonic 2012-11-17T00:22:56Z Many of his other albums fused jazz, funk, African instruments, and dance beats — electronic or hand-played — behind his terse melodic lines. Manu Dibango, Soulful Ambassador of African Music, Dies at 86 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z A melodic line is sheltered by another line that outlines the harmonic spectrum, causing the melody to grow into something more oracular than auricular. Dudamel makes Mozart and Arvo Pärt a matter of life and death 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z And while most of the album ditches the poppier, electronic leanings of their previous album, Intimacy, there are still moments like Truth where their melodic sensibilities shine through. New music: Bloc Party – Truth 2013-01-16T09:00:00Z All it takes is nailing the font on the title card and pairing it with a swell of melodic majestic to get that tingle. The Force is strong with “The Mandalorian” debut, but not the glitchy Disney+ launch 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Many are simple: a slender melodic line, curled here and there into arabesques, above a prayer-bead string of repeated notes in the bass. Bringing the Colors Back to a Mystic’s Music 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The building of a melodic line, something immensely strong but constantly supple, should create the sense of the movement of an enormous mass with an apparently fluid weightlessness. Jonathan Nott: conducting the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra 2011-08-12T21:55:18Z Tracks murmur and thrum or surge and palpitate, flush with bleary murk and melodic curlicues reminiscent of earthen atmosphere and galactic ascent alike. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But if you follow the original urging by Giancarlo Esposito's narrator, and watch closely from another angle, the melodic approach makes sense. "Dear White People" visits the "Big Brother" Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s melodic, it’s funny, it’s very good for ballet. Poetry in motion: Mariinsky Ballet brings Russian fairy tale to the stage 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Their music, however—sweetly melodic and yet undergirded by a profound tension—not only matched their angst-friendly look but transcended it. In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The Long Winters, one of Seattle’s favorite melodic indie-rock bands, has reunited for Upstream. What to See at Upstream: Day Two 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The Bartok, missing one piano, was no less melodic. Review: Yuja Wang Makes a Case for the Piano as Percussion 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Halfway through, melodic fragments seemed to emerge, though these were often just instruments rising up the harmonic series. A New Work by John Luther Adams Debuts at Lincoln Center 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Even when accompanied by the orchestra, it remains one of the album’s quieter, simpler and more melodic tunes, reminiscent of Young’s earlier acoustic work. Watch an Exclusive Clip of Neil Young Recording "All Those Dreams" With a Full Orchestra 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Onstage are vibraphones and a piano, but they do nothing to propel the music rhythmically; instead, the melodic line floats freely above suspended strings and rumbles from the deep end of the keyboard. Steve Reich, Busy as Ever, Enters His Late Period 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Comic and celebratory, melodic and mournful, it’s an elegy for a place that’s not dead yet. Review: A Welsh Family Clings to Native Soil in ‘The Good Earth’ 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z There’s tons of material there — 30 songs, lots of fast rhythms, shouting, bumpy melodic lines and counterlines — but as a performer Mr. Watt gets beyond material. The Week Ahead: April 3 ? 9 2011-04-02T03:12:49Z The song is composed so that its melodic peak arrives on the word “grace,” which makes the rest of the line a dénouement leading down to the word “home.” “My Soul Is Satisfied”: An Intimate New Documentary Explores the Source of Aretha Franklin’s Power 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z There is sometimes a little squiggle, sometimes a hint of a melodic line. Music Review: San Francisco Symphony?s American Mavericks Series 2012-03-29T21:34:57Z Kronstadt’s ruling on Thursday noted the similarity of various hooks in both songs, bass lines, keyboard parts, vocal lines and elements of both songs’ melodic and harmonic composition. Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams lose first round in 'Blurred Lines' case 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Which means the melodic pop-punk of yesteryear is having an odd return, if not quite a proper renaissance. Reviving the Pop-Punk Innocence of Blink-182 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z With unhurried spoken words and an occasional melodic refrain, Jenkins seeks insight and healing from people like a security guard and a bookkeeper, who tells her “The mind is just a hard drive.” 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z He settled down in the slow movement, playing the wistful melodic lines with dusky sound and supple phrasing. Music Review | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra: Carnegie Hall Concerts Mix Mahler and Kissine 2010-03-29T04:39:00Z The second movement, marked “lugubrious and sad,” is thick with ruminative melodic lines and heaving harmonies. Two Pianists Offer Contrasting Paths of Exploration 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The pine warbler’s call sounds similar but is faster and more melodic, Ryley said. Birders of a feather flock together 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Then, taking charge, she dispatched bursts of brittle chords, tossed off creepy-crawly runs and kept bringing out both the sweetly melodic and industriously steely elements of the three-movement work. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z But that ax and her tone, while melodic and often transcendent, are the least of King's contributions. B.B. King built a bridge to the blues for the world 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z That work provided the melodic germ and temperament for David T. Little’s “Am I Born,” an elaborate, multimovement cantata also inspired by a Francis Guy painting, “Winter Scene in Brooklyn.” Music Review: Brooklyn Philharmonic and Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Roulette 2012-03-26T22:28:24Z The Symphony's violence, however, scandalised its first audiences in 1935, and its aggression and underlying sense of impending rhythmic and melodic dissolution remain profoundly disturbing. LPO/Wigglesworth – review 2013-05-02T17:22:24Z Roswell became a good friend, and when I was stuck on the out chorus of my arrangement of “Wolverine Blues” for Butler/Bernstein, I spoke to Roswell and he helped illuminate the melodic path. Listening Booth: Impulse! Records 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z In each song Ray got the essence of a basic rhythmic or melodic or sonic idea, and each became something to take notice of. The natural elements prove a breeze for Vicki Ray's Piano Spheres recital at REDCAT 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z At the heart of Treats is a melodic core that even the most extreme songs – the abrasive, pounding Tell 'Em or the cheerleader-anthem-turned-feral blast of Crown on the Ground – can't obscure. Sleigh Bells shaken to life by MIA 2010-12-16T22:31:00Z Wobble's basslines underpin all his explorations – they are so omnipresent and melodic you can imagine someone singing them, like songs. Jah Wobble & the Nippon?Dub?Ensemble 2010-08-06T20:46:00Z His first major group, Swans, specialised in a live show of legendary volume, only to evolve into a melodic, acoustic-led ensemble. This week's new live music 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z What struck me on “Peace” was the clear, incredibly melodic theme. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z In her melodic, richly imagined novel, Forbes uses the discovery of an abandoned Jamaican baby — born with skin that defies color or caste — to examine issues of race, colonialism, heritage and love. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z A translation of an opera libretto must fit exactly the rhythm, bounce and flow of the existing melodic lines, which the composer matched to the words of the original language. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z But his choreography, like the melodic, unobtrusive score, is barely noticeable on its own terms. Review: ‘Frankenstein,’ at Royal Ballet, Complete With Dissection 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z It's mainly just voice and one or two synths, very sparse, and then it suddenly breaks out into this incredible melodic … God knows what. Lou Reed on Yeezus: 'It brings tears to my eyes' 2013-07-03T15:48:19Z The song is fine, sort of an extended melodic mumble. For Innovation at the Grammys, Look at the Best Music Video Category 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z It is sparse music: usually just a single melodic line accompanied by a drone or a beat. Music Review | Alim Qasimov: At Asia Society, Mugham, the Classical Song of Azerbaijan 2010-03-15T21:39:00Z On the other hand, there is usually no reason given by groups for making melodic electronic pop records beyond the obvious – to have hits with them and hear them on the radio. New band of the day – Black Light Dinner Party (No 1,469) 2013-03-12T16:11:55Z His lithe melodic embellishments worked, given that Couperin, in particular, presages a kind of French Baroque bebop to begin with. Marsalis, Philadelphia orchestra go by the book at the Wallis 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Weber wanted a band that played with an understated rhythmic approach, textures drawn from rock and the new electronics, and a flowing melodic sense - while still improvising. 50 great moments in jazz: Jan Garbarek, ECM Records and the 1970s European renaissance 2011-03-28T14:13:00Z All of these shows wedded varying degrees of melodic lushness and pop opera anthems to one defining scenic characteristic or another — the falling chandelier, for instance, in “Phantom” — that spoke to audiences the world over. Musical Revivals Offer Mixed Rewards 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z He doesn’t sacrifice the melodic line but, rather, reveals the elaborate intricacy with which its apparent simplicity is formed. A Revelatory Performance by the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z It did not, but Cox still wound up playing a melodic bass line on "Punk" during recording sessions earlier this year. New Deerhunter written during 'very dark' time 2013-04-30T14:47:10Z He was resolutely exploring other elements: drones influenced by North African and Indian music; unbounded and jagged melodic phrasing. Lost John Coltrane Recording From 1963 Will Be Released at Last 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Their music was totally synthesised, really pure, very melodic and very funky, and that was hard to do with early electronics. Why Kraftwerk are still the world's most influential band 2013-01-27T09:00:03Z It opens with the cellist playing soft, flickering bursts of notes and melodic fragments — as if starting a dialogue, but tentatively, almost teasingly. Review: She Returns to Lead the Philharmonic. For Real, This Time. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The violin writing is episodic, all fits and starts, with perpetual-motion passages and bittersweet melodic flights, though nothing dwells too long in this restless concerto. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z But even with Mr. Kissin’s supreme rhythmic and melodic command, a set of six Chopin mazurkas turned tedious, with little to connect among them and few surprises within them. Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Orlando Gough wrote a one-woman opera based in a domestic setting, and I've performed plenty of beautiful, melodic delicacies composed by chaps. Why there are so few female composers 2012-02-08T19:15:59Z This is one of many Bellini moments that inspired the melodic writing of Chopin, a Bellini devotee. Compelling Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Sterling brass, glittering percussion, shimmering strings bounce melodic sparks off the walls. John Williams' mastery on display at L.A. Philharmonic season opener 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Both those works are carefully crafted and warmly melodic, but there’s a formality to their repetitions and variations. For Many, Opera and Puccini Are One (Trump’s Campaign Knows the Appeal) 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The Chorale, prepared by director Joseph Crnko, sounded both secure and pliant in the rich melodic lines. Live, lyrical and loud: Seattle Symphony program delivers supercharged sound 2011-04-01T17:35:03Z In the pizzicato passages, as melodic lines were passed note by note from player to player, it really did seem a single mind was operating all four instruments. Ehnes Quartet wows crowd in closing chamber-fest concert 2014-02-03T17:59:31Z The way he staves off repetitiveness, other than the melodic strength of the song, is by featuring different voices in concert with his. The infinite remix potential of "Old Town Road" 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z His music isn't melodic in a conventional way, though, but in a way that uniquely fits the instruments or voice he's writing for. Elliott Carter remembered: 'Music seemed to erupt from his very being' 2012-11-06T18:41:42Z The flutes echo the melodic line, like an act of kindness, and the strings provide harmonic reinforcement. Review: Nico Muhly’s Moody Concerto for Two Pianos 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Sometimes it’s very melodic, Romantic; sometimes it sounds tragic; sometimes it sounds like abstract architecture. Unsuk Chin on the Violin Concerto She Swore She’d Never Write 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The trio opens with sustained, hushed, eerie intervals in the piano and violin, through which the clarinet pierces with an elusive melodic line. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-21T23:13:14Z It’s the new album’s most down-to-earth, hip-shaking song, as well as its most sustained melodic one. Critic?s Notebook: Radiohead Surprises With Early Release 2011-02-18T23:25:50Z But most popular rock music in 1964, such as that of the Beach Boys or of the Supremes continued to be bouncy, melodic, and sweet. Everything you know about the 1960s is wrong 2012-11-24T14:00:00Z The song, “Spectacle,” is a serious house jam; no melodic chorus to sing along to here, folks. DJ Idris Elba Just Dropped a New House Banger 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z And though its overall arc moves gradually from grit to melodic flowering, Sorey’s aesthetic also remains distinct from Lewis’s Parker homage. For Music, a Fall Deluge of Performances Is Beginning 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z When you listen to the Sex Pistols now, more than 30 years after they were discounted as “just noise,” what strikes you most powerfully is how tight and melodic they were. The 373-Hit Wonder 2011-01-07T15:27:23Z While Meek Mill holds his own with melodic rap, he didn’t abandon his expertise. Meek Mill’s ‘Expensive Pain’ comes with a heavy cost 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The album is a mostly instrumental suite of warm and dreamy synthetic soundscapes that occasionally breaks into pulsating techno or, when he exercises his vocal chords, gentle and melodic electro-pop. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Few, it seems safe to say, have ever made the vocal lines of “The Rake’s Progress” sound so infectiously melodic, like show tunes. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z For one, he liked to say that he only learned six chords — a self-effacing explanation of his music’s modest melodic range. Eavesdropping on Leonard Cohen’s conversations with the void 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Where its long melodic lines maintained tension, the performers arched with romantic vagueness. Review: Mariinsky Ballet in ‘Raymonda,’ Searching About for a Perfect Suitor 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z If his punk trio The Notekillers was little heard in late-1970s New York, its merging of guitar grind and melodic intricacy helped lay the groundwork for underground rock of the ’80s. Drone Music, Stretched and Sliced 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z His single, “I Love You This Big,” though, is a melodic snooze that takes no advantage of the many shades of his voice. Critic?s Notebook: Tours for Singers on ?Idol,? ?The Voice? and ?Platinum Hit? 2011-08-24T22:15:29Z Doing nothing that felt exaggerated or overwrought, Ms. Wang emphasized unsettled harmonies and de-emphasized melodic integrity. Review: Yuja Wang Plays Dazed Chaos, Then 7 Encores 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Opera purists may squawk, but for me, every voice does justice not only to Bizet’s melodic richness but also to the inescapable fatalism of the story, as the music tugs everyone into combustible convergence. Review: Bad Girl Makes Good in a Glorious ‘Carmen Jones’ 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Add to this the gasoline that runs the place – the adrenaline, the addictive ka-ching of the slot machine arm, the melodic adhans of the blackjack dealer – and minutes, hours and days seem irrelevant markers. Welcome to life in a Vegas diner at 5am: 'Good morning … or good evening' 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Starr called McCartney "the most melodic bass player in the world." Ringo Starr celebrates birthday, talks McCartney reunion on new album 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Her songs were as unflinching as her voice, a no-nonsense register that was as clear as it was melodic. By turning straw into gold records, Loretta Lynn helped me love where I come from 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z And in the delicate ballad “Special,” she chides herself for letting someone destroy her self-esteem using melodic hints of “Creep” by Radiohead and “The Scientist” by Coldplay. SZA Revels in Mixed Emotions on ‘SOS’ 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The influence of such imagery on composers like Clérambault and D'Anglebert in France, and Froberger and Fischer in Germany, resulted in a style rooted in melodic fragmentation, extreme harmonic suspension and rhythmic dissolution. Andreas Staier: Pour Passer la Mélancholie – review 2013-03-07T21:30:01Z This 10-minute duo is filled with passages in which either the cello or the violin provides insistent accompanimental figures as the other breaks loose in elegiac, fitful melodic flights. Music Review: A Cozy Chamber Concert Buoyed by Lapping Water 2011-04-18T21:55:54Z Khan provides relaxed, melodic settings for traditional lyrics, and the songs are, for the most part, easy-going and gently rhythmic, to which he adds occasional sitar flurries, with just one extended solo. Asha Bhosle and Shujaat?Khan: Naina Lagaike ? review 2011-03-10T22:01:01Z He was a good player, in the relaxed, melodic vein of the great swing pianist Teddy Wilson, with whom he briefly studied. George Wein, Jazz Festival Trailblazer, Is Dead at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Listen to her songs today and you’ll hear her tones and tactics coursing through the past 20 years of popular music — her profound interiority, her melodic nonchalance, her sci-fi tomboy aura. Perspective | Aaliyah was one in a million. In the streaming age, she still sounds like the future. 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z It's not just a melodic but a phonetic approach to singing which is totally intuitive, and which she invented herself. Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z Mr. Ruo’s style, well suited to theatrical works, vividly blends Chinese melodic elements and skittish dance riffs with tartly modernist contemporary sounds and pointillist bursts. Review: A ‘Sonic Great Wall’ Breaks Down Musical Barriers 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z A ruminative melodic line threads through this gentle work, unaccompanied at first, but increasingly enmeshed in murky, pungent, harmonically ambiguous chords and inner voices. Marino Formenti, Fully Engaged, at NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The first chorus begins with a group of bedraggled Palestinian woman singing a weary, churning melodic line, invoking razed villages and a collective longing for a homeland. John Adams’s ‘Death of Klinghoffer’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The music Mr. Lang wrote for the gifted Mr. Tao in this haunting scene is no Bach pastiche, but a cosmic rumination, with melodic fragments, circling inner voices and hazy harmonies. Review: In This One-Man Opera, It’s All in His Head 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z My melodies and my melodic sense come from artists like James Taylor. J.Cole: "I Don't Want 'Beat Yeezus' On My Tombstone" 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z A band called Near Northeast, which plays “melodic ambient folky harmonic music,” is setting up in the bay window at the front of the house. A hipster cultural salon for the short-attention-span generation 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z No less vivid are the patter of the dialogue, the elegance of the melodic lines, her flair in the cascades of coloratura. Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z They virtually dispense with verses to get straight to the melodic point in almost every instance. New band of the day – Swiss Lips (No 1,400) 2012-11-21T16:33:32Z Mr. Parker followed with unaccompanied soprano saxophone improvisations, using circular breathing techniques to whirl tiny melodic and rhythmic cells at inhuman length. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z No matter how wretched the song’s mood — or how generous, as in “You Inspire Me” and “Long Limbed Girl” — Mr. Lowe sang carefully, borrowing Nat King Cole’s nearly conversational control and ’s sweet melodic curlicues. Music Review: Once Cruel to Be Kind, Now Soft to Be True 2010-10-22T23:39:00Z Mr. Gwon’s rippling, melodic music matches the show’s fluffy style, although there is a lovely ballad of self-doubt for Paul, and a rousing trio for the three central characters. Women’s Voices Theater Festival in Washington Is an Energizing Showcase 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z In the first movement, the piano purveyed rippling arpeggios, a Glassian trademark, while the strings worked through melodic figures. Review: Chiara Quartet Says Farewell on a High Note 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z On ballads, he added, “he moves through light, almost diaphanous lines that gain in strength through their rhythmic flow and increasing melodic exposition.” John Abercrombie, Lyrical Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 72 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z As a result, they feel as idiosyncratic, unpredictable and real as people from life, speaking in voices that are melodic and utterly specific. The Lives of Black Women, at Home and Abroad 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z He also proves a master of vocal writing, with melodic lines that bend and sigh during moments of heartbreak, then burst with virtuosic flights when the characters are flush with determination and fury. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z Her structures skipped beats, made sly harmonic turns and took startling melodic leaps. Music Review: Her Folksy Parlor, Crowded With Family and Friends 2011-05-15T22:02:17Z Though youthful ardor is now beyond him, he filled out the melodic line with ample, healthy-sounding tone and took most of the high notes. Munich's hit 'Hoffmann,' far-out 'Fidelio' 2011-11-28T14:46:10Z While Tchaikovsky’s melodic talents are less pronounced here than in his better-known works, memorable themes surface throughout the sonata. Music Review: Yefim Bronfman at Carnegie Hall 2010-04-14T21:48:00Z “The Box” also earned Ricch a nomination for best melodic rap performance — an award reserved for the song’s performer. Multiple writers added to Roddy Ricch’s ‘The Box’ at Grammys 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Wolcott is also a ska lifer who, with only a brief retreat into calling We Are the Union a “melodic punk band with horns” is, like her bandmate Hunter, a loquacious evangelist for the genre. The ska revival is here, but ska never really went away 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The labyrinthine, hazy hooks are ripped from the Kinks’ expansive greenery, and the tight guitar payoffs deliver a certain kind of Rolling Stones melodic satisfaction. Pop & Rock Listings for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Not that his lines were not melodic; in fact, he lobbed out idea after melodic idea. Review | Victor Provost will make you think of the steelpan in a completely different way 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “His melodic and harmonic practices were from a Western point of view,” Mr. Botstein said. It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z But we're sure the result will be a bit more melodic. Bj?rk and Dirty Projectors unveil collaboration ... with added vuvuzelas 2010-06-23T11:09:00Z Her voice would stay gentle and sustained, the opposite of a belter, using grain and melodic leaps rather than lung power for emotional peaks. Review: Lana Del Rey Wonders ‘Is It the End of America?’ on Her New Album 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Baroque in scale, and slyly using a synthesiser as continuo, it interweaves unaccompanied solos with formal movements of great melodic beauty. LPO/Alsop 2010-04-20T21:30:00Z 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 “It was rebellion and liberation and confirmation, all wrapped up in a melodic wonderment.” The 1970s Brought Change to the Beach Boys. A New Boxed Set Celebrates It. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z And Brian Wilson, with his symphonic leanings and a melodic sense derived as much from Broadway as Chuck Berry, is arguably the rock writer with the closest ties to George Gershwin. Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin 2010-09-02T20:30:00Z "Ram" absolutely drips with melodic experimentation, with Paul and Linda leading their band through one adventurous song after another. Paul and Linda McCartney's "Ram": Dramatic pop virtuosity that still shines brightly at 50 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z It is also to see a newly fluent poet of pentameters, with their successive melodic ebb and swell. How Seamus Heaney Became a Poet of Happiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z However, this single – and the Boys Outside album it comes from – is absolutely beautiful, a driftingly melodic, indolent daydream of a thing. This week's new singles 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Having the opportunity to listen to these tracks individually reveal the beauty of Scott’s lyrical and melodic gift. Stone Temple Pilots Share Master Track to Honor Scott Weiland 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Ellington's piece was rich in melodic content but modest in development. Delfeayo Marsalis pairs jazz, The Bard in new work 2011-01-19T22:08:08Z A paradox of Mr. LaChiusa’s music is that is unceasingly melodic yet not conventionally tuneful. Music Review: Michael John LaChiusa Has His Night at the Allen Room 2014-02-04T21:44:49Z There are some compelling ensembles, especially a sextet in which Sam sings a steadfast melodic line while other family members converse in background chatter. Two-Course Feast of Stage and Song 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z This started as just a short melodic sequence, just three quarter notes long. How Sylvan Esso Made ‘Radio’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z As the score vacillates between rhythmic, melodic passages and warped dissonance, they look at times like they’re trying to worm their way out of their bodies. Review: A Choreographer Who Excavates Misalignment 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z As expected, Mr. Manze restrained string vibrato and allowed ample melodic ornamentation, even when it proved mildly disruptive. Review: Philharmonic Replies to $50 Million With ‘Hallelujah’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The imagination, the richness of melodic and harmonic invention and characterization is so wonderful, and so unique. ‘The Great Czech Piano Cycle’ Arrives at Carnegie Hall 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The kind of song that transports you into a meditative state, its melodic chord pairings recall possibility, self-reflection and optimism. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Thirteen tracks in, Nothing Is Real is a substantial incursion of bleary sunshine, its nagging melodic motif recalling a My Bloody Valentine guitar loop. Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest – review 2013-06-08T23:05:05Z Now they’re back with “Falling Off the Sky,” their first album of new material in decades, and a reaffirmation of their melodic inventiveness and songwriting smarts, 9 p.m. Tonight's top shows: Aimee Mann and the dB's 2012-11-15T17:28:00Z Over the last few years, he has emerged as a commercial force in Nashville, a songwriter with a unique melodic and lyrical touch, and an uncommon knack for hits. Out and Riding High in Nashville 2013-05-24T12:00:31Z It's a seemingly inexhaustible treasure house of melodic/rhythmic/harmonic pattern and possibility. 'Clavier' Redux: András Schiff brings Bach's masterpiece to Benaroya 2012-10-10T22:23:03Z “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 So he stretched and squeezed and twisted and put under a microscope inner melodic material as if it, too, were organic matter. An Appreciation: Lorin Maazel conducted himself inimitably 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z As the piece continues, the music unfolds in long stretches with sustained harmonies and repetitive melodic patterns. The Philharmonic’s Free Concert at St. John the Divine 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The lean, straightforward trio format and the tricky but frisky repertoire made an ideal showcase for Mitchell’s prodigious, playful virtuosity and Reid’s double duties of propulsion and melodic counterpoint. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Both the business model and the music initially feel like a step back from “In Rainbows,” which beyond its revolutionary marketing was easily the band’s warmest, most melodic album in nearly a decade. Album review: Radiohead, 'The King of Limbs' 2011-02-20T05:48:13Z And Ms. Norman, looking the glorious diva and sounding radiant, sang fragments of elusive melodic lines. Music Review: San Francisco Symphony?s American Mavericks Series 2012-03-29T21:34:57Z The ornamentation of melodic lines, for instance, needs to be updated from that typical in Handel’s time to the more chromatic kind fashionable in Mozart’s. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Joins Mostly Mozart 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z In an era when it’s de rigueur for rappers to mix a bit of melodic stardust into their lyrics, the Chicago-area musician Kweku Collins has consistently found ways to distinguish himself from the crowd. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Director Thomas W. Jones II is applying a melodic approach to a 2012 script by Carlyle Brown that had no notable music when it debuted at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Review | Langston Hughes vs. McCarthyism in ‘Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been . . . ’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z O’Donovan’s songs are rooted in folk tradition but full of musical surprises: daring melodic leaps, unexpected chord progressions, subtle rhythmic shifts. Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs Poured Out When Touring Shut Down 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z And there’s a small, accomplished band of musicians, who occasionally provide melancholy melodic interjections that would be far more at home in a more conventional Chekhov production. Review: All’s Not Well in This ‘Cherry Orchard’ 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Each track of “Kyiv Eternal” is largely stationary, without strong melodic variations. Reconstructing Kyiv, One Synth Wave at a Time 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Cooper composes squarely in the heavy-metal vein and sings in an angry yet melodic rasp, recalling 1990s Nu Metal bands. Exalting the Sacred, Wooing the Secular 2013-07-09T21:37:07Z Gilbert, and it features some spectacularly audacious arrangements of the melodic song stylings of Arthur Sullivan, here vivaciously rendered on everything from guitars to banjos to, memorably, a surprisingly tuneful saw. 'Pirates of Penzance': Wasting away in Gilbert and Sullivanville 2010-12-15T22:44:16Z Elahi developed his own unique strumming pattern, enhancing the instrument’s potential as both a percussive and a melodic instrument. Ostad Elahi, a Tanbur Master, Is Celebrated at Met Museum 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z MacBeth's language is beautifully melodic: the stanzas unfold like operatic arias, becoming more florid and complex in thought as the poem develops. Poem of the week: The God of Love by George MacBeth 2010-06-07T14:18:00Z During its set, the musicians fiddled with extra equipment that wasn’t their main instrument, and every member sang, either harmony or contrasting melodic lines. At CMJ, Some Get Spotlight; Others Get Lost in the Haze 2010-10-22T23:42:00Z She sings the arching melodic line that begins Strauss’s transcendent trio with seamless phrasing and ethereal sound, her more mature voice blending poignantly with the youthful colorings of Ms. Morley and Ms. Garanca. Review: Renée Fleming’s Poignant Farewell to ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at the Met 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z As performed by a chamber ensemble and a small, gifted cast, the musical score was alluring and nuanced, with intricate ensemble numbers and long-lined melodic writing cushioned by lush orchestral harmonies and rippling figurations. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z The album’s greatest asset is its melodic fluidity, as evidenced by her onstage pairings; she has opened for such diverse rock acts as Garbage and Okkervil River. Pop & Rock Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The brief points out that “Blurred Lines” and “Got to Give You Up” don’t share a hook or a melody; “the two songs do not even share a single melodic phrase.” The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” and the Familiar Feeling of Pop 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Rollins’s melodic individualism and rhythmic freedom suggest that he’s not playing the chord changes but playing somewhere above them, as if they’re a flow rather than a structure. The Year’s Most Essential Jazz Reissue 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z The music is genially, forgettably melodic, featuring no songs that have gone on to immortality as cabaret standards. Review: A Con Man Without a Sting in ‘High Button Shoes’ 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Carter’s vocal writing, once assertively angular, is gently melodic these days, and Evan Hughes, a bass-baritone, projected the Pound texts with clarity and an appealing timbre. Music Review: Showcase for Orchestra of the League of Composers 2010-06-09T00:34:00Z The music reveals his fondness for the melodic reach of the Beatles and David Bowie, for the abrupt sonic shifts of hip-hop and for the warped instrumental tones of Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead. After His Coup With Beyoncé, Boots Strides Out of the Shadows 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Built on familiar tropes and repeated melodic motifs, “Into the Woods” is deceptively welcoming; thanks to the 2014 movie and innumerable school performances, it is probably Sondheim’s best-known work. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z One side became really dark and the other was more melodic, almost fluffy. Martyn: 'Dubstep in the US has taken the place of nu-metal' 2012-06-13T11:59:00Z This evidenced by "Sad Night, Where is Morning?" which brims with melodic guitars, measured percussion and passion-infused singing from Schelzel declaring "my thoughts today, oh how they want to stray." Review: The Ocean Blue strong with 'Ultramarine' 2013-03-18T17:01:09Z “O’Farrell, Irish-born, schooled in Scotland and Wales, and shaped by a childhood steeped in story and school days that always began with song, has a melodic relationship to language,” our reviewer Geraldine Brooks writes. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z They’re still not sure how it happened, but a few years ago melodic rockers the Salt Riot landed on a “hard-core metal” show in Bremerton. Are Seattle concerts too homogeneous? Some in music scene push for shows that cross musical boundaries 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The piano part is a kind of busy but oddly breezy toccata, with melodic flights and chord patterns that often cleverly match the word patterns. Music Review: Pianists Embracing the New 2011-05-25T21:52:25Z As with Ramsay’s recent interpretation of the “Goldberg Variations,” Hoffman’s harp lends the piece an entirely different aura — melodic pluck hovering in vaporous harmony. Perspective | Beyond Vivaldi, a classical playlist to bring on the spring 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z A lot of our melodic sense is just a lot of rhythms. Moving the Haim Way: ‘We Love Feeling in Our Bodies’ 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The satisfying scene is even more enduring thanks to the song playing: Thompson Twins’ “If You Were Here,” an understated tune with delicate synth shards and a lush melodic underbelly. The 12 best ’80s high school movie jams 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z He stripped away a lot of the melodic themes, and just made it into percussive themes for the vocal and the horn lines. Mick Jagger on James Brown: "I Copied All His Moves" 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Generally, orchestral textures are kept light, often consisting of a single melodic line, which sometimes doubles the voice. Review: A Surreal Russian Opera That's All Bark and a Lot of Bite, Too 2010-06-22T12:41:00Z The title track mixes steel guitar – an instrument Sakamoto taught himself before recording the album -- Hawaiian melodic inflections and Space Age atmospherics into a quietly funky groove. Slash, Mia Doi Todd and the Juan MacClean drop new albums 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Their debut, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, was an exuberant affair that spawned a giddy, infectious single, Five Years' Time, and built the band a loyal following that delighted in their sweet, melodic folk-pop. Noah and the Whale: I never thought of myself as a singer' 2011-02-24T21:30:01Z The cello, playing animated and often melodic lines, dominates, with not much competitive back-and-forth with the orchestra in the way of most concertos of that period. Two Russian Tours, One Led by Evgeny Kissin, the Other by the American Symphony Orchestra 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Her melodic lines are at once regretful and wily, supported by slightly jazzy harmonies dominated by woodwinds that reminded me of Ellington’s orchestra writing. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z These songs aren’t much more than melodic rants, but that’s enough for Mr. Nash, who’s never been a forceful singer, but whose talent for cramming oddball twists into R&B remains unparalleled. Albums From Terius Nash, George Strait, Cymbals Eat Guitars 2011-09-05T22:44:58Z A Perfect Circle is Mr. Keenan’s most doleful and straightforwardly melodic band. Music Review: A Desolate Croon That Seethes and Hints at a Band?s Next Phase 2011-07-15T22:44:06Z She also revealed a distinctive melodic talent as a composer for her first husband, piano virtuoso Paul Bley. 50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill 2011-01-18T13:06:04Z Padded with string-section gauze and a melodic sadness so desperate it needs its own Kickstarter fundraiser, this music literally made my teeth hurt -- and I love Light in the Attic's fellow romantic softie, Lewis. Throwbacks: Reissues from Led Zeppelin, Flesh Eaters and more 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z This four-movement work combines serious melodic invention, frequently dazzling rhythmic play and highly effective writing for all five instruments. Brass quintet cheers up a gray day in Quilcene 2012-07-02T17:52:04Z At the heart of her music is a melodic sensibility in the classic American tradition. Joanna Newsom 2010-05-12T22:00:00Z The two are brought together by their mutual affection for one of Ava’s students, and this understated indie film clings uncomfortably to the surface of their relationship, yet still delivers something pure, melodic and precise. ‘Ali & Ava’ Review: Don’t You Want to Sing Along? 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Is there actually a market for this kind of prettily melodic guitar-based pop with a slight punch? New band of the day – No 1,287: Boy 2012-06-13T14:15:00Z But over the course of the first act, Daniel Schmutzhard’s direct, bright baritone sound found a suppleness that lent his Schwanda a smooth melodic line. An Opera Rarity Reclaims Its Spot in the Repertory 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Stasevska fostered warmth whenever possible, shaping the 12-minute piece’s transfers of elegantly gloomy melodic ornaments from section to section of the ensemble with care and relish. Review: At the Philharmonic, Contemporary Is King for a Week 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Over an ambling arpeggio, a melodic chord progression pads softly in the background and hi-hats ripple dramatically, wrapping the central sound of the song, a keyboard octave that reads as a repeated gleam. Music Monday: Jarv Dee, Basic, Kanye West 2010-08-16T18:24:00Z The "Better Call Saul" villain, played by Tony Dalton, doesn't raise his voice, and when he does speak, he infuses his word with melodic cheer. The chameleonic importance of Lalo Salamanca on "Better Call Saul" is that his evil travels 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z 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 Trouble is Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-White were performing at a noisy club, and though the duo's blend of melodic singing and sharp sci-fi rhyming was impressive, it didn't cut through the din. Wild Belle rules at SXSW 2012-03-17T16:10:00Z Whereas his first concerto ends in a parade of riotous, Ives-like quotations — a cynical pileup of putatively patriotic melodic sentiments — the second is less obvious in its moods. Decades Later, a Composer Revisits the Piano Concerto 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Goldberg’s playing was often woven into other melodic elements — from piano, guitar, flute, trumpet — so it became a plaintive through-line, not an endless solo. Music Review: Emancipator Plays at Highline Ballroom 2012-02-03T23:23:15Z Nyman's piano music is beautiful, short melodic phrases just escaping sentiment that loop and fade as if played on some wind-up machine. Kutlug Ataman 2010-04-10T23:06:00Z Over time her melodic voice was largely forgotten — until she was invited onstage for an impromptu performance at a New Orleans nightclub in the late 1950s. Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z The call-and-response includes melodic repetition of the line “Who are we?” imploring the audience to answer “We, the people.” Raphael Warnock’s campaign for the moral high ground 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Then she lets their momentum carry her where they might: through Minimalism and electronic drones, through pointillistic arrays that can be percussive or misty, culminating in a melodic line that ends as a looming question. The Playlist: Kane Brown Confronts Gun Violence, and 12 More New Songs 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z A distant, chimelike chord repeats, steadily, over and over, growing slowly in sound and density, as other instruments play wandering melodic bits that thread through the orchestra, and sustained pitches stack up into grating chords. ‘The Passenger’ at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The music is alive with oscillating melodic bits and rippling rhythmic figures, and this performance captured the bustling musical patterns and undulant waves of sound. Music Review: Baltimore and Albany Symphonies at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T21:11:30Z Different noteheads mark the quality of the percussive sound, including slashes of varying size for hard and soft chops, and an “x” for the subtle melodic hint of ghost notes. How Do You Write Down a Scratching, Crunching Violin ‘Chop’? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z And at one point Mr. Distler involved the audience as well, chanting “Stop the oil” to one of the score’s melodic cells and encouraging listeners to join in. Music Review: Mighty CCi House Band Plays ?In C? at the Cornelia Street Caf? 2010-06-22T21:32:00Z On two songs, Nphared gets atmospheric mileage out of sampled melodic loops. Fall/winter album roundup: La, Cold Jungle, THEESatisfaction, Butts, DJ Nphared 2010-12-10T18:32:00Z As Parton’s 76th birthday approaches on Jan. 19, the world is sure to hear more uplifting sayings from her melodic wordsmith mind. Dolly Parton's best life lessons and quotes ahead of her birthday 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z For all the charm of hearing the actual strokes of the typewriter and the clinking bell, the melodic lines keep taking unexpected harmonic turns. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z I could manipulate my voice, and manipulating it that way meant I could also probably manipulate it within a melodic framework. "Red Notice" star Chris Diamantopoulos swears he wasn't trying to break up Jim and Pam 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It’s lively, likable and melodic, although, for the most part, the music takes a back seat to the lyrics. ‘Found,’ a Musical Based on Literary Detritus 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z These are all great songs, deep and truthful as ever and multidimensional, surprisingly melodic, and they make you think and feel.” Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter of love, death and philosophical longing, dies at 82 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z "You can definitely feel these new melodic influences," says Saumet of the experience. Beyond the partying, Colombia's Bomba Esteréo gets profound with its new album and L.A. show 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z In the 1950s and ’60s Mr. Kastle enjoyed a modest reputation as a composer of melodic, romantic operas and as a musical director of works for the stage. Leonard Kastle, Composer and Filmmaker, Dies at 82 2011-05-22T02:23:04Z A sinuous tune called “Redemption,” with a melodic line full of surprising intervals, suggests a link to the legacy of Weather Report. New Music: Releases From Kurt Feldman, Elle Varner and Marcus Miller 2012-08-06T22:24:05Z “Let me just play a little set for the girls,” he announced before launching into a clutch of melodic, R&B-flavored hits. Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The Flux members translated those marks into a loose tangle of furtive melodic cells, acidic rebukes, woozy glissandos and flatulent asides. Music Review: Flux Quartet Brings John Cage to Bargemusic 2012-07-09T22:27:06Z And the song's sections each have their distinct personality — highlighted by an extended outro brimming with melodic guitar and an aching vibe. Why the Outfield’s “Your Love” is the perfect summer song 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Since then, he's done anything but sit in a pigeonhole, embracing everything from cosmic disco and mellow breaks to the more melodic end of German techno. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-30T06:00:19Z At heart this is grandly melodic pop that constantly second-guesses itself, with self-lacerating lyrics and music that moves into big buildups, then derails and dissects them. Music Review: Pop Second-Guessing Itself, Building Up and Coming Apart 2010-10-03T22:19:00Z His hip-hop was blues-stricken, built around a wailing melodic flow that marked his tracks with melodrama and urgency. The Beautiful Vulnerability of Juice WRLD 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Lang sets up rhythmic and melodic processes with natural or household materials and then lets them run their course, with slight but telling alterations. David Lang, Michael Gordon and So Percussion toy with minds 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Blakey drives the band with an astonishingly contained heat that is tempered with lyricism—his accompanying accents are witty and melodic, and his solos are the most singable, witty ones that I’ve ever heard. The Best of Thelonious Monk 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Here, Mr. Pasek and Mr. Paul have written a winning low-key date song for the couple, finding melodic grace in romantic awkwardness. Theater Review: ‘Dogfight’ at Second Stage Theater 2012-07-17T02:00:00Z Read more "Intelligent, bombastic, melodic, ear-splitting, broad and gentle by turns, laughingly far ahead of virtually all other rock acts." The best albums of 2013 (so far) 2013-07-05T12:58:00Z Lyrical fragments try to coalesce into a melodic line, but keep you off guard. Review: The Opera ‘Crossing’ Shows Why Whitman Matters Today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Wagner adapted melodic ideas from an unfinished chamber piece to write "Idyll," then took from the latter some themes that found their way into his opera "Siegfried" years later. SSO plans a romantic weekend with conductor Jun M?rkl, German classics 2010-05-05T22:17:00Z Listen for much of a structure, and you hear something more intuitive, a melodic approach to line. 