| 单词 | rhythmic |
| 例句 | The rhythmic click echoed down the hall as the wooden block skipped over the thin strips of cement between the tiles. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z There was a slight rhythmic trembling—as if the ground itself were scared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I can tell because the buildings are disappearing, leaving just fields, dotted with the rhythmic glow of lightning bugs. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In fact, we never even stopped hearing the echo of her heels, and the rhythmic thudding of Tommy’s bag against his leg seemed to be a kind of answer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She could feel the steady beating of her heart, the rhythmic pulsing of her blood through her veins, and beneath her the dense, solid earth. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I row a steady pace toward the scarecrow, listening to the rhythmic squeak of the oar sockets that complain with each stroke. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z For about ten long seconds there was no sound but the rhythmic tick tick tick of the water dripping from Charles’s sodden clothes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I watch the first car approach; listen to the rhythmic bump of the car over the ties, the whisper of metal wheel against metal rail. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When his breathing grew deep and rhythmic, I got up and tiptoed out of the room. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As her voice got heavier, and her rocking more rhythmic, I could feel her heading into a story. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The quiet hum of the radio has been overtaken by a rhythmic sawing sound. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They just swayed and turned and bowed in their slow, rhythmic dance. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of selfhypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He sat back in his chair in the Fosters’ spotless parlor, crossing his long, thin legs, and the suspended foot began a rhythmic jiggling. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z With your ticket in hand, you follow a continuous line of patrons into the circus, watching the rhythmic motion of the black-and-white clock as you wait. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had always been quick on his feet, rhythmic and easy in his motions. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Crickets soon joined in with their shrill, rhythmic song. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood up a little straighter, but she had no time to gather her courage, because outside the thoom came again, lower now and with subtler tremors, and then again and again in rhythmic repetition. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She stared vacantly at the wall opposite her, rocking herself gently, grunting regular, rhythmic little grunts, like a bored passenger on a long bus journey. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been hours, now, since all this began, the first twinge, then the rhythmic, hardening pain, and later, the buckling on of the mask. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Daisy began to sing with the music in a husky, rhythmic whisper, bringing out a meaning in each word that it had never had before and would never have again. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He makes a rhythmic gesture with his hands, in time with the thumping bass from the faraway rock song. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We rode for a while listening to only the low, blanketed hum of the engine and the rhythmic snap of the wipers, until I couldn’t take the fun and games any longer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The rhythmic turning of the wagon wheels, the hum of insects in the barley fields along the road, and the beat of Grandfather’s heart blended into a lullaby. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a metrically organised rhythmic structure, able to support the shape of the words of a poem, successfully allowing important stress syllables or rhymes to fall at the appropriate point in the music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As he slept there stole into his consciousness a disturbing, rhythmic throbbing which he tried to fight off to keep from waking up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z That was the rhythmic creaking: the wheel, rusty, groaning as it turned. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Just the rhythmic sound of our feet against pavement. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly a strange rhythmic sound made me turn my head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear RiRi laughing and the rhythmic thump of bedsprings as someone jumped. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Seconds later, the rhythmic crying of Little Ann could be heard. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sound is the rhythmic thunk, thunk, thunk as I staple math worksheets, three pages for twenty-one students. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z There’s a moment of stillness, broken only by the rhythmic clacking of ties passing beneath us. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But music that follows the same rhythmic pattern all the time can get pretty boring. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The application of Orff and Dalcroze activities in preschool children: Do they affect the level of rhythmic ability? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The dull, rhythmic tramp of the soldiers’ boots formed the background to Goldstein’s bleating voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Discrimination learning occurs by rote, and occurs when a teacher teaches the basic building blocks of music—vocabulary and aural and rhythmic patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The rhythmic swing of their arms and legs is hypnotizing as they float by. