| 单词 | phrasing |
| 例句 | Before teaching it, ask students to listen carefully to something in the song’s phrasing, repetition, rhythm, melody, timbre, lyrics, dynamics, rests, mood or affect, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I recognized the sound more than anything, Reshi. Its phrasing was very old, archaic. I couldn’t make heads or tails of it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Once on the long-distance telephone, Betty told me in beautiful phrasing the way she thinks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There are so many examples of human misuse of the Earth that even phrasing this question chills me. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had me put in the Mabel Mercer tape and then enlightened me about her meticulous phrasing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Search after search about lung transplants and lung-function percentages, new combinations and phrasing but always the same idea. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z This phrasing of the question seemed to set off a series of weak and distant lights where the other had thrown a spark that failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right. But your great-uncle, when he came home”—Madame hunts for the proper phrasing—“he was not the same as when he left.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I have called up reporters and radio and television newscasters long-distance and asked them never to use that phrasing again, explaining to them: “All Muslims are number two—after Mr. Muhammad.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At some point, Dr. Singh had told Mom not to ask if I was feeling anxious, so she’d stopped phrasing it as a direct question. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For newborns and very young children, speaking a rhyme and wiggling toes connects sound to a pleasurable and intimate act, as well as introducing the idea of rhythm and phrasing to newborns and young children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In these instances, I believe that her actions speak even louder than whatever words she might have said, so I have filled in some cracks in the research with my own phrasings. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The violin’s absence of frets, which had been a feature of the viola da gamba family and the lute, also allowed its player greater freedom in the tuning and individuality of phrasing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z What kind of emotion do you hear in the melody, rhythm and phrasing? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In spite of the blunt words and homely phrasing, there was nothing revolting in Katie’s explanations. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of his phrasings was rather like a little ancient island, inundated by a miniature sea of whiskey. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The latter phrasing, while less misleading, is also less impressive, which explains why it isn’t used. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had told me that Bach should be played very softly, and very loudly, to exaggerate the phrasing, because the pieces themselves are so ordered that the emotion needs to come through in the playing. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The closest phrasing would be something like, “He forcibly took me.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I would send a”—I mulled over the phrasing—“a Don’t- let-Harry-catch-you-flicking card.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Everything was all right,” said Finny at the end, “phrasing, rhythm, all that. But I’m not sure about your pitch. Half a tone off, I would estimate offhand.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fascinating to me to see the small changes in language and phrasing from one book to the next. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He sang with his whole body, phrasing each verse as naturally as he walked, his voice rising above all the others, blending with that of the lucid horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had special praise for Chester’s “phrasing,” by which he meant the neat way the cricket played all the notes of a passage without letting them slide together. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He played with a cleanly articulated touch and beautiful phrasing. Music Review: HaeSun Paik and Michail Lifits at Mannes Concert Hall 2010-07-30T22:28:00Z The lyrics say one thing, the dance says another, but they stay in close connection both in mood and in details of phrasing. Dance Review: Ballet Memphis and Ballet Arizona at Kennedy Center 2010-06-18T22:15:00Z Katherine Needleman, on the oboe parts in the outer arias, infused this performance with a gorgeous sense of phrasing and musicality. BSO skillfully illuminates familiar terrain of Vivaldi, Handel and Bach 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z It’s a wiki-style site that posts song lyrics and invites users to offer explanations for potentially obscure references or difficult-to-understand phrasings. Riff: Lady Mondegreen and the Miracle of Misheard Song Lyrics 2012-07-13T18:54:28Z While Ms. Stewart’s phrasing with its careful hesitations and emphases on key words maintains a serene facade, Mr. Charlap’s volatile pianism reflects the turmoil below the surface in abrupt changes of rhythm and mood. Music Review: Sandy Stewart and Bill Charlap at Feinstein’s 2012-11-21T22:15:31Z In the slow opening movements of the G-minor sonata and B-minor partita, Hahn’s phrasing felt more relaxed and elastic, with a quieter, introspective quality. Review | Hilary Hahn shows mature artistry with Bach violin solos 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Her once near-perfect intonation is gone, along with the phrasing that not so long ago enabled her to spin out notes like jet trails seemingly into infinity. Review: Barbara Cook, a Lioness Who Still Has Some Bite Left 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Munn himself, who seemingly couldn't care less about how crass his phrasing sounds, has bombed in the ludicrously non-lethal sense of the word. Hitler and the Nazi Cult of Celebrity by Michael Munn ? review 2012-05-17T12:35:57Z The juba dance movement of Price’s Third features asymmetrical phrasing, rhythmic complexity and interaction between sections. Clara Schumann and Florence Price Get Their Due at Carnegie Hall 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz hails her as "the first white singer to absorb and master the jazz-flavored phrasing...of her black contemporaries." Idaho tribe touts 'Mrs. Swing's' Indian roots 2012-03-15T10:32:08Z But the smoky sensuality, the breathy vulnerability, the naked emotionality of intonation and phrasing, and the raw white-soul edge that distinguished Springfield at her best are in short supply. Theater Review: ‘Forever Dusty’ at New World Stages 2012-11-21T21:57:24Z Sure of pitch and elegant in its phrasing, her modest-size voice has taken on a melancholy wistfulness. Mariella Devia Returns to New York in ‘Roberto Devereux’ 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Almost a quarter-century after her first Met Mimi, Ms. Hong sounded fresh and radiant on Friday, her singing distinguished by beautiful phrasing and refined pianissimos. Music Review: ?La Boh?me? at the Met: Life in Zeffirelli Style - Review 2011-11-20T22:51:46Z Mr. Norrington elicited vividly etched phrasing in the first movement and a bright, clean sound throughout. Music Review: The Orchestra of St. Luke?s at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-20T23:06:06Z The echo giving his ragged voice a slightly superhuman quality, he sang as if possessed, haunted by the images of the lyrics, twisting words and phrasing. Roy Harper: 'I'm not very communicative' 2013-07-17T16:49:47Z That phrasing allows her the full range of responses, from absolutely nothing beyond “Thanks, I’m fine,” to a specific “Yes, rides would be a godsend.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Don’t pry, but offer to help your neighbor 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck — both stylish, lovable, miraculous in complex phrasing — swept Tuesday’s performance up into peak after peak. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Spring Opener Features Balanchine 2013-05-01T22:03:21Z But for reasons that are unclear, many of the pop covers of the song over the years use a different phrasing in the last line. ‘Lost in the Stars’: Musical’s title song has staying power 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Let it be known, however, that Erlich’s gift for vulgar phrasing is formidable. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3 Episode 6: Spaces vs. Tabs 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z The poem itself is a cracker, with none of the awkwardness of phrasing or overenthusiastic mysticism that can sometimes mar his work. Poster poems: July 2012-07-13T15:49:08Z Her version of “Lover Man,” treated as an extended sigh of dreamy longing propelled by subtle jazz phrasing, balanced tenderness and sensuality in a rendition that challenged Billie Holiday’s matchless original in beauty and honesty. Music Review: Barbara Cook at 54 Below 2013-04-25T21:52:39Z We talked about time and enduring, music and phrasing and failing and getting up. The Stage Door at Sea: A Broadway Star on Her First Fan Cruise 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But he didn’t sound like a rookie; over a hard-hitting small band, his phrasing was bold, enthusiastic and playful. Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z There’s sass, but it comes with a smile; there’s strength in her voice’s lacquer, but you fear the fragility underneath; there’s sensuality in the slightest bend of her hips, but an innocence in her phrasing. Review: ‘Arabella’ Brings Intrigue to the Munich Opera Festival 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Dance phrasing joined musical phrasing in many ways, showing both micro and macro aspects of Gluck, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Tchaikovsky. Review: Sara Mearns Joins Isadora Duncan’s Maenads and Nymphs 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z "Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasising the phrasing, using voice colour more boldly, and varying the shade and nuance," she wrote. Galina Vishnevskaya obituary 2012-12-11T18:32:40Z The ENO orchestra plays on modern instruments, which Curnyn says he's perfectly happy working with, provided the players are open to rethinking what they've been taught about articulation, phrasings and such. COT gives 'Medea' a modern makeover 2011-04-20T15:43:54Z The singers use the talky middle of their range, delivering bunched-up phrasing at slanted angles in generalized American drawls. Kurt Vile and War on Drugs Share a Middle Ground 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z He achieved a flexibility of tempo and phrasing without any loss of the necessary sense of span that so eluded him in 2002. LSO/Rattle ? review 2011-03-08T18:31:09Z Maneri is an expressive microtonal player fascinated by the spaces between western music's usual pitches, and he seamlessly segues jazz phrasing with the delicacies of chamber music. A$AP Rocky, Rokia Traoré, The Handsome Family: this week's new live music 2013-05-18T05:00:11Z The performance did not convey quite the exuberance of the original, but the reed quartet's warm timbre, lithe phrasings and unstoppable rhythmic energy pointed to the seriousness and credibility of the effort. 'Four Others' charge hard at Jazz Showcase 2011-04-01T15:34:00Z The easy sweep of Mr. Huxley’s phrasing in Melancholic was especially fine on Saturday. Review: Five by Balanchine, Stark and Dramatic, at City Ballet 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z On a very basic tactical level, never use imperative phrasing, such as “do that, finish this.” Forget about “inbox zero”: The real problem with email isn’t your unread messages 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Both Mr. Abraham and Mr. Pacino are first-rate actors, I need hardly say, but Mr. Abraham is the more rigorous classicist, phrasing the language with an attentive care for rhythm and clarity. | 'The Merchant of Venice': What Price a Pound of Flesh? 2011-03-04T23:52:29Z Their cadences are unusual and addictive, and the way he sings them, his phrasing, it’s just beautiful.” Nick Lowe, Back With a New Album, ?That Old Magic? 2011-09-13T19:59:12Z "From the phrasing of this one question, I gathered that any sort of mutual understanding was impossible." Ken Ilgunas' 'Trespassing across America' on the 1,700-mile route of the Keystone XL pipeline 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Nina Simone is probably my all time favorite singer — the sound of her voice, her phrasing, her cadences. Garbage’s Shirley Manson Thrives on Unapologetic Heroines 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z 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 In the Andantino the strings created a creamy, blended sound with weight in the middle voices and phrasing that was every bit as responsive and subtle as Mr. Ax’s. Review: Mostly Mozart’s Opening Concert, With a Chopin Encore 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Because of their mode of attack and juiciness and phrasing, it comes to life. Ballet Theater’s Met Season, a Mix of Sparkling Moments and Familiar War Horses 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The phrasing was paramount, said Rachel F. Seidman, an adjunct assistant professor of history and women’s and gender studies at the University of North Carolina who was teaching a course at Duke. Who Is a Feminist Now? 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z 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 She brings admirable attention to line, phrasing and articulation. L.A. Opera opens its new season with 'Carmen,' again 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z His voice could convey flirtatiousness, amusement, heartache or wily agility, and his syncopated phrasing was as close to jazz as to traditional blues, leaping easily into falsetto or letting loose a vulpine howl. Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, New Orleans Musical Luminary, Dies at 79 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z The tones, the phrasing, the melodies—everything was identical, as far as I could tell, outside of the language being sung. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The latter phrasing focuses on the members, rather than the group. Do bigots just lack imagination? | Oliver Burkeman 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Van Kemenade's quiveringly tender tone and delicately inviting phrasing led his own Close Enough, before an effusively Cuban groove closed the set. Van Kemenade/Anderson/Bennink ? review 2010-10-27T21:30:00Z So was that his phrasing, or your interpretation of his meaning? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He skipped the ring, so fiancee wears her own — to his chagrin 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Calhoun — with his dancer’s inside knowledge — clarifies its phrasing and shape. ‘It Taunts the Eye’: Footwork’s Fast Moves Loom Over Chicago 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z This is a silly way of phrasing it, and yet I’m going to. Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z “If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased,” she tweeted in the summer of 2020, as part of a thread protesting gender-neutral phrasing related to menstruation. Perspective | Listening to ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ is exhausting work 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z At times, though, Weilerstein’s rhapsodic phrasing dissipated rhythmic tension and obscured the dance character of the music, especially in the Minuets in the first two suites. Alisa Weilerstein woos in romantic reading of Bach Cello Suites 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Pauses in the music brought shifts toward brief flurries of notes that sounded like descendants of bebop phrasing. Review: New Works Designed With a Daring Trumpeter in Mind 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z But she maintained clear ideas about vocal performance, especially the subject of phrasing. Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z That temperament was understated in Mr. McGill’s account, but what he overlooked in Schumannesque angst he more than made up for in the sweetness of his tone and the energy of his phrasing. 2010-01-11T08:07:00Z Sometimes he would have an idea for a song’s feel: He wrote the Four Tops’ “Reach Out I’ll Be There” thinking about Bob Dylan’s phrasing on “Like a Rolling Stone.” Lamont Dozier, Writer of Numerous Motown Hits, Dies at 81 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z One, Mr. Kissin’s, was confident and sparkling, with elegant phrasing and generous tone. Music Review: A Viola and a Piano in Search of Common Ground 2011-05-01T21:13:51Z Mr. Holmes delicately negotiated the tricky matter of vocal imitation, often scaling back his lounge-singer swagger several notches to croon in a pure head voice with polished, if hesitant phrasing. Music Review: Clint Holmes Tribute to Bobby Short at Carlyle - Review 2011-10-17T22:19:30Z The musical style was corporate, phrasing and balance decisions obviously made in rehearsal and adhered to in performance, with little or no room for spontaneity. Marsalis, Philadelphia orchestra go by the book at the Wallis 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Rarely does one hear such perfect synchronization of phrasing and expression, and De Silva, while playing substantial harmony at times, never overwhelmed Perlman’s light tone. Itzhak Perlman, Rohan De Silva performed in perfect partnership | Classical review 2013-02-20T17:30:17Z At 68, his vocal tone and phrasing is as good or better than ever, and he drew a standing ovation in the 100-plus-year-old hotel. Van Morrison takes his music home with concert near Belfast 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Jones was at his best with cry-in-your-beer songs made extra mournful by his masterful phrasing. Country singer George Jones dead at 81 2013-04-26T22:24:14Z The voice matches the sweet timbre of Mr. McCartney’s persuasively, and the phrasing is admirably precise in its mimicry. | 'Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on Broadway': Another Long and Winding Detour 2010-10-27T04:30:00Z The speeches used similar wording and at times featured identical phrasing. Principal: I accidentally plagiarized Ashton Kutcher speech 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Even her language emulates the phrasing of the sources, as though modernizing her account would distract readers, reminding them of the interloper who stands between them and sheer documentation. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The real focus instead should be how we communicate: phrasing, tone and body language. The art of saying no: How to raise kids to be polite, not pushovers 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z All the performers seemed at ease on stage, with communicative singing, excellent diction, intelligent phrasing and well-calibrated acting, neither too broad nor too subtle. Music Review: Finding High Spirits in Shakespeare 2011-05-09T21:42:29Z The tricky phrasing of the finale was absolutely convincing. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Rattle – review 2013-01-30T18:44:44Z Sequences of phrasing seemed both independent of the music and yet judiciously right for some of its rhythms. Dance Review: Fall for Dance at City Center, With Hawaiian and Indian Work 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z But he retains his virtuosity within tightly musical phrasing, and he's never less than a deft and sympathetic partner to his ballerina Viengsay Valdés. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z Osborne was a model of restrained passion in the Franck, and throughout the recital gauged her phrasing with great perception and subtlety — always articulating the musical arc, but never hogging the spotlight. A romantic filter gives richness to a range of music 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z For her part, Ms. Aldana cut a brilliant compromise, keeping up with the fast themes, then slowing and loosening her phrasing and fogging up her tone. SpokFrevo Orquestra Plays at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z But with a conductor as stellar as Mr. Vanska on the podium, there was still plenty to admire in terms of phrasing and nuance, though I remain to be convinced. Music Review: Rudolf Buchbinder at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-15T22:36:11Z Under Mr. Fox’s deft guidance, the choir’s voices blended beautifully, with alluring details of phrasing and dynamics admirable from the opening “Come, Let Us Worship.” Music Review: Clarion Choir in Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-01-02T22:39:23Z 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 These scores demand incredibly tender phrasing, as the player’s fingers mimic the breath of an anguished singer. Nine Inch Nails: a human scream in Reagan’s postindustrial America 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Vocally, her curt, emphatic phrasing reflected the music’s relentless percussiveness without her paying much attention to lyrics. Music Review: Eliane Elias at Birdland 2013-05-29T21:42:52Z The company still fields in prima roles a number of women who dance as twinkle-toed soubrettes, devoid of adult decisiveness, musicianly phrasing or linear beauty. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet Is Changing, but Questions Remain 2012-06-15T21:27:12Z Bezuidenhout evokes a lively exchange with a vivacious, charming conversationalist, with phrasing as natural as speech. CD reviews: Music that conjures emotionally charged spaces. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Jones was at his best with cry-in-your-beer songs and his masterful phrasing made them extra mournful. Country singer George Jones dead at 81 2013-04-26T15:12:10Z Having put these two works together for his first half, Ohlsson delineated all of their varied moods to perfection, with all of his familiar mastery of touch and phrasing. Familiar mastery from Garrick Ohlsson 2014-01-16T19:07:12Z His phrasing is direct without being dictatorial, and he doesn’t leave musicians waiting. At 26, the Conductor Klaus Mäkelä’s Star Keeps Rising and Rising 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Her soft-grained singing is a consonant-free zone, her phrasing approximate, and there are only glimpses of the commanding dramatic presence the role demands. Adriana Lecouvreur - review 2010-11-19T21:30:00Z Indeed, there was no rough edge or careless note throughout his graceful performance, his pearly sound and nuanced phrasing a perfect complement to Mr. Gerhaher’s elegant singing. Review: Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’ With Christian Gerhaher 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s not just a problem here, it’s a widespread burst of creative phrasing that broke a tradition that didn’t need fixing. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to respond when ‘cocktail attire’ isn’t your guest’s cup of tea 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Johnson's deft phrasing adds a lot of color to familiar territory. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z But this distinctive musician is never routine, and his exquisitely honed phrasing and gestures often illuminate unusual structural details. Music Review: Paavo Jarvi Brings Schumann to Alice Tully Hall 2010-08-03T22:52:00Z Yang says that he found translating in isolation "painful" and "unnerving", but his understandable decision to convey Liu's meaning as literally as possible leads to some stilted phrasing. June Fourth Elegies by Liu Xiaobo – review 2012-08-17T21:54:01Z The orchestra and Allegrini all play modern instruments, but there's a period sensibility about the way the textures are balanced and the phrasing shaped. Mozart: Horn Concertos ? review 2011-08-18T21:20:01Z The imagery and phrasing sounded familiar but I couldn't place it. Rewind TV: OK! TV; The British Academy Film Awards; Champions League Football; Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence 2011-02-20T00:05:41Z The Grammy-winning American singer Cassandra Wilson arrived at Blue Note Records in the 1990s to apply her muscular Nina Simone-like contralto and supple phrasing to an updating of traditional African-American folk-blues. Ultramagnetic MCs, Trash Talk, Zorn@60: this week's new live music 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z As Mr. Scott explains in that 2004 interview, Gould “changed a lot as he recorded because he wanted to try different tempos, different accents, different phrasings, because that’s why he loved recording so much.” 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The speaker often keeps one foot — or even a toe — in academic thought and phrasing, as in the wonderful series of poems about cars, each titled after a philosopher or theologian. Three best poetry books of May 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The phrasing in Hades’s lines is unnatural, as if he were trying — and often failing — to imitate human speech. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z He put down Fender Rhodes chords for color, finally playing a spacey synthesizer solo that owed as much of its phrasing and harmony to Philip Glass as Herbie Hancock. Review | Chris Potter’s Circuits Trio made a splash at Blues Alley — with jaw-dropping moments from James Francies 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Jackson, an improviser of far more bite and power than was usual for a player of his delicately chiming instrument, was more overtly rooted in bebop's intricately long-lined melodies, and the phrasing of the blues. 50 great moments in jazz: The Modern Jazz Quartet and John Lewis's Django 2010-03-24T17:12:00Z Mr. Pittas conveyed the ardor of the young poet, but his singing was often marred by choppy phrasing and strained passages. Music Review: ?La Boh?me? at the Met: Life in Zeffirelli Style - Review 2011-11-20T22:51:46Z The plangent sweetness of Ms. Gal-Ed’s tone and the chiseled grace of her phrasing were beautifully set off by orchestral playing that maintained a springy lightness in both vivacious and deliberate movements. Review: Orpheus’s Shifting Glimmers From Angled Glass 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Dozens of times a day, when Mr. Bize answers his cellphone — “C’est Monsieur Bize” — this gentle phrasing sweetens an otherwise sting-y situation. The Murder Hornet Hunters of Paris 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z His phrasing, combined with his ability to attack and then embrace silence, was the roots-music equivalent of a full orchestra. Shakey Graves uses all the colors at dynamic El Rey show 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Warren aside, even the most poetic phrasings often end up concealing an unpoetic argument: that a woman should be forced to birth a child because she asked for it. Perspective | The one point abortion rights activists need to keep making 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Let’s untangle his contorted phrasing: Trump has to say that Kennedy is a nice person because his daughter likes her. Donald Trump is running for the Spite House 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z “You don’t ask me anything about me, ever,” is not a complicated concept that requires precision in phrasing. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: ‘Conversational narcissist’ husband has something he’d like to add 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Nagano, deeply mindful of shape and phrasing, coaxed the strings into producing a warm glow that seemed to be lit from within. Review: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra Gets Ambitious at Carnegie Hall 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Early on, Alessi's lean, writhing phrasing and glittering high-register yelps steadily shook themselves free of the staccato patterns of Hart's theme Passwords, and returned in languidly twisting sounds over the vibra-phonist's whirling solo. Jim Hart/Ralph Alessi 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z The liquidity of her phrasing in the second movement of Scriabin’s Sonata No. 2 eerily evoked the sound of woodwinds. Music Review: Yuja Wang at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-17T20:20:09Z As a teenager, Mr. Thomas played the harsh Variations for Copland himself, and fondly remembered the composer instructing him in its phrasing. Asking Whether Copland’s Abstruse Works are the Exception or the Rule 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z There was similar Mozartian crispness and fine phrasing in the D major Haffner symphony that opened the concert. Norwegian CO 2010-08-26T11:00:00Z In lyrical moments, like the clarinet line that opens the second-movement Adagio, it seemed as if the players were overcompensating for being out of their usual modern and contemporary repertory, phrasing with exaggerated intensity. Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-13T22:44:48Z Delivering “What’s New” in a creamy baritone with perfect pitch and effortless control, he captured every nuance of Sinatra’s phrasing from the original recording. Review: Stars Pay Tribute to Frank Sinatra 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z There are passages where Milanov’s lustrous voice and regal phrasing are remarkable. Critic?s Notebook: Sony Classical Releases 4 New Historic Met Opera CDs 2012-01-21T01:25:23Z Mr. Dutoit, the principal conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, accompanied the soloists and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, which was in good form with supple, flexible phrasing. Music Review: Tanglewood?s Season Opens With Good Friends Like Verdi and Bellini 2011-07-10T21:36:09Z He praises her “unshakeable rhythmic sense, which enables her to dance freely around the beat, lending her phrasing a refreshing unpredictability,” and marvels at this crystalline soprano’s “swinging jazz beat.” Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z "From that march, words were revealed, and a song was composed," Pops says on the album of the song "Freedom Highway," phrasing the truth as though it were delivered via stone tablets. Sound of civil rights rings out in resurrected Staple Singers records 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The familiar arias felt like they had been considered anew, and Mr. Kaufmann’s singing was splendid — his voice vibrant with dusky colors and warmth, his phrasing impassioned. The Met Opera Tries to Find Paying Customers in a Pandemic 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Roberts, who originally hails from Perth, Australia, was an especially commanding soloist throughout the set, though there were stretches — notably on “Brilliant Corners” — when his tone and phrasing evoked Branford Marsalis. Music Review: Jeff (Tain) Watts’s Quartet Opens Series at Minton’s 2014-04-13T21:21:46Z He played with sweet tone, deliberate phrasing and vigor in the rollicking Hungarian-style third movement. Music Review: Saying Farewell to School, With Some Help From Brahms 2011-05-20T21:22:12Z Soprano Marina Poplavskaya's fondness for sculpted phrasing was a bit too self-conscious in this music. Prom 13: Verdi Requiem - review 2011-07-25T10:04:41Z Urban called her pitch and phrasing "so bullet" and her range endless. 'American Idol' recap: Top three sing three as show celebrates self 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z There was no music; or rather they became the silent music, the sole source of phrasing. Trisha Brown Dances Animate a Scottish Landscape 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The players emphasize the beat, four-bar phrasing and instant gratification climaxes in the manner of much 21st century popular music. At the Ojai Music Festival, Classical style takes a turn 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Mead made an equally strong impression with his luminous voice, impeccable control and expressive phrasing. Music Review: ‘Messiah,’ From New York Philharmonic 2012-12-19T21:39:18Z He’s a singer capable of gladiatorial power but also subtle shadings, supple phrasing and a thoroughly convincing Italian flavor. Opera Review: Diana Damrau Takes On ‘La Sonnambula’ at the Met 2014-03-17T22:21:46Z Among the vocal soloists, McCormack did eloquent work throughout, as did bass Steven Combs, with his warm timbre and tender phrasing. Review | One aria sums up a joyful Washington Bach Consort ‘Christmas Oratorio’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z He quotes Jules Renard on "Baudelaire's dense phrasing, as if laden with electrical fluids", linking him to another commentator as if making an introduction. La Folie Baudelaire by Roberto Calasso, translated by Alastair McEwen - review 2012-12-28T22:55:02Z There is clearly an audience hungry for her charm, her phrasing, her sincerity, the community she’s gathered around her. Review: Aprile Millo Keeps Opera’s Old-School Flame Alive 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Here, she proved herself a master of phrasing and a killer dramatist besides. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z His phrasing and touch in the Un poco adagio opened up worlds of expression, and his bumptious, off-kilter accents in the Hungarian-themed Rondo never disturbed the flowing, propulsive stream of notes. Conductor Mario Venzago energizes Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Lewis renders everything with his now-familiar immaculate tone and elegant phrasing. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Apart from the mysteries of its multiple narratives, the phrasing has a three-dimensional richness, and the vocabulary a variety, that deepen the world onstage. Review: Ballet Memphis Shatters Basic Rules 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z He brought melting legato phrasing to lyrical passages. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z I wouldn’t say the same for the headline writers at the New York Post, who top the piece with a bit of transactional 21st century we’ll-push-your-button-if-you-click-ours phrasing: “Women Are Not Capable of Understanding 'GoodFellas'” The 'GoodFellas' flap: How it gets a movie and both genders wrong 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Her titillating descriptions and canorous phrasing are a pleasure — so much so that I wished her to go bolder, to set the scene and capture the characters in rich Technicolor. ‘Where We Stand’ Review: Gifts are Given, but at What Cost? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z These pieces, too, benefited from Fung’s thoughtfulness and touchingly immediate way with phrasing, and he was fully inside the Russian composer’s idiom. Review | Subtle, understated, or simply muted? Pianist offers restrained beauty in WPA debut. 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z The quiet, understated elegance of the piano melodies on this last track are moving; the phrasing is graceful, managing to be understated and specific. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z Flexible phrasing allowed breathing room for the "Dance of the Firebird" and dreamy Berceuse, and the "Infernal Dance" was suitably primal, sometimes brutal, in its earthiness. A steady 25-year-old hand leads the L.A. Phil and Hilary Hahn through a riveting Disney Hall concert 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Often, he rapped as if he were trying to win an argument, with repetitive emphasis and terse phrasing designed for maximum impact. DMX, a Profound Vessel for Pain 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Akiyoshi, who also uses instruments and concepts from Japanese folk music, has a knack for tuneful phrasing and braided, two-handed constructions. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z When Nevelson recalls a moment of inexplicable joy she experienced while walking in Europe — “hiking, they call it?”— the Man allows himself a fleeting smile at her out-of-touch phrasing. Review | At Theater J, Albee’s ‘Occupant’ takes a lifeless look at the life of Louise Nevelson 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Here tempos were brisk but comfortable, and greater effort was devoted to nuanced phrasing and beauty of tone than to the exigencies of trendiness. Music Review: Mitsuko Uchida Plays Mozart at Caramoor 2010-06-27T21:49:00Z “It didn’t matter that he couldn’t read or write music. His instincts for . . . phrasing were phenomenal. He interpreted the lyrics like Olivier interpreting Shakespeare.” Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88 In the Prologue the attention to musically vivid, theatrically strong phrasing throughout the solo variations for the six Fairy Godmothers is first-rate. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Returns to Lincoln Center 2013-07-02T21:29:12Z Though she showed how her line and phrasing often reached new extremes, she never tipped the ballet over into the study in distortion it often becomes. Dance Review | Suzanne Farrell Ballet: Celebrating the Genius of Balanchine by Viewing It With Fresh Eyes 2010-03-08T06:32:00Z Maybe you notice something about his breath, or the delicacy and precision of his phrasing. The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The term “food insecure” is widely used, but what a lousy term for hungry, with its whiff of the clinical, and a phrasing that speaks to neurosis rather than the practical. A Place at the Table: A Serving of Hard-to-Swallow Truths 2013-03-01T12:55:20Z Wow, first question and I’m second-guessing my phrasing. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Lucas Mann Talks About 'Class A' 2013-05-16T19:00:06Z He offered crystalline phrasing that would not have been out of place on the harpsichord — an instrument he also happens to play — while drawing hushed, beautifully rounded tone from his Steinway. Review | Subtle, understated, or simply muted? Pianist offers restrained beauty in WPA debut. 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z There is, though, another way of phrasing that question. European Union: time to get aboard 2013-04-02T20:51:22Z I chose the lining, and the phrasing under the collar. What to Wear When Shopping for $1 Million Old Master Paintings 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z She went on to praise Bang’s “gorgeous phrasing and imaginative leaps.” Mary Jo Bang coming to Washington for the Life of a Poet series 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Textural complexity was balanced by tremendous grace of phrasing and the instrumental solos were often exquisitely played. Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic ? review 2011-01-28T00:29:54Z But Ms. Lincoln had a deeper register and a darker tone, and her way with phrasing was more declarative. Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80 2010-08-14T19:25:00Z The two recently released an impressive disc of Verdi opera scenes; Ms. Radvanovsky also recently recorded a CD of Verdi arias that illuminates her elegant phrasing and lustrous sound. Critic?s Notebook: At the Met, a Soprano Ascendant 2011-04-19T21:15:09Z Mr. Perlman’s phrasing in the slow movement was more shapely, but the notes not always in tune. Itzhak Perlman Returns for Solo Recital at Lincoln Center 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z His music also used the harmonies and phrasing of jazz guitar and an occasional hint of flamenco, and he studied the sitar and the shakuhachi, the Japanese wooden flute. John Renbourn, Eclectic Guitarist Who Founded the Pentangle, Dies at 70 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z He was fortunate to be partnered in those moments with Sarah Coburn, a fine lyric soprano who sang with sparkling purity and sensitive phrasing. Simon Keenlyside scores as Verdi's jester 2010-06-26T11:06:00Z You can replicate the phrasing but you can’t come anywhere near that tension between delight and pain that she had. This Week in Fiction: Zadie Smith on Inhabiting the World of Billie Holiday 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z I loved his voice, I loved his phrasing, I loved his acting, I loved his attitude. Willie Nelson: 'If we made marijuana legal, we'd save a whole lotta money and lives' 2012-05-17T14:45:01Z For “Eleanor Rigby,” the Beatles recorded versions of Martin’s backup arrangement with a string octet using lush classical vibrato and legato phrasing, but they wisely chose a brusque, woody attack instead. ‘Revolver,’ Newly Expanded, Shows the Beatles at a Creative Peak 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z It relies on musical phrasing, fine-drawn physical expression and the unique properties of dance to communicate the story and emotions with exceptional clarity. Review | A ‘Swan Lake’ with echoes of ‘The Crown’ at the Kennedy Center 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, jamming with Williams and Sanchez on Leaving Town, Metheny's blues/funk phrasing is as fresh as any of his recorded improvisations in recent times. Pat Metheny: Unity Band – review 2012-06-07T21:30:00Z At the beginning of “Amazing Grace,” which Mr. Bocelli sang with feeling and generous phrasing, the opening a cappella lines were haloed with a gentle echo. Music Review: Andrea Bocelli in Concert at Barclays Center 2012-12-07T22:43:16Z The players, removed from the comfort zones of their regular orchestras, said they had to pay special attention to instant adjustments of phrasing, balance and rhythm. All-Star Orchestra Records Series for WNET 2012-08-31T21:48:03Z He chuckles a little, aware of the element of pretension in the phrasing. Usher: 'The fans want my soul' 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z Even when the reading veered toward heaviness, in both minuets, Mr. Levine usually applied an unexpected balance or a thoughtful phrasing touch that effectively disarmed any objections. Music Review: The Sweeping Gestures of a Swiveling Maestro 2011-01-24T23:19:26Z During those years, he honed his craft and put together the pieces of a screen character — his distinctive start-and-stop phrasing; his low, slow growl of a voice; his graceful, rolling walk. ‘John Wayne: The Life and Legend,’ Explains a Star’s Power 2014-03-24T21:54:48Z In his phrasings, I hear many things, treasures all. Modern Love: Affirmation of a Father?s Love, Etched in Vinyl 2010-06-04T16:24:00Z Mr. Langevin performed with a lovely tone and expressive phrasing, aptly accompanied by Ms. Allen’s elegant playing. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-10-16T19:53:31Z She sings the aria—in which a woman begs her father for romantic freedom—with graceful phrasing, a controlled, slow vibrato, and a tone that resonates impersonally, like a bell. Jackie Evancho and the Politics of Childhood 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z With exemplary legato phrasing, she combined cool objectivity and rapture. Review: Balanchine and Shakespeare Catch Some Waves in Miami 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Stanko accepted these conditions as a fresh challenge, putting more torque on his phrasing and more bite in his attack. Music Review: Setting Leadership Aside For Collective Control 2011-01-14T23:24:00Z Such personal warmth helps when the musical, in his phrasing, “goes to an extreme place” with an explosive confrontation between Caroline and Noah, a role shared by three boys who alternate performances. For Sharon D Clarke, a ‘Big Sing’ and a Big Broadway Moment 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z He goes from presumptuous and overconfident to candid and self-aware, the subtle patience in his phrasing neutralizing the impatience implied by his sweet-talk. Review | Sam Hunt made country music feel more like rap. But now the seams are showing. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z And so “Predatory Headlights,” Tenement’s first album in four years, expands his central talent — bright punk songs with counterintuitive lyric phrasing, jangling harmonies and effectively contrasting bridges — into other areas. Review: ‘Predatory Headlights,’ a Bright Double Album From Tenement 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z And while his lyricism is surgical, his phrasing is instinctive. Another country: Sam Hunt maps out Nashville’s bold new future Ms. Guleghina was not here for smooth, elegant phrasing, and clean ornamentation and pitch sometimes went by the wayside to save energy for steely, brutally effective high notes and jubilantly chesty low ones. Music Review: In ?Nabucco,? Maria Guleghina Plays the Diva - Review 2011-09-29T21:32:42Z "I really learned what he wanted with all those songs, the pronunciation, the enunciation, the tempos, phrasing," de Lappe said. Choreographer recreates 'Oklahoma!' at age 91 2013-05-02T15:19:10Z But the sweet singing sound and sustained lyrical phrasing he produced in the Adagio offered hints of what he might be capable of under more clement circumstances. Review: American Classical Orchestra Takes on Friedrich Witt 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Ralph’s phrasing and attack on a lyric, chipping a line off short or stretching and worrying it to death and back, marked him as a Monroe disciple. Ralph Stanley’s Inimitable Voice 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z But she also demonstrated a poetic musicality in the more introspective interludes, which she enhanced with colorful shading and phrasing. Music Review: For Liszt?s 200th, a Youthful Tribute 2011-02-22T00:00:09Z His voice is more ethereal than robust, his phrasing and diction so oratorically correct that his approach occasionally verges on the stuffy. Music Review: Howard McGillin Sings at the Oak Room - Review 2011-09-16T22:54:23Z He is first and foremost a melodist whose distinct, subtly embellished staccato phrasing is instantly recognizable and welcoming. Review: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Still Upbeat and Authentic 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z It was a lot of analytical work, but it really paid off, because we gave everybody a really firm basis from which to begin and then create their own phrasing and timing. When Twyla Tharp Made Ballet Modern 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Clark’s voice is rich, her phrasing unfussy, her jazz embellishments minimal. Music Review: Sharón Clark at the Metropolitan Room 2013-01-30T20:18:58Z Ulysses is a more difficult read, full of obscure terms, complex phrasing, and cryptic references to other materials. The Brontës, Shelleys & Kingsley and Martin Amis: Research suggests relatives share writing styles 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z The former French Vogue editor, who was recently appointed global fashion director for Harper's Bazaar, tried vainly to explain her métier, which boiled down, in her charmingly Gallicized phrasing, to "making happen a dream." On the Runway Blog: Frank Talk from Carine Roitfeld 2012-11-06T23:22:42Z On a beautiful account of I Fall in Love Too Easily, Lloyd's solo glows with hollow-toned, scurrying phrasing against Reuben Rogers's supportive bass. Charles Lloyd Quartet: Mirror 2010-09-30T21:15:00Z In most classical works written after the Baroque era little is left to chance, with the composer specifying notes, tempos, dynamics and phrasing. Music Review: A Composer Who Rolled the Dice 2011-01-30T22:07:57Z The phrasing, the relaxed pace and flexibility, the harmonies and the way melody is arranged between piano and bass all suggest the past. Playlist: Albums From George Cables and Zara McFarlane 2014-01-24T19:33:17Z The slow movement was a model of tasteful phrasing, but I sometimes found myself looking forward to the orchestral passages for a bit of bite. The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z His work had a daring elasticity, with deliberately off-kilter phrasing that made it sound like speech. Von Freeman, Fiery Tenor Saxophonist, Dies at 88 2012-08-19T05:50:05Z I felt that topical background conversations were permissible, but saw the boundaries sharpen