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Bandleader Elliot Bergman designs, builds and plays his own; electrified, amplified and distorted, they sound like grungy steel drums, simultaneously dark and bright, rhythmic and melodic. Nomo brings unorthodox, electrified Afrobeat to Tractor Tavern 2010-06-24T19:32:00Z “Compassion” is set upon a somewhat conventional set of chord changes, so we are able to clearly see Ornette’s poetic and harmonic logic guide his melodic intent as it would throughout his career. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Zahner-Isenberg's songs are delicate, melodic, intricately arranged things built around his brilliantly fluid guitar playing. The upside-down world of Avi Buffalo 2010-04-01T21:40:00Z 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 The music evokes, and somehow deftly blends, disparate influences: grim Expressionist harmony, plaintive klezmer melodic writing, even hints of jazzy dance. Two Russian Tours, One Led by Evgeny Kissin, the Other by the American Symphony Orchestra 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The piano part is as busy and melodic as the violin, fireworks are present, and thee are many cadenzalike passages in a dialogue between instruments where both musicians allowed the melodies to flow out. Itzhak Perlman, Rohan De Silva performed in perfect partnership | Classical review 2013-02-20T17:30:17Z “There are times that I need someone, there are times I feel like no one,” a lone Grohl sings on “Under You,” the melodic, thrashing second track. Foo Fighters Are Shaken Yet Still Standing on ‘But Here We Are’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Her songs are straightforward, driving and melodic, with some lightly surreal storytelling but little of the dissonance of her old band. A great year for live music: From Wilco to Eleanor Friedberger and Philip Glass 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Sabath, like most contemporaneous studio rats, is equal parts songwriter and producer, as adept at inventing new melodic hooks as he is at perfecting the timbre of a rim shot. The Teen-Age Hitmaker from Westchester County 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z After what amounts to a slow “alap” development section familiar from some raga styles, we get a climactic whirlwind tour through Greenwood’s overarching melodic design. Jonny Greenwood: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Known for his melodic parodies of pop culture and humorous renditions of contemporary tunes, Yankovic is hailed as the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time. Al Yankovic gets the "weird" biopic he deserves, with the perfect actor to play him 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The extraordinary intensity, melodic inventiveness and control exhibited on these two guitar passages can still thrill, decades after the track’s initial release. Eric Clapton: Still at the Crossroads 2013-04-12T20:18:12Z This goes some way towards explaining their sultry and melodic but insistent and intricately produced grooves. SXSW 2013: The British are coming! 2013-03-12T12:36:00Z As the music breathes calmly, motifs and figures intrude: a burst of quiet brass, a darting riff in the woodwinds, fidgety melodic fragments. Review: Susanna Malkki Makes an Immediate Impression 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Hard, insistent, melodic, lyrically accomplished and dense with thematic intent, it's the best rap album of the year. Randall Roberts' best pop albums of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Then you had the south-east, who listened to disco classics and melodic producers. How the midwest won over the dancefloor 2011-03-03T22:10:01Z Elsewhere, the funky melodic pop of Harpoon Land sounds like Talking Heads with a Kenyan edge. Owiny Sigoma Band: Power Punch – review 2013-04-11T22:04:01Z But this trio offers inspired Verdi, with impassioned melodic lines entwined atop a grimly restrained orchestral accompaniment. Music Review: Angela Meade in ?Ernani? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-04T00:43:41Z In fact, though these songs are often miraculous constructs – catchy but intricate, prone to strange melodic curlicues and rearrangements -- there is something quaint about the tones that James employs on much of “Syro.” Aphex Twin's 'Syro': A labyrinthine EDM gem 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Aside from “Man”, The Worse Things Get is a softer affair that floats between melodic rock, folk, and country — often in the same song. The Worse Things Get…: Neko Case’s Cathartic New Album 2013-09-06T15:46:23Z He was more melodic in his first few projects, but is a bit more hardcore lately. Jets’ Le’Veon Bell wants to be No. 1 on field, in rap game 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Her melodic poems, which embrace the orality of poetry and language, often touch on the natural world, which she uses as much more than just a setting. Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z “Ain’t really nothing wrong when the feeling is golden,” she spits at the beginning, before a melodic chorus of Dawns responds in agreement: “Solid gold.” Post Malone and the Weeknd’s Emo Synth-Pop, and 12 More New Songs 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z In “Stardust,” Mr. Marsalis brought off his best stuff: a solo of great dynamic range, of orderly melodic and rhythmic space. Music Review: At Lincoln Center, Using Both Sound and Silence 2010-09-26T06:11:00Z The opening tableau that depicts bustling crowds at a Shrovetide Fair in St. Petersburg was not all homogenized and clear-textured, as in better-behaved performances, but a riot of sounds, rhythms, melodic fragments and breathless vitality. Music Review: New York Philharmonic, at 15,000, With Stravinsky 2010-05-06T21:19:00Z Hemphill’s melodic sensibility, supple even when spare, is present throughout, even when his sound production turns piping or frenzied. ‘Mastery and Transgression’ in Music That Bridges Genres 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Though often compared to the White Stripes, the Black Keys are a more melodic band than the Stripes. The Black Keys at KeyArena: Minimal fuss, maximum power 2012-05-09T19:15:05Z “These tunes set a whole new standard for what could be done with the banjo. All that, plus a generous dose of the early melodic style.” Eric Weissberg, ‘Dueling Banjos’ Musician, Dies at 80 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Unison notes on disparate keyboards sounded as one, ringing like distant bells, while at other times, the melodic material entwined so much that the two pianos became indistinguishable. Review | There’s no such thing as sibling rivalry for Naughton piano duo 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Live, Vernon supplies additional guitar or violin, but any additional tweaks to their formation here are unlikely to be at the expense of their singular melodic clarity. This week's new live music 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z His most famous work foregrounded unconventional instruments like harmonicas, whistles and cowbells, he created inspirational melodic voices and so he was often closer to what might be called a songwriter. Ennio Morricone: a composer with a thrilling ability to hit the emotional jugular | Peter Bradshaw 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z One twist of a melodic inflection, one overemphatic orchestral stab, and those carefully constructed verbal nuances have been obliterated. Rivers of babble on: how word became the servant to music 2013-06-28T17:59:00Z “Backyard Groove” doesn’t include any rapping, but it’s one of the tracks on the album that find Mr. Garrett and his band in bright, slashing form, working a terse melodic line over a head-bobbing groove. The Playlist: Jay Z Responds to Police Shootings With ‘Spiritual’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z But the most insistent melodic line in this volume has nothing to do with drugs or celebrity or scandal. Books of The Times: A Writing Stone: Chapter and Verse 2010-10-25T18:28:00Z Despite its Brobdingnagian length, the quartet consists of Lilliputian parcels: succinct gestures, tiny shudders, rising and falling melodic cells. Music Review: Ne(x)tworks Quartet Plays Feldman?s Six-Hour Work 2010-04-12T22:43:00Z Much of Mr. Finn’s music extrapolates from the 1960s: from the Beatles, folk-rock and the melodic wing of psychedelia. Music Review: Neil Finn Plays a Career-Spanning Set at Town Hall 2014-04-09T21:28:16Z Killer is, like all the Outfit tracks, sweetly melodic but disguises solemn navel-gazing: it's wan tribal pop, like Vampire Weekend after a trip to the more depressing parts of the Wirral. New band of the day ? No 1,067: Outfit 2011-07-21T16:31:39Z The song itself is luminous, its quiet power emanating from the guitarist Justin Canavan’s nimble arpeggios and Woods’s melodic incantation, “I’m better, I’m better, I’m better, I’m better.” Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Take Control, and 10 More New Songs 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z It consisted of spacey notes processed through cables and pedals until they were not melodic — and not at all what a trumpet normally sounds like. Concert review: Destroyer creates new sounds at Showbox 2012-06-04T21:34:19Z Steinman, in particular, has the ability to combine melodic accessibility and saga-like length in his songs — he is the Wagner of the teenage wasteland, his songs bloated and addictive. The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z In the absence of beats or melodic hooks, every song has an arc of compressed drama and forms its own calm, closed system: Wherever her voice or guitar goes works effectively within it. Kim Gordon, Ex-Sonic Youth, Never Trained for This Career 2013-09-06T15:39:47Z Ryan Adams wrote a set of finely wrought, tenderly melodic songs about being together and being apart: about rain and rivers, flames and tears, longings and memories. Music of Heartache, Mortality and Success 2011-12-17T02:43:15Z The strings maintained their warmth and sheen, though, throughout the melodic expansiveness of the slow movement, and there was some vital and characterful playing from the hardworking brass and woodwind. BBCSO/Hrůša – review 2012-11-25T18:41:57Z Rosemary’s music, at first, combines melodic coloratura madness with cosmic undercurrents of rock. Review: ‘JFK’ Puts a Very Dark Day in an Operatic Light 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z The bird sometimes lands on Ms. Peretyatko’s hand, to be held aloft as the soprano sings Stravinsky’s elegiac, ornamented melodic flights. Music Review: Stravinsky?s Tales, Dunked in the Spin Cycle 2011-03-02T22:59:11Z Mesirow treats each of her shows as an event, with a visual panache to match her vocal abilities and unconventional yet highly melodic songs. Glasser gives listeners something to watch 2011-04-14T20:58:45Z The Zappa work, rhythmically complex with its constantly changing meters, sounds in part like Gershwin's "An American in Paris" on hallucinogens — sharing Gershwin's bouncy vigor, but a vastly different orchestral palette and melodic language. Stirring 'Eroica' caps symphony's night of the new 2011-09-23T16:44:04Z "The melodic stock is very primal," he suggests. Alasdair Roberts: 'I've always been drawn to heavy, big old ballads' 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z 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 The players choose their instruments – here it was violin, piano and marimba – and follow each other along a single melodic line. BCMG/Knussen ? review 2011-03-15T18:23:56Z The new work is full of such moments of aching, bright-eyed hopefulness expressed in a mallet instrument, though in a far more overtly melodic, even ingratiating mode than the early-career Reich of “Drumming.” An Evening of Steve Reich at Zankel Hall 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z I am awakened by a distant muezzin’s melodic call to prayer and, after that, a rooster’s shrill cock-a-doodle-doo. Exploring Petra and other archaeological wonders of Jordan 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Baum, a flutist, has just released “Bridges,” a fine album of ambitious range and sharp melodic clarity. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z A renowned figure on Europe’s experimental music scene, Rebecca Saunders builds teeming systems of shimmying severity from the sparest melodic materials. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z His lithe, melodic croon entangles perfectly with elegant electronic arrangements — a distinct style that gives Blake room to move around as a songwriter. James Blake Seduces on Overgrown 2013-04-11T11:00:18Z Like Bellini and Donizetti, Nicolai thoroughly assimilated the musical structures inherited from Rossini and brought to them a compelling melodic gift, but he also reveled in the kind of raw confrontations associated with early Verdi. Opera Review: Caught Between Two Men 2011-02-15T12:00:07Z In that time, the band has released two albums and evolved into a versatile and hard-charging live act, with the three musicians often reshaping the songs each night while retaining their melodic integrity. Unknown Mortal Orchestra an accidental success story 2013-10-10T15:05:45Z Delicate arpeggios set the mood, followed by a wandering melodic passage, until we hear rustling figures that spin and flow in the high register of the piano almost continuously. He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr. King, the drummer, rarely played Ed Blackwell’s melodic drum patterns, outside of “Happy House,” the concert’s encore. The Bad Plus Plays Ornette Coleman 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But on the whole, it's fair to say that the majority of musicals would be vastly improved if everything could just clip along nicely without any melodic interruptions. Musicals: shut it! | Stuart Heritage 2010-03-22T16:42:00Z Even as the group moved in a more melodic direction through the 2010s, Takeoff remained resolute in his commitment to innovative rhyme patterns. How Takeoff and the Migos Flow Changed Atlanta Rap 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Slowly and steadily, the piece became more lyrical, with sung melodic fragments that charmingly juxtaposed lines like “our love of music” with “our favorite sandwich.” ‘The Public Domain’: Cherished Harmony in a Splintered Nation 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z “It’s music for peacocks,” McIntyre told the Chicago Tribune, “expansive and joyful and melodic”—good music to go out on. ♦ Joan Acocella: The Trey McIntyre Project Says Farewell 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The first movement was broad, dreamy, nightmarish, the left hand disrupting melodic lines; the cadenza was unsettlingly introspective. In His Twilight, a Conductor Revisits Where His Career Dawned 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Working dramatic pauses and an inspirational speaker’s melodic cadence, Warren talked a lot about fighting without getting unnecessarily embroiled in the evening’s multiway melees. Hot mics, yikes: NBC's first Democratic debate became a reality TV audition round gone sideways 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z In essence, Zenon managed this task by emphasizing the melodic urgency of songs by some of Puerto Rico's most admired popular composers. Miguel Zenon illuminates Puerto Rican jazz 2011-05-27T15:35:57Z His warm, glowing sound and youthful energy were perfect for the opening movement of this justly popular work, in which a soaring melodic line flows atop the harmonically charged, restless orchestra. Music Review: Three Rising Stars Perform in Young Concert Artists Gala 2014-05-08T22:04:37Z The group draw on an apparent wealth of melodic riches, their talent revealing itself over the course of debut album Goodbye Falkenberg. Music picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z When Mr. Blaauw’s Michael played fragments of melodic phrases against those lingering harmonies, the music was like Stockhausen’s homage to Ives’s “Unanswered Question.” Music Review: A Karlheinz Stockhausen Work Has Its North American Premiere 2013-07-19T21:29:24Z To play it is to break basic conventions of what most listeners expect from a typically sweet, melodic instrument. How Do You Write Down a Scratching, Crunching Violin ‘Chop’? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z First up is Mark Bramhall, an American with a melodic, woodwind voice who executes a fine East-European accent, easing out of it for general narration. Best audiobooks of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Hearing it again last week, I was surprised how well I remembered the sound of it, and even the melodic flow of the piano and voices, in all its vapidity. New Music: Albums by Christina Aguilera, Soundgarden and Brian Eno 2012-11-12T23:19:31Z Clyne’s complex, melodic score, with its echoes of several Beethoven string quartets and shimmers of sound, offers a similar juxtaposition of the known and unknown, fragments of history meeting a present-tense moment. Review: Pam Tanowitz’s Witty Dance Secrets in London 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Evans feints and bobs in his playing, splashing down a cluster of notes, sifting through a series of rich chords, then percussively scrambling a winnowed-down melodic line à la Thelonious Monk. Music Review: A Big Band Theory: The More Energy the Better 2010-09-30T21:05:00Z People have compared it with “Ol’ Man River,” but “Lucky Old Sun” is a superior song, both more melodic and more malleable. Bob Dylan’s Sinatra Album 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z In his music, Dorji has found his rebellion; it grabs at melodic or rhythmic fragments only to grind them into dust. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z For all his seemingly slapdash attitude, Westerberg crafted songs that could be achingly vulnerable and sweetly melodic one minute, and hit like an out-of-control bus the next. Replacements reunion: Genius or folly? 2013-07-12T18:03:00Z Dave Frishberg, the jazz songwriter whose sardonic wit as a lyricist and melodic cleverness as a composer placed him in the top echelon of his craft, died on Wednesday in Portland, Ore. He was 88. Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z His megahits “Con Te Partir” and “The Prayer” are an outgrowth of that tradition, as are, in a way, all the highly melodic and fully orchestrated Italian pop ballads of the last four decades. Music Review: Andrea Bocelli in Concert at Barclays Center 2012-12-07T22:43:16Z Characters wave guns in the melodic "The Gun Song Ballad." “Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z This track showcases her effervescent melodic content combined in her right hand and her passionate comping in her left hand. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z But at times, in drawing expressive nuances from Schubert’s melodic lines or playing dotted-note rhythmic figures, Mr. Katsaris displayed a freedom that verged on casualness. Music Review: Cyprien Katsaris at the International Keyboard Festival 2012-07-17T22:20:52Z 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 "Dark melodic indie techno" is the band's own, rather more sensible description of what they do. SXSW 2013: The British are coming! 2013-03-12T12:36:00Z Mr. Demutsky’s music is melodic and serviceable, incorporating quotations from patriotic Soviet themes, Bach, Lully and various ballet scores, as the narrative demands. ‘Nureyev’ Opens at Bolshoi After Delay and Much Speculation 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s also a fittingly wistful sentiment for a band that playfully describes its sound as “regret pop,” blending the melodic flutter of Colwell’s voice with dreamy tempos that invite contemplation. Taylor Swift’s Ode to Moving On, and 9 More New Songs 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Ms. DiDonato sang Rossini’s beguiling phrases with soft yet penetrating richness, subtly folding ornaments and runs into the long melodic arcs. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The solos are interactions with the melodic material of the piece, fancifully girlish in the first movement, dreamily seductive in the second and dashingly here-I-come in the finale. The Pacific Symphony lives up to its name, with the help of India 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z He is followed by the chart-topping melodic rapper Post Malone at 7:45. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Quantico’ and Lollapalooza 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z A number of critical darlings will also visit the festival, including Florence and the Machine and the lush, melodic British group Alt-J. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z But the finale was audaciously melodic and openhearted, in defiance of contemporary music’s persistent, thorny seriousness. A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The Nørgård proved a predictably complex affair built around melodic and rhythmic transformational processes that recalled Sibelius but with lighter footsteps. Total Immersion: New from the North – review 2013-03-11T15:56:53Z This is a fine example of rock with a warped, melodic edge: "You say it's just a taste of the sun you're after/ But you're calling out to the wind in your broken laughter." F&M playlist 2011-02-17T21:45:00Z The term “lyric” fuels the approbation “lyrical,” meaning music that is attractive, melodic, and grateful on the ear. The Elegant Musical Vessels of Dominick Argento 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Everyone, heroes and villains, was caught up in the same corrupt system, that of an orchestra captivating everything it touched with its melodic lushness. Puccini extreme: Dudamel's gloriously pessimistic 'Tosca' an indictment on the appeal of fascism 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z One involves making linear and melodic phrases seamlessly overlap, rather than letting them unfold like sentences in a musical paragraph; the other touches on Lutoslawski’s experiments with introducing elements of chance into his composition. Music Review: Lorin Maazel and New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-25T22:03:14Z The Sarabande was the high point of this unusual Bach, with the rising melodic turn that marks the piece not exaggerated but just allowed to pose its question gracefully. Pianist Stephen Kovacevich’s deft hands still have a solid grasp 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Suddenly, less than a minute from the end, the old, punky Sleater-Kinney reappears, with grunge guitar chords, pummeling drums and Tucker unleashing her full melodic scream. Sleater-Kinney Grasps at a New Sound on ‘The Center Won’t Hold’ 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z But a man sat at a table in one, singing Koranic verses, his melodic voice echoing softly through the souk. Syria's lost heritage stands out in Aleppo's broken minarets 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z And yet it’s the music, melodic and brimming with yearning lyricism, that has given the ballet a lasting afterlife. Revisiting ‘The Fairy’s Kiss,’ a Ballet About an Artist’s Destiny 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z At least three languages were being spoken, each with its own melodic lilt and rhythmic character. John Cage Recital? Take the A Train 2012-08-08T15:24:32Z There’s an interesting melodic choice at the end of the chorus, in the way the last two notes—“Nothing compares to you”—are exactly the same. The Feminist Trailblazing of Sinéad O’Connor 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Brown soon began leading sessions for ESP-Disk, ECM, Impulse and other labels, developing a style as melodic as it was adventurous. Marion Brown, Free-Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 79 2010-10-24T04:38:00Z The album is said to revolve around death, love and alienation - in other words your typical melodic, solidly produced and, of course, completely outstanding Swedish indie-pop. March's best music from across the MAP 2013-04-02T15:55:27Z Only in the most basic sense — the melodic and harmonic patterns — could it be called the same work. An Adagio for Strings, and for the Ages 2010-03-05T19:18:00Z But the evening’s strongest numbers, in which Mr. Wainwright vigorously accompanied himself, were his own pop songs, the best of which reveal him as a melodic master. Music Review: The Dark Lady and Judy Garland Play the Muses 2010-12-07T22:15:00Z He sings forcefully, in a raspy, phlegmy bark that’s not exactly melodic and by no means welcoming. New Music: BOB DYLAN, review 2012-09-10T16:28:05Z “Somehow it seemed more melodic, more lyrical; there was more space.” John Abercrombie, Lyrical Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 72 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Most impressively, Mosey got there on his terms with a song that, at least lyrically, is more in step with his melodic trap peers than typical pop radio fodder. Lil Mosey, Seattle’s hottest music star, joins elite company with first Top 10 hit 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z But the song lifts off as her band joins in, surrounding her with rhythmic and melodic crosscurrents of percussion and guitars. Rokia Koné, From Mali, Sings for the World. Especially Women. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The duo won widespread praise for its 2010 debut, "Crazy for You," which wrapped winsome melodic hooks in layers of guitar fuzz. Best Coast reaches a higher state with 'California Nights' 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z “The only thing he was worried about was some places where we went off course with the melodic lines,” Johnson says. Attend the tale, and turn it up: New prog metal ‘Todd’ premieres in D.C. The best chants resemble song: melodic, multitudinous, triumphant. The Hypnotizing Chants of Champion Livestock Auctioneers 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Both of these symphonies constitute yet more examples of Rouse’s supremacy among living American composers in terms of melodic invention and calculated use of the orchestra. CD reviews: A modern symphonic master 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But in Rubinstein’s melodic, accessible music, we can hear some of the threads left out of music history because they haven’t fit prevailing narratives. It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z His deft melodic touch is still fully in place, as heard on the effortless, tumbling chorus of the single Brown Bird Singing, and his voice remains gorgeous: high and feminine and emotive. Linden: Bleached Highlights – review 2012-08-02T22:00:00Z Beethoven’s melodic dimension — so undervalued — inspired Morlot and the orchestra to wonders of sustained legato and euphonious phrasing. At Seattle Symphony, cosmic radiation from Beethoven and Messiaen 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z His voice is infused with the cadences of the local dialect, a style that is vibrant and melodic, yet just strange enough to throw me off balance from time to time. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z In her apartment, she would write haunting, beautiful songs with a poetic honesty and melodic sophistication that set her apart from the other singers in Greenwich Village. Connie Converse: The first singer-songwriter 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The melodic moment soon went viral and became something of a meme among Jenner's friends and fans — prompting the 22-year-old beauty mogul to quickly release the sweatshirts and cash in. American Airlines flight attendant's song inspired by Kylie Jenner goes viral 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Accompanying this metamorphosis is a scratchy electronic soundtrack by Mica Levi that suggests vaguely melodic static emanating from another galaxy. Movie Review: Scarlett Johansson as a Deadly Alien in ‘Under the Skin’ 2014-04-03T22:28:04Z But he may well be best remembered for composing what has become the defining riff of hard rock, the repeating ten note melodic phrase that fortifies “Sunshine Of Your Love.” Jack Bruce: The Man Who Turned on the “Sunshine” Turns 70 2013-05-14T18:46:56Z Schiff the pianist was on outstanding form, giving the melodic lines a firm but delicate profile, varying textures with imagination, and voicing inner parts with spellbinding skill. Philharmonia/Schiff ? review 2011-03-24T21:45:01Z The music, thick with shimmering orchestral writing and languid melodic lines, is overwrought, almost mawkish. Review: ‘Bel Canto’ Opera Arrives at an Unsettling Time 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z All was melodic and graceful, a nice warm-up. Itzhak Perlman does his thing: easy delights for comfortable listening 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z “French 2-day-olds wailed on a rising pitch contour, mirroring the melodic patterns of spoken French; German newborns cry on a downward arc typical of that language’s prosody.” Get to Know Your Larynx. Then Make Some Noise. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Unicorn Kid was always one of the genre's more melodic proponents, though, and he is now set to release a plethora of free tracks via his website, all taken from his new EP, Tidal Rave. New music: Unicorn Kid ? Chrome Lion 2011-08-22T09:51:00Z After a first hearing, I am not sure the work is as attractive in melodic terms as its often agreeably tuneful predecessors. Review: A last opening night for Gerard Schwarz at the Seattle Symphony 2010-09-12T20:31:00Z The results can sometimes drag; Fishbone has never recovered the deft melodic touch that departed with Mr. Jones and Mr. Dowd, the band’s most pop-savvy songwriters. ?Everyday Sunshine? Celebrates Ska-Punk Rockers Fishbone 2011-10-02T02:45:06Z Anyone charmed by the mix of melodic hooks and imagistic lyrics exemplified by Belly’s breakout hit “Feed the Tree” will find a way into “Dove.” Belly Would Rather Face Forward Than Navel Gaze 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z That sharply increased demand for melodic hooks, to lock listeners in within the seven seconds before they are likely to turn the radio dial. Bopping brilliant 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The exquisite melodic and harmonic features of this piece enable you to dissociate from the pain. Why you should consider adding classical music to your exercise playlist 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z It now gets a polished revival at Signature Theatre that reinforces some of its melodic strengths but also, more broadly underlines its tiresome, repetitious preachiness. What you should be seeing in D.C. theater this week 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Or your fingers can peck out a “melodic” sequence of sounds and words that almost tell a coherent story. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Then there’s the duo’s music, which fits on the gentler, more melodic end of the EDM spectrum, alongside acts like Flume or Odesza. Preview: Music of Porter Robinson, Madeon fit nicely on melodic end of EDM 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Other tracks lack the sharp melodic hooks or the disarmingly agonized vocals that define such Blige classics as “Real Love,” “Not Gon’ Cry” and “Be Without You.” Mary J. Blige has a new album out. Has anyone noticed? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Together, they worked to unlock more ambitious melodic possibilities. Kacey Musgraves’s Expanding Universe 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Kassa is a pre-eminent style bender and blender, successfully juxtaposing genres through his production expertise and use of melodic and harmonic forms that deftly integrate the new with the old. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Pop, we would argue, should be mainly electronic, glossily produced, smoothly melodic, and sung in a way that doesn't detract from the tune, beat and sound. New band of the day – Poindexter (No 1,393) 2012-11-12T17:17:50Z Much of the orchestral music consists of single melodic lines, sometimes over sustained bass notes. Review: 'The Passenger' Gets Long Awaited Full Staging at Bregenz Festival 2010-08-03T14:00:00Z Certainly you can hear how much Tchaikovsky learned from Delibes in the greater orchestral delicacy, melodic abundance and rhythmic variety of his later “Sleeping Beauty” and “Nutcracker” scores. Dance Review: Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is Revived at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-25T21:14:40Z That set is another example of the capacious mutability of American energies — with Ellingtonian orchestration fusing with melodic modes from the Middle East. What Is American Music? Three Classical Albums Offer Answers. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In the mid-1950s, as a member of pianist Jimmy Giuffre's innovative trio and drummer Chico Hamilton's chamber jazz quartet, Hall transformed the role of the guitar in jazz with his understated melodic and minimalist approach. Jazz guitar master Jim Hall dies at 83 2013-12-11T14:40:49Z She doesn’t hide her unposh North London accent, and she cheerfully flings profanities and breaks into her melodic bark of a laugh. Adele Cries to Her Music, Too 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z “Primitive Jupiter,” a tune imported from one of his other bands, featured a woolly rabeca solo, followed by a cornet solo of oblique but traceable melodic logic. Review: Rob Mazurek’s Black Cube SP Plays at ShapeShifter Lab 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z “My wife and I are constantly reading, constantly looking for operatic potential,” he said in a melodic German inflected with the cadences of his native Hungarian. Peter Eotvos Prepares the Opera ‘Senza Sangue’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z This, naturally, leads to a span of repetitive melodic riffs and rhythmic patterns. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW Performs ?De Staat? at Zankel Hall 2010-05-11T22:20:00Z "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 I listened to everything from a lot of Elliott Smith, the Beatles, the Bee Gees — things that have really strong, melodic structure. Paul Janeway on the new St. Paul & the Broken Bones LP and “open wounds we didn’t know were t... 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Led at the Morgan by the musical directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, and the concertmaster Robert Mealy, the opera’s score is stylistically diverse and forward-looking, with surprising psychological depth and melodic beauty. Review: The First Opera by a Woman Dances Out of Obscurity 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The Federal Way band plays Christian rock — a melodic brand infused with piano and violin riffs. Christian band New Heights breaking through 2010-12-08T21:39:00Z After swelling to a full-blown melodic proclamation, the piece subsides to a quiet ending, with repeated major thirds lapping up like calm waves on a beach. Music Review: Andrey Boreyko Conducts the New York Philharmonic 2014-01-24T22:15:22Z It is now getting a polished revival at Signature Theatre that reinforces some of its melodic strengths, but also more broadly underlines its tiresome, repetitious preachiness. Review | Signature Theatre can’t save ‘Scottsboro Boys’ from its own self-righteousness 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z In the more melodic passages he produced a lovely plangent sound and elegant phrasing, but in virtuosic showpieces like his Act 2 aria, ornaments often came out smudged and colorless. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Audibly and visibly doomed, his tone conveys bitterness and pain within the same melodic line as his face betrays fits of rage and shock at his own behavior. Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z What a pleasure to hear Ms. Mustonen filling Rosabella’s arching melodic lines in the wistful “Somebody, Somewhere” with her shimmering voice, while making the words come through so conversationally. Music Review: Frank Loesser?s ?Most Happy Fella,? at Dicapo Opera 2012-03-10T00:57:23Z She began the first two songs, “Lucid Lullaby” and “Firedancer,” with nimble, beautifully articulated solos that ran the register of her bass and moved with surprising linearity from one melodic idea to the next. Review | An evening of exceptional rhythm from jazz bassist Linda Oh 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The music showed Bernstein reaching back to the historicity of early music, harnessing his abundant melodic gift to a kind of plainspoken freshness. Washington Master Chorale offers lively Bernstein tribute, from ‘Candide’ to ‘Lark’ The final section, fully notated, proved the most consistently rewarding music on the program, with a rhythmically vivid canvas punctuated by a lively and melodic dialogue between instruments. Music Review: Mostly Mozart Showcases the Work of Pauline Oliveros 2013-08-21T21:37:54Z OMB Peezy, from Mobile, Ala., but living in Sacramento now, is tough but melodic, with a youthfully urgent voice and production that’s indebted to Louisiana and California. OMB Peezy Leads a Webster Hall Lineup of Rap 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z And your most magnificent and melodic memories of pop icons trying their hand at acting. Pop stars who pop up as actors 2012-07-20T12:29:10Z Listening today, Wilson’s debut remains a moving and melodic creation, if slightly over- synthesized. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It's one of the works that anticipated the musical style of the huge opera cycle Licht, with its use of melodic formulae whose transformations are used to generate entire works. Stockhausen: Harlekin ? review 2011-02-03T22:45:01Z When Chopin repeats the haunting, opening melodic line in the Nocturne in F Major, Op. Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes makes every detail count at the Kennedy Center 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Their coming destruction is mirrored by that of the emotive, melodic form being used to tell their story. Review: An Opera Sings of a World on the Verge of Ending 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Maalouf, born in Beirut and now residing in Paris, is a virtuoso of the quarter-tone trumpet, which enables him to work with the maqam, or system of melodic modes, in traditional Arabic music. Review: Ibrahim Maalouf Salutes a Great Arabic Performer 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z As the piece progressed, I especially liked the way melodic lines were played in block chords of thick, fuzzy, wonderfully diffuse sonorities. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall - Review 2011-10-16T20:08:49Z But the lack of a unifying harmonic or melodic language is only part of what makes this moderately entertaining, frequently infuriating two-hour work a bumpy ride. Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin Don’t Talk. They Sing. 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z He recalled Harnoncourt saying, “You play Bach with no imagination,” urging him to play with fewer reservations and more lyrical melodic lines. Lang Lang, Piano Thunderer, Greets Bach’s Austere ‘Goldbergs’ 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z She quietly threads melodic lines, as though fearing a violent herd mentality. 109 cellos and one obsession in Walt Disney Concert Hall 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Within his peer group, he’s more like Jamie Cullum than Michael Bublé, though his style is more interior than either of theirs, and truer to a jazz impulse of melodic elaboration. Music Review: Sachal Vasandani?s Flexible Tradition at Joe?s Pub 2010-06-04T22:06:00Z The right hand — the melodic line — is what draws most of us to Chopin. Jan Lisiecki, Piano’s Doogie Howser, Comes of Age With Chopin 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z “Both Hovhaness and Lou Harrison have been very influential in a direct way on Keith,” in part because “they have a melodic and harmonic language that is very close to him,” Mr. Davies said. ?American Mystic? Marks Alan Hovhaness?s Centennial 2011-11-04T20:26:09Z His unorthodox, open chord gestures seem to melt into each other, while his lucid melodic runs are imbued with warmth by the young bassist Jaco Pastorius. ECM’s Catalog Is Finally Streaming. Here Are 21 Essential Albums. 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z They played a tune apiece by Mr. Zorn and Mr. Douglas, snapping between airtight melodic forms and a fierce, expressive scrawl. Music Review: Tri-Centric Modeling Event Honors Anthony Braxton 2010-06-21T22:59:00Z Marc Almond's version of The Falconer, meanwhile, is gorgeous and richly melodic – not adjectives often associated with the oeuvre of Throbbing Gristle, but ones that equally apply to My Only Child, sung by Tutti. Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, Cosey Fanni Tutti: Desertshore/The Final Report – review 2012-11-22T15:29:01Z “It’s minor, but it keeps trying to go to major,” Mr. Machover explained to the St. Joseph choir members about the key of the melodic kernel in that bursting final movement. Detroit Symphony Tackles an Adventurous Premiere 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z In the backyard of a bar called Bungalow, as a cool night breeze blew, the 8-piece crew of melodic indie rockers played the evening to a close. Seattle artists find fans at SXSW 2013-03-20T18:18:36Z Christiane Libor is not a name I knew, but her company debut as Senta showed her to be a strong dramatic soprano with the melodious instincts to do justice to Wagner’s most conventionally melodic opera. At WNO, strong ‘Dutchman’ cast makes up for production’s deficits 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z The beat was lively, and Smith seemed unfazed by the poor resonance, but it was tough to hear her voice above the melodic fray. Alice Smith wows at Howard Theatre Of course, there are different styles, he added, but basically — in the East, or in the West before polyphony — it’s a matter of spinning a melodic line and improvising around it. Music Review: Jordi Savall Brings Hesp?rion XXI to the Allen Room 2010-05-03T22:07:00Z Riley based the score on his hit 1969 solo recording, "A Rainbow in Curved Air," and employed melodic modules, as he had with "In C." For Minimalist music mastermind Terry Riley, a major birthday bash 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Recorded in chaos, never properly finished and never released in the band's lifetime, Third is a sprawling morass, its songs raw and trenchant yet achingly melodic. Big Star Third – review 2012-05-29T12:42:27Z Rather than composing melodic themes for the characters, or dutifully applying motifs to particular events, Hooper and Bell approached the soundtrack like vengeful deities, raining down storms of pure nightmare. From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie music 2011-08-18T22:00:02Z The audio includes the melodic plunking of a piano’s keys. What to see in L.A. galleries: Andrew Masullo's off-kilter world, plus Gary Lang and Ruth Pastine 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z In general, musicians are individually playing only part of a rhythmic cycle or a melodic line. Review: ‘Interventions,’ the Horse Lords’ Daring and Energetic Third Album 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “The harmonic information, the melodic information, all of that is so interesting, so why can’t it be brought into a warmer place rhythmically?” Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z With Alice Coltrane-like harp runs, meditation bowls, rave stabs and Doppler effect dub wobbles, he creates music full of surprises that is always melodic. Caribou: Swim 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z In an extended greeting a soprano and a tenor representing the main characters muse on the planets and moons of the solar system, accompanied by melodic fragments that rotate among 29 instruments. An Operatic Conundrum Untangled 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z Using simple melodic lines and dramatic, repetitive notes, he crafts wordless narratives that, true to their name, sound like scores in search of images. John Carpenter goes from behind the camera to center stage 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z At times, though, it’s been almost irredeemably precious, largely because Ms. Boucher’s tendency toward vocal experimentation wasn’t leavened by any thoroughgoing embrace of melodic structure. Reviews of Albums From Grimes, Galactic and Tyga 2012-02-20T23:49:32Z The duo is signed to Fueled by Ramen, an imprint probably best known for putting out the work of Fall Out Boy, and they share an insistent puerility and melodic flamboyance with their pop-punk labelmates. The Slippery Appeal of the Biggest New Band in America 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z But Greenwood’s own melodic style, simultaneously swooning and full of unease, is here, too. Jonny Greenwood: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z I love the drums, especially the rubbery plunk sound, but to me the main draw is the song's synesthetic second half, when shimmering drones take a melodic turn. Friday Favorites: Big Spider's Back, Young Dolla$, La Sera 2010-10-08T19:59:00Z The audience is moved by this unexpected melodic turn of events, but Gemma doesn't seem super surprised. How "M3GAN" weaponizes music 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z "Williams was very specific about melodic speech patterns he wanted to hear," Tsiaperas says. Behind the scenes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at West Yorkshire Playhouse 2012-10-05T14:45:40Z The waltz from Prokofiev’s “Cinderella” was a highlight, with the melodic warmth that seemed missing from Rubinstein’s “Romance in E-flat.” Review | Violinist Yevgeny Kutik’s debut at the Kennedy Center has its highlights, and its lowlights 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z With his melodic approach and introduction of non-bluegrass elements, he created the sound everybody emulated later. Kenny Baker, Fiddler Steeped in Bluegrass Style, Dies at 85 2011-08-01T23:29:29Z That preternatural sensitivity is what made us love Drake in the first place, along with his ability to chase his impeccable melodic instincts through dense heaps of words. Review | Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ is a lonely, predictable wail from the mountaintop 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z He took up a solid-body electric instrument for “Twilight Zone,” a dreamy sequence of digital loops, echoing gestures and melodic lines reminiscent of a theremin’s spooky wail. Music Review: The Here and Now Series at Bargemusic - Review 2011-09-04T23:02:52Z There is an elegance, it’s demanding, but also super melodic. How Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens Navigate Pop 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Colbert believes that beyond the entertaining, melodic dimension there’s a redemptive core to “The Amen Corner” that audiences will find inspirational. Perspective | A theater highlight for D.C.: James Baldwin’s rarely seen ‘Amen Corner’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The performers dispersed, birdlike, to corners of the crowd as they sang sudden bursts of little melodic fragments on nonsense syllables. A Musical Solstice Spectacle Sprawls Across New York 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Both were imaginative modernists with marvelous veins of melodic lyricism and strong appetites for folk material, thrilling sonorities and drivingly percussive rhythms. Mark Morris and Lou Harrison, a Large-Spirited Partnership 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Particularly playful is the miniature “Opposites Attract,” which references Wagner and Virgil Thomson without forgetting to contribute some melodic invention of its own. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Bassist Ashley Suppa’s favorite bass line is the bouncy, melodic foundation of Paul McCartney’s “Silly Love Songs,” and there’s no cooler drum intro for Brooke Colucci than Zep’s “When the Levee Breaks.” Rock’s saviors? Ladies of Plush rock harder than most anyone 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The work unfolds in fits and starts, with frenzied episodes, ominous clashing chords, pummeling rhythms and, occasionally, a fleeting melodic phrase like something from a silent-film melodrama. Music Review: Cameron Carpenter Performs on His Touring Instrument 2014-03-10T20:12:51Z “It started out as this pop, melodic record,” he says. Spiritualized's Jason Pierce hates making records, brilliant as they are 2012-04-26T21:34:00Z Kraftwerk was about taking technology and make it melodic, so that was the right approach. ArtsBeat: Cannes Q. and A.: Driving in a Noir L.A. 2011-05-22T18:41:11Z With Mr. Noda accompanying on the piano, Mr. Griffey lifted Dowland’s melodic lines with his ardent, powerful voice while still bringing lyrical refinement to every phrase. Music Review: Anthony Dean Griffey and Emalie Savoy at Morgan Library 2013-01-16T16:08:16Z “We’re guided by the same force, with similar impulses to rhythmic punctuations and melodic intonations,” Ms. Satpathy said in an email from India, where they were preparing to go on tour. How Dance Partners Create Chemistry Onstage 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z It's Nine Inch Nails at its least melodic and most balefully efficient. The Playlist: 18 Holiday Songs, 1 Surprise Mixtape and a Dark New Nine Inch Nails EP 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z He's responsible for just two tracks here, and his melodic sense and innovation are clearly missed. Klashnekoff: Back to the Sagas 2010-07-22T21:59:00Z Insistently downward melodic phrases appear to echo section’s title until they emerge as the idée fixe of the entire piece, doleful and reflecting a world in decline. Review: Doleful ‘Vespers’ Pray for an Earth in Crisis 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z He builds the aural environment within which a dance exists, providing texture, rhythmic structure, melodic line and color. Finding the Keys for the Right Ballet Steps 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman has always been a thoughtful interpreter with a gift for clarity and singing melodic lines — adept at the modes of expressive longing in Romanticism and Chopin alike. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The piece, with its melodic angularity and unusual structure, proved tricky enough that even after numerous takes, the musicians — heavyweights like Mr. Rollins and the drummer Max Roach — hadn’t managed a complete version. Orrin Keepnews, Jazz Producer and Record Executive, Is Dead at 91 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z SZA can race through syllables like a rapper, then land on a melodic phrase that soon turns into a hook. SZA Revels in Mixed Emotions on ‘SOS’ 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Similarly, after Arden’s expulsion from her job at the concern that bears her name, Ebersole delivers an endearingly melodic valedictory in “Pink,” a rueful song about the color that made her a business legend. Much-anticipated musical with Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole opens in Chicago 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z I really focused on the melodic elements of this record, whereas maybe the first record, I was like, just belt it and go. Paul Janeway on the new St. Paul & the Broken Bones LP and “open wounds we didn’t know were t... 