at the writing phase - the ideas, the phrasing, the word choice had to be all hers. Motherlode Blog: When 'Help' With Homework Is Too Much 2013-02-03T14:22:47Z This, along with some aspects of her phrasing, reveals influences other than Mr. Rollins, notably Mark Turner. Review: Melissa Aldana Makes a Focused Statement in ‘Back Home’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z It took me a while to get inside it and not just be covering it, Adele’s phrasing, you know what I mean? Exclusive Premiere: Hear Dan Wilson and Kronos Quartet re-interpret Adele’s “Someone Like You”—”Everybody knew but me” it was a hit 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Before sunrise one day last week, the conductor Dalia Stasevska was deep in concentration in a Helsinki studio, ruminating on phrasing and transitions as she studied the score of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. A Conductor on a Mission to Help Ukraine 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z If the other vocal contributions don't always quite match Johnson's impeccable phrasing and subtle control and colouring, this is nonetheless a superb collection containing some of the most intensely beautiful of all Britten's vocal writing. Britten: The Canticles – review 2013-02-14T21:45:01Z Perhaps he felt he knew better, but Schumann’s dynamics and phrasing marks were regularly ignored or changed. Review | Pianist Daniil Trifonov’s star continues to rise 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Often it’s not factual information that catches my eye, but some insight or accuracy of expression, phrasing, and I end up writing the passage down. By the Book: Julia Alvarez 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z But “Living Standards” further attests to Ms. Mulder’s gift for natural phrasing and spontaneous emotional expression. Marissa Mulder Sings at the Metropolitan Room 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Her interpretive approach favored elastic tempos, legato phrasing and pointed dynamic contrasts. Alisa Weilerstein woos in romantic reading of Bach Cello Suites 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He made this distinction while ruminating on homophobia and political differences among fans, but the phrasing is comprehensive. For the Love (and the Hate) of the Horror Remake 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z That was her exact phrasing: stuck in her butt. How to fold a thong: A straight man working at Victoria’s Secret 2013-05-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Neubauer played with rich tone and elegant phrasing as first violist. Music Review: Chamber Music Society in Its Season Finale 2010-05-24T23:32:00Z Evidently nervous, she hit all her top notes with ease, but her phrasing was hasty and her projection underpowered. Mozart's ‘Die Zauberflöte’ at the Met Opera 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z He often sings during rests between his piano chords, choosing carefully where to add bits of volume-surging and vibrato, and works unnerving silences into his phrasing. New Music: Mavis Staples and Andy Bey Release New Albums 2013-06-24T22:22:10Z "Over the phone, she read me some passages from Mrs. Obama's speech as examples. I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech." Trump speechwriter takes blame for Melania Trump's speech 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Her deep, resonant voice and soulful phrasing drew comparisons to Nina Simone. Ljiljana Buttler obituary 2010-05-12T17:43:00Z She relaxed her phrasing to a hypnotic crawl in “Slow” and brought a dash of sensuality to “Baby Come Back to Bed.” Brit singer Rumer dazzles, demurs at Hollywood Forever's Masonic Lodge 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z He focused on crisp phrasing, with sharp percussive attack and less string vibrato than he usually asks for. Dudamel, L.A. Phil scale down amid Andsnes' elegant Beethoven 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z I missed a hallmark of Mr. Domingo’s glory days: smooth, legato phrasing. Review: ‘Ernani,’ With Plácido Domingo, a Tussle to Hold on to a Love 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z “Hindsight is 20/20, right?” he said, in that exceptionally apt phrasing. The Year of Buyer’s Remorse 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z “What got to me was his phrasing, how he sang and also his sense of timing,” he said, “which are two things you can’t really learn. You’re gifted with that.” Chronixx Is Taking His Jamaican Reggae Worldwide 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Ball is modest, courteous, pure, with a luxurious softness within his phrasing. Dance Review: The Balanchine Way, Imprinted 2011-06-08T21:28:34Z This is such a deeply felt reading of a song so many of us know by rote: Simone’s particular phrasing cracks it open and makes you feel like you’re hearing George Harrison’s words anew. Spring Forward: Songs for a New Season 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Yet rather than coasting on the hum-along melodies, Zukerman offered an introspective reading, allying a sense of rapt concentration with innately musical phrasing. A reshuffled Baltimore Symphony Orchestra can’t quite fill the void after headliner’s exit And while he always shows a good sense of musical timing and phrasing, there are layers and sections of the ballet where he seems indifferent to his music’s spirit. Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘A Program of Firsts,’ a Tricky Triple Bill 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Laubrock, whose creative independence took off after her move to New York, has acquired a new certainty about mingling the songlike phrasing of her earlier years with her Evan Parker-influenced recent past. Ingrid Laubrock's Anti-House: Strong Place – review 2013-01-24T23:15:01Z As “Trio A” links a series of apparently unrelated physical tasks into one chain, it seems to deny what’s usually recognized as phrasing, with everything delivered in the same cool matter-of-fact flatness. Review: The Humanity of Yvonne Rainer’s Natural and Peculiar Dances 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z With a voice as organic and comforting as a wool sweater, Grant also shows maturity by relying on her voice's amber tones and subtle phrasing without showing off or pushing any edges. Review: Grant returns gracefully with new album 2013-05-16T15:48:08Z But where was the joyous development, the poetry of phrasing, the wit and wonder that make Haydn Haydn? Rouse’s World Premiere and Batiashvili Plays Brahms 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The Letter to the Editor phrasing makes it worse. How "Treme" untangles the lessons of trauma 2011-04-25T13:26:00Z Your phrasing suggests you want to do something upsetting and not upset anybody — i.e., detach cause from effect — and the answer to that is, always, you can’t. Perspective | What’s in a name change? For her parents, it could mean a deeper rift. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It focused on the clarity and precision of her phrasing. Judy Collins Has a Time Machine 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z 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 Some lines consist entirely of stock phrasing: “He’d languished in prison, but unlike some others, he hadn’t changed his tune.” Review | ‘The Red-Haired Woman’: The worst translation Orhan Pamuk has ever suffered 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Another way of phrasing that could be to say that Hollywood may be more willing to use women actors, but remains wedded to celebrating masculinity. There's an all-female Ghostbusters – how about a male Thelma and Louise? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Her line and phrasing remain definitive, and she has more freedom in live performance. Critic’s Notebook: That ’40s Pas de Deux? You Can Still Catch It 2013-08-28T21:52:03Z And he tweaked phrasing and articulation in the choruses throughout the score, sometimes idiosyncratically. Music Review: ?Messiah? Season, in All of Its Hues 2010-12-16T16:27:17Z His quietly attentive partnering grows ever more eloquent, his firmness of line and phrasing more assured. In City Ballet?s Season One Jewel Still Sparkles 2010-03-01T05:54:00Z In a solo from “Love Songs,” the artistry of Mr. Rushing’s phrasing was extraordinary, turning material that might easily be negligible into a commanding study in dance musicianship. Dance Review: Renee Robinson Farewell at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 2012-12-10T22:58:28Z When a passage called for it, she sang with shimmering tone and melting phrasing. A Dazzling Chinese Singer’s Riveting Song Cycle 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z He was influenced by, among others, Parker, Art Tatum and Arnold Schoenberg, as well as the microtones and quick-pivoting phrasing of bird song. A New Focus on Eric Dolphy, in Washington and Montclair 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Ms. O’Connor didn’t improvise much with phrasing or melody, and she tended to find the single note she could hold fast to and repeat many times in a single line, with various degrees of force. Music Review: Sinead O’Connor in ‘Gospel Sessions’ at Lincoln Center 2013-07-28T21:36:14Z His guitar-playing is wistful one moment, darkly foreboding the next; his vocal sounds innocent but the phrasing is full of surprises. Fionn Regan: The Bunkhouse Vol I: Anchor Black Tattoo – review 2013-01-24T21:00:01Z The tenor Matthew Polenzani sang the title role of the ruler unhappy inside his power bubble with a plush, slightly woolly tone and plain-spoken phrasing. Review: The Met Makes a Case for Mozart’s Least-Loved Opera 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Times pop critic Randall Roberts wrote: "This record is so expansive that it's tough to wrestle into shape, even as it overflows with wit, smarts and a masterful skill of the language and phrasing." A guide to BET Experience shows that are worth catching 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z I also don’t mean that Twitter is stupid but, rather, that it rewards careful phrasing, careful impersonating, brisk readings of cultural attitudes—in short, rhetoric. Patricia Lockwood's Crowd-Pleasing Poetry 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s neat and pointed pop phrasing, a taunt to powerful interests delivered with nonchalance and cleareyed defiance. Review: M.I.A.’s Album ‘AIM’ Juggles Social Consciousness and Self-Assurance 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z In a way, he did: as he traced Bach’s increasingly free-spirited writing in the final three sonatas, his phrasing grew more outgoing. Music Review: Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alan Gilbert and Enrico Pace - Review 2011-10-13T22:20:12Z The four solo voices – Anna Dennis, Tim Mead, Stuart Jackson and George Humphreys – emulated that lilt in their phrasing, with the timbre of Mead's countertenor in particular blending well with the instrumental obbligatos. OAE/Butt – review 2013-03-26T18:19:20Z Her phrasing was exquisite, except when it was overwhelmed by the orchestra. Conductor Juraj Valcuha takes NSO program to a near-slog 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z For me, these performances invoke the least appealing aspects of early-music string playing — halting phrasing, frequent blurring and crunching of fast passages, and swells on pretty much every long note. Two ways of looking at Bach’s cello suites 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z His remark that Tom's "social message became an exercise" is also such a clever way of phrasing the issue with his dish. "Top Chef: World All Stars" aims to "deceive the eye" — but the runaway top contender is 100% clear 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z His diction was impeccable, his phrasing sensitive and honest. Music Review: In a Tale of Deliverance, It?s Moses to the Rescue 2011-04-22T22:56:01Z Yet this performance, while reverent and restrained, was uncommonly direct, with clear phrasing, transparent textures and no milking of emotion. The Berlin Philharmonic Tests a Musical Path Out of Lockdown 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z As a singer, Ms. Wilson tinkers constantly with inflection and phrasing and melody, which puts a premium on the agility of her accompaniment. Music Review: Cassandra Wilson at the Rose Theater - Review 2011-10-04T20:01:36Z The creaminess of her tone is attractive — more so than Amanda Majeski’s harder quality at the premiere — even if its texture occasionally wavered, and her phrasing in “Dove sono” was square. ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ Returns to the Met 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Some distant church bells start ringing, and with warm sound and smooth legato phrasing, Gobbi sings a gentlemanly line that complements the bells. The Best Opera Recording Ever Is Maria Callas Singing ‘Tosca.’ Hear Why. 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Mengelberg’s dissonant harmonies and unorthodox phrasing were reminiscent of Thelonious Monk, an acknowledged influence. Misha Mengelberg, Bold and Spirited Jazz Pianist, Dies at 81 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z But his blues phrasing often veers toward abstraction, his notes smearing and disappearing without an alibi — like a nose on a canvas shrewdly misplaced. Demi Lovato’s Anguished ‘Anyone,’ and 11 More New Songs 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Although he applied rubato with an idiomatic plasticity of phrasing, textures were blurry and the suite emerged as more a sequence of separate musical events than a coherent whole. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z The music, though still sleek, turns more electronic, and Ne-Yo seizes on Jackson’s anxiety as well as his vocal phrasing. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-11-22T23:10:00Z Vocally secure and ardent in his lyrical phrasing, if sometimes lacking in variety of colour, he helped carry the evening. Il Trovatore - review 2011-02-27T18:03:39Z Franklin lies behind the beat the way Frank Sinatra often did, with the syncopated phrasing of a great trumpet or saxophone player. Aretha Franklin shows how to sing the 'Great Diva Classics' 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z But what stays with you most is Mr. Weiss’s pearly sound and polished, unhurried phrasing in these graceful miniature masterpieces of keyboard music. Classical Playlist: Dvorak, Haydn, Monteverdi and More 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z And the next, Rain and Snow, is a murder ballad made infinitely more disturbing and eerie by Amidon's unconventional phrasing, the blankness in his voice. Sam Amidon ? review 2011-04-12T17:27:31Z The pair's Hands album is a triumph, but the music was all the more vivid for hearing Habichuela's whiplash emphases and steely precision of phrasing in a live show. Holland/Habichuela 2010-07-06T21:15:00Z Mr. Filas put his most attractive music in a sweet, often soaring soprano line, to which Susanna Phillips brought a beautiful, velvety tone and dignified, carefully shaped phrasing. Music Review: Juraj Filas Piece Is a Coda for Kent Tritle - Review 2011-09-15T23:01:04Z He occasionally dipped into studios for more official events, and their equipment better reflected his gifts for color and long phrasing. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in November 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z His interpretations here were marred by rough transitions between vocal registers and choppy phrasing. Music Review: Andrea Bocelli at Barclays Center 2013-12-12T23:13:30Z Really, though, this linking, with no stops or starts, becomes one of the ultimate feats of phrasing. Review: The Humanity of Yvonne Rainer’s Natural and Peculiar Dances 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The ballet music is heard infrequently, but its charms are many, and Mr. Crawford pointed them up with sharply accented phrasing and carefully nuanced dynamics. Music Review: American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall 2012-04-10T21:55:31Z 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 Ms. Caesar improvised a lot, in phrasing and in text. Music Review: Improvising Concert Into Rousing Sermon 2011-01-15T00:00:10Z As the evening progressed, her phrasing became increasingly emphatic and at moments almost feisty. Music Review: Christine Andreas in ‘Bemused,’ at 54 Below 2013-01-29T23:07:45Z It’s not clear if the campaign was attempting to reference the U2 song or if the phrasing was just a coincidence. McDonald's apologizes for 'Sundae Bloody Sundae' Halloween promotion 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z These poems may display an increased pithiness or impressively novel phrasing, but this offers little recompense to the reader already familiar with Polley's poetry. The Havocs by Jacob Polley – review 2013-01-04T21:55:01Z The “Träumerei” arrangement was innocuous, and the two pianists matched their sound and phrasing nicely. Music Review: Sting and Trudy Styler as Robert and Clara Schumann 2010-07-01T18:13:00Z Noname says there’s good reason her lyrics and phrasing can sound poetic. Remember her name: Rapper Noname makes a strong impression with mixtape 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z He won’t lose his downhearted singing persona: he does his artful phrasing, lightening his voice to add a little slow-motion melisma, sighing, making every “t” sound like a “d,” from under a great weight. Critics' Choice: New CDs by Sharon Jones, E-40 and Bill Callahan 2010-04-04T21:55:00Z Even in “Flesh and Blood,” a U2-like rocker about how desire overcomes control and “violence and beauty all collide,” her phrasing is elegant. Critic’s Notebook: Albums by Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan 2014-05-07T21:46:14Z The first phrasing focuses on the group, not its members, with the result that we think of those members as less capable of rich inner experience – and less human, if we’re honest – than ourselves. Do bigots just lack imagination? | Oliver Burkeman 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Arrangements are pretty conventional, and she draws out several songs to overly dramatic lengths, but Medina's tone and phrasing are consistently lovely. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The precision and control in his phrasing used to feel like a generous craftsman’s gift to humanity. Perspective | Every Michael Jackson song sounds different today 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Her phrasing was subtle and her diction excellent in English and German, if less so in French. Music Review: Meeting, Marriage and Then Trouble 2011-05-22T21:03:46Z The beat of “Numb” is all low-end scrape and poke, and he metes out his phrasings carefully, with plenty of blank space. Albums by Nick Jonas, Bobby Shmurda and New Basement Tapes 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z His singing is finer yet, with firmly sculptured phrasing — especially striking in the many quiet, high lines, but with memorable touches of chest color in lower notes — and effortless clear diction. Dance Review: Mark Morris Presents Purcell and Britten at Tanglewood 2013-08-01T21:50:31Z In the studio, Cline had trouble, at first, abandoning the angular way of phrasing the tune that she’d learned while playing and replaying Nelson’s demo at home. Ken Burns’s Delightful “Country Music” Gets the Big Things Mostly Right 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z But that simple historical phrasing is a recent innovation. Ghosts of an assassination: The chaotic history of Franz Ferdinand’s demise 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Whatever repertoire Mr. Freire turned to, he had a depth of tonal variety, a poetry of phrasing and a natural, almost joyous refinement. Nelson Freire, Piano Virtuoso of Warmth and Finesse, Dies at 77 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Soprano soloist Maria Mannisto sang agreeably, with clean tone and sympathetic phrasing. Impressive guest turn by symphony’s former principal horn |Classical review 2013-05-03T18:32:51Z Bar by bar, the music seems less and less dependent on traditional ideas of phrasing. Eilliott Carter: music of storms and stillness 2013-06-07T08:00:27Z “I particularly enjoy making sure it sounds like everybody’s singing the same thing, that the phrasing matches, the vowels match and the diction’s clear,” Kalbfleisch says. Jon Kalbfleisch tunes up ‘A Little Night Music’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Samara Joy sings with a jazz trio in “Warm in December,” taking on an aspiring standard as she goes swooping, quivering and hopping through her phrasing. 12 New Christmas Songs for a Vast Array of Holiday Moods 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The night’s central revelation was just how good Sting sounded as a harmony vocalist, his reedy voice blending beautifully with Simon’s more delicate, workmanlike phrasing on Sting’s “Fragile” and Simon’s eternal “The Boxer.” Paul Simon and Sting at the United Center 2014-02-26T06:48:00Z The Hebrides Overture, with which Marriner opened, was efficiently played, but phrasing was rather foursquare, orchestral balance was elusive, and there was little of the poetic exhilaration that animates the piece. ASMF/Marriner – review 2012-12-20T15:54:59Z Her performance at City Center was a filigree study in stylized phrasing, vocal and physical, that never seemed merely ornate. Review: In ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a Ravenous Plant Is Reborn at City Center 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Thomson’s meandering narrative, with its seemingly unedited dialogue and sometimes awkward phrasing, can be difficult to wade through. Summer Reading: Travel Books 2011-06-03T22:09:16Z Even if the U.S. isn’t quite on board with the phrasing yet, “femicide” advocates say that the word is a useful way to think about these kinds of murders. Someone is Finally Starting to Count 'Femicides' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z A dense tangle is an obvious phrasing from a Pollock drip-painting. Bling with a cheeky ring in Luis Gispert's 'Aqua Regia' exhibition 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Callaway sensibly didn’t try to duplicate Ms. Streisand’s phrasing and intonation. Music Review: Ann Hampton Callaway at 54 Below 2012-09-28T22:46:35Z But it’s not just Ms. Staples’s rough, smoky voice and sense of phrasing that make her music so distinctive. Music: A Little Nudge, and a Soul Singer Is Back to Her Roots 2010-09-19T04:35:00Z The music felt draggy and some liberties of phrasing felt mannered. Andris Nelsons Begins Tenure Leading Boston Symphony 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Backed by a small jazz outfit, the singer moves through the song with witty phrasing and a keen sense of rhythm, her matter-of-fact recounting sung perfectly in tune. Throwbacks: Summer reissues of strange surf music, gay proto-punk, 'Robocop' and more But Marquez's gentle manner, eloquent line and serenely confident phrasing unite to touching and increasingly potent effect. La Bayadère; Midnight Express – review 2013-04-13T23:05:26Z The strings played with spirit, polish and elegant phrasing in the introductory section, although balance and tempos were not always perfectly coordinated between orchestra and soloist. Music Review: Oberlin Conservatory Plays at DiMenna Center and Carnegie 2013-01-21T22:22:40Z Chaste, slightly cool, with exquisite phrasing that reveals far more about her character than her face does, Ms. Dupont is a nice foil to Mr. Moreau’s youthful ardor. Dance Review: In Paris, Benjamin Millepied Rises to the Occasion 2014-05-12T10:57:39Z Krentz considers Vile a master guitar player, with his own distinct phrasing and sound. Kurt Vile turns out ‘fried or sizzled out’ rock tunes 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z He sang expressively and with solid technique throughout the evening, although sometimes his melodramatic effects resulted in uneven phrasing. Music Review: Vittorio Grigolo Performs Solo Recital at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-03-10T04:56:04Z The veteran soloist, Emanuel Ax, seemed to be searching for a middle ground between his pearly geniality and Payare’s starker phrasing, and the results sounded unsettled. Review: A Shostakovich Symphony Finally Reaches the Philharmonic 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Shannon channels the tone, electric energy and crisp phrasing of the young Michael, making his performances effervescent highlights in this packed jukebox. 