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z These are testament to Mozart as a fountain of melodic invention; the remarkable variation finale to the Sonata in G, K 379, was a particular high point. Bath MozartFest – review 2012-11-12T17:28:09Z Dense chords murmur restlessly, as wavering melodic lines escape from sustained, quivering sonorities and spin off, sometimes disappearing into an ether. Review: A Composer’s Mystical Music Gets the Space It Demands 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z But Adams enlivens the proceedings with some of his most adventurous music, by turns tenderly melodic and harshly dissonant. John Adams' staged `Gospel' has NY premiere 2013-03-29T13:55:09Z Out of hundreds of melodic and rhythmic fragments, one or two will become polished songs, either for Sabath to put out under his own name or for a bigger star to rerecord. The Teen-Age Hitmaker from Westchester County 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The destination was always clear, and every melodic gesture felt strong and deliberate. Perspective | Why does President Trump love Elton John? 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z His playing was explosive, as percussive as it was melodic. Wilko Johnson, Scorching Guitarist and Punk Pioneer, Dies at 75 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Keeping the melodic line smooth, he evoked in this wonderful music the inward ecstasy that is peculiarly and authentically English. Concert review: SSO, with Manze, presents great English music, played right 2010-05-07T17:26:00Z And though dexterous and melodic use is made of piano, strings and wind and brass instruments, the sound that keeps coming to the fore is that of a drum, beaten slowly, with ominous insistence. Theater Review | 'The Scottsboro Boys': Kander and Ebb Revisit an Infamous Case 2010-03-11T05:17:00Z The slow third movement, for example, is tender and wistful, with wide-spaced harmonies, plaintive melodic writing and episodes of restless agitation. New York Youth Symphony Plays Copland’s Symphony No. 3 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z There are sturdy, repeated riffs, as on the opening Amidinine, and he's at his best when he calms down for loping, melodic songs such as Imidiwan. Bombino: Nomad – review 2013-03-28T22:15:01Z We heard mournfully beautiful passages from two of his best-known compositions, "The Curlew" and "Sleep", their melodic strangeness giving only a hint of his tumultuous personality. Desert Island Discs; Robert Winston's Musical Analysis; Ziggy Stardust Came From Isleworth 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Yet there are long stretches of pliant, lyrical Italianate melodic lines, sung with melting beauty by the impressive soprano Tony Arnold, who also easily navigated every vocal leap with uncanny precision. Music Review: Elliott Carter Memorial at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-01-15T22:48:02Z But it scarcely seemed credible that this knack for writing for a mainstream audience in a melodic, romantic style co-existed with his mastery of serialism and 12-tone techniques. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 2012-12-26T18:24:33Z After the melodic and propulsive opener, Neighborhood Watch, and its elegant drum patterns, things lose focus; most of the flashes of grace overshadowed by confusing longueurs. Memory Tapes: Grace/Confusion – review 2012-12-09T00:05:50Z It wasn't just Chaplin's ethereal, plangent voice that won me over: Hopes and Fears is an unequivocally great album – not a dud track and with a melodic generosity that was astounding in contemporary British rock. William Boyd: Why I love Keane 2012-06-14T20:29:00Z And their music is as loud as their clothes, a melodic fusion of metal, classical and punk rock. X Japan realizes dream of first U.S. tour; see the group Friday at the Paramount 2010-09-30T20:45:00Z The pop-punk revival of 2021 is alive in the melodic, middle-finger yelps of Jean Dawson, the genre crusher behind “Menthol” who was raised on the border between the United States and Mexico. Tame Impala’s Disco-Prog Shrug, and 9 More New Songs 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z For example, in “Black Mountain Song,” Mr. Dessner’s setting of a sort of tentative expression of love by Robert Creeley, the chorus excelled at sustaining the music’s intertwining melodic lines and pungent harmonies. Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Kapica’s seesawing strings and playful winds, defiantly simple and unambiguously melodic, were deployed with sure instincts and dramatic flair. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble Plays Fulmer and Kapica 2010-04-30T20:24:00Z His playing tends to swirl, almost mistlike, with sprinkled melodic phrases, flickering harmonies and rolling arpeggios implying a groove rather than stating it. Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “I’m a slow drawer,” Calonder said with a melodic French accent. Inside the Workshop: Eva Calonder Clunky, quirky, reticent, Utopia relies not on a big presumptuous electropop chorus, but on its own insidious melodic charm. This week's new singles 2011-03-26T00:07:05Z For example, a melodic strand where the notes basically ascend in a specific pattern would be turned upside-down, so that the altered line basically descends — a mirror-like reflection. A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside-Down 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z They're as into Spacemen 3 as they are the Supremes, and they want to invoke the melodic spirit of Brian Wilson as well as the instrumental finesse of the Wrecking Crew. New band of the day – No 1,284: Chains of Love 2012-06-08T08:00:03Z While writing about that experience, A Boogie began experimenting with how to best manipulate his voice, landing on a creaky, sweet, melodic style delivered with a bruiser’s cadence. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Modernizes New York Hip-Hop 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z But their eye-popping garb wasn’t to mask any musical deficiencies: The band played fast, precise, melodic metal. 300,000's a crowd at packed Lollapalooza 2013-07-29T17:54:00Z This melodic phrase repeats, quieter, played just by the first violins, with soft pizzicato chords in the other strings. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z At the end of the day, I think that the easiest way to explain it is melodic rock music with a big theatrical presentation. Swedish band Ghost finds itself in new Grammy category 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z His style switches regularly from an intricate hip-hop flow to something speedy and grimey, but it can also be hushed and melodic. Are you ready for the British MCs? 2010-07-29T22:34:00Z And when Ms. Tyson pronounces it with solemn and melodic precision, you see Carrie seeing that young man. Theater Review: ‘The Trip to Bountiful,’ at the Stephen Sondheim Theater 2013-04-24T02:00:06Z In the slow middle piece, “Aubade,” melodic fragments are woven into strings of thick yet lucid chords with hints of Berg, Messiaen and Bill Evans. Music Review: Pianist at Last Has Carnegie All to Himself 2011-01-23T22:42:27Z “It’s going to be really melodic and cool,” she said. Julia Cumming, Teenage Model and Rocker 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z At times Verhulst fixates on a repetitive rhythmic figure or melodic motif in a striking way. Music Review: Utrecht String Quartet at the Frick Collection 2013-01-22T23:00:32Z In this one a melodic line in the first violin unfolds over agitated underpinnings in the other strings. Music Review: Spiral Form and Other Compositional Modes of Fred Lerdahl 2010-11-21T22:53:00Z It helps that this altogether pleasurable Shakespeare Theatre Company revival recruits so many exceptional voices for a score rich in melodic treasures. What you should be seeing in D.C. theater this week 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Though composed in a formal structure, the piece unabashedly draws from seemingly disparate styles: the tango, propulsive jazzy dance rhythms, Oriental-tinged melodic writing and even explicit references to the sacred Latin hymn “Dies Irae.” Review: New York Philharmonic Explores Israeli Musical Identity 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z That opera is older than the rest of the works Ms. Grimaud played, but in her delicate performance, simultaneously stark and melodic, the piece fit in perfectly with the rest of the program. Music Review: Back at the Keyboard After a Difficult Interlude 2011-02-01T21:43:30Z If the music is impressively varied – there's a huge gulf between the richly melodic Dangermouse-produced Phoenix and the disturbing grinding noise of Jodye – the same can't be said for the lyrics. A$AP Rocky: Long Live A$AP – review 2013-01-10T15:29:01Z His voice won’t blow casual listeners away, but it’s the perfect vehicle to get his stories across while making the most of his melodic gifts, which are second to none, the Beatles included. Kinks' Ray Davies is turning 70. Why it matters. 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Straussian effusiveness and whiffs of melodic sentimentality keep escaping more effortfully than perhaps typical of Previn, but there is a distant kinship. L.A. Phil's vision of Grand Avenue as a shelter for new work, ideas 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Plodding upwards, mirrored by bass, they tiptoe a melodic pattern behind former Mash Hall member Janae Jones' lyrics about teardrops on pillows. Friday Favorites: 10.4 Rog, Tay Sean, Lil B 2010-09-17T22:16:00Z In the class, Raghunath led devotional chanting in a melodic voice, accompanied by the harmonium. Heavy Metal Rocker Now Lifts Spirits as the Yogi Raghunath 2012-11-14T21:39:45Z Mazz Swift’s “She Is a Story, Herself” included several exciting moments, such as flitting small melodic ideas that subsided into a graceful chorale, but the piece overall did not feel fully conceptualized. Review: Kronos Quartet Offers a Creative Snapshot of a Global Pandemic 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z It's tight, punchy and melodic - a thunderstorm of teenage defiance; a haughty moue at the French media. Moulding music 2010-02-23T08:38:00Z But once I overcame my short attention span, the undulating, almost melodic delivery and metaphysical imagery proved to be charming and moving. The Saudi housewife who spoke out 2010-04-12T10:00:00Z Slower, more melodic songs like "Bartles & James" and "Evening Kitchen" find the band relying less on electric guitars and shifting to pianos and acoustic instruments. Band of Horses breaks away on "Infinite Arms" 2010-05-27T21:55:00Z "Trespassing" is evenly divided between club-ready rhythmic pop tracks and a collection of moody melodic showcases for the vocal acrobatics that made Lambert a front-runner on the eighth season of "Idol." Adam Lambert talks new album, 'Idol' knock-offs 2012-05-14T12:11:14Z Later there was Hazy Shade of Criminal by Public Enemy, one of my top-five favourite tracks of all time, remarkable for containing not a single melodic element. Let's raise a glass to lovely, swampy, droning, booming bass 2013-05-29T19:00:00Z As the singer of Interpol, the impressive baritone of Paul Banks has been an integral part of the group's transition from melodic post-post-rock group into one of the world's most epic and successful indie bands. This week's new live music 2013-01-19T06:00:03Z He likes to emphasize the melodic shape of a work more than its harmonic grounding; a “Tristan” Prelude and Liebestod on an iffy Wagner collection is therefore pretty, but slack. What Gustavo Dudamel’s Recordings Reveal About His Conducting 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Haunted by having killed an owl when he was 7, Walt sings, to a quietly majestic melodic line that sounds as though it has no beginning and no end: “I promised myself … never mind.” An opera about Walt Disney, in commuting distance of Disneyland 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The second movement, a curious, playful scherzo with syrupy melodic bits leads to a dark, harmonically raw Adagio. Music Review: Yefim Bronfman Plays Works by Living Composers 2014-01-14T22:34:57Z The final movement began with a cosmic burst of eerie colors, diffuse melodic strands and hazy harmonies. Mariinsky Orchestra Makes Mahler Russian 2010-10-18T16:07:00Z But his output also included gently melodic numbers like “Peace” and “Melancholy Mood” and Latin-inflected tunes like “Señor Blues.” Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z “As Germans, we were being taught primarily melodic and harmonic structures,” he said. Pacific Mambo Orchestra Is Unknown No More 2014-03-14T22:13:54Z Women in headscarves, sitting on the sidelines, sway demurely to the melodic guitar riffs. Afghan indie band rocks Kabul in post-Taliban era 2010-07-06T06:56:00Z A six-beat rhythm, subdivided multiple ways and supporting an array of melodic fragments and guitar lines, propels this onetime Brooklyn band’s song through separations and reconciliations. The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Whenever a singer let loose in a sustained melodic passage, the effect was overwhelming. Music Review: Salvatore Sciarrino?s ?Porta Della Legge,? After Kafka 2010-07-21T21:23:00Z Mr. Watkins plays guitar without a strap, cradling his instrument up high and hunching over it; he played long notes, bending them slowly and gradually forming melodic sequences to guide the music. Review: Black Spirituals, a Duo That Defies Categories 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z But the sounds, while not new to experimental music, have conspicuous character and their mellowing out into charismatic melodic shapes signal hope, as does a more regulated percussive pulse. L.A. Chamber Orchestra ending season on a sunny note 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z “American” music is new and bracing, yet also lithe and melodic. The democracy of American music 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z “I’m glad ‘Wockesha’ took off and did what it did ’cause now people accept me in that melodic vibe,” he said. A Trip Home With Moneybagg Yo, Trap’s New Ambassador 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The coordination between Mr. Weinstein and Mr. Firth was so smooth that the violin and piano exchanged long, skipping melodic lines that suggested two musicians in a side-by-side sprint. Music Review: Making Standards Swing, With a Wink for Jack Benny 2011-04-22T22:56:03Z It's mainly the actual groove – the way melodic and rhythmic patterns interlock together – that we take from him. Prince is still king, say Hot Chip 2012-12-11T18:55:00Z Each track on the new album has a melodic accessibility and offers a sludgy, slurred rendition of something you might hear on the radio. Lil Peep and the Dilemma of the Posthumous Album 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Samba songs start as melodic ballads, often written for string instruments, but become something vastly different when hundreds of drums and thousands of voices are added. In Rio, the Work Goes In Before the Party Goes On 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z A review in The New York Times of the show’s New York run the following year, praised Hendryx’s “lush and melodic” songs. Phylicia Rashad to Direct ‘Blue’ at the Apollo Theater 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The dark intensity was relentless, the mélodies she chose not the repertory’s most melodic. Review: Anna Caterina Antonacci Charms With French Art Songs 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z They end as high-contrast splays of sound, ranging from melodic solo statements to coordinated wallops. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps his most memorable work with the siblings was on the 1972 power ballad "Goodbye to Love," where he conceived and played the masterful, melodic solo and outro. Carpenters lead guitarist Tony Peluso dies 2010-06-11T01:54:00Z Trading solos with Richards, Clark delivered a run that was both patient and melodic, one less about quantity than quality of notes. Rolling Stones open 2015 tour with sold-out gig at San Diego's Petco Park 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z But Paisley was just doing what scores of country songwriters have been trying to do since Hank Williams roamed the Earth: cram life’s complexities into tidy, legible, memorable, melodic three-minute packages. Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders The instrumental music is atmospheric and organic, with Impressionist colorings, pungently atonal harmonic writing, spectral textures and Asian-influenced melodic fragments. NY Phil Biennial Opens With ‘The Raven’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The final version had to be spliced from different takes, but the result conveys the essence of Monk's melodic and rhythmic audacity. 50 great moments in jazz: The renaissance of Thelonious Monk 2010-04-29T15:28:00Z “Pericles” begins as a so-so play that — presto! — turns into a far better one, a transformation achieved satisfyingly by Folger Theatre’s gently melodic and ever more persuasive presentation of an eternally-puzzled-over work. ‘Pericles’ shows how ‘lesser’ Shakespeare can be more 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Photograph: Hayley Madden/Redferns By pulling together folk, jazz and blues into evocative, melodic albums, Pentangle were ahead of the curve in the late 1960s. Pentangle ? review 2011-08-03T17:26:04Z There’s something oddly potent about Mr. Burnett’s tenor saxophone sound, a tightly channeled and searing thing that cuts a trench in your mind without giving you a whole lot of graspable melodic information. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Love’s new songs cling to the 1990s rock of grunge buildups — written with Hole’s lead guitarist, Micko Larkin — and power ballads, with some melodic help from Ms. Perry and Billy Corgan. Music Review: Courtney Love and New Hole Lineup at Terminal 5 2010-04-28T22:45:00Z Progressive metal that blends furious riffs with moments of calm, harsh vocals with melodic ones, alternating explosions with restraints. February's best music from across the MAP 2011-02-15T11:40:25Z But it's clear that Calamar's talents for placing quirky, melodic songs at key moments on TV comes from an inherent understanding of how a good pop song works. Music tastemaker Gary Calamar of KCRW makes an EP of his own work 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Bands like Green Day, Gaslight Anthem and The Killers all owe a musical debt to Sugar and the melodic, catchy pop rock that they laid forth in the early ’90s. Sugar's Copper Blue Reissued: 20th Anniversary of Bob Mould's Groundbreaking Album 2012-07-24T14:00:09Z Elsewhere the spirit of the time is evoked in wistful, gently melodic passages, played over a pedal point, or repeating bass note. Music Review: Annie Gosfield?s Experimental and Traditional Sound 2010-08-08T22:43:00Z Over the course of his lifetime, Elahi established a repertory of some 75 modes and melodic genres and some 100 melodies and hymns, which underpinned his improvisations. Ostad Elahi, a Tanbur Master, Is Celebrated at Met Museum 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z His broad, beefy tone sheared off the center of the pitch at times, and the melodic phrasing felt flat. Review | Violinist Yevgeny Kutik’s debut at the Kennedy Center has its highlights, and its lowlights 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z "No Good With Faces" epitomizes the downbeat beach balladry and straightforward melodic approach that best showcase Johnson's unaffected style. REVIEWS: The-Dream, Stone Temple Pilots, Sergio Mendes 2010-06-18T22:15:00Z But the melodic bits and rhythmic riffs are strangely, sometimes obsessively repeated. Music Review | Thomas Ad?s: At Carnegie Hall, Composer Is Keyboard Virtuoso Too 2010-03-29T04:58:00Z In its day, the group was at the vanguard of hip-hop’s progressive wing, an exquisite balance of philosophical and attitudinal, melodic inventiveness and subwoofer thump. A Tribe Called Quest Returns to a Changed World With Joy and Grief 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The first, Go, is an exercise in melodic flexibility, the preoccupations of the third, Apex, are mostly harmonic, while the fifth, Exeo, seems to assemble itself from a whole collection of sharply contrasted ideas. Dusapin: Seven Solos for Orchestra 2010-04-15T21:30:00Z She reacted to and urged on the most subtle and personal melodic nuances. Martha Argerich mesmerizes the L.A. Phil 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The music is light, melodic, and the dancers skim the stage, seeming to fly. In a Ballet Across America world premiere, even the piano dances 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z The expanded brass section was bold and tireless, the woodwind solos vividly characterised, and the strings supplied a tonal warmth that retained a distinctive patina in the hesitant melodic flow of the slow movement. Prom 56: BBCSO/Bychkov ? review 2011-08-28T14:44:08Z Moran, however, found a way to own the material, making the melodic eighth étude sing like a vocal work. Review | Glass ceilings: A composer’s études lead to a late debut 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z A power pop pioneer, Rundgren is known for melodic hits such as “Hello It’s Me,” “I Saw the Light” and “We Gotta Get You a Woman.” Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Go-Go’s elected into Rock Hall of Fame on first try 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The album even offers one straightforwardly melodic song: “Marlene Dietrich,” a bossa-nova-tinged ballad about the familiarity of pop as a sanctuary in a world of strife. black midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z There weren't many people making music that was both hard and melodic so I felt that was my cue to start making my own tracks. Martyn: 'Dubstep in the US has taken the place of nu-metal' 2012-06-13T11:59:00Z In the middle ground there are more assertive bursts of intervals, chords and riffs; in the foreground are fleeting melodic bits, often played on solo strings and reinforced by short blasts from the brass. Music Review: Salvatore Sciarrino?s ?Porta Della Legge,? After Kafka 2010-07-21T21:23:00Z At the same time, Bowie transformed those references into a sound very much his own, marked by high-drama vocals and a deep melodic command. How the 1970s Launched David Bowie's Career 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Britten's elegant score, written for chamber orchestra and six soloists, uses 12-tone serialism interspersed with traditional melodic forms that keeps the listener off-balance and instills a growing sense of unease. Britten ghost story at City Opera 2013-02-25T15:53:18Z Carter, always dazzling, always melodic, presides with a beatific smile: it's as if he's channelled every great sax player who ever appeared at Ronnie's. James Carter Organ Trio ? review 2011-07-24T16:31:00Z He has a rich and vibrant tone — almost polyphonic, really — and he captures that sweet spot between lyrical bite and melodic celebration that we all associate with music. Beatles tribute asks: When I get older, will you still love me? 2011-02-09T22:56:37Z The whoosh of the water cascading over the rocks in the waterfall and the melodic birdsong provide a soothing backdrop for visitors sitting on wicker chairs in the pavilion. Like it was ‘made in heaven’: a secret garden in the suburbs offers an Asian-style landscape Webern's transcription breaks up single melodic lines between different instruments, modernizing Bach not by changing notes or rhythms but with sonic juxtapositions of instrumental colors. Bach and Brahms, still revolutionary 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The technical means involve ambiguous harmonies and melodic lines that can sound childlike but are also wily about where they won’t touch down. Music Review: Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday and Legacy of Perpetual Flux 2013-06-30T21:30:21Z After this promising Prince George’s County rapper was shot and killed in October, listening to his melodic, paranoid over-the-shoulder glances instantly became a completely different experience. Perspective | The best DMV rap songs and albums of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z At the moment I'm enjoying far more using my synths and samplers to come up with melodic ideas. Thom Yorke: 'If I can't enjoy this now, when do I start?' 2013-02-23T19:00:00Z She brought crisp intonation to some mournful melodic lines that described the historical dearth of spaces for the neighborhood’s children “to sing or dance or act a part.” Two Gems of June: Premieres at Carnegie Hall and Harlem School of the Arts 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z You hear it on the opening track, “Medicine Man,” which works a childlike melodic line into something like an expedition. The Playlist: Lady Gaga Returns Lovelorn, and Zack de la Rocha Returns Furious 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The daylong immersion should probably come with warnings for those of us susceptible to ear worms, those little melodic fragments that stick incessantly in the memory. An Early-Music Ensemble Gives a Handel Opera a Period Punch 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Sometimes the music turns assertive and declamatory, with melodic ideas unfolding in thick, note-crammed, textured chords, harmonically ambiguous yet grounded. Music Review: Atlanta Symphony at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-06T22:13:48Z His plaintive, melodic Arabic soared over the campground: Muslim Scouts pursue an American tradition — in an America wary of Muslims 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z But where the Chip located a mainline to people's emotions, thanks mainly to Alexis Taylor's melancholic vocals and an emphasis on melodic hooks, the LCD live experience relies on extended disco jams. LCD Soundsystem at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-28T09:07:00Z And in “Goldbeater’s Skin,” performed at Trinity Wall Street in 2018, he alternated luminous melodic development with frizzy rhythmic outbursts. For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Both are shapely, melodic pieces in a late-19th-century style, with little to suggest that Mr. Wainwright has much interest in contemporary experimentalism. Music Review: Wainwright Offers Taste of Opera 2011-06-29T21:54:02Z Drawing the movement out inexorably, in a kind of slow-motion tempo, he often effectively de-emphasized the melodic line, the “narrative,” to entwine the ear in the tangles and thickets of the sounds of the music. Review | Romantic tropes for the 21st century: the Chicago Symphony on tour 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Dahl distantly suggests Pat Metheny's lilt and melodic sense on Stork, but with his own grainier sound and propulsive movement. Mats Eilertsen: Radio Yonder 2010-06-10T22:40:00Z They are more inclined to fit the syllables to the sounds—a working method that Martin calls “melodic math”—and not worry too much about whether the resulting lines make sense. Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Unlike many bebop pianists, however, Mr. Silver emphasized melodic simplicity over harmonic complexity; his improvisations, while sophisticated, were never so intricate as to be inaccessible. Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z He deals with a few ballads from the old school — “Until the Real Thing Comes Along” and “Where or When,” which comes out in two and a half minutes of luxe melodic improvising. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-17T22:03:49Z At one point the soprano becomes fixated on a rhythmically steady nine-note melodic line, a phrase the orchestra picks up and churns out, over and over. Music Review: Who Killed This Woman?s Lover? And Other Elusive Operatic Issues 2011-03-27T22:01:56Z But Mr. Burhans short-circuits Mr. Glass’s penchant for meditative repetition, dispatching his wheeling arpeggios and floating melodic cells with a pop song’s economy, brisk pace and emotional effusiveness. Music Review: Alarm Will Sound Oozes With Resolve at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-06-16T21:50:06Z Scatting is not the only way for a vocalist to improvise and Johnson excels at making subtle melodic changes, particularly on her tender rendition of George Shearing’s “Lullaby of Birdland.” Review: Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Careful not to pedal too heavily, keeping each glowing note distinct and unblurred, he taught himself to caper between babbling melodic runs and generous intervals of space, toggling the pressure. How the Vibraphonist Joel Ross Keeps Finding Fresh Rhythms 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z They pair California melodic rock and R&B edges with tough, tight musicianship; their debut album, “Days Are Gone,” was a standout last fall. Pop & Rock Listings for May 9-15 2014-05-08T22:39:49Z On “Relentless Mind,” traces of Minimalist ideas percolate, as melodic patterns expand and contract over swinging riffs. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z On a recent Sunday afternoon the Brooklyn bands Mon Khmer and Dream Diary played energetic sets of melodic, new wave-inspired indie rock while a scrum of toddlers bobbed and weaved. Young and Restless, And Ready to Rock ?n? Roll 2011-01-06T22:24:13Z Sometimes Mr. Palestine manipulated the organ stops to sharpen the focus on a particular note; occasionally he played a brief melodic phrase that would melt into the larger cluster. Music Review: Charlemagne Palestine at Plymouth Church 2014-03-07T22:39:48Z Meanwhile, drums maintain a soft, rapid pulse; a flute plays quiet, melodic lines. At Alvin Ailey, Antonio Douthit-Boyd in ‘Ostrich’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z “Lockdown,” about police brutality and racial injustice, is up for best melodic rap performance and best music video. 12 Grammy facts: BTS and Dr. Luke in, The Weeknd out 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Gilmer added that like the classical masters, the best video game composers understand melodic lines and the varied colors and textures of clarinets, flutes and other instruments. Video game music comes to the orchestra concert hall 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z And yet “Last Dance” is by no means a dolorous album, resounding as it does with empathy and melodic accord. Willie Nelson, Mali Music and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z During my last class, Whiteson encouraged us to let the music guide our drawing styles — first, some sweet and melodic lo-fi tunes, followed by livelier jams and a heavy drum solo. Forget karaoke: People are getting naked for art in sketchy British pubs 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Coryell also spent years following in their melodic acoustic footsteps, a world away from his work with fusion. Larry Coryell, dazzling guitarist who brought rock energy to jazz, dies at 73 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z In “metal,” the sounds of the harp and the melodic percussion instruments twinkled above the strings. Review | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra debuts at Wolf Trap 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The band recorded two albums before Sandro went solo, turning to a more melodic, romantic repertory. 2010-01-08T06:17:00Z And his melodic gift was so abundant that “Capuleti” offers plenty of good listening — especially when it’s as well sung as it was Sunday. Lindsey, Portillo shine in Washington Concert Opera’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” This section is, in large part, winningly melodic, even if harmonies occasionally suggest troubling vistas just over the horizon. In the Wake of Ferguson, a Style-Blurring Album 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z For this performance, the BSO played with reverence and assurance, thundering through the drum riffs and industrial hissing of cymbals to revel in the warmer sonorities and melodic passages. Review | New music? For Baltimore, yes, please. 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z She is as much a rocker as a rapper; even when she was rhyming, her phrases were more melodic than chanted. Ana Tijoux and Danay Suárez at Latin Alternative Music Conference 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “Children will listen,” or so Sondheim reminds us, in one of the melodic admonitions in a musical filled with them. Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale musical for grown-ups . . . 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z 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 Even “High Hopes,” the sugary comeback hit from the pop-punk survivors Panic! at the Disco, which peaked at No. 4 in January, shares some of that DNA in its ecstatic vocal runs and melodic precision. Tayla Parx Helped Ariana Grande Evolve. Now It’s Her Turn. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Not a radical reinvention so much as a dash through a side door, it finds her working with some of the same melodic angularities and obliquely personal lyrics. A Solo Turn From Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z They are their own genre: melodic, melancholic, and just a little bit whimsical. Frank Ocean, the Cure, and Boys Who Do Cry 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z And yet the song’s melodic elation chimes with a transporting sonic vision, which Kristi updates for the era of the stan and our contemporary search for identity in avatars. How beabadoobee’s “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus” Reckons with a Rock Idol 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The pan flutes, choral pads and melodic percussion intentionally evoke rain forests and the ocean. The Remix Grammy: For the Art and Science of the Musical Cocktail 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z In the waltzing third movement, lacy melodic lines sometimes sounded as if they were trying to escape from an orchestra playing Ligeti’s “Atmosphères.” The Philharmonic’s Free Concert at St. John the Divine 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Holloway sounds on the brink of madness, romping over a demented melodic topography and constantly unleashing her secret weapon, an almost polyphonic yell that acts as a war cry for love's constant battle. Loleatta Holloway: more than a voice 2011-03-22T18:54:13Z It's brilliant we can play that type of smooth, melodic music again. Miss Kittin's favourite tracks 2013-02-15T18:00:02Z In almost half the ballet, Mr. Ratmansky’s choreography strains hard against the music, often working in brisk, quirky staccato character against music that is softly melodic or unrhythmically atmospheric. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Dream’ and ‘Firebird’ 2012-06-22T22:43:10Z For every tuneful “Happy,” “Grenade” and “All of Me,” there were less melodic or catchy duds. And the “theme nights” were so vague that botched song choices abounded. Why ‘The Voice' & ‘American Idol' have lost their pop | TV review 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z After spinning a dissonant web of melodic strands in the opening minutes, the instruments arrive at that most fundamental of intervals: the perfect octave. How Do You Teach People to Love Difficult Music? 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z But the excerpt from “Kimberly Akimbo” was “Anagram,” a quiet song led by Victoria Clark that highlights not just the score’s melodic, aching grace, but the way Clark subtly acts out her character’s emotions. Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Each instrument slips in and out of the spotlight with music that is alternately haunting, playful and brash, with occasional bent tones and glissandos evoking a Chinese folk style amid the Western melodic flights. Music Review: Huang Ruo?s ?Dr. Sun Yat-Sen? at Le Poisson Rouge - Review 2012-01-12T23:44:28Z Its opener was “Critical Path,” a tune with a cascading melodic motif, in buoyant, polyrhythmic waltz time. Music Review: Enrico Pieranunzi Trio at Village Vanguard 2012-03-28T21:59:28Z We have to work with much longer melodic lines and invent different musical themes for the characters. De Frutos and Pet Shop Boys reach for the moon 2011-03-09T21:29:01Z But we enter another world in the second movement, which begins with a muted, austere chorale for strings that becomes a backdrop for the piano’s questioning, eerie melodic phrases. Music Review: Budapest Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-30T22:45:27Z Being sparse with the distribution of melodic and rhythmic information, he makes sure to leave a lot to the imagination of his audience. March's best music from across the MAP 2013-04-02T15:55:27Z Although not easy to perform, it is easier than Britten, for example, because it is so melodic. Maclom Arnold's The Dancing Master finally comes in from the cold 2012-10-11T10:57:48Z During the opening section, as the sound lingered after each statement of the chord motif, a lacy hint of a melodic line trailed slowly up the keyboard with eerie calm. 2010-02-11T23:33:00Z It opens with a roar with “Dragonaut” and the melodic but still rocking title track. Review: Judas Priest has redeeming metal value 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The byzantine twists and staccato accents of her opening Mummy's Boy over Paul Clarvis's robust drumming characterises the band's quirky variations on postbop's melodic ideas. Blink: Twice – review 2012-07-12T21:34:00Z Partly it's the melodic charm of Slade's instantly memorable tunes, which possess a beguiling simplicity. Salad Days ? review 2011-01-05T21:30:00Z It represents a 19-year-old's sassing of Schoenberg, with off-kilter themes that coalesce into fleeting moments of magic and then thumb their melodic noses. The Music Academy of the West's grand adventure 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z It turns a lethally incisive backing track into a thrilling, expansive trip; the melodic changeups are snapping visions of light. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Much of his latest album, the fifth installment of his “Overseas” series, boasts the rugged conviction of rock music and the tangled melodic momentum of a fugue. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z For them, the act of drawing a bow across the open string of a cello, for example, is anathema, just as the octave doubling of a melodic line was for Schoenberg and the twelve-tone school. Classical Notes: Yan Maresz’s “Tutti” 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The song is distinctive with a melodic chorus like all of Bush's songs – but with an arrangement of spooky keyboards and pounding drums all its own. From “Stranger Things” to TikTok: Kate Bush speaks to lonely kids. Here’s why 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z And the concerto’s string parts — which come across as extraneous in some readings — sounded fully integrated here, whether in moments of plucked frenzy in the second movement or in swooning melodic accompaniment, in the third. Review: Two Debuts Make for a Week of Philharmonic Firsts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z She dispatched flitting trills with sobriety and care, and played earnest melodic lines with powerful, sweeping strokes. Music Review: Orchestra and Violin, Matching Wits 2011-04-01T22:59:41Z The to-do list grew: We had to teach the AI how to take a melodic line and harmonize it. How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Instead of verses and choruses the vocals are often incantations, a melodic phrase or two repeated while everything else melts down or boils over. 2010-01-10T23:10:00Z The Velvets had always contained musical extremes: loud and soft, melodic and dissonant, avant-garde and primitive. The Velvet Underground in California 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Egypt is seven minutes of bloops and FX with a beat like Martian funk, only the melodic core, as with most Doldrums music, even at its most extreme, is strong. New band of the day – No 1,282: Doldrums 2012-06-06T17:02:00Z Concentrating on the moody, darkly melodic ballads from her 2009 album "Middle Cyclone," Case also introduced a handful of new songs and reached back to her early canon as an alt-country artist. Neko Case powerful and giddy at the Paramount 2011-07-11T22:07:04Z A much-publicized exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in May, featuring Schiaparelli's dresses alongside modern Prada ones, introduced her melodic name to whole a new generation, but showed how avant-garde her designs remain. Shocking! Famed fashion house Schiaparelli revived 2012-10-18T16:47:09Z The singers were intense in their back and forth, but the long, arching melodic lines that hold this scene together are in the orchestra, and Kim brought them out with tautness and full-bodied sound. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Theofanidis can set unwieldy text with real grace and melodic flair. Review | A giant meditation on creation fills the Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z The mostly literal images and faces of strangers seemed to obstruct rather than enhance one's own impulses to wonder and reflect while listening to music of unparalleled abstract, melodic and rhythmic force. This sound did not need a film dimension 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z "Remember it's Crosby Stills and Nash meets Chic - it's all pretty and melodic and beautiful. She doesn't have to belt, she can, but it's not that kind of song. It's a lullaby. " Chic song to feature Elton and Miley 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s an ideal Northwest record as a result — melodic but consciousness-raising. Indie stalwart Johnny Marr makes his solo debut 2013-04-12T17:09:53Z Smoothing S-K's rougher edges while retaining its melodic spark and unbridled feeling, "Kill My Blues" is a win-win for fans old and new. Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney issues howling call to arms 2012-09-17T20:43:04Z Anchored by the sound of organs, pianos, tambourines, drums and melodic voices preaching the word of God, gospel music is a fixture in Black Christian churches across the United States, especially in the South. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The piece is like a series of overlapping musical events in the process of disintegration: Brass riffs fragment; melodic lines turn diffuse; piercing sustained harmonies morph into hazy clusters; pulsing rhythms falter and fade. New York Youth Symphony Plays Copland’s Symphony No. 3 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z A funeral scene contains the opera’s most ambitious ensemble writing, with the parents grieving in duet, while other cast members sing plaintive choral strands that hint at atonal rawness yet take melodic flight. Review: Police Violence Reaches Opera in ‘Blue’ 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Macklemore has a gift for narrative, but his strengths are lyrical and melodic, not rhythmic; his flows are flabby. Macklemore’s ‘Same Love’ set the agenda at 2014 Grammys 2014-01-29T23:55:10Z “A melodic contour would suddenly appear. Like birds trying to capture the attention of a mate.” Reconstructing Kyiv, One Synth Wave at a Time 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The rest of the set veers between shimmering electronica and vocal effects, and more interesting songs from Weaver, including the sturdy and melodic My Soul Was Lost. Jane Weaver: The Fallen By Watch Bird 2010-07-15T22:01:00Z But recently Adam Richardson, the bassist and vocalist, has started to sing a lot of “clean” vocals — that is, melodic, not growled — and it hasn’t been happy news. Playlist : Ambience, Doom and Other Strong Medicine 2011-07-09T04:15:26Z Next year, Wahya will begin an international tour, release several EPs and videos - including one for her biggest hit, "New York" - and cut her first full album, which will be more melodic. | Native Voice 2012-11-26T16:35:28Z Conductor Louis Langree led the orchestra in a wonderfully idiomatic account of the haunting and lushly melodic score. Review: Stirring revival of Poulenc opera at Met 2013-05-06T12:51:11Z Rimsky-Korsakov’s Quintet for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano offered only modest melodic charm and grating joviality. Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Spotlights Albéric Magnard 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z At one point their romantic play becomes a series of exchanges, like jazz players passing phrases back and forth, each time with increasingly blunt come-on melodic twists as they give in to their desires. Music Review: A Karlheinz Stockhausen Work Has Its North American Premiere 2013-07-19T21:29:24Z It’s a melodic slalom, and hard going if you’re not a native Portuguese speaker. The Playlist: Fall Out Boy Makes Us Very Afraid 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Nice and melodic with a hard bassline – right up my street. DJ Champion Q&A 2012-07-06T23:05:27Z It's a classic tuner in which people burst into supremely melodic songs whenever something is on their minds. 'God Help the Girl' a tuneful delight 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z By "emo," I am referring to a specific style of melodic instrumentation over a relatively hard, driving beat, which first gathered mainstream popularity in the early 2000s. Emo revival: why 2022 was the perfect time to bring the genre back from the dead 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z These songs are bleak, black stories but told in an entertaining and melodic fashion. Music to murder to: crime writers on their killer soundtracks 2013-05-08T06:30:00Z Takeoff first drew Thomas’s attention with bouncy, melodic triplet raps that the executive said reminded him of the ’90s group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Takeoff, of Atlanta Rap Trio Migos, Shot Dead at 28 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z This San Francisco native specialises in an upbeat, melodic garage rock somewhere between the Beatles and Nirvana, but without the pressure those references might imply. This week's new live music 2012-07-27T23:05:00Z But there are a few dozen ways to encounter Sondheim’s sly wit, melodic acumen and astonishing moral complexity from the comfort of your sofa. Stream These 7 Productions That Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s Work 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z No agonising in the music though, it's one of their electronic melodic gems. Readers recommend: songs about telephones – results 2012-10-04T16:16:34Z In the more outright melodic “Spring” sonata, individual details took on new meaning, like the placid measured trill that brought the slow movement to a gently reluctant close. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace at Zankel Hall 2014-03-05T23:16:12Z Some tracks use melodic material squeezed and stripped of its original rhythmic coding, so you hear a Parker song differently, as a set of intervals. Reviews: Rudresh Mahanthappa and Father John Misty Get Deep 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s about the texture of the harmonies, the rhythms, the quotations, the Stravinskian drive, the klezmer and Jewish melodic style. Alexei Ratmansky’s Elective Affinity, Musically Speaking 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s all slow or midtempo, all adherent to the melodic bones of a tune. Playlist: Surfboards, Harmonies and Sheet Metal 2010-09-19T20:25:00Z The voice, of course, is not made for an angels’ choir; it’s a powerful, lived-in instrument, a melodic gravel road. Review | No doubt about it. Bruce Springsteen belongs on Broadway. 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Taste-making website Pitchfork’s Mark Richardson credited Martsch’s “melodic and clever guitar lines” as “a template for bands from the Pacific Northwest.” Built to Spill is built to last | Concert preview 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Aguilera also said it was “pretty remarkable” that Carney had figured out how to do a melodic take on a rap song. 'The Voice' recap: The Top 6 sing for the moms 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Only then did he set about constructing what he later felt was one of his most coherent works, coherence for him standing higher in the hierarchy of aims than any melodic, harmonic or colouristic features. Henri Dutilleux obituary 2013-05-22T17:43:25Z Williams's tricky post-bop scores, full of melodic hairpin bends and abrupt rhythmic shifts, were a tough ask. Jeff Williams – review 2013-06-06T16:36:00Z She improvised along with the singers in church, and she taught herself to hear musical architecture and to invent melodic lines. Sudan Archives Is Making R&B Deeper and Stranger 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “Every idea, whether gestural, melodic or harmonic, is expressed through rhythm.” An Exhilarating Set of Cecil Taylor’s Jazz Arrives, 49 Years Later 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z The orchestra performed with verve and a suitable sense of grandeur, but the piece, full of bombastic flourishes, lacks Tchaikovsky’s trademark melodic flair, and it sometimes sounded like much ado about nothing. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Plays Tchaikovsky at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-07-08T20:24:36Z She brought unerring grace to Mozart's seemingly effortless, melodic inspiration and floated Mozartean figurations with lyric ease. Pinnock, Rana fill in admirably with L.A. Philharmonic 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Tom Ewing Lia Ices Love Is Won The opening track on this Brooklyn singer-songwriter's terrific new Grown Unknown album offers a suitably sparse, fragile and celestial introduction to her softly melodic charms. F&M playlist 2011-03-31T20:10:00Z His melodic lines are eminently singable, and his sumptuous orchestral writing constantly enchants the ear. Opera review: 'Amelia' is a profoundly personal, American story 2010-05-10T17:18:00Z Several Yuck songs are built around searing and time-tested melodic riffs, indie rock made indie again. Music Review: Diving Into the Simulacrum, Moptop First 2011-05-08T22:17:27Z The gamelan is the symphony orchestra of Indonesia, a collection of melodic percussion instruments played by a group of musicians each responsible for their own part of a complicated matrix of sound. Dip your toe into gamelan music with Gamelan Pacifica and guest artist Darsono 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z She sang them with the full range of her voice, making them twice as good, with a kind of severe passion, only semi-sentimental, following their unsettling, unresolving melodic trajectories. Music Review: Annette Peacock at the Whitney Museum of American Art 2013-04-28T20:59:36Z It’s all about gauzy texture, with some shape and definition provided by Scally’s melodic guitar fills. Album review: Beach House, 'Bloom' 2012-05-14T14:53:00Z "Shadows," only the third Fanclub album of the new millennium, sounds far removed from the feedback-laced melodic noise of the group's early years. Billboard CD reviews: Kylie Minogue, Dierks Bentley 2010-06-25T22:00:00Z What saves it from seeming hopelessly overwritten is Prokofiev’s brilliant and distinctive melodic gift, unsheathing silvery arcs of sound over the orchestra’s agita and grumblings in the double-bass. Review | Forget greatness, enjoy the music: NSO revels in lyrical excess 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z It also offers an easily recognizable signpost: a short melodic figure that crops up periodically, like the ritornello of a Baroque or Classical rondo. Music Review: Kirill Gerstein at Peoples? Symphony Concert 2010-05-10T20:47:00Z Part One is more melodic, and Part Two is more sinister. Erykah Badu 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist' 2010-03-24T11:48:00Z Each of its four gentle and melodic movements is “a kind of nocturne,” says the composer, who was inspired by the sight of the night sky. Myriad Trio, in its Kennedy Center debut, is nearly impossible to not like 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The sombre first movement, by turns barbed and lyrical, was beautifully understated, and its tricky combination of harmonic bitterness, muted virtuosity and melodic expansion flawlessly judged. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda/Ehnes – review 2013-02-24T18:00:05Z On the show, Tobolowsky's voice is calm and soothing and he delivers his narratives at a slow and melodic pace. 'Ned Ryerson'! ? you see him every day 2012-01-05T21:46:06Z The appeal of the score is clear — it’s jaunty, jazzy, graceful, melodic, dreamy, rhythmically fluid. Review: ‘Cool Britannia’ Shows Off Native Land’s Talents 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “Loco de Amor” is a euphoric, generously melodic romp across the hemisphere. Critic’s Notebook: New Music by Shakira, Juanes, Enrique Iglesias and Wisin 2014-03-27T20:50:23Z "As It Was" is a melodic goodbye to summer, with the bittersweet chorus "You know it's not the same as it was" and a synth hook reminiscent of The Cure's "Just Like Heaven." Harry Styles has attracted more male fans, but will they be less toxic than his original stans? 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Jack Bruce, whose muscular yet melodic bass lines helped power the bluesy British rock trio Cream, died Saturday at 71, according to a post on the musician's Facebook page. Jack Bruce, bassist with classic rock trio Cream, dead at 71 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Brockmire speaks in melodic tones that dance between folksy and grandiloquent. IFC’s “Brockmire” pitches a perfect offensive first season 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z But the influence Lady Gaga still can’t escape is Madonna; the climax of the chorus, the words “perfect illusion,” use the same melodic line as “keeping my baby” in Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach.” The Playlist: Lady Gaga Returns Lovelorn, and Zack de la Rocha Returns Furious 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z His works feel unified because they are organized around small melodic fragments that gradually develop as they are passed from voice to voice. The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z A lyrical dialogue unfolded between orchestra and solo violin, whose melodic lines were expressively performed here by Daniel Andai. Music Review: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas at Alice Tully 2010-05-12T21:31:00Z When telling a story through music, she contemplates melodic and harmonic signifiers as a way to reveal character. Her opera helps a Pakistani rape survivor find a louder voice 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Beethoven was a master of musical morphing, obsessing on a detail of melodic or harmonic or rhythmic motive and transmogrifying its soul into something unexpected. Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner play in the transforming spirit of Beethoven 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z With Simpson, Nick Ashford created songs that had the melodic resonance of pop with a bold swagger that would permeate rap and hip-hop. The death of two pop powerhouses 2011-08-23T15:45:00Z The flowering of Bennett's melodic and harmonic language in his recent songs and choral music, and in the Partita, I find pretty well irresistible: see what you think! A guide to Richard Rodney Bennett's music 2012-07-02T13:32:00Z However, his writing stood apart with a melodic flair and pop sensibility that impressed a wide range of performers from very different genres. Leon Russell, musician and hit songwriter, dies at 74 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z A fitting quiet moment to cap a weekend that blended history, art and local culture in a melodic, choreographed dance. Maryhill Museum invites you to tango nights in the Gorge 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Little melodic fragments, and a recurring major-seventh leap, emerge pointillistically, never quite developing into a lyrical line but giving an attenuated sense of a lyrical instinct underneath the shimmer. Review | With aerialists, ribbons and Copland, the Shift festival begins 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The music was audacious, more like aural expressionism than anything melodic or linear. How designer Shayne Oliver won over Kanye West, A$AP Rocky — and the fashion world On Friday night, Shogun’s soulful growling provided Royal Headache with a power source and a melodic through-line, his most intense vocalizations bursting forth perfectly in key. Review | On Friday night, Royal Headache was the greatest band in the world 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Terse chamber works like his String Quartet and Fantasia for String Trio reveal a composer grappling with a freshly dissonant language without abandoning his trademark melodic grace and motoric rhythm. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The vocalist Mellissa Hughes sang sultry melodic lines with generic lyrics: “And when I hear you call my name, the birds stop singing,” and such. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall - Review 2011-10-16T20:08:49Z In Schubert’s “Ständchen” the long melodic arcs flow with wistful grace while never sacrificing tautness. Marian Anderson: A Voice of Authenticity and Justice 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Soon melodic fragments in the strings try to coalesce into long-lined themes, but never quite do. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z “Fault Line” opened in a similar vein, contrasting plangent melodic fragments with quivering surroundings. The New Juilliard Ensemble in a Harrison Birtwistle Premiere 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z But after her decision is made — “I don’t wanna get married/Unless it’s with you” — Ms. Aguilera’s voice leaps free, exulting in its range, its forcefulness, its grain and its melodic curlicues. Christina Aguilera Exults in Her Voice on ‘Liberation’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The first begins with manic bursts of arpeggios that sweep up the keyboard and cascade down in crystalline riffs, finally breaking into a restless melodic line that unfurls amid rustling figurations and teeming chords. Review: A Teenage Virtuoso Prevails in a Liszt Endurance Test 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The riffs are very melodic and it's very soulful, very subtle. Mali's magical music 2013-01-18T07:00:00Z On “Green Pastures,” he accompanied himself with a weird, warped electronic loop and put down astonishing melodic licks on top. Review | Chris Potter’s Circuits Trio made a splash at Blues Alley — with jaw-dropping moments from James Francies 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z With Prokofiev’s Sonata in D, here accompanied by the pianist Jacob Greenberg, we are back in the familiar world of melodic and vivacious flute music. A Flutist Steps Into the Solo Spotlight 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z For Giuseppe Tartini, best known for his “Devil’s Trill” Sonata, melodic embellishments were not mere decorations but integral parts of his scores. Music Review: At Zankel Hall, Venice Baroque Orchestra in High Spirits 2010-05-05T23:50:00Z There were no discernible chord patterns and no section breaks for solos, and there was little in the way of melodic or thematic development. Lighting Out for the Territories With Ornette Coleman 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The greatness of Dinosaur Jr.’s music, for me, has always been in the way melodic catchiness is married with sludgy noise—each enhances the other and saves the other from its excesses. Seaport SludgeFeast: Dinosaur Jr. at 4Knots 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The vocal writing deftly mixes urgent arioso for dialogue with magisterial melodic flights. Music Review: Braunfels’s ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ Plays at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-02T21:51:38Z But most of the pieces are ruminative and lyrical, with lacy spiraling figures, searching melodic lines, tender tunes played in hushed harmonics. Music Review: David Lang’s ‘collected stories’ Series Ends With ‘memoir’ 2014-04-30T19:28:03Z The songs are bluntly melodic, lyrically direct and catchy. Music Review: Alexa Ray Joel Is Grounded in the Pop Tradition 2014-04-02T19:48:49Z As he built up a frenetic, improvisatory energy from melodic cells, the string players began treading into extended technique, with scraping, at-the-bridge bowing and lightly plucked pizzicato. Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z In "I Can't Get Started," Harrison crafted gauzy, romantic colors and beautifully filigreed melodic lines. Saxophonist Donald Harrison goes back to bop 2011-01-21T15:36:28Z This harshness was in evidence in Bannister’s overemphasis of the melodic line in Handel’s Suite in F, HWV 427, balanced by some rather fun embellishments on repeats. Pianist Tanya Bannister at the Phillips Collection A sturdy, powerful soprano with exacting control, Angela Meade offers a textbook example of how to handle every nuance of Bellini's exquisite melodic writing for his title character. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The melodic style eschews complexity and the folk inflections of the composer's Orkney works, with an unexpectedly discordant ending that strikes a strangely cautionary note. BBCSSO/Brabbins 2010-06-22T22:00:00Z MCing provides an excellent opportunity to show off, perhaps to compensate for melodic shortcomings. Readers recommend: songs about showing off ? the results 2011-02-24T16:38:51Z His pop-gospel ingredients aren’t so unusual: upward key changes, syncopated and synchronized horn lines, the introduction of new melodic strains, the gradual swelling of volume and harmony. New Music from Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame 2011-08-08T22:27:29Z Both actors invest their singing with a joyful melodic confidence. Review | Boy meets boy in ‘Girlfriend,’ and the audience falls for them both 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z “One thing that we all really want to do is enhance the pretty and beautiful and melodic side of things,” Simpson said. black midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z With bouncing beat and enthusiastic melodic repetitions, always subtly varied, Reich, in the second part, drives in the line, “Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.” Steve Reich at 80, his finger on the pulse of a bewildered country 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Yang proved especially attuned to the various roles the piano assumed, slipping into the guise of percussionist one moment, only to soften into silky melodic playing the next. Review: ‘Spanish Nights’ of Falla and Massenet 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z And for expressive ends, Mr. Hinterhäuser was sometimes very free in his articulation of rhythmic details or the expansion of an embellished melodic phrase. Matthias Goerne Sings Kentridge’s Version of ‘Winterreise’ 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z His is a black-and-white style of playing that alternates between self-assured snappish strumming and crisp melodic phrasing. Balsom, Karadaglic a cool match at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The first movement opens with a tremulous, subdued hum from which melodic fragments emerge. Music Review: Honeck Steps In for Dudamel With Philharmonic 2014-03-28T21:28:42Z The first movement’s development of melodic ideas leads to an alternation of solo and ensemble. Dance Review: Richard Alston Dance at Peak Performances in Montclair 2012-12-15T00:49:25Z Along with music programs, including “Afrika Meets India: Afro-India Fusion Music Group,” in which African and Indian melodic traditions find new ways to mingle, Drive East 2014 hosts 25 performances in all. Drive East Festival Returns to La MaMa 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z The vibrant First etude pulsates with slow-blooming melodic cells, while the Second soothes like a lullaby and the lyrical Eighth unfolds like a song without words. Recording reviews: a Glass harpist, arias for Farinelli 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Grieg often mined folk tunes for melodic ideas, and many of the pieces here are arrangements of his songs and piano pieces. Malmo Symphony Plays Grieg ? Review 2012-01-13T16:26:56Z Oh, how we danced round the house to that melodic song, bursting with life. Family life 2013-03-02T07:15:01Z Well, pianists can play like a whole orchestra, so not in that sense, but at least in the melodic sense, playing lines. Creating Uncommon Vibes 2011-07-22T20:52:11Z These songs were long, more circular, less melodic. The rage of Van Morrison and the battle behind his masterpiece, ‘Astral Weeks’ 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “Ghosts V: Together” is largely meditative, circling through melodic patterns and touching down in consonance. Nine Inch Nails Faces the Pandemic With Hope, Despair and Noise 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z But the instrumental colors and spiraling melodic lines held your interest. Music Review: ?Resonances of the Kugo,? Part of Music From Japan at Merkin 2012-02-19T19:53:15Z Later, I watched wild birds like melodic dusky thrushes, magpies and bulbuls alight on the fired clay temple roof. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Unlike many traditional pop or hip-hop producers who might primarily focus on the beat and leave the songwriting to others, Jawsh included melodic top lines in his production. A Teenage Producer With a TikTok Hit Brings New Zealand to the World 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Her lines of lyrics are long, fast, polysyllabic, intricately rhymed, packed with convoluted allusions and delivered with melodic inflections — her own extension of the rapping virtuosity of the 1990s, ambitious but never bombastic. On Her Debut Album, Noname Is a Sly Hip-Hop Maverick 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z And, The Horde and the Harem are a local melodic indie-rock band. Free show at Chop Suey tonight with The Maldives and more 2010-09-29T22:13:00Z Or each film's spare, minimalist score, that walks the line between distinctly melodic and atonal. "Devs" is Alex Garland's aesthetically mesmerizing and engrossing modern horror story 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Squire’s propulsive and often melodic bass playing was a key element of the Yes sound. Chris Squire, the Bassist for Yes, Is Dead at 67 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Yet, Mr. Huang was also alert to surprising melodic shifts and rhythmic twists in the violin part. Music Review: Three Rising Stars Perform in Young Concert Artists Gala 2014-05-08T22:04:37Z The songs are just as catchy, melodic, and surprising as most Sondheim — even if a bit reminiscent, sometimes startlingly so, of "Into the Woods," especially its prologue and "Last Midnight." “Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Somehow, those romantic scenes in Notting Hill don’t work quite as well without their melodic tones. Watch Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant Reveal Their 'True' Voices 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Hunt, a methodical songwriter, marveled at how quickly and freely Breland improvised melodic lines. Sam Hunt Brought Hip-Hop to Country. After ‘Old Town Road,’ He’s Back. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “I was going from this very still character in Elsa, with all these huge songs, to a very jumpy, uncomfortable woman who doesn’t even sing a note that’s melodic in any way,” says Levy. Caissie Levy gets uncomfortable in ‘Caroline, Or Change’ 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson added dense layers of guitar, saxophone and percussion, and a virtuosic solo part for live guitarist, with pitches, melodic motifs and rhythms derived from the recorded vocalism. Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z For “Assassins” — one of Sondheim’s most brazenly original works — is a kind of melodic postmortem on the cluster of moral and mental illnesses that compel broken people to kill American presidents. Review | Insanity thrives, giddily, in Signature’s ‘Assassins’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z But Wilson’s writing, so deeply rooted in music, thrives on long melodic lines. Theater Review: August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ at Signature Theater 2012-11-19T03:00:00Z The strings strut their melodic stuff without embarrassment. Gustavo Dudamel, L.A. Philharmonic focus on Apollo 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Sweet, melodic, a little sad, both fully immersed in life and removed from it, suitable for dancing or for watching the dancers while leaning against the wall, dreaming of better things. Noah Baumbach, Kicking and Screaming Into Middle Age 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z It's a caramel confection of a piece, with odd crunchy catches in its intense and melodic theme, made easy to swallow by its brevity. Review: Varga, in elegant form, leads SSO in inspiring program 2010-04-16T18:02:00Z Mr. Beck, a Bargemusic regular, found a delicate balance between ragtime form and mildly spiky melodic turns in Mr. Heller’s two pieces. Music Review: Here and Now Labor Day Festival, at Bargemusic 2012-08-30T21:13:52Z A melodic shape emerged, and bass and drums hit a single, sudden downbeat — thump! — as Mr. Glasper kept extemporizing with chromatic flair. Review: The Robert Glasper Trio Presents Moody Covers at the Village Vanguard 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z On the chorus, Stipe and Pierson are joined by bassist Mike Mills, and the trio sing a round of overlapping and interlocking melodic lines. The unrepentant joy and popularity of R.E.M.'s polarizing "Shiny Happy People" 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z There are, however, plenty of songs, alternately playful and melodic or faintly gothic and haunted. This week's new live music 2012-05-25T23:05:17Z This, after all, is the gentle, melodic and acoustic music the singer has lately rejuvenated. Music picks of the week 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z At Disney he pretentiously beat the same melodic or harmonic formulas into endless submission with background of syrupy strings and electronics. With Jóhann Jóhannssson and Bedroom Community, L.A. Phil tries to break through the Icelandic cliches 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z These aren't gripes — just a dozen songs that point out human faults with brightly tuned, highly melodic accents. Teen angst still afflicts Mary Timony in adulthood 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The show has deep roots there, from the scenes filmed on location to the melodic brogue. The Young Offenders: 'A Cork accent is a bizarre noise to come out of a mouth' 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Samples lend structure: the melodic and rhythmic information of the music they were taken from, as well as the samples’ mood and intent. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z Only in the finale could one sense foreshadowing of the quirky melodic material and liquid sense of tonality that marks his mature style; the rest of the work was both derivative and long-winded. A novel, engaging concert from young violinist Niklas Walentin 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “But it is terribly obvious that it’s not by Wagner; there is very French chromaticism and a French melodic sensibility.” A King Arthur Rarity Is an Apt Way to Return to the Opera 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z In “Courage,” which suggests bossa nova in both its melodic turns and its sense of longing, she is “Lost and overcome by the memory/Of everything we were but will never be.” Lianne La Havas Traces the Arc of a Romance 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z It’s in “Chicago,” “Blue Gangsta,” and “Do You Know Where Your Children Are,” none of which are bad songs, but all of which sacrifice melodic ease for rigor and unease. In Search of the Sweet, Melodic Michael Jackson 2014-05-11T04:00:00Z And he promises to renounce formalism and “unhealthy individualism,” and instead write melodic music for the Soviet people. Review: Julian Barnes’s ‘The Noise of Time,’ the Inner Shostakovich 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z He also made rough sketches outlining the harmonic, melodic and rhythmical structure of large tracts of the text. Michael Kennedy on Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos 2013-05-30T09:56:31Z They grow up and out, with soft openings, changes in rhythm and key, and then the emergence of brass counterlines and new melodic strains. New Music: Marc Anthony Returns to Salsa; Chris Morrissey Crosses Lines 2013-07-22T21:41:19Z But the sounds were amazing, from hurdy-gurdy bass lines; to mellow, reedy harmonies; to ballpark-organ brassy swells; to alluring melodic lines with the richness of strings. Music Review: Cameron Carpenter Performs on His Touring Instrument 2014-03-10T20:12:51Z Brass and string players perform most of the melodic motifs, even those that are written to sound computer-generated. Dan Deacon Shows a Changed Attitude in ‘America’ 2012-08-28T21:58:24Z “Struggle in the Digital Market,” the final movement, was also effective for the bold way Mr. Marsalis juxtaposed raw, wailing brass with spinning melodic twists, often hovering over obsessively repeated syncopated riffs. Review: Wynton Marsalis’s Urban Symphony for the Philharmonic 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Never luxurious, the production always let the melodic surges and pulpy brilliance of the opera shine through. Music Review: ‘Tosca,’ With New York Grand Opera, in Central Park 2012-06-28T21:08:27Z “They rarely startle us with their original thrusts, but Mr. Paulus often finds melodic patterns that are fresh and familiar at the same time.” Stephen Paulus, Classical Composer Rich in Lyricism, Dies at 65 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Then other layers materialized from two more guitars, bass and drums: overlapping arpeggios, brief melodic lines, drumbeats that tapped lightly and grew increasingly martial and, sooner or later, the frenetic shimmer of tremolo-strummed chords. Music Review: Guitar Rock, Stretched on the Canvas of a Big Stage 2011-04-07T21:56:34Z 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 A big part of the role involved mastering King’s accent, a melodic and distinctive Trinidadian lilt. An improbable journey from NFL cornerback to movie star 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The song cycle, while challenging to perform, is melodic and welcoming as an entry point into classical music. New Year’s Day Offers Plenty of Free Chances at a Clean Slate 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z I loved that in the grave, slow introduction to the first movement, each phrase began with a steely chord that lingered, then trailed off into a sighing harmonized melodic turn. A Critic’s Ode to a Childhood Joy in Classical Music 2013-07-17T16:12:32Z Its inconsistencies were lost on Lowe, however; his boundless enthusiasm extended to Los Angeles newcomers Funeral Party, whose melodic thrash-punk appeared to harbour few hidden depths. In New Music We Trust ? Live - review 2011-01-23T18:03:26Z In the slow movement Ott treated melodic phrases with the sensitivity of a poet awaiting a reader to find the meaning of a stanza. L.A. Phil, Dudamel dive into the 'Mozart in the Jungle' act at the Bowl 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z For a percussive pianist, some of Taylor's lightly tripping runs are surprisingly dainty, and Ensaslayi and Corn in the Sun are full of jazz's melodic and rhythmic notions, albeit tightly compressed. Cecil Taylor: Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! – review 2012-07-05T21:45:01Z In doing so, he occasionally lost his sense of elegance and melodic line; he may have been heard above the strings, but he couldn’t match their sweeping lyricism. Review: Two Artists Arrive at the Philharmonic, Loudly 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Mysterious stretches of rumbling percussion segue into ritualized stretches with repetitive instrumental riffs and overlapping strands of melodic fragments. Review: At Salzburg Festival, a Story of Sex and Conquest 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z But the musical has some shoring up to do, principally in a score with too little melodic variation. Review | ‘Mean Girls’ fans: Tina Fey’s musical is a singing, dancing revenge party, and it’s funny 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Despite the titular exclamation mark, it was their most mature record to date, opening with a sombre piano instrumental, and taking melodic flights of fancy on the hit single Blue Savannah. 