'Motown' is music to the ears, but the message is missing 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z A comparison of the two scores reveals differences in dynamics, piano notation and phrasing, and in the rhythmic structure of the vocal line. Music Review: Thomas Hampson Sings Schumann, Uncut, at Alice Tully 2010-04-12T22:36:00Z “I’m not talking about the film music, but about rhythm and color and phrasing.” Christoph Waltz, Directing Opera, Moves From Tarantino to Verdi 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Here he garbled handfuls of notes, particularly in scales, and charm in phrasing was sadly at a premium. Met Orchestra With Maurizio Pollini at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z He carries his elegance with a sweet, charming, boyish enthusiasm — until he dances, when those qualities become transformed by music into marvels of phrasing and intense absorption. Dance Review: Gabriel Miss? and Analia Centuri?n at Dardo Galletto Studios 2012-03-08T00:28:13Z The phrasing was precise and characterful, the technique sure but never flashy, and throughout the two works there was an unforced and characteristic unity of interpretation and personality. Britten Sinfonia/Hewitt – review 2013-01-17T17:48:32Z After Trump issued a statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day that failed to acknowledge Jews specifically, the White House defended the phrasing, arguing that Jews were not the only victims of the Holocaust. These are complicated times for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Her singing was consistently admirable, with rich body, pliant phrasing and some big top notes. Review: ‘Don Carlo’ Gets a Gripping Revival at the Met Opera 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z A chorus of only 16 singers made a bright, forthright sound, its phrasing as word-responsive as its blend was polished and supple. Review | One aria sums up a joyful Washington Bach Consort ‘Christmas Oratorio’ 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Brass and reeds augment some tracks, as does the incisive phrasing of long-time oud and guitar partner Amos Hoffman, and soprano saxophonist Jimmy Greene. Avishai Cohen: Seven Seas ? review 2011-03-17T21:16:01Z Florence said Solar provided many moments of "laugh-out-loud" humour, thanks to McEwan's "beautiful phrasing" and "descriptions of infidelity and intimate personal details". Ian McEwan brings home bacon with comic novel gong for Solar 2010-05-25T09:58:00Z The lovely soprano Katherine Watson brought a rosy voice and alluring phrasing to the role of Diana. Music Review | Les Arts Florissants: Les Arts Florissants at BAM Opera Festival 2010-03-19T23:00:00Z While her bandmates weave riffs and textures drawn from across alternative rock history, Shaw doesn’t raise her voice, but commands attention through timing and phrasing, along with the shuffle-mode flow of her perceptions. Dry Cleaning: It’s Spoken Rock ’n’ Roll, but We Like It 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z That means translating the conductor's wishes regarding phrasings, tempos and other musical concerns. Meet Seattle Symphony's new concertmaster 2012-06-18T05:15:12Z This deft phrasing comes laden with emotion, often wry or poignant, but occasionally snort-out-loud hilarious. New page-turners heat up our summer reading: "Blacktop Wasteland," "The Only Good Indians" and more 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Zukerman elicited myriad details of phrasing and dynamic nuance. Music Review: Pinchas Zukerman Leads the Royal Philharmonic 2014-01-13T22:59:38Z However, the real star – aside from the orchestra and its refreshingly enterprising and adventurous 2012/13 season – was Nézet-Seguin, whose extraordinary sense of movement and phrasing allowed the piece to find its precarious balance. Mørk/LPO/Nézet-Seguin – review 2012-11-22T17:44:12Z The honeyed timbre of his voice proved alluring throughout his wide range, as did his liquid, expressive phrasing. Review: Max Emanuel Cencic and Il Pomo D’Oro Bring Baroque to the Met 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Send in your suggestions for a more felicitous phrasing. ArtsBeat: Computing, Rather Than, Absorbing Novels 2010-12-04T17:24:00Z After the initial fusion blaster, Discovery, Husband elegantly shadows McLaughlin's phrasing and delivers a delicious piano solo on the waltzing Special Beings. John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension: To the One 2010-04-23T09:25:00Z He sang with a vibrant, lean tenor and an unerring sense of line and phrasing. Review: LoftOpera’s ‘Lucrezia Borgia,’ With Flying Bottles of Beer and Poison 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z She already possessed a husky rasp and applied a shrewd sense of rhythm to her phrasing. Tanya Tucker Would Rather Be Celebrated While She’s Alive 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z But in that piece, as elsewhere in the program, he handled the broader-scale ebbs and flows of intensity and phrasing gorgeously. Music Review: Chamber Music Society at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-05T19:39:22Z All are rich in perceptions and pithy phrasing, like his blunt assessment of the value of collecting kudos: “Awards have three things to offer: cash, confidence and bric-a-brac.” Books of The Times: ?Look, I Made a Hat,? Stephen Sondheim Lyrics - Review 2011-12-08T23:09:14Z Though “West Side” was dated at moments, its combination of street energy, wonderfully rhythmic phrasing and sheer razzle-dazzle is irresistible. Dance Review | New York City Ballet: From a Dreamy World to a City?s Tough Streets 2010-02-19T23:14:00Z With impeccably crisp phrasing, the earnest and playful Macntaj cuts through any beat he graces, delivering motoring tongue twisters, soulful reflections and half-sung passages with precision and personality. 16 of the best Seattle albums from 2021 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z If there were constants running through the recital’s poised first half and galvanic second, they were Matsuev’s razor-sharp articulation, suppleness of phrasing and unerring sense of the way a musical argument unfolds. Pianist dazzles in Strathmore recital 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Impishly glossed by video imagery and disco pulsation, "Too Beaucoup" boasts choral unity, but with more quick-changing phrasing and pop chic. Intensity, drive energize Hubbard dance program 2011-03-18T17:19:00Z The Emerson played with poise and expressively wrought phrasing. Music Review: All Mozart, by Emerson Quartet in Mostly Mozart 2010-08-18T22:35:00Z In googling around for the correct phrasing, I came across an essay titled “In Praise of Idleness,” published in Harper’s Magazine exactly 50 years before I was born. In praise of idle hands: Underemployed and unashamed in America 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Being a musician, I obviously have very strong ideas about tempo, about phrasing. Mike Figgis beds down with Lucrezia Borgia 2011-01-20T22:00:02Z And that voice of hers — gritty, lilting, with phrasing that suggests that efforts to reveal herself cause just as much of herself to hide — sounds not merely fearless but unafraid of fear itself. | More Fearless Storytelling from Sharon Van Etten 2014-04-29T18:00:41Z It’s referential — not just to the old finger-style guitarists but to the first few records by Cat Power, whose drowsy and swooping vocal phrasing is sometimes recalled by Ms. Cleveland. Review: Shana Cleveland & the Sandcastles Demonstrate a Low-Flame Curiosity 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The way his phrasing clenches while he slowly rolls up the volume in his lungs — as if he’s losing his temper because we aren’t listening. Perspective | Young Dolph’s heaviest rhymes made this lethal world feel lighter 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But it is the finale, Mahler’s ode to love, that pulls at the memory — a miracle of phrasing; a quiet wonder of string tone and balance; a paean to a devotion tender, fragile and deep. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Frank Sinatra once said he listened to Heifetz to learn how to improve his phrasing. Jascha Heifetz's vast recorded legacy lives on 2011-06-08T13:53:00Z Hypnotic hooks emerge and fade from trance-like drones, jazz phrasing is touched on and abandoned, and drum sounds are both textural and rhythmic. What to see in summer 2010 2010-05-23T20:30:00Z Within moments, her clarity of phrasing and vocal agility were drawing startled reactions from the audience. Dianne Reeves – review 2012-11-07T18:01:43Z Mr. Lipman demonstrated a rich tone and elegant phrasing in the slow opening movement, with its elegiac, wandering melodies, and a fleet-fingered technique in the vivacious second movement. Music Review: Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z As Donna Anna, Vanessa Vasquez deployed a crystalline or steely bite as the situation demanded, with finely drawn phrasing: refined wrath. Review | WNO’s new ‘Don Giovanni’ is a monster that feels timely without trying 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Trotovsek used it to showcase her clean and refined tone and musical sense of phrasing, especially in the slow movement, marked by a radiant pianissimo sound and impeccable intonation. Violinist Lana Trotovsek gives radiant performance in Embassy Series Interesting artistic choices, such as delegating extended choral passages to the soloists, were refreshing, though some clipped phrasing in the Kyrie and Gloria seemed slightly mannered. Choral Arts Society performs Bach’s Mass in B Minor at Kennedy Center What he plays doesn’t sound naïve; he’s direct in finding the tone and phrasing he wants. Music Review: Darius Jones, Ryan Sawyer and Shahzad Ismaily at the Stone 2012-07-04T21:38:09Z The bass Kevin Deas balanced stentorian delivery with smooth legato phrasing. Music Review: Oratorio Society of New York?s ?Messiah? - Review 2011-12-20T21:59:08Z This vivid performance reintroduced her as a future ballerina of note: It’s one thing to be technically strong, which she is; it’s yet another to have musicality and phrasing. Rising Out of the Pandemic, City Ballet Ushers in a New Era 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Some pointedly detached phrasing in the Kyrie made the pleas for mercy sound more perky than anguished. Music Review: Bringing His Baton and Bold Hopes to Philadelphia 2011-01-07T23:49:54Z Bennett starts off singing "There Will Never Be Another You" as a slow ballad, but suddenly shifts to a fast tempo displaying some daring jazz phrasing, accompanied by Brubeck's rapid-fire bop lines. Long lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered 2013-06-19T15:55:12Z Despite this bipolar aspect of the sound landscape, Mr. Chailly’s interpretations were grounded and straightforward, polished and precise in their phrasing. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z She’s deceptively casual with her phrasing and doesn’t seem to be sweating her vocal blend with Mr. Julian, a more puckish, less soothing singer, who sometimes takes the lead. Playlist: New CDs: Albatrosh, Trio M, Charlie Haden and Hank Jones 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z Mr. Jarvi’s incisive, unpredictable phrasing and bold contrasts made for an exciting performance, although with music making this risky, the few rough edges seemed almost inevitable. Music Review: Paavo Jarvi Brings Schumann to Alice Tully Hall 2010-08-03T22:52:00Z They reappeared on stage later, singing the Jackson 5’s “Blame It On The Boogie,” bringing the crowd to its feet with a rendition that perfectly recalled the phrasing and tone of their brother. At Tribute in Wales, Michael Jackson as Commodity 2011-10-09T03:32:21Z Her phrasing grew argumentative, and her microphone technique grew sharper; she traced melody lines in a whisper, then shouted notes while whipping her head to one side, balancing her impact. Music Review: Sinead O’Connor in ‘Gospel Sessions’ at Lincoln Center 2013-07-28T21:36:14Z They arranged the record with a kind of joyous abandon; strings bounce along with Prass' vivid phrasing, providing counterpoint musical responses. Essential tracks: Natalie Prass' debut has plenty of brass, irresistible songs 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Milarsky is a percussionist by training, and his conducting is the kind that is enlightening to watch, combining geometric precision with a bighearted feel for phrasing and a knack for making repetitive patterns swing. Music Review: Axiom, a Juilliard Ensemble, at Alice Tully Hall 2012-12-13T21:26:23Z Mr. Sun exploited the instrument’s delicate yet lush sonority with flowing legatos and characterful phrasing. Review: All Beethoven, All Evening, on Period Instruments 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z She relaxed into her phrasing, taking small but noticeable liberties, and engaging more freely with the crowd. Miranda Lambert, Rowdy in the Catskills 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Rhythm, line, balance, phrasing, drama, expression and aesthetics were all redefined, again and again. Arts & Leisure: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Ends Its Legacy Tour 2011-12-22T14:31:38Z Ms. Mascari brought rich sound and sensitive phrasing to Eve’s music. Music Review: Haydn’s ‘The Creation,’ at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-24T22:38:21Z His phrasing sometimes bordered on the formulaic, but his final duet with Ms. Monastyrska was tenderly delivered. Music Review: ‘Aida’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-25T23:03:14Z It doesn’t seem wrong to say that “Which Will,” from “Pink Moon,” on its vocal phrasing alone, is not the sound of active, real-time depression. In Praise of Blue Notes: What Makes Music Sad? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z In his phrasing and his bearing, he upheld a distinctly masculine ideal of deceptive nonchalance. 2010-01-08T03:51:00Z “The lyric is the phrasing, see. It’s the story,” she says. The Unsinkable Marilyn Maye 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z I have been bored through stretches of these shows during the last 15 years of reviewing them, battered by repetitive phrasing in fitful grooves. Music Review: A Most Satisfying End of the Road for Allman Brothers 2014-03-08T23:59:44Z In the finale, Kalmar’s highly individual phrasing of the low-strings recitatives that “reject” earlier themes to prepare for the arrival of the famous “Ode to Joy” tune was vividly and aptly operatic. Carlos Kalmar leads SSO in fresh take on Beethoven 2013-12-29T19:43:19Z No one should be taken in by the bland phrasing – this is as provocative as it gets. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z But the score's bursts of dance music, and fine trumpeter Ron Miles's blues phrasing, convey the hope that brought about America's unique achievements, too. Bill Frisell/The Great Flood – review 2012-11-14T18:18:20Z The musical phrasing of the “Davidsbündlertänze” choreography is extraordinary by Balanchine standards. City Ballet Revives ‘Davidsbündlertänze’ and ‘Union Jack’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Vemic brought a mellow, full-bodied voice, a feeling for bel canto phrasing and commanding stage presence to his portrayal. Review: Bellini’s ‘La Sonnambula,’ Sung by Promising Young Voices 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z And some of her rapid staccato phrasings took on a harshness that began to grate. Music Review: Midori and Ozgur Aydin at Carnegie Hall 2012-11-08T22:40:51Z She's a natural, with a striking stage presence and a way with phrasing. Searing sets save Made in America L.A. 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Yet they showcased Farrell’s superb skill in animating her dancers and tuning them to subtleties of musical phrasing and warmth of presence. Critic’s Notebook: A bittersweet triumph for Suzanne Farrell and her company 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The step they have to learn, and the phrasing are done together as a piece and that's an advantage they have. "Change immigration laws": Linda Ronstadt reflects on her Mexican heritage & music in new film 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Levit is always persuasive, giving even the most standard repertory the spark of revelation, and his poetic phrasing and touch convey both mysteries and immense satisfactions. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z It indicates that what's inside the quotes is the gist of what was being said, but perhaps not the exact phrasing. Happy? (National) Punctuation Day! 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z On the other, there remain some of the unvarnished characteristics of a true grime record; stretched scansion, oafish choruses and enjoyably unlikely phrasing. Skepta: Doin' It Again - review 2011-01-27T23:59:00Z But she has an Andalusian way of phrasing to go with her African sense of rhythm.” A Singer From Everywhere Arrives Here 2010-10-21T21:15:00Z Even more emphasis falls on Woolhouse's precise, resolved phrasing in the verses. Deptford Goth – review 2013-04-27T23:05:38Z Unanimous strings, affectionate woodwind phrasing, an impressively secure horn section and rousing work from percussion and heavy brass ensured a convincing and highly enjoyable account of both works. Review: Springtime Auburn gets a taste of Russian winter, courtesy of ASO 2010-04-11T16:36:00Z “The phrasing is rudely blunt,” he adds, and “the scenes cut back and forth between hero and villain with brutal efficiency.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z He brings tension to music, a sense of pacing and phrasing and stakes. Music Review: A Castle?s Locked Doors Bring Out a Wife?s High C 2011-03-20T21:12:53Z I think his phrasing made us both a little wistful. At Magazzino, Social Distancing Devices Vibrate. So Does the Art. 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Each cracked the song open, shuttling it through different time signatures — often based on Mr. Wonder’s vocal phrasing — and building new tensions between riffs and solos. Music Review: Jazz Evangelists Borrow Some of Stevie Wonder?s Cool 2011-04-01T23:45:44Z The opener, “Calypso Minor,” begins with just bass and drums on a stark, nearly plodding groove, before the horns bleat the simplest of melodies, phrasing behind the beat: funk without toil. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z Rhythmically, the words nestle right into the phrasing. New Music: Jason Aldean’s ‘Night Train’; Sky Ferreira’s ‘Ghost’ 2012-10-15T22:07:43Z There are moments of lyrical flight, and Mr. Szot made the most of them, singing with rich, virile sound and plaintive phrasing. Music Review | ?The Nose?: Picture This: A Nose Goes Missing 2010-03-07T00:53:00Z Lewis, who was steeped in classical music, enjoyed threading the characteristic phrasing and swing of jazz through structures like rondos and fugues – he anticipated today's cross-genre explorations by decades. 50 great moments in jazz: The Modern Jazz Quartet and John Lewis's Django 2010-03-24T17:12:00Z For any network comedy to be exploring this is refreshing, let alone a comedy powered by phrasing, sight gags and general buffoonery. The good cops of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" are a scathing critique of destructive policing 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Davis’s perfectly placed and balanced phrasing, with his spare and involuted tone, create a sort of highest-order mood music, a passionately contained romanticism reflecting the ominous elegance of vast power held in reserve. Miles Davis’s Boldest Heights 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Yet Hellman’s best plots are taut, and her understated phrasing can be vivid and terse. Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Reyes, with her wide-eyed gaze, seems wholly supported by the music, whirled into multiple pirouettes on its airy currents, while Hallberg evinces a graver joy, balancing perfectly measured phrasing with unhurried technical precision. American Ballet Theatre; LOL (Lots of Love) ? review 2011-02-06T00:06:02Z The playing was scrappy at times, but it had a joyful quality that made the rough spots easy to overlook, and you had to admire the players’ attention to Baroque phrasing conventions. Music Review | St. Luke?s Chamber Ensemble: A ?Magical History Tour? on 2 Routes 2010-03-04T22:57:00Z Except one day came the sound of a silken and soulful trumpet, as a station played a haunting ballad, “Narbona,” with unmistakable Navajo phrasing. Delbert Anderson’s Mission: Putting ‘Native Sound Back Into Jazz’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Juliet’s five girlfriends, arriving on the morning of her wedding to Paris, have a dance that has more charm and musical phrasing than anything she gets herself. Review: ‘Romeo + Juliet,’ a Movielike Ballet in Need of Better Direction 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z 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 But the intelligent engagement that initially set his playing apart from Mr. Lang’s gaudy efflorescence was in short supply during an opening set of five nocturnes; elastic phrasing was often thwarted by murky pedaling. Music Review: Yundi Plays Chopin at Carnegie Hall 2010-05-21T23:56:00Z His Tchaikovsky was logical, restrained and orderly — and also relaxed and natural in its phrasing, as opposed to the mannered, manicured style that van Zweden often brings to the standard repertory. Review: Another Week, Another Philharmonic Podium Candidate 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z From them, individually or combined, he internalized a lot: harmonies and phrasing and voice-leading, arrangement and sound. New Releases From Justin Townes Earle, Liam Hayes and Justin Kauflin 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z And the Adagio harpsichord introduction to a sonata in C minor showed off Christie’s magic touch, his phrasing noble yet gentle. Les Arts Florissants Returns to New York, Endangered 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Spalding, a composer whose phrasing and lyrics are unusual, is part Hispanic, African-American, and Native American. Esperanza Spalding brings Grammy-winning jazz to Europe 2011-03-31T13:46:03Z And she added, “A recent study at Western Carolina University found that such phrasings allow men to become comfortable with prejudice and express it without fear of negative consequences.” Cops joking about rape on Twitter: And people wonder why so many women don’t report sexual assaults? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z His phrasing is unfailingly clear and precise, buoyant, shapely. Review | Emmanuel Pahud dazzles at Kennedy Center 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Bouder, 32, with her serene balances, steady turns and playful phrasing, is still electrifying after all these years. A Ballerina Goes From Baby Bump to High Jumps 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The jaunty, loose phrasing of the songs allowed space for electrifying dance solos, always in observance of good jazz etiquette, with the ensemble growing quiet while the spotlit artist tore up the floor. Perspective | At the Kennedy Center, Michelle Dorrance’s tappers pay homage to Ella Fitzgerald and Christmas 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z But in striving for such breadth in the phrasing and pacing, especially during the first movement, Mr. Jurowski sacrificed some precision and clarity. Music Review: Vladimir Jurowski and London Philharmonic Orchestra - Review 2011-12-10T00:28:17Z Mr. Connick’s slurred enunciation, pillowy timbre and intuitive phrasing show him to be closer to Presley in his vocal sound than to Sinatra. Music Review: Harry Connick Jr. Performs on Broadway 2010-07-16T21:19:00Z The interview, which was written by O’Reilly, included unfortunate phrasings and quotes which the actor was swift to dismiss as inaccurate. Golden Globes nominations 2020: Marriage Story and The Irishman set for battle 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “I’m learning so much,” Andrew Litton, the company’s music director, told Ms. Farrell in front of the dancers and other staff before discussing aspects of tempo and phrasing with her. A Balanchine Muse and Star Returns to New York City Ballet 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Like a lot of introverts drawn to improvisation he creates a feeling of floating time, phrasing behind or around the beat. Music Review: Floating Along on the Rhythm While Staying Anchored to the Beat 2011-04-20T21:48:56Z His staccato guitar phrasing formed a sound all his own. Wilko Johnson, Scorching Guitarist and Punk Pioneer, Dies at 75 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Her dancing’s scale is always immense, its texture rich, its phrasing magisterial. Women Fill New York City Ballet’s Season With Splendor 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The clipped, clenched-teeth phrasing that strangled later duds like "Scream" is rarely heard. The New Michael Jackson Album: Not Bad, but Pretty Good 2010-12-10T08:00:00Z The prelude to the second act mingled lyrical expansion, somber brasses and a strangled stutter in the cellos; the Chicago winds these days combine artfully, their variety of textures united by their shared phrasing. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In those psalm settings the piano lines are often spare but lyrical, and Mr. Spiri brought to the part, and to the entire evening, warmth, clarity and supple phrasing. Music Review: Bernarda Fink at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-18T22:23:06Z Tempos were bouncy, phrasing shapely and the instrumental textures beautifully balanced. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra does the Bach family proud 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z He also brings nuanced dynamics and phrasing to a repertory not known for its subtlety. Verismo Arias 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z Reid has a lovely way of phrasing the same advice: “It doesn’t matter if you’re backstage with the Rolling Stones,” he declares. 'I am not naturally magnetic': can you learn how to be charismatic? 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z This was noticeable in works by Liszt, including “Un Sospiro” from the Three Concert Études and the “Rigoletto” Concert Paraphrase, both marred by stilted phrasing, as was the rendition of Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata. Music Review: Nobuyuki Tsujii in Piano Debut at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-13T22:43:26Z Is that a fair way of phrasing it? Deepak Chopra Has Never Been Sick 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Grunt Style, which was founded in 2009, by a former Army drill sergeant named Daniel Alarik, is “the lifestyle brand of America’s new warrior class,” in the phrasing of Forbes magazine. From Grunt Style to “Warcore,” Civilians Are Embracing Military Fashion 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Human flesh searches, a literal translation from the Chinese phrasing, are a peculiarly Chinese phenomenon. ‘Caught in the Web,’ on Web Searches in China 2012-09-16T01:30:06Z Here's his inimitably slithery phrasing and bittersweet tone in action, on Soprano Derivato Apricot Jam, from Robert Wyatt's 1994 Flotsam Jetsam album. Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz – July 2012-07-25T10:18:00Z In his big solo “The Music of the Night,” Mr. Lewis’s supple phrasing and power combined to gorgeous effect. ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Retains Its Luster 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z The darker, warmer tone of the Steinway suited Mr. Bavouzet’s rendition of Debussy’s Préludes, Book 1, in which a painterly range of tones and phrasings evoked illumination and fancy without sacrificing integrity. Music Review: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet at International Keyboard Institute 2013-07-28T18:57:26Z She led it with a singer’s innate sense of phrasing and generous expanse; the orchestra seemed happy to luxuriate with her across every small hill and valley of the score. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Guest Challenges Common Wisdom 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z The Solondz brand, to use a phrasing that would make him cringe, still has juice. Film: Todd Solondz Talks About ?Wartime? 2010-07-16T23:34:00Z Meanwhile, Lucious and Jamal are working on a new song whose intro phrasing is a nod to David Bowie’s Space Oddity. Empire: season two, episode five – A High Hope for a Low Heaven 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z “You see what I mean about varying your phrasing?” he asked. Fantasia Prepares for Broadway Under Watchful Eye 2013-09-04T13:39:08Z In a way, she offered the best of both worlds: complete fluidity in the music’s exotically winding, intricately melismatic lines, along with an entirely contemporary suppleness in both phrasing and dynamics. Music Review: The Food of Love, Coaxed From Ancient Instruments 2011-03-07T22:05:43Z Her phrasing stays exquisitely close to these minds, not quite stream of consciousness, but shadowing the confluence of anxiety and rationality they all harbor. Review | ‘Red Clocks’ imagines a world where abortion is outlawed. And it feels eerily real. 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z With touches like this Finkel demonstrates how the chaos of events can be given narrative shape by scrupulous observation and phrasing. The human heart of the matter 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z On this new album, her phrasing never hurries, whether she’s laughing bitterly or falling to a few whispered words for emphasis. Tanya Tucker’s New Album Might Be the Best of Her Long, Underrated Career 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z And her new material showcases an unparalleled variety of vocal styles, ranges and phrasing, from the hushed and sultry Haunted to the urban swagger of Yonce. Jay-Z joins Beyonce show in London 2014-03-01T01:07:50Z But McBride is so quick to fracture her phrasing that she rarely sustains such moments. Review: ‘A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing,’ by Eimear McBride Cecil Taylor was doing something similar for jazz piano, playing a mix of classical and jazz phrasing at warp speeds. 50 great moments in jazz: Stan Getz's Jazz Samba 2010-08-17T15:13:00Z Both here and in the slow movement, Rattle's grip on dynamics and his attentiveness to phrasing emphasised the theatrical qualities of the work. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Rattle – review 2013-01-30T18:44:44Z Rehearsal time was reportedly short, but with the opera practically in their DNAs by now, they acted out their roles as if this was a fully staged production, singers and orchestra breathing and phrasing together. A rare opera moment: Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming at L.A. Opera show what might have been 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z His passagework was lithe and sparkling; his phrasing lucid and shapely. Music Review: Young Concert Artists Gala at Alice Tully Hall 2013-05-17T21:18:15Z All those elements are vividly realized in Ms. Smirnova’s imaginative interpretations, conveyed with a dexterous technique, colorful phrasing and lithe touch. Classical Recordings: ‘Handel: Keyboard Suites’ by Lisa Smirnova 2012-09-29T23:03:03Z It’s not that I was nervous or unsure of the phrasing. Love Means Never Having to Say … Anything 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z There was some superb duet work, but when counter-tenor Iestyn Davies sang his solos, his extraordinary tonal richness and imaginative phrasing combined into something truly unforgettable. Prom 26: The English Concert/Bicket – review 2012-08-03T17:25:24Z For the first time they were rehearsed properly, with clear phrasing, articulations and unified bowings for the string players. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The song is “Look for the Silver Lining,” presented at a saunter, and Ms. Monheit takes the first pass with textbook phrasing. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-26T21:57:00Z He kept the soul of his music rooted in indigenous sounds, yet also incorporated progressive phrasing and cadences to attain universal relevance. Zim Ngqawana obituary 2011-07-06T17:32:38Z With a clean, singing sound and an approach to phrasing that is as elegant as it is intelligent, Mr. Kavakos’s playing requires no special training to appreciate. New York Times Critics on What They Want to See 2013-12-31T23:10:26Z Your phrasing suggests an unease with ending things this way, despite your understandable anger. Perspective | Miss Manners: Stepmother angered by stepdaughter’s words as husband was dying 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z With low wrists he achieves vivid articulation and pliant phrasing. Review | Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio’s combined musical voice impresses at Library of Congress 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z The similarity of phrasing and emphasis is striking, despite the difference in context. Letters of Louis MacNeice edited by Jonathan Allison 2010-06-05T08:05:00Z I was often thrown by something small, like the odd phrasing on some the wall labels, awkwardly translated from the French. In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z These people want something from you that you’re obviously not giving, and I’m not talking about the stock, insincere phrasing that you rightly question but too-combatively deride to their faces. Don’t be insincere. Do be empathetic. 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But it cohered, because Schubert was at his least fretful under Mr. Denk’s fingers, waltzing along for the most part and constantly undercut by unexpected phrasing or harmonic emphasis. Jeremy Denk Knits a Dialogue in His 92nd Street Y Recital 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Super-stretched jumps morph into crouching rolls; top-rocking footwork muscles in on high stepping bourrées; and below the movement's surface, silky classical phrasing is worked into the choppy rhythms of street dance. Rubberbandance – review 2013-05-05T15:18:26Z The occasion was broadcast on the radio, and the recording makes her virtues clear: confident phrasing, incisive diction, a constant dramatic pressure. A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z “If I Could Only Remember My Name” is rooted in a folk-rock tradition, but, like many of Crosby’s solo records, it borrows tunings, time signatures, and vocal phrasings from jazz. David Crosby Celebrates His Ornery Self in the Documentary “Remember My Name” 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z With her bright, throbbing voice, Ms. Sampson brings expressive phrasing and feisty impetuousness to her performance. Review: A Good-Enough ‘La Fanciulla del West’ at New York City Opera 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Praising her gift for reflecting musical phrasing in her dancing, Clive Barnes wrote in The New York Times, “Just to see her phrase music is an experience akin to hearing a great pianist.” Violette Verdy, Ballerina With Flair, Dies at 82 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The technique is superb in both, but the 1997 recording is slightly more exuberant, while the new one is capacious in its phrasing. Hilary Hahn Returns to Bach, 21 Years Older. And Maybe Wiser. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z This “critical commotion,” in Ms. Kaplan’s phrasing, “is one mark of a masterpiece.” Review: ‘Looking for “The Stranger,”’ the Making of an Existential Masterpiece 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The singers stopped periodically, and the parties discussed phrasing, interpretation and slight changes to the score. National Opera Center Is to Open in Manhattan 2012-09-14T16:47:40Z Musicality in ballet includes the seeming ability to play with time: Ms. Mearns shows many aspects of rhythm and phrasing, and the secrets of both lingering and anticipation. Sara Mearns, in Her Prime at City Ballet, Inspires Debate and Awe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Her contemporaries often now play this repertory with feathered bow strokes, gestural phrasing and swift tempos inspired by the historically-informed-performance movement. Review: Hilary Hahn Plays an Unabashedly Romantic Bach 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z A clear, sure dancer, she brought a connectivity of phrasing and range of dynamics to the piece that made it suspenseful. Dance Review: Suzanne Farrell Ballet Shows Balanchine Pedigree - Review 2011-10-17T21:03:11Z Neither acting nor subtlety of musical phrasing are major parts of the job here. The Washington Ballet let Brooklyn Mack go. He landed at the Metropolitan Opera House. 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Alagna initially fell back on some formulaic phrasing and a certain grandstanding delivery that felt especially old-fashioned after the flickering, natural heat of Mr. Lee’s singing. Review: In Pairing of ‘Pagliacci’ and ‘Cavalleria Rusticana,’ One Rises Above the Other 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z They captured the unique phrasings of drivers of the capital’s private minibuses — which once constituted a hefty fraction of Kyiv transport, but began to fade in the era of Uber — hawking their destinations. Reconstructing Kyiv, One Synth Wave at a Time 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z He became reflective and searched for the right phrasing to explain why the end wasn’t really the end. Carlos Ruiz Zafón leaves behind characters who will never die 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Rhythm, phrasing, line, gesture — no matter how small their scale — radically alter our sense of human activity. City Ballet to Present ‘La Sylphide,’ a Romantic Ballet Standard 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z But his phrasing reminds me of the odd standard often applied to marginalized voices: in this case, there was something refreshingly noteworthy about a Chinese poet writing about non-Chinese things. When White Poets Pretend to Be Asian 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z But Michael Spyres, his tenor usually trumpeting, sounded uneasy in the title role, his phrasing abrupt and the top of his voice strained. At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z So you thought you knew “Revelations”? This rendition made you pay new attention, above all in the brilliantly suspenseful phrasing brought by Antonio Douthit-Boyd to the “I Wanna Be Ready” solo. Talking About Love, Demonstrating Violence 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z She was a touching Elsa who sang with warmth and pliant phrasing, but for a few strained high notes during some of the impassioned outbursts. Music Review: Hans Neuenfels Gathers Rats in ?Lohengrin? 2010-08-04T22:14:00Z There are traces of Bjork and others in her phrasing and the instrumentation varies from song to song; the purity of her soprano voice provides the unifying factor. Charlotte Church is back with new material, tour 2013-03-15T13:27:13Z As ever, Björk’s vocal melodies and phrasings on “Vulnicura” obey their own abstract logic, but the lyrics on the page often read firm and clear. All is full of love: Listening for Bjork’s radical humanity 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Janitsch’s spacious Sonata da Camera in G minor, altogether sweeter and less densely scored than the Bach, made room for Suzuki’s broad phrasing. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z His sentences tend to be short and direct, uncomplicated by fancy phrasing or subordinate clauses. Rereading: Up in the Old Hotel, by Joseph Mitchell 2012-06-22T21:55:18Z The musicians imbued both works with myriad details of shading and contrast, and beautifully calibrated phrasing. Music Review: London Haydn Quartet Brings Its Gut Strings to the Morgan 2014-01-22T20:26:03Z “They would develop, with time, a very specific phrasing,” Shpudeiko said. Reconstructing Kyiv, One Synth Wave at a Time 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Musicality is multilayered, including sharp dynamic contrasts; keen rhythmic syncopation; and long, complex phrasing. Review: The Royal Ballet Returns to New York With ‘The Dream’ 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z There are various applications of the harmonic series, various relationships of phrasing and tempo among the guitars, ensembles of various sizes, works of various lengths and instruments with various tunings, rock-drumming rhythms of different kinds. Review: Glenn Branca’s Symphonies Resound With the Power of the Here and Now 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Tempo and balance require constant re-examination, clearly marked phrasing should be audible, and staccato markings and accents are too often ignored. Schubert: lieder of the pack 2011-03-10T22:43:00Z In Ballet Theater’s “Sleeping Beauty” his line, his stance, his phrasing all epitomized the ideal. Opening Doors And Reaching New Heights 2010-12-17T14:43:11Z You don’t want to build in drama and turn it into a scene from “General Hospital,” but you want to use language and phrasing that is truthful, clear, complete, forthright and reassuring. My daughter’s birth father suddenly wants to be in her life. Should we let him? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Everything depends on the exquisite balance of the phrasing and the quiet waspishness of tone, neither of which you can capture onscreen. Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Ford Madox Ford is where it belongs ? on TV 2010-07-30T14:48:00Z As one of them, Bonnie Lander relishes the percussiveness of “Passion for Piero, Palladio, Puccini, pasta”; the other, Paul Pinto, gets his turn with the staccato phrasing of “Successful. Super-smart. Sensuous. Sensitive. Cuddly. Affectionate.” Review: An Espionage Opera Remains Enigmatic and Urgent 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Having sat patiently at his instrument during the introduction, Kanneh-Mason, 22, became suddenly animated, matching the ensemble’s grandeur with his own: fiery vibrato, dramatic phrasing, richly voiced yet crisp forzando chords. Review: The Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason Makes an Entrance 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z “I am trying to fill in the blanks of the phrasing riddle that I’ve created.” How the R&B Innovator Kelela Unlocked a New Level 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z For “Children Will Listen,” led by Headley, with superb, sinuous phrasing, deBessonet suddenly swells the cast with 70 or so supernumeraries, children and seniors singing along. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Some Enchanted Evening 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Talking about classics of romantic literature, he added, “Part of the appeal is that the language still has a rich, sometimes poetic phrasing that a modern film has a tough time matching.” Another Hike on the Moors for ?Jane Eyre? 2011-03-05T04:23:01Z “It’s not $500 billion in ‘financial assistance,’” she said, echoing the moderator’s phrasing. Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Mozart's and Strauss's F's and G's are infinitely more impressive and compelling than these silly A's of Ades because of their contexts: rhythm, harmony, phrasing, etc. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z It is easier now to see the marvelous grace and phrasing he brings to basic steps, though his expressiveness often seems more complex than ever. Dance Review: In ?Unrelated Solos,? Baryshnikov Remembers All That 2010-05-20T22:10:00Z Is anyone at home playing games that would include this kind of phrasing? Perspective | What’s behind this 5-year-old’s violent play? 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Often I’ve found myself crying for mercy when Shakespeare’s characters engage in elbow-in-the-ribs ribaldry; with Mr. Ferguson’s impeccable phrasing and timing, I would have been happy for it to last longer. Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z Mr. Lewis started choppy and loud against on an up-tempo version of “Just Friends,” and the vamps of Mr. Cables’s originals contained little discrepancies of phrasing between piano and bass. Review: George Cables Trio at the Village Vanguard 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z In English, it was elusive in its spare, angular melodies and slightly jarring in some fragmented phrasing. Review: Music From Japan Brings In Some Neighbors as Well 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Peck has always been a whiz kid, but now she has time, it seems, to play, phrasing as if by choice and not necessity. Dance Review: First a Toast to the Past, Then the Frolics of a Bubbly Balanchine 2011-06-01T22:30:32Z Sondheim finds corresponding rhythms and phrasings in music and lyrics for Seurat’s staccato brushstrokes, a virtuoso achievement capped by “Sunday,” one of musical theater’s most enthralling Act 1 finales. A ‘Sunday’ to remember: Sondheim classic an artistic triumph at Signature Theatre The Busoni was an ideal setup for the American premiere of Mr. Birtwistle’s “Gigue Machine,” a dense, darting and arresting 15-minute study of the rhythms and phrasing of the gigue dance form. Music Review: Nicolas Hodges, Pianist, at Zankel Hall 2013-01-23T21:55:16Z This finale is grander than these two remarkable dancers: There is something too collected about Ms. Peck’s dazzling way of playing with time, and Mr. De Luz’s phrasing flattens some dynamic contrasts. New York City Ballet Performs Tchaikovsky-Balanchine Works 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z At first listen to her debut album, Totem, it's probably Ryat's voice that grabs you the most, sounding – with its stage whisper phrasing – not entirely unlike Björk's. This week's new live music 2012-08-10T23:05:00Z But once he loosened up he sang with rich, generous sound and beautiful phrasing. ArtsBeat: A South Korean Tenor Makes His Mark at the Met, With La Scala Next 2010-12-20T18:21:37Z His playing offers sparkling virtuosity; unaffected, highly musical phrasing; and thoughtful interpretations blessedly free of mannerism. Pianist Steven Lin sets bar high for Washington Performing Arts’ new season Tweak your phrasing to reflect the situation, of course — but when you’re told to return an item, a cool and quiet, “I am not your child,” will suffice. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Gaining purchase in the grocery store and in your marriage 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Her warm, shimmering voice carried beautifully in the hall from her place on the front of the extended stage; her phrasing and expressivity were lovely. Music Review: Showcasing the Viola in Updated Mozart 2011-08-03T22:13:31Z But a growing public consciousness that “animals matter,” to use Pacelle’s purposefully vague phrasing, means that “every enterprise built on harming animals today is ripe for disruption.” Are animals “persons”? Or just cute objects capitalism can save? Animal rights enter a strange new era 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z His tone with an open horn was brilliantly clear, and his phrasing resolute. Music Review: Marcus Miller Gets More From a Miles Davis Model 2010-06-23T21:09:00Z Bless her ridiculous arm tattoo and her sometimes clumsy phrasing as a judge on The X-Factor. Tulisa has dealt with this sex tape 'scandal' brilliantly 2012-07-13T09:29:29Z And such interdependence means it’s wise and generous to check for conflicts — which is different from asking permission, but with identical phrasing: “Okay if I see my dad Wednesday night?” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: I’m sorry, but you need to reframe what you hear in husband’s apologies 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z She sang with utter integrity, supple phrasing, nuanced colorings and aching vulnerability. 2010-01-12T23:25:00Z When discussing any of the five films that comprise "The Twilight Saga" — which I find myself doing with unbothered regularity — my go-to phrasing for encapsulating their general vibe is "delightfully unhinged." "The Twilight Saga" has more to give, even after 15 years 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Fleming’s voice was plush and alluring; her phrasing noble. Music Review: Words or Music: Why Choose? 2011-03-29T22:23:23Z Cranko tends to ride roughshod over Tchaikovsky’s phrasing; this is never choreography where the dance helps you hear the music better. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater in ‘Onegin,’ at Metropolitan Opera House 2012-06-05T21:29:30Z While the British news media have been quick to brandish the news of a stolen Shakespeare skull, Mr. Colls himself is somewhat more cautious in his phrasing. Alas, Poor William Shakespeare. Where Does His Skull Rest? 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Unruly intonation and square phrasing undercut moments of elegance a little too often. Review: Ariel Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle at SubCulture, With Energy to Spare 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z He in no way disappointed in that respect here, singing with malleable phrasing and a creamy tone strained, it seemed, only for dramatic effect. Music Review: Bach?s ?St. John,? With Bernard Labadie at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-26T22:35:40Z The crowd sang it all with him, which helped, but Mr. Blades’s voice fully inhabited the song: His words and phrasing expanded to the end of every long breath. Rubén Blades at the Rose Theater 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Among the Isarphilharmonie’s opening offerings is Trifonov’s first outing playing all five Beethoven concertos, but in the Fourth he entered with muddled phrasing that virtually contradicted the transparency of the Escaich. A Temporary Concert Hall Hopes for a Permanent Audience 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z He sings like he’s singing each line for the first time — the phrasing is striking, you feel like you are standing with him as a particular thought occurs. Dean Wareham: My Jonathan Richman romance 2012-06-15T00:00:00Z There was the phrasing so singular that Ms. Winehouse could stretch a note until it threatened to snap and then cap it with a sly vibrato quaver. A Bad Girl With a Touch of Genius 2011-07-27T21:06:38Z Ms. Dessay sings the melodies ravishingly, with beguiling tone, supple phrasing and lovely vocal colors. 2010-02-10T05:31:00Z "In a Garden" is imagist in its "direct treatment of the thing" and in the musicality of its phrasing. Poem of the week: In a Garden by Amy Lowell 2013-07-29T10:12:18Z While adopting a vernacular vocal style, with minimal vibrato along with a somewhat eccentric conversational phrasing, she still treated the American songbook as a species of art song. Review: Jessye Norman’s Salute to the Love Song at Carnegie Hall 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Ms. Garanca hits all the notes, but her phrasing lacks wit, surprise and allure. Elina Garanca Reprises Her Role in ‘Carmen’ 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Nadon, also reprising Dewdrop, was remarkable in her musicality; letting her glamorous face linger here while her feet sped up over there, she toyed with phrasing, gracing the stage with her dazzling flow and sweep. What Does an Angel See in Her Future? Maybe a Sugarplum Fairy. 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z This performance showed the marvelous musicality of his phrasing. Review: For Pennsylvania Ballet, Transitions Onstage and Off 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z This record is so expansive that it's tough to wrestle into shape, even as it overflows with wit, smarts and a masterful skill of the language and phrasing. Kendrick Lamar's 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Fellow musician Pete Stampfel recalls: “He was doing all traditional songs, but it was his approach! His singing style and phrasing were stone rhythm & blues.” Review | ‘The Double Life of Bob Dylan’ is the definitive account of a shape-shifting genius’s early years 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Given the competition around right now, I cannot think of a soprano who could sing any better this demanding role, which requires luscious legato phrasing, a powerful top range and stamina. Music Review: Puccini?s Western Seeks Lyrical Gold 2010-12-07T17:10:00Z “The way I’m talking to you now, I’m being careful about how I’m phrasing things because it’s me talking. But as Alan, you can sort of let the dog off the leash.” ‘We've had a love-hate relationship’: Steve Coogan on bringing Alan Partridge back to the BBC 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Ms. Davis takes a solo of slippery insistence, then turns things over to the trumpeter Marquis Hill, a virtuoso with a sandy tone and an ear for reflective phrasing. The Playlist: Shawn Mendes Shows His Scars, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z In air after air, Ms. Watson brought vocal bloom, emotional depth and beguiling phrasing to her exemplary performance. Review: ‘Theodora,’ Once a Handel Flop, Is Celebrated Anew 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It's not explicit, but it's implicitly there – in terms of the rhythm, the attenuation and particularly in terms of the phrasing. Holding out for a hero: Soweto Kinch on Joe Harriott 2011-07-21T21:30:01Z Expressive yet dignified, his phrasing confident and his ornamentation stylishly discreet, he brought tears to my eyes. Review: An Operatic Tryout Yields a Young Star 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z There's a roughness to the strings and a fuzziness to the brass, and conductor Christian Vásquez's phrasing favours the four-square over the fancy free. Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela ? review 2010-10-13T08:12:00Z Matthew Best's exemplary King Marke towered over them, a figure of nobly dignified bearing, focused sound and elegant phrasing. Tristan und Isolde – review 2012-05-22T11:57:52Z Mr. Danson’s slyly off-kilter phrasing — the odd gap he inserts before “renewed” — evokes, ever so slightly, Christopher Walken’s idiosyncratic, asymmetrical phrasing and also suggests, ever so slightly, that everything is not exactly as it seems. ‘The One I Love,’ With Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The piece is held together by a scattering of recurrent motifs – froggy squats, territorial stamps – and by the riveting detail of its phrasing. Scottish Dance Theatre ? review 2011-03-22T19:15:01Z He still has a meaty voice, his phrasing polished to a gleam by thousands of nights on Vegas stages. Holiday Music for the Joyful, the Lonely and the Skeptical 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The ensemble plays music that combines cabaret-hall insouciance with bitter harmonies and fractured phrasing. Review: Met Chamber Ensemble Salutes Boulez With a Less Complicated Piece Than Planned 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Noble's solo combined his characteristically shrewd phrasing with a dissonant, Thelonious Monkish clang. Zhenya Strigalev – review 2012-06-15T17:40:01Z Speaking in voice-over, as she does throughout, with her perfect phrasing and warm, gently wry tone, she recounts a harrowing episode from her childhood. Review: ‘Heart of a Dog,’ Laurie Anderson’s Meditation on Loss 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Carter, has never had difficulty communicating grace or clarity on her instrument: She has a glowing, dark-maple tone, and an effortless way of phrasing a melody. New Music: Nathaniel Rateliff and Regina Carter Release Albums 2014-03-31T22:07:29Z One of the boardroom meetings dwells on the phrasing and font of two advertisements. Review: ‘The Great Museum,’ a Stroll Through the Kunsthistorisches in Vienna 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The changes of speed – he gets even slower and can't help mucking about with the phrasing! Bach at Easter 2013-03-29T16:48:30Z A: Your phrasing of “how to help him work through this” is the exact intention we want to bring to your son. Perspective | Our 6-year-old’s meltdowns are taking over our family 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z My chief reservation is that the diction of the two sopranos, Sarah-Jane Brandon and Elizabeth Watts, is not lucid enough; even so, their phrasing registers keenly. Mark Morris’s Transcendent ‘Il Allegro,’ Captured on Film for PBS 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Their phrasing leads you keenly into the impulses and texture of Cowell’s music. Dance Review: Trey McIntyre Project?s Ballets at Jacob?s Pillow 2010-08-06T20:54:00Z What’s fascinating in those opening lifts is how they fit the music — matching its overall phrasing in long legato sweeps rather than following the quicker incidental pulse. Meet Aurora of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’: Her Native Language Is Classical Ballet 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Retouching by pen, he tightened the phrasing and also inserted an inspired pun: “The sensation chills him, above and beyond the terminal air-conditioning.” John Updike?s Archive: A Great Writer at Work 2010-06-20T23:23:00Z Often he accelerates or decelerates, but without skill in phrasing. Dance Review: Savion Glover Taps at Hummingbird Speed at the Joyce 2010-06-22T22:32:00Z Throughout Popcaan shows off his tough side, and his ease with comic timing and phrasing — other parts of his personality that should trickle north soon enough. Playlist : New Releases From Ka, Popcaan, Vena and Bleeding Knees Club 2012-04-13T20:22:31Z Ultimately, however, his innate musicality and elegant phrasing, abetted by Adams’s vigorous accompaniment, delivered a brisk finale to a gratifying afternoon of music. Composer John Adams does double duty at Strathmore with BSO 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z And his application of dance dynamics to musical phrasing is often bizarre. Dance Review: The Paris Opera Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater 2012-07-12T21:49:08Z Vinson's alto sounds delicately clarinet-like on Duke Ellington's Morning Glory, and Lund echoes his phrasing on a gently strolling I Should Care, before engaging in a whispered dialogue with Le Fleming's walking bass. Lund/Vinson/Le Fleming: OWL Trio – review 2013-07-04T22:30:01Z Thanks to the flow and fullness of Ms. Seo’s phrasing, it’s been haunting me ever since. The Watch List: American Ballet Theater?s Spring 2010-05-13T20:58:00Z “I thought of great words in the shower this morning,” he told them, before bursting into song to show them the phrasing he was looking for: “My name is BA-lanchine; this is my ‘NUT-cracker’ BAL-let.” The Conductor Andrew Litton, Finding a Different Tempo 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Beethoven’s more ostentatious phrasing, as in the 6th and 13th variations, sometimes sounded jerky and eccentric. Music Review: Beth Levin Plays Beethoven Variations at Bargemusic 2010-07-04T21:51:00Z 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 Iain Paterson repeated his dramatically assured portrayal of Gunther, which benefited from his musical sense of phrasing and communicative singing style. Music Review: Deborah Voigt and Karen Cargill in ‘Götterdämmerung’ at Met 2013-04-24T22:07:56Z And most of Dylan’s lyrics don’t stand up terribly well as poetry: They sound great when he sings them, thanks to his gift for phrasing, but they die on the page. Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize: He brought sophistication to the language of popular music like no one else 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z His style of conducting appears brisk, yet Karabits is also able to temper the discipline so as to embrace a much more lyrical approach to phrasing and carefully soften the effects. BSO/Karabits - review 2011-03-13T15:01:13Z 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 In Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, he explores subjects that have inspired creative phrasing, from sex and money to food and death. Q&A: Author Ralph Keyes on Euphemisms and Comfort Words 2011-01-10T08:35:00Z Cue Wagner, who developed a language of complex chromatic harmony and elongated phrasing that was perfect for revealing intimate sentiment. Indecent exposure 2011-04-07T21:00:03Z Eschenbach’s direction was ponderous and humorless, with no lilt to the phrasing, and the audience couldn’t muster enough applause for a single curtain call. NSO and Eschenbach venture to Spain, taking the well-trod route 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z It was not only in Vaughan Williams’s setting of Whitman’s poem “A Clear Midnight” that his phrasing was too square to be truly moving. Review: Thomas Hampson’s Conflict Resolutions 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z His voice is big, beefy and never forced; he sings with sly phrasing and droll comic timing. Review of Metropolitan Opera’s ‘L’Elisir d’Amore’ 2012-09-25T12:41:03Z Or is she downplaying a cosmic passion by phrasing it in casual teenage love-letter language? Perspective | Aaliyah was one in a million. In the streaming age, she still sounds like the future. 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z He’s more about playing with subtler shades of tone and phrasing, dancing with the syncopated rhythms and plunging into the drone to excavate melodies. Concert review: Robert Plant at Taste of Chicago 2013-07-13T03:44:00Z Together they worked on tempo and phrasing, with a special emphasis on “Dust and Ashes,” a challenging six-minute Pierre solo that Mr. Malloy had written to take advantage of Mr. Groban’s skills. For Josh Groban, a Boot Camp for Broadway 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z She played saxophone in the school jazz band and piano at home, experience that shows in her phrasing and her sense of harmony. Kali Uchis Is a Complicated Musician. She Plans to Stay That Way. 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z In the finale, a despairing, slow Adagio, Mr. Dudamel was better able to draw expansive phrasing from the players while still projecting the music’s overall structure. At Avery Fisher Hall, Dudamel on a Joy Ride 2010-05-21T22:43:00Z He made his debut in November with “George Balanchine’s ‘The Nutcracker,’” and showed his skill at drawing out fresh aspects of phrasing and sonority. Review: New York City Ballet’s Winter Season Blends Movement and Music 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z This time Shaham went just the right degree with his slithering and sweet phrasing, his smiles and frowns. Leonard Slatkin is traditional and bracing at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z But there were flashes of something going on, most noticeably in the third movement of the “Italian” Symphony where individual ideas in phrasing came gushing in swiftly moving currents. A rising conductor makes an impressive L.A. Phil debut at the Bowl 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Perhaps inevitably, he covered Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sounds of Silence,” but with idiosyncratic vocal phrasing and an arrangement that aggressively swelled at one point. Quiet fans happily go for a ride with Passenger at Echostage This is a variant on ballad measure, which is to say the stanza rhymes abcb and alternates tetrameter and trimeter phrasings. When Did Poetry Speak to Us? When We Were Very Young 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z She had no formal training in music, but her pitch was flawless, her phrasing disciplined and her diction crisp in a natural, unforced way. Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of ‘Bésame Mucho,’ Dies at 94 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Tony Bennett is a solid rock on “Body and Soul,” masking Winehouse’s less precise diction and phrasing; she sounds like she’s channeling the sound of the greats, but not their ability to inhabit a lyric. Album review: Amy Winehouse, 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures' 2011-12-05T18:40:00Z He started listening to more jazz, and paying closer attention to vocalists — from Aretha Franklin to David Ruffin to Janis Joplin — whose tone and phrasing he’d then try to emulate on his own instrument. Marcus King, a Bluesy Rocker Who Stared Down His Own Crossroads 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Acharya’s refined sculptural firmness, complex gestural eloquence, subtle musical phrasing and articulate grace are enough to extend most ideas of masculinity. Dance Review: Indian Dances at the Erasing Borders Festival 2013-08-16T22:24:56Z Inevitable, too, because the trio’s pianist, Dom Salvador, who plays with samba in the left hand and jazz phrasing in the right, is in good health and easy to find. Review: The Rio 65 Trio Resurrects the Barreling Sounds of a Samba-Jazz Band 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The tempo was slow, but flowing; the phrasing sensitive, yet shapely. Review: Philip Glass Comes, Finally, to the New York Philharmonic 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z It was a long, intense performance with some strong playing, particularly from Carpenter, as well as some moments of carelessness, particularly in the phrasing of soft passages. The future is not here: Two 21st-century chamber ensembles in D.C. 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z And in that review, it says, "it's believed" again, back to that word, belief, it's believed that this is effective, I can't remember the exact phrasing, but that this content system will prevent abuse. "They knew better": Alex Gibney on Big Pharma & the opioid epidemic in "The Crime of the Century" 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Little by little, with long stares, an old man’s shuffle and strange phrasing, Mr. Carell transforms the character from a figure of ridicule into something truly grotesque. Steve Carell and Channing Tatum in ‘Foxcatcher’ 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Robinson played with elegant phrasing, but on the whole she and Mr. Fleisher failed to convey any of the passion or seething tension of this dramatic work. Music Review | Leon Fleisher and Friends: An Evening of Brahms Becomes a Memorial 2010-03-04T22:42:00Z Bach left few indications of tempos, phrasings and dynamics in his scores. Review: Lars Vogt Offers His Intensely Probing Take on Bach 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z In terms of their phrasing, there’s some strong rhythmic telepathy going on here, too — similar to the familial mind-melds heard in the Beach Boys or the Jackson 5. Migos-mania: How the Atlanta rap trio mastered the sound of silence 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z As the tragic Leonora, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers offers a soprano of huge potential, her voice's generous richness of timbre occasionally offset by fragmented phrasing, but a great performance lies within her grasp. La Forza del Destino 2010-07-28T20:29:00Z Sweet notes now that her comments about Trump on CNN included a bit of a hedge — “It could be the beginning of the end,” was her exact phrasing at the time. All the times the pundits declared Donald Trump toast — and what they say now 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z She's got the phrasing and feeling down, and displayed live some very impressive vocal firepower — belting, wailing and dramatically stretching out throbbing notes at the top of her range. Review: Cyndi Lauper proves she knows how to have fun with the blues 2010-09-03T18:49:00Z In the program notes, he writes that the Duke’s aria “Questa o quella,” for example, is often sung faster than Verdi intended; the slower tempo chosen here allowed for more expansive, elegant phrasing. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z 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 Ms. Opolais brought creamy sound, pliant phrasing and floating high notes to the music. Music Review: Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini’s ‘Rondine’ 2013-01-13T21:20:46Z His careful tone and understated phrasing hardly suited the orchestra when it entered into bruising mode. In Costa Mesa, the New York Philharmonic runs through the routine 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The skill of these solos lay in Limón’s phrasing, working around the music with marvelous timing, and in his grasp of Duncan’s rapture. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival Dots Lower Manhattan 2013-08-13T21:41:40Z The players would also have ideas about phrasing and shaping certain lines that only came up in the sessions and were never written down. Rodgers and Hammerstein: the Mozarts of the 20th century 2010-08-11T20:45:00Z Mr. Nasseri brought judicious elasticity to the phrasing and taut suspense to the chromatic progressions. Review: Pianist Soheil Nasseri Puts a New Touch on Classical Standards 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z But between her tighter-than-hell L.A.-based backing band, Icewater, her distinctive voice and jazz-horn-like phrasing and a bizarre kind of force when approaching the songs from “New View,” she delivers a mesmerizing live show. A great year for live music: From Wilco to Eleanor Friedberger and Philip Glass 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Sensitivity of touch and musical phrasing are not necessarily the stuff that wins competitions. Review | Pianist plays with grace under pressure 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Always, whether they follow good or bad performances, they cleanse the palate, leading a spectator into core essences of dance itself: music, phrasing and rhythm, partnering, stance and balance. Dance Review: Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión Dance Tango 2013-08-12T21:40:10Z On Tuesday it felt as if the entire audience was leaning forward to meet her as she played her phrasing off Gershwin’s, finding an easy balance between Balanchine’s juxtaposition of ballet and Broadway flair. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at David H. Koch Theater - Review 2012-01-18T22:51:15Z The most profound pleasure of her dancing derives from her phrasing to music. Dance Review: A ?Swan? Of Complex Shades 2011-02-14T05:15:08Z Ms. Fuchs, an insightful musician, showed elegant phrasing throughout and expressive poise in the F sharp minor Adagio. Philippe Entremont Conducts; Simone Dinnerstein Performs; Music by Ezequiel Vi?ao 2012-02-03T23:02:08Z But as his remark indicates, though his work appears blithely and uninhibitedly dancey, it is constructed from an intricate assemblage of phrasing and detail. 2010-01-08T20:23:00Z Both move with a bland evenness; there is little phrasing or a sense of differentiated dynamics that would bring life and intensity to their dancing. A Proudly Unsentimental ‘Nutcracker’ at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z In addition, hummus has myriad pronunciations and its phrasing differs from country to country, while FoodTips claims that rioja is the "most mispronounced drink in the world." Potato, puh-tah-toe: Inside the wide world of mispronounced foods 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Many of the poems are so lovely that one notices their phrasing and pacing first, and then their deeper layers. Why W.S. Merwin endures, and other best poetry to read this month 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Ballet’s heroes and heroines wear clothing, and yet they deploy lines, positions and phrasing so that they too may project an image of the body as perfectly harmonious and apparently flawless. Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes 2012-08-16T12:00:00Z And no one has to teach her anything about phrasing. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z There was little doubt that he personally authored every tweet, because who else could post with such frequency, or idiosyncratic phrasing? David Crosby, a King of Twitter 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z His crisp, spry sound in the faster movements became meltingly beautiful in the slower sections, like the Sarabande of the first suite; the whole work was enhanced by his graciously nuanced phrasing. Antoine Tamestit Plays Concert for Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Yet look at your phrasing: You identify your effort to respect your brother’s boundaries as the “it” in “it’s making my interactions . . . so awful.” Carolyn Hax: Caught between manipulative father and brother 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z In the English Suite No. 3, she played with ample clarity and brilliance but took expressive liberties with her pedaling, phrasing and dynamic shading. Music Review: Mourning, Bach and a 9/11 Theme 2011-06-07T21:27:25Z Still, this is one of the most punishing parts in opera and Mr. Farina gave a creditable performance, at his best, singing with pliant phrasing and muscular intensity. Operas Filled With Forbidden Love in Madrid 2014-01-28T13:02:07Z Your own phrasing suggests you know this, or are just a nudge away, when you say you had to deal with this or die: Dealing with it means you can finally start to live. Carolyn Hax: How to find courage to leave a selfish husband? She already has it. 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In each case Mr. Carter plays alto, bracingly, his in-the-pocket phrasing sharpened by the lurking threat of combustion. New Music: Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums 2011-10-11T00:13:28Z The difficult chord changes, the cumbersome phrasing, and the unpredictability of the weather made it standard practice for singers performing the anthem at the Super Bowl to sing to a prerecorded track. Anthem of Freedom: How Whitney Houston Remade “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Serpa is a lithe singer who never seems limited by the specificity of her phrasing and ideas. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Dylan’s phrasing on the line “his religion of little tin women” is simply beautiful, some of the best singing from the entire marathon “Highway 61” sessions. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z For all the fervor of her delivery and flair of Griffin's phrasing – and they were considerable – her voice often proved too small to be heard above the massive forces gathered around her. A flawed celebration of Mahalia Jackson's centennial 2011-05-21T14:55:00Z As a Jew myself, this coding is striking — Eedy's appearance, accent, intonation, mannerisms and phrasing, as well as the topics of conversation and the dynamic of her relationship with her son. "Andor" reflects our ugly ambivalence, trafficking in antisemitic tropes while calling out fascism 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Especially in the Beethoven Sonata and the Chopin group, certain details and niceties of phrasing seemed sacrificed to haste. Review | Pianist Richard Goode plays a deeply satisfying concert at U-Md. 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Everything in them – the textures, the rhythms, the phrasing – needs sharper outlines and greater pungency than these overpolite Nashville Symphony performances ever manage. Piazzolla: Sinfonia Buenos Aires; Concerto for Bandoneon; Las Cuatro Estaciones Porte?as 2010-09-23T21:55:00Z The alertness with which the two jazz stars adapted their phrasing to each other was astonishing, and extended to abstract reinvention of the jazz ballad, too. Evan Parker/Django Bates ? review 2011-01-30T18:01:00Z The height and ease with which his leaps sailed across the stage kept catching the heart, and the vivid dynamic contrasts of his phrasing made the old ballet newly minted. Dance Review: A Vision Glimpsed Through the Window, and Its Consequences 2011-06-20T22:07:30Z He’s exceptionally sure-footed with his phrasing, almost never caught off balance, but he knows how to convey risk or fury through the compressed force of his tone. Review: Donny McCaslin’s Quartet, Fresh Off the Release of Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Swift found the phrasing so misleading that she tweeted a firm rebuttal: Taylor Swift on Tabloid Coverage: This is 'Why We Need Feminism' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Or instead of doing the same way of phrasing, say, four bars plus four bars, he just makes it three bars plus one. A New Take on Romeo and Juliet’s Ball, Balcony, Bed and Tomb 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z But by that, I mean primarily vocal acting, the ability to express nuances of a character’s personality and state of mind through subtle changes in color, attack and phrasing. New York Times Critics Respond to Glyndebourne ‘Fat’ Reviews 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z It was an unusually long concert and yet it seemed to pass all too quickly and effortlessly: the tempos judicious, the touch sure, the phrasing eloquent — and the impact elusive. Review: Andras Schiff Deconstructs Sonatas 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z His phrasing mirrored Mr. Zimmermann’s perfectly, and in the most intricate fast movements, you could not have hoped for tighter ensemble. Music Review: Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alan Gilbert and Enrico Pace - Review 2011-10-13T22:20:12Z Playing both E flat and B flat clarinets, Mr. Green showed a firm grasp of a klezmer clarinetist’s voicelike phrasing and expressive slurs and bends. Music Review: Jewish Themes, and Mendelssohn, at Bargemusic 2010-06-27T21:03:00Z And he was superb, singing alternately with suave, seductive phrasing and menacing intensity. Music Review: ?Don Giovanni? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-10-14T18:50:40Z His voice is too supple, his phrasing too unpredictable, his approach to uptempo tunes as exuberant as that of a man a third his age. Frank D'Rone: Still a king of swing 2011-02-18T15:35:00Z Under Bartoldus’s subtle direction, the Bach sounded totally alive and dramatic, with precise timing, careful balance and clear-cut phrasing. Chamber chorus Third Practice is a winner 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Mr. De Luz showed the choreography with commanding charm and compellingly musical phrasing. Dance Review: International Stars at Damian Woetzel?s Festival in Vail 2010-08-08T23:47:00Z Not only does each of the eight lead roles have at least one vocally acrobatic solo turn, but most audience members still have the exact texture and phrasing of past performers in mind. France Cheers for a Musical It Loves but Hasn’t Watched 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Sidney Outlaw used his deep, resonant baritone and thoughtful approach to phrasing — powerful but shapely — to create a strong, nuanced portrayal of Elijah. Music Review: A Score To Praise A Prophet 2011-04-28T20:51:24Z Details of orchestral phrasing have registered keenly, with a wealth of color; he gives many scores a strong pulse. New York City Ballet’s Fall Season Bursts With Talent 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Watching “Blonde,” I wondered if Dominik had ever actually watched a Marilyn Monroe film, had seen the transcendent talent, the brilliant comic timing, the phrasing, gestures and grace? ‘Blonde’ Review: Exploiting Marilyn Monroe for Old Times’ Sake 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z An impassioned simplicity of gesture and spare modesty of phrasing marked an elegant, understated, essentially flawless performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, insightfully supported by Mr. Urbanski’s responsive, clean direction. Krzysztof Urbanski Leads the Philharmonic in Dvorak 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z They find astonishing rhythmic freedom within the confines of their admirable discipline, a lilt to their phrasing that surely stems from the folk songs they so eagerly arrange and perform together. The Danish String Quartet’s ‘Prism’ Is Essential Listening 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z A lot is connected to the words, the phrasing, but you cannot do that if you are singing every note égal. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Balance and phrasing were impeccable, dynamics expressive, technique excellent at all times; light, crisp and clean in the very fast scherzo movement. St. Petersburg String Quartet makes accomplished Seattle debut 2014-02-24T19:45:19Z His phrasing attests to some close study of Miles Davis and Clifford Brown, but avoids outright imitation. New Music: Fountains of Wayne, Now With Less Smirking 2011-08-01T23:00:34Z Neither is the master of phrasing she once was. Brooklyn, Can You Hear Her? Barbra Streisand Still Sounds Amazing. 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Their rich graphic design and creative phrasing predates the minimalist uniformity of “privacy” and “maid.” Retro signs galore: The ultimate American road trip 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z With his diction murky and phrasing dull, he sounded uncomfortable in five Duparc songs, and he was strongest in a smoothly winning closing set of six by Strauss. Music Review: Jonas Kaufmann in Recital at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-10-31T21:41:18Z In a rehearsal room, the orchestra is practicing with intensity, the conductor asking individuals to repeat passages to get the phrasing precise. Gaza music school shines in 'Arabs Got Talent' spotlight 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z We become vividly aware of nuances of phrasing and tone that we would be unlikely to catch if we were watching the same people on television. Review: Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Notes From the Field’ Delivers Voices of Despair and Hope 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Grinnan said she applied the delicacy and phrasing of classical French horn to the voice she came up with for the Lynch projects. Julee Cruise, Vocalist of ‘Twin Peaks’ Fame, Dies at 65 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z This phrasing is a little more credible, arguably, than saying she loved him and left anyway. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Man is convinced ex-girlfriend ‘betrayed’ him with breakup 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Choi sang with an attractive tenor, demonstrating strong top notes, fluid phrasing and a darker-hued lower register, with only a few moments of strain throughout the evening. Music Review: ‘Tales of Hoffmann,’ Showcases Young Voices at Kaye Playhouse 2013-07-14T20:22:59Z Ittai Shapira brought the solo violin writing to life with a sweet, plaintive tone and an almost narrative approach to phrasing. Music Review: At Merkin Concert Hall, Concertante Blends New and Old 2010-05-18T21:26:00Z After intermission, Mr. Robertson led a ferociously focused performance of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony, the phrasing taut but natural as breathing. Review: David Robertson Leads the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The first movement was brisk — as is Welser-Möst’s wont — but easygoing in its phrasing, without exaggeration, even in emphasis. In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z De Waart still knows how to make it move and groove, right down to the tapered-off percussion workout at the end, and he now brings out more crystalline detail and curvaceous phrasing in the winds. At the L.A. Phil, hearing John Adams through the man who made him famous 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z “And when they do certain things, I have an understanding of where it came from, like Billy Harper with his phrasing,” Harrison continues. In the Cookers, collective centuries of heat 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z He never used the baton, but manipulated the orchestra by means of his two hands simultaneously, the left indicating phrasing or, in much contemporary music, counterrhythm. Pierre Boulez, French Composer, Dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “The relentless thing he will not back down on is the refinement — of line, of attack, of phrasing,” said James Smelser, a hornist. For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Even the obvious steals – Operation brazenly lifts the vocal melody and phrasing of Sonic Youth's Teen Age Riot – sound joyful and unfettered rather than sly and cynical. Yuck: Yuck ? review 2011-02-17T23:59:01Z And like Brando he has a turn of phrasing that makes even the most generic sentences sound worthy of serious analysis. Theater Review | 'A Behanding in Spokane': Packing Heat, and a Grudge 2010-03-05T04:55:00Z Using the cruder phrasing is better, since I really want you to understand how bad it is when I say the finger blasting in this show is assaultive. "Sex/Life": Netflix's best worst raunchy ride of this summer is 50 shades of oy vey 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z By phrasing “Both Sides Now” with hesitations, as though it were an ongoing thought process, the song was completely divested of its singsongy trappings. Music Review: Jessica Molaskey Sings Joni Mitchell for American Songbook 2014-02-21T22:16:37Z Now maybe the phrasing is impolitic, but that was the version going around. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Work on the phrasing, write down the key points. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Before a tough talk with her doctor, fears for tears 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s as if he’s ticking off a list of unimaginable feats one after another — but in fact his rhythm, with phrasing far more subtle than mere clock timing, is more astonishing than his balance. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe?s Last U.S. Repertory Night - Review 2011-12-11T23:27:57Z This was evident in the evenly breathed phrasing, the layered textures of the second movement, and of course the unflinching focus on the work's great culmination. RCO/Haitink – review 2012-05-22T17:10:53Z "It's a good instrument, but she has great technique, and superstar, beautiful-human-being phrasing." Alex Ross on Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 2013-05-28T06:00:00Z When asked about his choice to use a “fat suit,” Mr. Aronofsky objected to the phrasing. Big Feelings at the Premiere of ‘The Whale’ 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z D’Angelo’s vocal phrasing often adds to the sense of displacement, lying so far back that he almost seems to drag. How the Soulquarians Birthed D’Angelo’s ‘Voodoo’ and Transformed Jazz 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The vibrancy of the strings, with the double basses anchoring a rich sound, and the responsiveness of the whole ensemble to Bělohlávek's flexible approach to phrasing and tempo was carefully honed. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Bělohlávek – review 2013-04-18T15:44:05Z Her phrasing often sounded rather choppy; her playing dispassionate. Music Review: Lola Astanova With the Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2013-01-26T01:04:56Z Even so, moments of bewitching physical phrasing stay in the memory. Vuyani Dance Theater and Trisha Brown at Fall for Dance 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Year in and year out, Mr. Bell puts his gifts for sweet tone and sinuous phrasing, as lavish as anyone’s in the world, to the service of the same tired crowd-pleasers. Joshua Bell Plays Mostly Mozart 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Even so, the music seemed perfectly suited to Mr. Marsalis’s velvety tone, lush vibrato and soulful approach to phrasing. Music Review: Branford Marsalis and Philharmonic in Central Park 2010-07-15T22:45:00Z But Mullova is at heart a no-nonsense player and there was plenty of emphatic phrasing and steely tonal discipline to underline her determination that this would not be a traditional interpretation. Mullova/Giacometti – review 2013-03-25T18:36:56Z Villa-Lobos’s Prelude No. 3 and Étude No. 10 were similarly unbuttoned: Mr. Assad’s phrasing is highly personalized, with extreme rubato and articulation so varied as to sound almost improvised. Music Review: A Soulful, Virtuosic Player Holding the Spotlight Alone 2011-02-14T23:29:11Z Pogossian is a sophisticated virtuoso, subtle and bold in his phrasing. Camerata Pacifica introduces John Harbison's curvy string trio 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Meade has rare gifts: a deep, rich sound with unforced carrying power; impressive agility; instinctive feeling for supple phrasing and expressive color. Review: Listening at the Met, After James Levine 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Smith, conscious of his audience, uses somewhat different phrasing: “It’s painting a picture in the sky,” he says of the upcoming show. Eyes on the skies, minds on their phones: The fireworks lobby hopes for a quiet Fourth The pentatonic scale and subtle, lilting phrasings of kunqu give way to a world of pitch and melody in which almost anything goes. An Opera That Springs From China but Laps Distant Shores 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Bell's one serious number was Ravel's Tzigane, which he played with his customary big tone, enviable technique and straightforward phrasing that overlooked Ravelian mystique. Joshua Bell's crossovers go nowhere in L.A. Phil's Bowl opener 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Principally they express brio, phrasing, musicality, wit, line, feeling. Review: Royal Danes Deliver Fresh Shots of Bournonville 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z But he was also capable of writing passages of pastoral freshness and tender lyricism, such as the aria “Chant de bonheur” in “Lélio,” which the tenor Michael Spyres rendered with silky and weightless phrasing. Review: Berlioz, Rendered Newly Audacious at Carnegie Hall 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The phrasing seems simple, but the realization is incredibly difficult. The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z The words are bleak, but his phrasing lends them majesty. Clive James: ‘If I were a pop star, I’d sing like Johnny Cash’ 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Kikta’s music, in seven sections, had largely predictable rhythms; Mr. Walker’s 10 dancers, with end-stopped phrasing, seemed more trapped than liberated by them. Review: City Ballet’s Gala Evening of Misses ... and a Lot of Skin 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Rhythms and phrasing are continually changing; the action is frequently interrupted by walking, gestures, gazes. BalletCollective Performs at the Skirball Center 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Even when Mr. Giordani is effective — in his natural phrasing and his indefatigable high register — it is despite large swaths of his voice that sound tattered. Stephen Costello and Tamara Wilson Show Opposing Approaches 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Rival awards shows, which like the Oscars have for years forbidden the "winner is" phrasing, were quick to notice the change. An Oscar Comeback: "And the Winner Is ..." 2010-03-09T00:45:00Z Through awe-inspiring runs and subtly evocative phrasing, Hathaway delivers sophisticated, classic records that still bend toward the arc of contemporary pop. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Associated with the Met from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s, she was praised by critics for her warm voice, attentive phrasing and sensitive acting. Blanche Thebom, Mezzo-Soprano, Dies at 94 2010-03-28T02:25:00Z The dancer wearing fur did several striking movements, but their phrasing seldom held the attention, and her colleagues were yet less absorbing. Dance Review: Dylan Crossman, Tara O’Con and Stacy Grossfield at Roulette 2014-02-12T22:32:10Z It was an offhand way of phrasing a seismic shift. An ‘Otello’ Without Blackface Highlights an Enduring Tradition in Opera 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z So ask him to explain why he's so upset, even if you have to offer the phrasing: “You take this ring as an insult. Am I reading that correctly?” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He skipped the ring, so fiancee wears her own — to his chagrin 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z His keyboard quirks, and her beseeching soul tones, lithe-at-65 dancefloor strutting and devious phrasing – she dances up to resolving notes by the most unexpected routes – banish almost every hint of the formulaic. Doug Carn/Jean Carne – review 2012-06-24T17:30:01Z When the band adopted a walking swing tempo for “You Are Too Beautiful,” he failed to dig in, phrasing in a disconnected haze. Music Review: The Accomplished Joined by the Young and Promising 2011-02-16T22:46:42Z Without moving too swiftly or too flashily, Mr. Harrell conveys a winning mix of command and curiosity, getting his point across with a svelte tone and powerfully sparse phrasing. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until 1980 that I had a clue about phrasing. Linda Ronstadt, Retired From Singing, Is Still a Glorious Voice 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z What distinguishes Humphries, beyond the outlandish drag, is the elegance of his phrasing. Dame Edna offers 'Glorious,' cheeky zaniness at Ahmanson 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Equally impressive was Mr. Manze’s detailed care for phrasing and dynamics. Mostly Mozart Showcase Three Masters at Lincoln Center 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Monday’s dancers paid terrific attention to taxing details of rapid footwork and charming posture while passing casually over matters like line, dynamic contrasts, expressive phrasing. Dance Review: A Classic Comedy Upended: Changing Female to Male, and Old to Young 2011-03-29T22:06:43Z In the Adagio, in which Mr. Ax sometimes took expressive liberties with the tempo, the young players showed themselves wonderfully responsive, molding their phrasing and sound to that of the piano. Review: New York String Orchestra Offers Youthful Energy and a Lush Sound 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z As involving and invigorating as they are, these songs lack the builds and drops of dance music; they are fundamentally rhythmic, clock in at breakneck speed and could use a little phrasing and pacing. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-07-27T23:05:19Z Couching her phrasing deep in the rhythm, Cara seemed as comfortable in her own songs as she does in her own skin. The queen of this year’s Jingle Ball? Her crown is a beanie. 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z It registers as phrasing, as sculpture and as drama. Dance Review: Revealing New Facets of a Choreographer?s Gemstones 2010-03-01T23:06:00Z Not the least of her assets in this quest is her haunting, often exquisite phrasing of states of being and qualities of mind that resonate long after a page is turned. Review: ‘The Liars’ Club,’ by Mary Karr 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But Hewitt, of course, is a model of discretion and elegance, and – despite some self-consciously moulded phrasing – Oliva's playing is generally immaculate. Bach: Flute Sonatas – review 2013-02-14T21:15:01Z But after those first few notes, his phrasing once again became harsh and blatant. Music Review: Nobuyoki Tsujii Joined Orpheus Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2014-01-26T19:52:57Z Every work of orchestral music is a mosaic of myriad considerations, thoughts, phrasings and experiences in performance. Perspective | The best way to understand a Beethoven concerto? From a musician’s point of view. 