1,000 Number ones: A chart history 2013-11-23T00:50:59Z Instrumental lines emerge from atmospheric murmurs, trying to coalesce into melodic fragments. Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Then bargaining — “some expectant yips” — and then depression: “It devolves into really pitiful crying that’s like, almost melodic.” Dogs, too, can find the pandemic disorienting 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Part of this new haul is a new album, “God Level,” that showcases the weepily melodic approach that made earlier releases like “Purple Summer” and “The Wolf of Grape Street” so enticing. The Playlist: Lost (and Found) John Coltrane, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He has helped redefine L.A. radio with melodic hooks and his lush, hedonistic blend of R&B and rap. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The opening chorus, with its rising, arching melodic lines in the orchestra and the sighing choral harmonies, is music of affecting solemnity and subtle complexity. Music Review: Gianandrea Noseda in His Mostly Mozart Debut 2013-08-14T21:01:46Z “Fruity,” like the best hyperpop, is an anarchic affront to refinement and restraint, an ever-escalating blast of melodic delirium and warped excess. Best Songs of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Blanchard got to work immediately, composing a new vocal part on a blank page of staff paper: a melodic line that could work atop the existing orchestral harmony. ‘Hey, Mr. Living Composer’: ‘Champion’ Takes Shape at the Met 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The juxtaposition of this early work — two recorded loops of a preacher’s apocalyptic account of Noah’s flood that are played in and out of sync — and the new, more melodic, composition is a terrific one. Review: A Decade On, Wayne McGregor Continues to Energize the Royal Ballet 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z He played melodic solos with stubborn lengths and shapes of phrase, double-stop drone chords and a long period of machinelike up-and-down strokes. Music Review: Pat Metheny and His Quartet at Town Hall 2012-10-14T22:01:15Z The concerto lurches from episode to episode, with the cello at first playing plaintive, elusive melodic lines, interrupted with panicky scurrying figures, atop gurgling ripples in the percussion. Matthias Pintscher Conducts in the NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z Waking up to a gently melodic, upbeat song gets the synapses firing or, as they put it, helps you to “transition to a waking state in a more effective way”. Dawn choruses: are these the best five songs to wake up to? 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Yet during long stretches an evasive but persistent melodic thread runs through. Music Review | Thomas Ad?s: At Carnegie Hall, Composer Is Keyboard Virtuoso Too 2010-03-29T04:58:00Z But this highly varied set is more explicitly classical in its harmonic mobility and melodic flourishes and more elaborately composed than Jarrett's jazz work ... Mercury prize shortlist 2011: what Guardian and Observer critics said 2011-07-19T13:07:52Z There were big musical themes in here: sometimes the layers of sonic texture made room for a short, huge and simple melodic motif, a rock-opera kind of thing. Music Review: Amon Tobin?s ?Isam? at Brooklyn Masonic Temple - Review 2011-10-27T22:39:39Z Malouf is a classical Arabic music style, ascetic and finely detailed: unharmonized melodic lines that are shared and traded by the singer and instruments, accompanied by sparse percussion. Music Review: Sonia M’barek at the French Institute Alliance Française 2013-05-07T21:13:40Z But the soloist keeps going on brief, fidgety excursions before settling back into a melodic grove. Jaap van Zweden Conducts New York Philharmonic 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z On its Nonesuch albums the group promoted a hip, new take on contemporary music: much of it melodic and rhythmically driving, nearly all of it fresh and vital. The String Quartet, Reinvented 2010-02-27T03:36:00Z That scene is now a high point of the opera, as those characters, drawn to each other but fated to different paths, voice sumptuous melodic turns cushioned by shimmering, pungent orchestral colors. Music Review: Overdue Debut for Lewis Spratlan Opera in Santa Fe 2010-07-25T23:29:00Z As with Mapping Wales and Septet, also recorded here, the music is lyrical, melodic, good-natured and benign. John Metcalf: Paths of Songs 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z "They are doing their best to balance the bass overload of dubstep and the melodic narrative of traditional songs" – The New Yorker. New band of the day ? No 929: Nero 2010-12-13T17:07:00Z Owen said the songs were "moving, touching and incredibly melodic – the kind of music you leave the theatre singing". Jerry Leiber's last lyrical masterpiece to celebrate the many sides of Oscar Wilde 2011-08-27T22:22:58Z Which means that anyone hoping to hear a few renegade thoughts or melodic loop-de-loops on “More Life” is hoping for far too much. Review | Drake is making background music, and it’s burying us alive 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Intriguingly, his trio features the pianist Bill Carrothers and the bassist Billy Peterson, an Upper Midwest crew adept with melodic abstraction. New Music: New Albums From Bad Plus and the Dave King Trio 2012-09-24T21:53:19Z Their debut single, Marathon, manages to capture the spirit of early Phil Spector productions, but with a dreamy, melodic pop edge that would melt the most cynical of hearts. Best Coast and Tennis make it a sunny outlook for pop 2010-08-19T22:30:00Z The impressionist lucidity of Ms. Schneider’s big-band scores was muted, understandably; still, her characteristic melodic generosity and rhythmic ingenuity came through. Music Review: A Quartet Mixes It Up With Younger Voices 2010-10-11T22:00:00Z The Moshier-Lebrun Collective opened with a series of earlier works, each showing glints of melodic beauty but all quite limited in expressive range. The spirit of Studs Terkel expressed in jazz 2011-01-25T15:10:16Z Some operas are faulted for scores that lack melodic richness, relying too much on long stretches of dramatic recitative. Review: Flawed but Fascinating Dvorak Opera in a Rare Staging 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z They added lively, unobtrusive melodic embellishments and, in the absence of a conductor, interacted meaningfully with their orchestral counterparts. Review: Masaaki Suzuki Conducts Young Musicians in Bach 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z The effervescence of Indiana Woodward brightens any ballet, but this season in Balanchine’s “La Source,” set to Delibes, her melodic finesse, her gossamer delicacy and her vivacious grace were jaw-dropping. Standing (and Dancing) Strong at New York City Ballet 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z From Dorothy’s pining for the place beyond the rainbow to Eminem’s urgent need to lose himself in the music, here are some of the most memorable melodic tales ever told on the big screen. 11 of the Most Memorable Original Movie Musicals 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The piece, conceived for gut strings, is an exploration of largely soft and subtle sound worlds through the repetition of melodic and rhythmic motifs, with programmatic titles inspired by events in the composer’s life. The Diderot String Quartet wins some converts 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z There are jaunty, melodic passages with impressive guitar backing; high, swooping vocals and slinky, breathy whispers; and lyrics that deal with everything from time and illness to a killer willow tree. Ruth Theodore: Dear Lamp Love Moth – review 2013-06-13T22:00:01Z Yet, aided by Mr. Gilbert and the orchestra, she was attentive to every wayward melodic twist and curious harmonic shift. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Performs at Avery Fisher Hall 2010-06-11T22:11:00Z Most of the afternoon’s solos were built of prefabricated lines and licks, without much sense of melodic improvisation. Critic's Notebook: Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition 2011-09-13T06:51:04Z “I can’t be left alone anymore” — with the guitar joining her for the little melodic curlicue of “anymore.” Review: Weaves Brings Sonic Slapstick in Shifting Tempos to the CMJ Music Marathon 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z The major songs from “Follies” and “A Little Night Music” in particular, are far-reaching ballads with melodic lines that sweep to the horizon. Music Review | 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert': A Little Birthday Music for Sondheim 2010-03-16T19:50:00Z It’s a jarring outlier when considered in the context of the rest of the album, but it works well as a stand-alone: Mr. Schneider sounds confident navigating the tightrope between brash and melodic. Before Summer Music Tours, a Burst of New CDs From Texans 2013-05-12T01:55:16Z But two follow-up songs — “Gorgeous” and “Call It What You Want” — are lighter and more bubbly, reminiscent of the melodic, pop-oriented Taylor Swift of “1989.” Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Is Almost Here. Let’s Discuss. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z When the music settled down again, with fleeting melodic bits, like bird songs, it seemed clear that the piece was ending. Music Review: John Luther Adams’s ‘Inuksuit’ at Ojai Music Festival 2012-06-08T21:08:54Z Between those two poles falls plenty of enjoyable melodic hard rock, never poor, though not always scaling the heights. Black Star Riders: All Hell Breaks Loose – review 2013-05-23T21:20:01Z Persona is more conventionally rock'n'roll, with Parkins's vocal becoming a yodel as the music gets louder and more aggressive yet melodic, which is impressive. New band of the day ? No 839: Superhumanoids 2010-08-03T16:12:00Z Gnawa music has distinct regional styles with different tunings and melodic inflections; the repertory has songs in pentatonic scales akin to West African music and the blues, as well as songs that use Arabic-sounding modes. Music Review: Mystical Morocco Bursting With Tribal Rhythm 2011-05-22T21:45:10Z Days before her performance, Song spoke of Mendelssohn and Bach as if they were uncles and credited Beethoven's "many musical varieties and different personalities. It's beautiful, melodic and kind of devastating sometimes." Students' arts dedication puts them in Spotlight at Disney Hall 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Still, the best bits of Different Gear Still Speeding sound least like the band Beady Eye used to be: the breezily melodic Millionaire is fantastic, the episodic Wigwam more ambitious than you might expect. Beady Eye: Different Gear, Still Speeding ? review 2011-02-24T22:50:01Z Basinski’s composition included sustained tones that recalled the “heavy organ” versions of Bach popular in the late 1960s, and hymnlike motifs emerged as the piece turned quieter and more melodic near its end. Review | William Basinski’s tranquil tunes stirred listeners — and got a standing ovation — at U Street Music Hall 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z While Rossini’s later operas have greater emotional depth and more harmonic and melodic invention, his confidence was there from the beginning. Music Review: Rossini Double Bill by Julliard Opera at Lincoln Center 2012-02-05T22:34:44Z The written-out parts of the piece provided a calming aural backdrop of chimes, slowly rising melodic lines in flutes and clarinets, penetrating low rumbles on the gongs, metallic flickers on small cymbals. Music Review: I?m Playing With the Orchestra. Leave a Message After the Beep. 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z At the start of “In C,” dancers twitch their way in unison through “Shoulder,” which corresponds to Riley’s first musical figure, before, one by one, breaking off into different movements as further melodic fragments emerge. Sasha Waltz’s ‘In C’ Marries Choreography and Improvisation 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Where Lightcap writes highly developed material with long, luxuriant melodic lines, Tamarindo alternates between spontaneously generated pieces and sketchy themes that serve as improvisatory launchpads. Tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby pops up all over at Earshot Fest 2012-10-04T19:27:01Z It is not clear either how McCartney's melodic, subtle bass playing would have made its presence felt in a band that included Hendrix' guitar and Davis' trumpet. 1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play? 2013-05-10T06:32:08Z Barber adhered to tried-and-true formal schemes and generic conventions from the 19th century, adding tangy harmonies and metrical sleights of ear to disguise, however thinly, the traditional harmonic and melodic organization of his compositions. Two Composers, Honored Silently 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z When I arrived, loudspeakers were broadcasting students reciting the Quran at a mint green oceanfront mosque with fuchsia trim, setting an unusually melodic soundtrack for a seaside retreat. In South India, a Low-Key and Cheap Alternative to Goa 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z But Soviet taste was more melodic, they like tunes above all, even a little sentiment, verging on the beautiful – and there, I'm describing a McCartney song, not hypersexual rock'n'roll, or Street Fighting Man. For young Soviets, the Beatles were a first, mutinous rip in the iron curtain 2013-04-20T13:00:01Z “That’s the reason my music has a certain type of melodic quality to it,” he added. A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z A special element of this particular track that proves his superior sense of melodic playing is the fact that Barry sings as he’s soloing, which can be heard if you listen closely. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Narrator Gary Tiedemann, a gifted bilingual voice actor, delivers the Spanish phrases with melodic grace and approaches the entire, psychologically astute tale with empathy. Review | David Sedaris and Tracey Ullman voice one of this month’s best audiobooks 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z I found the music, over all, engrossing, with the endless unfolding of restless melodic lines that never seem to settle into symmetrical phrases. Mei Lanfang Jingju Troupe Begins a Rare Tour 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z At its strongest, the composer’s instinctive feeling for Italianate lyricism is broken up intriguingly with jagged, fragmented melodic phrases. Music Review | Dicapo Opera Theater: Boy Is Ensnared in 19th-Century Papal Politics 2010-02-26T22:20:00Z In the first movement, a long, wayward melodic line unfolds slowly, each phrase elaborately embellished. Review: At 20, In Mo Yang Makes His New York Recital Debut 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z For “The Merchant of Venice,” directed by Daniel Sullivan, Mr. Schreier’s music is thick textured and lush, with multiple overlapping elements: choralelike chords, melodic bits, hazy clouds of harmonies. Incidental Music in ?Winter?s Tale? and ?Merchant of Venice? 2010-07-19T21:26:00Z "Come Together," in contrast, is tense and urgent due to rattlesnake-coiled drums and maracas, while melodic tambourine and easygoing beats gently nudge "Hey Jude" forward and help the song eventually take flight at the end. An appreciation of Ringo Starr's dynamic and joyful musical gifts – despite the naysayers 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Among the maelstrom, however, is Krauss's sweetly cooing voice, and it's her presence that counteracts the noise, giving the album its melodic focal point. Sleigh Bells: Treats 2010-08-05T22:25:00Z The next year the production somehow found extra thump and shifted to more melodic, Motown-style arrangements and really took off. Estefan and ‘La Bamba’ Cover Only Part of America’s Latin Culture in the 1980s 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z It is a long and unwieldy piece, but with some melodic direction and textural variety to recommend it. After blizzard, Thymos Quartet creates warm concert atmosphere 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z "The Last Ship" is packed with about 20 songs ranging from sweet, melodic ballads to toe-tapping dance numbers set in the grim shipyard, a local pub and the Catholic Church. Rock star Sting's musical 'The Last Ship' docks on Broadway 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z 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 Tuesday evening’s Rodolfo, the tenor Charles Castronovo, who sang with beefy sound and a touch of impetuousness, clearly likes to take ample time to deliver ardent melodic phrases. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It’s an electronic album, but it’s also guitar-driven and very melodic. The Texas Shuffle 2010-12-05T08:34:00Z His melodic lines soared above a sea of dreamy romanticism. In Warsaw, With Chopin as Muse 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z They may be counting on the Norah Jones - Susan Boyle audience: older listeners who still buy music legally and who want something soothing and melodic. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z And they became almost proudly derivative, particularly of the big, distorted riffs and melodic phrasing of early Weezer. New Music: Music by the Very Best, Twin Shadow and Jeff the Brotherhood 2012-07-16T22:34:10Z The language of the island is English, though most of the population — estimated at 15,000 — speak a melodic Caribbean version. In laid-back Anguilla, Caribbean travelers find the right mix of bistro and beach 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Their vocal lines, though conversational, move slowly, expanding into drawn-out melodic turns that seem curiously tentative. ‘The Passenger’ at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z And, soon enough, there’s a clearing of skies: The music decelerates and makes room for melodic fragments that are voiced more sweetly. It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z McCartney, 71, has received some glowing reviews for his latest release, with the Daily Telegraph newspaper describing it as "vintage Macca: jaunty, melodic and occasionally whimsical". Paul McCartney's new album misses out on UK top spot 2013-10-20T18:02:15Z In terms of music, our prayers are so melodic and you literally sit there and sing, sing, sing! Talking Shop 2010-02-23T12:48:00Z It included Mr. Veloso’s “Baby,” a sweetly melodic ballad satirizing consumerism that became her first major hit. Gal Costa, Singer Who Embodied Tropicália’s Innovative Spirit, Dies at 77 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Neiman handled them all with panache, bringing down the volume level to splendid effect in some of the quieter melodic passages as the two other players followed suit. Chamber-music fest opens on exciting note 2012-02-03T19:16:04Z On “This Old Man,” Miles and his band mates unite around shared melodic lines but never hold onto them too tightly, allowing a sense of mischief and play to come in. Jeff Tweedy’s Homesick Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The main guitar riff splits the difference between melodic pop and hard rock, while sounding fluid and urgent. Why the Outfield’s “Your Love” is the perfect summer song 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z It's melodic, it doesn't have lyrics, but it's melodic, and it's storytelling, and it has a pace. Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: We're the only band "used to playing in space bubbles" 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In form, too, his music evolved, from closed and abstract symphonic patterns toward open-ended, atmospheric stretches within a continuous unfolding of melodic transformation. Henri Dutilleux, Modernist Composer, Dies at 97 2013-05-23T04:14:08Z Ratshin's nimble, pizzicato touch on his guitar strings provides both a percussive and melodic backdrop. Uncle Bonsai resurfaces with trademark melodies, wit intact 2010-05-07T00:03:00Z Through every chapter, solo piano remains a constant, the format in which Mr. Mehldau best excels at converging his interests in classical Romanticism, modern jazz and anguished but melodic indie rock. Brad Mehldau Evolves in ‘10 Years Solo Live,’ a New Boxed Set 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z And for plenty of others, maybe a majority, it was about accessibly melodic indie-rock, or some approximation thereof. Critic?s Notebook: Austin City Limits Festival Has Big and Local Acts 2011-09-19T22:32:23Z The title track is amazing: Stay Kids is a marvel of melodic majesty and cosmic funk, like some weird hybrid of Red Hot Chili Peppers and MGMT. New band of the day ? No 895: ANR 2010-10-26T15:39:00Z Below, the week in music, along with a tip on some weekend melodic salve. Week in music: FKA Twigs arrives, Kanye fires DJ, Ty Segall burns, more 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z While the African-American ensembles danced for the most part to pounding, clattering, deliciously rhythmic percussion, the Malagasy tunes were folksier and more melodic, heavy on the accordion and reminiscent of zydeco or Cajun music. Groupe Bakomanga and Asase Yaa Perform at DanceAfrica 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z He eventually described his work as “harmolodics” — a combination of harmony, movement and melodic motifs into a fluid, untethered music evolving from a central idea. Ornette Coleman, innovative force in jazz and modern music, dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z It does, however, sound different—the urgent, wistful piano, the earnest attempt at singing, a bit of melodic sweetness. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z You know, not really melodic, not cocktail, not super jazzy, but sort of background-y piano music. ‘A Really Cool Gig’: Playing Piano for Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z And Jenna’s big number, “She Used to Be Mine,” is a flat-out great sad song, a simple, lyrically acute solo that spreads its melodic wings slowly and hauntingly. Review | Easy as pie, ‘Waitress’ serves up laughs and heartbreak with Sara Bareilles songs 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z One of the reasons the Beatles’ songs sound so rich is the depth of composition, the melodic and harmonic layers – and McCartney’s ability to straddle rhythm and melody on bass was critical. Paul McCartney: Busting a few myths 2011-07-22T13:48:00Z Overdriven and fried in melodic distortion, his fuzzed-out garage rock slams into the 21st century. Pitchfork Day 3: Vampire Weekend, Ty Segall, Kendrick Lamar (and Lady Gaga?) 2012-07-16T05:11:00Z The tune’s rising melodic line even figures in the lyrics as “the fourth, the fifth / the minor fall, the major lift.” Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter of love, death and philosophical longing, dies at 82 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z It had things all ways at once: pummeling momentum, neat melodic hooks, crooning, screaming, fresh memories of youthful traumas and the songs to exorcise them. Music Review: Warped Tour Returns to Nassau Coliseum 2012-07-22T22:51:26Z Mr. Bernstein, still, is a believer in clarity and the essence of a song, and his songs have clear melodic lines. Peter Bernstein Quartet at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z The new trio begins each movement with a harmonically skewered version of Mozart's melodic gambits. Camerata Pacifica introduces John Harbison's curvy string trio 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z After an opening of glistening harmonics and pizzicato that’s like piqued curiosity, Ms. Shaw’s music takes off to discover surprising melodic turns with irresistible joy and wonder. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2019 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Still, it retains the melodic and rhythmic essence of the freestyle, and it’s probably better than any of the songs Desiigner released on “New English.” Desiigner’s “Timmy Turner”: A Viral Freestyle Finds Full Form 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。