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z But her phrasing was so sensitive to the shape of the line and shifts of harmony that she won me over, as she did with her use of the sustaining pedal to create milky textures. Review: Beatrice Rana, a Young Pianist, Holds Carnegie Rapt 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z His phrasing is loose, his tone individual, immediate, raucous; it sounds alive, almost electrified. Playlist : New CDs: Jesse Davis, Cyrus Chestnut, Bobby Womack 2012-06-10T04:23:03Z Ms. Luker sings her solo, a reflective, subtle song of maternal loss, with typically sensitive phrasing and beauty of tone. | 'Death Takes a Holiday': Set Aside That Scythe, and Let?s Put on a Show 2011-07-22T02:01:27Z The performances were characterized by lithe phrasing and warm, clear sound. After a Decade, a Monteverdi Masterpiece Flies Free 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z He draws on the roots music he grew up with — blues, folk-rock, bluegrass — but he uses Mexican rhythms, folk instruments, vocal phrasings. A Word With: David Wax and Suz Slezak: David Wax and Suz Slezak on Their Music’s Mexican Influence 2012-09-04T22:13:59Z Her haunted, smoky tone was just right for the dreamy, obsessive Leonora, and her phrasing was artful. ‘Il Trovatore’ and ‘Fierrabras’ at Salzburg Festival 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z As Dido, she seemed overly concerned with lovely tone and legato phrasing, sometimes at the expense of making words clear. Review: Kelli O’Hara’s Operatic Turn in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But the lyricism of his phrasing, especially in his upper range, was captivating, notably in a silken rendition of Giovanni’s serenade to Donna Elvira’s maid. Music Review: Mariusz Kwiecien in ?Don Giovanni? at the Met - Review 2011-10-26T23:36:19Z Teave said she felt she had devoted “the right amount of time” to each stage of her formation up to that point — “like a musical phrasing.” From Easter Island, a Pianist Emerges 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z She achieves this by where she chooses to use straight tone and vibrato, and the push/pull and swing of her phrasing. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z In her phrasing and improvisation, Ms. Callaway is not a trailblazer like Vaughan but an extremely skillful mimic. Music Review: Ann Hampton Callaway at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2013-05-03T21:15:43Z He began with Macbeth’s “Pietà, rispetto, amore” from Act IV, which he sang with smooth legato phrasing, melting sound and cleanly focused tone. Belgrade Philharmonic Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The Mariinsky, which can on occasion display some scrappiness, has a sound full of flavor, terrific string playing and the expected innate sense of phrasing for this patriarch of Russian music. The Week Ahead: Oct. 2 ? 8 2011-09-30T17:17:58Z Without the double and triple stops that anchor Bach’s writing for solo violin, his Partita for flute relies on clarity of phrasing to create the illusion of a harmonic architecture. Review: Rachel Podger Plays Bach for Flute With Her Violin 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z “He already liked a long, elegant line and a length of phrasing, so you can see why ballet directors saw potential in the work.” Kim Brandstrup Brings ‘Jeux’ and Follows a Different Path to City Ballet 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z 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 While the musical style that resulted was too dispassionate for some critics’ taste, others praised Mr. Starker’s faultless technique; purity of tone; clean, polished phrasing; and acute concern with the composer’s intent. Janos Starker, Master Cellist, Dies at 88 2013-04-30T15:05:06Z The violist Teng Li brings a ripe, burnished sound and elegant command of phrasing to a fascinating program. Classical Playlist: Bach, Biber, Gottschalk and More 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z That’s what Dianne Walker was given, and she eased into it wonderfully, her pithy phrasing and light, variegated touch blurring the line between tap and good chat. Dance Review: JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance at the Kennedy Center in Washington 2012-12-10T23:05:05Z Gerstein brought power and fascinatingly idiosyncratic phrasing to the fistful of figurative piano writing. Cristian Macelaru gets a big sound from the L.A. Phil as it plays Rachmaninoff 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z New forms of subsidized loans were, in her phrasing, a form of “predatory inclusion,” trapping black homeowners in substandard housing, while developers continued to reap dividends. The Plight of the Urban Planner 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z The result: Kiah’s country-blues phrasing bent around a lurching groove, with the guttural buzz of Berg’s bass harmonica substituting for bass guitar. Amythyst Kiah Found Her Powerful Voice. Now She Has a Sound to Match It. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z On the recording, propulsive, shifting arpeggios come off as sluggish, with lapses of legato phrasing. Review: The Met’s ‘Akhnaten’ Takes a Post-Grammys Victory Lap 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The Schumann, a profound, mercurial and emotionally complex work, suffered from a careful tempo and sometimes plodding phrasing. A mixed bag from six young musicians (and from the judges) 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Jansen made that point consistently through her flexible coloration and carefully considered phrasing. Music Review: Recreating a Bill of the Obscure and the Familiar 2011-02-25T23:59:27Z It’s clear from his subject matter and phrasing that hip-hop in his DNA. R&B Blossoms, With Hip-Hop in the Rear View 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Why did you choose that phrasing when you actually went into space and took these photographs yourself? T Magazine: Big Sky 2011-05-17T19:47:38Z Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul who understood vocal harmony and phrasing perhaps better than any of her female pop and soul contemporaries, died Thursday. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, Dies 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z This energetic and clear-textured approach allowed for plenty of striking details of percussion and phrasing, marred only by a few brass blemishes. Music Review: Philharmonic?s ?Modern Beethoven? at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-03-10T00:43:09Z You can see movements recalling others in Cunningham’s repertory, but each has powerful qualities of atmosphere, expression, structure and phrasing not to be found elsewhere. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe in ?Biped? at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T22:49:13Z The pianist, another senior figure, played with his characteristically penetrating tone, rounded phrasing and introverted lack of theatricality. Herbert Blomstedt leads L.A. Phil's commanding Bruckner performance 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Yet there is still a wonderful security and confidence about her approach, a flexibility in her phrasing, and a remarkable control of dynamic and colour. Bach: Violin, Sonatas & Partitas – review 2012-08-23T20:45:01Z Picture her working out the phrasing, the rhythm and harmonies just as she always did; and then singing it, in perfect silence, to the only listener who ever mattered. Linda Ronstadt never stopped singing 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “His is huge, from his elbow to his wrist,” she said, adding that the phrasing means “unconditional love.” Regina King’s son, musician Ian Alexander Jr., dies at 26: ‘A bright light who cared so deeply’ 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Her “Casta Diva,” couched in a dark, almost mezzolike tone but with real power in the high notes, was the picture of vocal suppleness and deeply felt phrasing. Music Review: The Trees and Fields Are Laced With Arias 2011-07-12T20:32:20Z Welcome is a haunting exercise in atmospheric note-warping, but on the uptempo Summit and the staccato Who?, the saxes trade flying phrasing with a verve that obliterates the decades between them. Rudresh Mahanthappa/Bunky Green: Apex 2010-09-23T21:30:00Z The tempos for the Mendelssohn are more deliberate than those used for Balanchine’s two-act “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but the rewards include a palpably greater sensitivity of phrasing and finesse of tone. Review: From Royal Ballet, a Blend of Enchantment and Intensity 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Her singing is more measured, her phrasing more deliberate, her emotional keen more even. The Playlist: Iggy Pop’s Jazzy Whimsy, and 12 More New Songs 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z They are both fine musicians who I’m sure prepared for their single rehearsal carefully, but the hand-in-glove phrasing demanded by a work such as the Brahms Sonata No. 1 in F Minor doesn’t just happen. Despite the disconnect, clarinetist and pianist put on an enjoyable recital 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z But that phrasing of “a perfect world,” it seems very intentionally chosen. "The Terror: Infamy" twist ending: humanity wins, as long as we don't forget our sins 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He fails to mention—or perhaps forgot—that this procession consists, for the most part, of the same theme, over and over, in various keys, phrasings, and instrumental guises. A Rediscovered Stravinsky Work, from Before He Made His Leap Into the Unknown 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z We hear Franklin close with “Never Grow Old,” her tone focused, her phrasing transcendently free. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Some solos and duets are weak, notably in terms of line, placement and phrasing for women. City Ballet Presents a Lyrical Program in Saratoga 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z For me it's very good to bring the demands of written music – phrasing, intonation, dynamics – to improvisational recording, where the approach is looser and more spontaneous. Manfred Eicher: the sound man 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z He attacked the piece with a beefy, full sound, and luxuriated over rubato slow passages with yearning phrasing. Review | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plays on, and with gusto, despite no new contract 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Ms. LuPone plays the highlight reel and the blooper reel essentially in straightforward chronological order, writing of roles and rehearsals and openings and closings in a style unadorned by felicitous phrasing or sustained reflection. Books of The Times: Glory and Misery on the Way to Stardom 2010-10-07T22:52:00Z Everywhere, the phrasing is musically judicious: a mixture of regular and irregular. Mark Morris’s ‘Words,’ a Premiere at Fall for Dance 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Passages evoking stormy desperation, beatific serenity, boisterous high spirits and a flight from the furies were delivered with vivid articulation and poised phrasing. Review | A mother and son making beautiful music together 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Bee was alarmed by some of the rhetoric in the speech, suggesting some of the “America first” phrasing was a little fascist. WATCH: Samantha Bee mocks President Donald Trump’s lackluster inaugural weekend 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The orchestra performed beautifully throughout the evening, with transparent textures, a buoyant pulse and expressive phrasing. Music Review: Tradition Made Nimble, Marked by Buoyant Pulse 2010-12-23T21:42:26Z Here and throughout the program, Mr. Pace demonstrated a limpid touch, immaculate control and expressive phrasing, his approach well matched by the beautiful sound and elegant musicianship of Mr. Kavakos. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace in Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2014-03-03T22:56:20Z There’s no doubt that Mr. Peck is an accomplished planner of poetic structure, but only at a few moments did real steps, phrasing and dance impetus get under my skin. Dance Review: Justin Peck’s ‘In Creases,’ by New York City Ballet 2012-07-17T22:06:52Z The anecdote was evidently a familiar crowd-pleaser; here's another version of its telling, much of the phrasing exactly the same. ArtsBeat: Wales Honors Native Sons Richard Burton and Michael Sheen 2012-10-17T19:29:44Z Her voice is an intimate whisper, her phrasing defined by her West Kentucky accent, and the image itself is both playful and painful. True Love Can Leave Traces. S.G. Goodman’s Detailed Songs Do, Too. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The tenor Timothy Fallon opened with carefully nuanced renditions of four Strauss songs that revealed his elegant sense of phrasing and luminous tone. Music in Review: Marilyn Horne’s Protégés in ‘The Song Continues’ 2013-01-21T22:56:40Z Kudos especially to the principal flute, principal oboe, piccolo and French horn for their eloquent phrasing. Seoul Philharmonic introduces beauty of the sheng 2012-04-17T19:11:03Z Ms. Kang, who drew whoops from the audience before playing a single note, offered a lean, focused sound, pinpoint intonation and expressively molded phrasing. Music Review: Korean Symphony at Carnegie, Brahms via Seoul 2010-06-02T21:50:00Z Mr. Benjamin conceded, phrasing things delicately, that there was “a degree of expectation” surrounding the premiere. Opera’s Perfectionist Tries to Follow His Masterpiece 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Another way of phrasing that objective is to make it cool to be a non-violent person. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z Awkward phrasing, painfully contrived rhymes and unnecessary repetition constantly kill the mood. Seattle Opera’s uneven ‘Flight,’ cleverly filmed at the Museum of Flight, takes off 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Davis's dreamy phrasing and sound complement Jones's playful speculations on My Ship, and though the Art Blakeyesque The Blues is overly damped-down, the set is a showcase for the inimitable Jones. Steve Davis: Eloquence 2010-06-17T21:40:00Z Ms. Podger’s warm, clean sound, stenciled phrasing and rhythmic vivacity in this program of works by Bach, Tartini and Biber showed why she has become one of the leading performers on Baroque violin. The Best Classical Music of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z His purity of line and phrasing surpasses that of most dancers today. American to Join the Bolshoi Ballet 2011-09-20T19:30:11Z The challenge of working with Berninger isn’t tripping over his ego, she says, but something as literal as anticipating his phrasing when they sing together. Matt Berninger, king of melancholy music, is doing just fine 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z His instinct for phrasing and expression and form was such that his musicality was uncannily second nature. 'The Menuhin Century' is now: Why the violin master is still the sound of hope and peace 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z But Mr. Cranshaw brought a rare subtlety to the electric instrument, applying the same touch, musical phrasing and jazz sensibility that he brought to the upright bass. Bob Cranshaw, jazz bassist who spent five decades with Sonny Rollins, dies at 83 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z On exhibit, instead, were exquisite phrasing and her strong, intense sound. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla shows why she's moving up in latest L.A. Phil show at Disney Hall 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z But Debussy's delicacy, the sea seen from pinpoint perspective, is not Bowl-friendly, and Slatkin compensated with direct, bold, dynamic phrasing that grabbed the attention. Yo-Yo Ma is marvelous during a strange night at Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z His performance showcased the qualities for which he was initially hailed: vocal richness, stylish phrasing, impassioned delivery. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Just as important are musicality, phrasing, diction, understanding, energy, intensity, charisma and character. Cardiff Singer of the World: is a beautiful voice enough? 2013-06-19T20:00:02Z However monstrous that title may be, its phrasing produces a typically mordant Albee joke. Review: Is Edward Albee ‘At Home at the Zoo’? You Bet He Is. 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Chailly opened the second half with a vigorous rendition of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” with fast tempos, dramatic shadings and sharply defined phrasing. Music Review | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: Hurtling Through Beethoven, With Grace 2010-03-02T22:19:00Z The grand textures of the outer movements filled the hall, and though the phrasing occasionally lacked detail, it made up for this in its dynamism. Prom 27: BBCSSO/Runnicles – review 2012-08-05T13:28:28Z Singers have updated the manuscripts over the years, adding suggestions for vocal phrasings and new liturgy. Antiques: ‘Art Interrupted’ Exhibition Ends Tour in Georgia 2014-01-23T22:58:12Z Patrician in phrasing, powerful in approach, this performance also was perfectly balanced between violinist and pianist. Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Winter Festival brightens these traffic-ridden, post-holiday weeks 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z They fall from her mouth in atypical jumbles on “Loose Strings,” a morning-after sulk where her dizzy phrasing evokes the messy love affair she’s describing. Review | Hailey Whitters made the year’s deepest country album. Just look beneath the surface. 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z On Thursday he sang with pliant phrasing, nimble runs and easy high C’s. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z Throughout, Hahn proved a strong advocate for the composer, with her robust tone, clean articulation and highly communicative phrasing. A lot riding on Hilary Hahn’s bow at Strathmore 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Of the soloists, Sara Jean Ford brought a thin, pinched tone to the soprano arias, but Ryan MacPherson, the tenor, illuminated his solo contributions with a rich, warm tone and thoughtful phrasing. Music Review: Distinguished Concerts International New York in ?Messiah? 2011-11-28T23:12:37Z Her metallic vocal edge melts, her phrasing relaxes, and her suppressed vibrato begins to quiver. Music Review: Jazz Singer Stacey Kent Plays at Birdland 2010-06-04T22:05:00Z So much—the fact that they namedrop the Mayflower earnestly and with regularity, the overly precious phrasing and vocabulary that they use, and the insanely impressive resumes of their participants. “Until last week, the bride worked”: Can you tell the difference between the New York Times Weddings parody and the real thing? 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “McPartland sure knows how to illuminate a line with lean poetic phrasing,” reviewer Robert L. Daniels wrote. Jazz Legend Marian McPartland Dies at 95 2013-08-21T09:22:12Z He did manage lively tempos and responsive phrasing from the players. The Philharmonic dances through Bach and bluegrass at the Bowl 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z But he had already become entranced by the new kind of jazz known as bebop, and by Charlie Parker’s heady, imaginative phrasing. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Her phrasing here runs a thrilling new gamut? Fiona Apple Is Back and Unbound: Let’s Discuss 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Certainly the alternative phrasing would be uncharacteristic of the speech patterns of Kumalo, an Anglican priest in South Africa. ‘Lost in the Stars’: Musical’s title song has staying power 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z My job involved attempting to think in his voice beyond the phrasing we have all come to recognize. Watching Trump Win at the White House 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Feelings that other performers convey with a raised eyebrow or half-smile, Ms. Stewart slips into her voice and phrasing. 2010-01-08T04:07:00Z And so, while everyone played well — especially Mr. Charles, precise in tone, highly controlled in phrasing — this wasn’t necessarily a band whose internal chemistry had its own life. Music Review: Etienne Charles’s ‘Creole Soul’ Shifts Away From Mainstream 2013-07-24T21:51:10Z Jack White did the same during his headlining set, though his phrasing was a little stronger. Coachella 2015: Digital witnesses and the tyranny of the smartphone 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Throughout, Robbins’s musical phrasing helps etch Prokofiev’s beautiful violin melodies onto the mind. Dance Review: Three Twists on Classical Style, in Movement and in Character 2011-05-18T22:15:22Z You expect immaculate playing; imaginative phrasing; and the intelligence of a musical aristocrat fused with a passionate perfectionist. Anne-Sophie Mutter with Lambert Orkis: A night of perfection | Classical review 2013-03-04T17:52:30Z And for most of the night her phrasing was lost amid the sounds of her backup combo. Aretha Franklin at the Strathmore: Diva means not saying you’re sorry. 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Throughout her career, critics lauded her sharp, economical phrasing. Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Suspense Novelist, Dies at 98 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Some of his phrasing ideas were counterintuitive; some were successful, some slightly impeded the flow. RPO/N?zet-S?guin 2010-08-22T11:40:00Z Though the phrasing “guayabera shirt” makes this Spanish speaker flinch, Obejas succeeds in capturing the sense of doom, the weather of half-truths and paranoia, floating at the edges of Cleo’s Cuba. What’s It Like to Write Poetry in Authoritarian Cuba? Tricky, This Novel Suggests 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z She sang freely, exuberantly; he sang with the distinct man-aghast phrasing made famous by the “Once in a Lifetime” video and “Stop Making Sense.” A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z She even repeats many of the vocal inflections she used in 2008, down to nearly reproducing the original album’s breathless phrasing and conscious dabs of vibrato or grain. Taylor Swift Remade ‘Fearless’ as ‘Taylor’s Version.’ Let’s Discuss. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Rutter and Finn acknowledged the boldness of their strategy but maintained it was time to say, in Rutter’s phrasing, “Let’s move this forward.” Kennedy Center plans massive season of in-person theater, including ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Hadestown’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z The Mendelssohn was spruce and radiant with rapid-fire staccatos, weightless phrasing in the Andante and a palpable dance step to the Saltarello. SCO/Fischer – review 2013-02-03T18:43:21Z On occasion — a matter of spacing and phrasing — this conveys the best Mark Morris effect, a kinesthetic rapture whereby something in us finds itself dancing with those onstage. Review: Mark Morris’s ‘The Hard Nut,’ Tchaikovsky With Cartoon Wit and Verve 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Here are some flagrant characterizations of sharks that viewers are likely to hear, and alternative phrasings that are more measured and scientifically accurate: Here’s how to watch “Shark Week” and “SharkFest” like a scientist 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z But his phrasing was fascinating: He approached these pieces as if they were Romantic keyboard classics. Review | Glass ceilings: A composer’s études lead to a late debut 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z But what really resonates with viewers isn’t just iteration but a sense that the language of the past is being given a new phrasing. Stories from the Set of Stranger Things, the TV Escape We Need Right Now 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z A walking bass line, and then a swinging jazz trio, give Belafonte a backdrop for brash, syncopated, trumpet-like phrasing. Work, Love, Dignity and Play: 10 Key Harry Belafonte Songs 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z |
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