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She loved the feeling of a cigarette between her fingers, the rhythmic rise and fall of it to her lips. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The rhythmic sounds might be the recapitulation of something else—an earliest memory, a score for the transformation of inanimate, random matter in chaos into the improbable, ordered dance of living forms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We lay still a few minutes until we could hear his breathing deepen and become rhythmic. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The music quickened; faster beat the feet, faster, faster fell the rhythmic hands. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The most influential of these exotic beats came from the dynamic rhythmic hub of Cuba. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z By the end of the fourteenth century, nearly all of music’s vital components had been discovered: notation, both melodic and rhythmic; structural organisation; and polyphony, the layering of voices on top of one another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In seconds he felt the rhythmic thump of an approaching rabbit. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It is the same rhythmic pattern that drives the only popular nonreligious song of the early thirteenth century still known today: ‘Sumer is icumen in’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z My mother followed right behind the pastor, accompanying his rhythmic prayer with hallelujah whispers, and my father’s manly but, I guess, godly grunts, all eventually—finally—leading to an amen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Using short patterns from the song is a simple way to create vocal or rhythmic ostinati. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But it’s not like me swimming, the rhythmic strokes, the even pace. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the vuvv make a polite rhythmic sound, and she walks off the stage. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A few crickets down in the cellar begin their song: a rhythmic kree-kree, evening in August, and Marie-Laure hikes her tattered stockings and goes into the kitchen and tears another hunk from Madame Ruelle’s loaf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Addresses multiple intelligences—Bodily/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I need time to think,” Matty said, subduing the puppy with a rhythmic scratch below his chin. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z People rushed around her, not in the rhythmic chaos of a mosh pit, but in true desperation. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z No words, no looks, just the rhythmic slapping of their sneaker soles upon the sidewalk and the pulsing duet of their breathings. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And at night I heard the owl cry in warning, not the soft rhythmic song we were so used to, but cries of alarm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to walk, humming softly, and maybe it was the rhythmic movement, or my off-key tune, but the baby seemed to relax. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Of course, by Monday Jesse knew; but still, but still, at the bus stop he looked up, half expecting to see her running up across the field, her lovely, even, rhythmic run. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Right at the bottom of the AM dial, just when you almost couldn’t turn it any further, we’d pick up strange signals, rhythmic electric pulses that could only be one thing: UFOs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z One woman sat square in the middle of the road, clapping her hands in a rhythmic pattern. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There had been a rhythmic vibration in the ground audible through the paws, so that ears swung and nose wrinkled, but that had stopped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was only a rhythmic vibration just below the border of actual hearing. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Hour after hour, Elizabeth heard the rhythmic gasping, the silence growing longer between each lungful of air, until, finally, the breathing stopped. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was not singing at all, Matty realized, but the rhythmic and mournful sound they called keening, the sound of loss. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He increased the volume and they sang along; there was an exuberance to the song, its rhythmic joyfulness, so free of artifice, that filled the air with lightness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Melodic rhythm refers to any rhythmic patterns in a piece. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It lashed in rhythmic waves against the windows of the white, brightly lit kitchen as we guests sat around the table and ate a silent, cheerless breakfast of coffee and Pop Tarts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The humming around me now includes a rhythmic beeping. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Its soft hooting was like a song, and as it grew rhythmic it calmed the moonlit hills and lulled us to sleep. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The thunderous, rhythmic rumble reached right into her bones. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She heard the low, soft, rhythmic grunts of the females and cooing of the infants, the rumble of the males, with now and then a challenging bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the steady clop of their horses' hooves, the rhythmic tingle of the bells in Drogo's hair, and the distant voices behind them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The room pulses with a deep, rhythmic beat that makes the ground vibrate and my heart beat in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The way Dad speaks—the way he’s always spoken—is smooth and rhythmic like one of those old-timey waltzes, but when he said that, I heard anger spike in his voice. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She could hear the cries of the seabirds above and the rhythmic splash of the oars as the rowers carried them away from her land and closer to the huge ship waiting for them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z From a different wagon came the steady rhythmic scrape of steel on stone as Yoren sat, chewing sourleaf and sharpening the edge of his dirk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He hears his mother’s rhythmic prayers from behind her closed door, and he loses himself in her voice and the soft thud of the rubber ball against the wall. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Drops the center card in the left slot and so on in a kind of rhythmic pattern that gets faster and faster until he finally stops. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened at the door, but could hear nothing but a rhythmic breathing and, once in a while, a sleeping grunt. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z They climbed up one floor, stopped and listened, climbed the next; and the sound of the man’s voice was now mixed with that of halting, rhythmic footsteps. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant rolls of newsprint, the rhythmic clacketing of the press—I loved it all. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Princess and maids delighted in that feast; then, putting off their veils, they ran and passed a ball to a rhythmic beat, Nausikaa flashing first with her white arms. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Over further minutes the discrepancy would widen until the two machines were tapping out a rhythmic pattern in the difference between their two beats. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There'd be music playing, and those rhythmic sounds would get inside me and make me want to dance the whole day. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Perotin, though, began using an upgraded method of notation that did for the first time indicate the rhythmic value of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It competed against the inchoate mob howl and the rhythmic cries of the Fundie claques that formed mob-islands within the mob. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His syntax was different, his cadences more rhythmic. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In some lights they were hardly there at all, just visible as a drifting quality in the light, a rhythmic evanescence, like veils of transparency turning before a mirror. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The cessation of rhythmic breathing suggests that either people have woken or have never really been asleep at all. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She splayed her fingers across her heart; she felt the rhythmic beat there, the rise and fall of her lungs beneath. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A low rhythmic moaning came from his throat, and his dæmon gripped the edge of the basket, equally entranced. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I concentrated on their rhythmic murmurs coming from the steps, and that sound, isolated from all others, soothed and lulled me to sleep. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They had been going for an hour when they heard behind them a rhythmic thudding, like the ticking of a gigantic clock. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Words create rhythmic patterns that captivate a child’s attention. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In the rhythmic clacking of the train and the stirring, peopled silence of the car, I feel cocooned. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The motion of the car was rhythmic, steady, and the pulse of my mind beat with it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see them.”He does this weird, rhythmic pantomime of swimming, followed by this side-to-side shoulder lurch/butt scoot combo. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Hulking things of metal, enamel, and glass, the steam-powered machinery filled the room with a rhythmic hum, like the stomach processing its food. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her chest began to move with rhythmic breathing, and, slowly, very slowly, Amah opened her eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Just the rhythmic padding of our feet against pavement. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Owls were flying this night, shrieking to start their prey, and a nighthawk made soft rhythmic whoops in the distance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They pushed against each other in small, rhythmic gyrations that were driving her wild. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She thought of the red thing—the red thing that hadn’t actually been red and was clearly just a jumping fish—and then she heard a peculiar, rhythmic thumping. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The city sparkled below, and the only sound was the steady rhythmic pulse of the clock’s machinery. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They sat back and enjoyed the rhythmic ride, mesmerized into a weary silence by the fullness of their stomachs and the steady movements of the wobbly cart. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z As if to emphasize that she has everything “down pat” she delivers the monologue in a rhythmic, almost singsong way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Swallowing right from the carton in long, rhythmic gulps. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was a bit like sleeping in the engine room of Ladderal Mill—noisy beyond belief but stupefyingly rhythmic. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It makes a sharp beat, a rhythmic song: bounce bounce click, bounce bounce click, bounce click click, bounce bounce click. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I even join in the rhythmic clapping and swaying, which seems to define a minimal level of participation. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He sat beside it and rubbed its small back with a rhythmic motion. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Even the music playing around us sounds cold—synthetic bells, echoes, a background wind, and a deep, thudding, rhythmic beat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And above that quiet swishing they could hear a steady rhythmic sound—a snore, or was it a purr? Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z It spins round and round the big yellow funnel for like a minute, making a rhythmic whirring sound that gets tighter and tighter, more intense, more desperate as it spirals closer to the hole. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The Pepettes looked intimidated, scared, as the Carter Cowboys moved closer and closer in their bloodred uniforms, the claps getting louder and louder, the chant rhythmic and taunting. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From just around the corner, I could hear Assef’s quick, rhythmic grunts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His deep, rhythmic voice thundered through the hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Using thick “presentation books” that scripted each word, teachers at the school signaled commands by snapping their fingers, clapping, or pounding on a book or desk, so the lessons were fast-paced and rhythmic. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Marlena laughed and her feet took up the rapid pace on the treadle that caused the rhythmic motion of the loom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I too pushed to the window to see, but then I remembered the rhythmic snores, and coolly walked away. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A rhythmic rasping told me Mr. Whiskers was sound asleep. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Villagers heard her cries and quickly sounded the drum—not the fast, rhythmic beat for dances or ceremonies, but something slow and serious. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z It was not the slow, rhythmic pealing that announced the canonical hours, but a strident, urgent clamor, a call to important news. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I picked up Zu’s notebook again in an attempt to avoid being lulled to sleep by Chubs’s rhythmic snores, and added a few clouds and stars to the first page of doodles. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was little sound out in the middle of the river, except for Moch’s chanting, the rattle of oars in oarlocks, their own deep rhythmic breathing, and their pulses pounding in their ears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She was so naturally fluid and rhythmic that all she needed was the music and her body did the rest. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard the rhythmic clank of armor on the street. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Outside, the crickets shrieked with rhythmic, piercing monotony. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He wasn’t breathing long, rhythmic breaths, lying on his back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z For a while, Sasha’s roommate was a man in a medically-induced coma who was hooked up to a breathing machine that hissed and thumped in a rhythmic pattern. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In time, he heard his wife’s labored, rhythmic breathing and knew she was asleep. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Her voice, which everyone said sounded as if she were hoarse, came forth in the rhythmic jíbaro dialect I loved. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He began with sight-reading and mastering basic rhythms and pitches that gradually increased step by step to become more complex, sometimes by adding only one new note or rhythmic value at a time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Moreover, since swing is a technique that is ‘felt’ by the player in performance rather than written down and rehearsed methodically like most of music’s other rhythmic features, its application is deliberately non-standardised. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Repetitive, rhythmic, regular, austere, this was a conveyer belt of a chemical, the nylon of the biochemical world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I could hear the faint rhythmic beating in the background. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They’re familiar with the musical genres, timbres, modes, and instruments, rhythmic and melodic patterns, and have learned the culturally acceptable cadences, harmonies, texture, and so forth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The water moved under us and away, a cold, rhythmic rush. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Zeitoun knew the rhythmic ticking of the nurse’s cart like his own heartbeat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And once you start specifying long and short notes in a chain, you generate a rhythmic pattern. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His words are becoming more rhythmic now, keeping pace with the thrust and roll of their bodies. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Then he gives it additional shakes, at rhythmic intervals, and begins an Arabic song, swaying his hips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I begin typing as she reads, her words rhythmic, pronounced more clearly than her usual talk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One fist, then the other, the blows steady and rhythmic. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She seemed almost asleep, her breathing slow and rhythmic, but then her eyes snapped open and she said, “Lindsey, I sure missed seeing you. I missed holding this hand.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and concentrated while the children, inexhaustible in their willingness to repeat a rhythmic, rhyming action game, performed the round over and over again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no sound other than the rhythmic clink of armor as the legionnaires patrol the ramparts. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The molcajete’s legs kept thumping against the table, making an ominous rhythmic sound. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The rapt air, the rhythmic utterance, the intent listeners—what was it they recalled? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to breathe normally again as I listened to the rhythmic pounding of the wheels on the tracks as the train raced through the night. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was both quieter and less rhythmic—not an ebb and flow, but instead the constant whisper of a river. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z With his head raised, Bud could no longer buck and he entered a smooth, rhythmic gallop. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Western music is very melodically and harmonically oriented, with a continuous rhythmic pulse. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Here, it was as if I was sealed into a noiseless box, and even when I opened a window, all I could hear was the rhythmic whisper of cars driving on the nearby road. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A suite from Bernstein’s “Trouble in Tahiti,” in a new arrangement by Paul Chihara, opened the program with an explosion of lyricism and rhythmic vitality. Music Review: Chris Thile and Mandolin Join Orpheus Ensemble at Carnegie 2012-03-26T22:38:28Z They’re just more refined representations of the way Mr. Iyer and his trio perform in real time, with a rhythmic logic and a coordinated bustle of breaks and intersections. Releases From Bob Dylan and Diana Krall 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z They tried combining a rhythmic pop song with mariachi and were excited with the result. Camila Cabello finds joy in her roots for new studio album 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The former, played with great precision, offset outer movements full of rhythmic energy and inherent menace with an Andante of poised, balletic grace. LSO/Davis ? review 2011-03-23T17:41:58Z Pianist Ivo Neame's relaxed creativity over the most taxing rhythmic puzzles makes the band sound much more lyrical than it really is. Phronesis: Alive 2010-07-15T21:01:00Z The second section of "The Studs Terkel Project" provided a welcome degree of musical contrast, its rhythmic agitation showing that Moshier can do more at the piano than just revel in sweet, pretty sounds. The spirit of Studs Terkel expressed in jazz 2011-01-25T15:10:16Z The electric bass provides an extra rhythmic nudge, but true to Middle Eastern tradition, the melodies are always in the foreground, hinting at reverence, lament or celebration. Review: Feedel Band and the Libyans, African Sounds at the Global Beat Festival 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Then it's replaced by the rhythmic strum of acoustic guitar and waltz-time gait of the cello. New band of the day ? No 891: Tristram 2010-10-20T16:14:00Z For the next 50 years, Mr. Cranshaw was the rhythmic and harmonic anchor for the powerful saxophonist, considered by many the most influential jazz musician of his time. Bob Cranshaw, jazz bassist who spent five decades with Sonny Rollins, dies at 83 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z In pop music, rhythmic patterns and bass lines are essentially common property, as my colleague and pop music critic Randall Roberts noted after this week's verdict. 'Blurred Lines' verdict would rock Amadeus and other great composers 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z As for the racing rhythmic trickery of its closing Presto, it got some lively illustration from a seemingly spring-loaded flock of swallows that kept shooting into flight in time with the music. In Leavenworth, the hills come alive with the sounds of chamber music 2011-07-15T20:42:37Z Ormsby Wilkins and the American Ballet Theater Orchestra were at their very finest on Thursday, apparently loving — without rushing — the score’s rhythmic interplay and fantastic instrumentation. Dance Review: A ?Nutcracker? Sprouts Alter Egos 2010-12-24T22:30:03Z And the narrow melodic and rhythmic range of the score gives the music a sing-songy sameness. Review: Village Theatre adopts 'Anne of Green Gables' 2010-11-19T05:01:00Z His preoccupations include art history, architecture, cinematic space and the acts of making, and his films are invariably finely crafted, rhythmic and lyrical. This week's new film events 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z He takes advantage of her focused intonation and rhythmic precision to lend even anguished passages structural strength. Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Funk's cyclical rhythmic and sometimes-only-one-chord context invites a deep connection with subtle rhythmic shifts. Jeff Beck: The unorthodox techniques that made him such a unique guitarist 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z "It is what I have been interested in for the last 10 years," said Holden, who has worked on the similarities between rhythmic musical traditions from Steve Reich to Tibetan drumming. A new discovery for science and art: the cultural divide is all in the mind 2012-11-24T16:02:57Z The players are divided into combative duos, and the music unfolds in dizzying thickets of overlapping lines and jittery rhythmic explosions. An Appraisal: Elliott Carter, Composer and Master of ‘Gear Shifting’ 2012-11-06T22:51:30Z Here’s an excellent look at Ms. Petronio, who allows you to follow her rhythmic thread through her feet as well as her words: Dance This Week: Momix Comes to Joyce Theater, New York Becomes Tap City 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Two spirited improvisations were set off by three distinct rhythmic currents, ranging from funky to flowing to frenetic. MusicNOW composers team up with Mouse on Mars 2010-12-14T18:33:00Z This time, the LSO matched the Viennese players at every step, with Haitink encouraging the brass, who played superbly, not to hold back in the symphony's jagged harmonies and rhythmic disjunctions. LSO/Haitink – review 2013-02-18T18:04:50Z Düsseldorf's Salon has also proved influential on others in the area, with rising indie stars Stabil Elite developing their modernist take on krautrock there, alongside radical rhythmic experimentalists the Durian Brothers. German music now: from Berghain to Mannheim 2012-06-26T16:36:57Z Now and then, his work lacked incisive attack and rhythmic definition. Bolshoi Opera Brings ‘The Tsar’s Bride’ to Lincoln Center 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Urban sounds inspired three selections from Jeremiah Evans’s “Five Pages From a City Journal,” performed with rhythmic acuity and fresh sound by Mr. Faiman at the piano. New Music From Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z A bassist with a strong rhythmic compass and a stout, beefy tone, he works just as often in mainstream as in experimental settings. Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s not a cycle for the faint of voice, and Austin excelled in it, even finding rhythmic playfulness and a touch of sensual romance. Review: A Big Baritone Sound at Play in an Intimate Setting 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Steve Reich plays with that idea in Clapping Music, where one phrase is played by two people to produce constantly shifting rhythmic patterns. Readers recommend: Songs with handclaps ? the results 2010-07-15T21:08:00Z Each musical or dance number received polite applause, but few showed much enthusiasm until rhythmic clapping began at the final curtain. Critic?s Notebook: Bolshoi Theater Gala on Live HD Broadcast 2011-10-29T00:57:28Z In Season 2, we had a drum line, we brought in a marching band to record; Season 3, there was a lot of New Orleans-style music that was very rhythmic. Noah Hawley Isn’t Done with ‘Fargo’ 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z This is vintage Adams — the heft of “Harmonielehre” and the rhythmic drive of “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” — yet more smoothly intricate. When Coronavirus Cancels Concerts, Critics Put on Headphones 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The piece segues between exuberant Prokofiev-like sections of rhythmic intensity and interludes of nostalgic introspection, reflecting the composer’s conflicting emotions as a new immigrant. Music Review: The Pianist Maxim Anikushin at Carnegie Hall 2012-04-09T20:31:22Z Celebrating the release of their new album, “Earthee,” Seattle’s dynamic hip-hop duo brings its light touch, pointed lyrics and talent for rhythmic surprise to yet another brace of material. The Week Ahead: Seattle Bike Show, Peter Stark and ‘Girlhood’ 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z His trumpet solos were models of rhythmic precision, tonal subtlety and expressive understatement, executed without showboating. Review: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Bring Rhythmic Precision to Café Carlyle 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Adams’s musical language is abundantly tonal, goal-oriented and animated by an irresistible rhythmic vitality. Composer John Adams does double duty at Strathmore with BSO 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z 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 In the normal concert hall setting, a listener can be transfixed by the ear-ringing resonances of two pianos playing ferocious repeated rhythmic figures in and out of phase. A different way to experience John Adams' music: Sitting onstage, next to the musicians 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z This, naturally, leads to a span of repetitive melodic riffs and rhythmic patterns. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW Performs ?De Staat? at Zankel Hall 2010-05-11T22:20:00Z The backing is sparse to start, with "ooh-oohs" that tug at the heartstrings, before becoming more rhythmic and symphonic, with swelling horns as part of an already busy mix. New band of the day: Fyfe (No 1,464) 2013-03-04T16:34:00Z He builds the aural environment within which a dance exists, providing texture, rhythmic structure, melodic line and color. Finding the Keys for the Right Ballet Steps 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But all of them share his unmistakable stamp: the sumptuous soulfulness, the soaring expansions, the restless rhythmic shifts and, of course, the alternation of fierce energy and intimate reflection in the piano. Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z There was far greater visceral excitement to the interpretations, a gripping clarity, transparency and rhythmic zest. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He is the poet as everyman, using his eyes, his humour and his common sense; a natural lyricist with a direct line to the rhythmic vitality of our dear unfashionable old friend, the Common Muse. Poem of the week: School's Out by WH Davies 2010-03-29T10:09:00Z And he excelled in the jazzy, playful second movement, which is like a 1940s American version of Stravinsky’s Neo-Classicism, impishly dispatching riffs and bopping lines while incisively executing the music’s rhythmic gyrations and irregularities. Music Review: Three Rising Stars Perform in Young Concert Artists Gala 2014-05-08T22:04:37Z It's by no means bad or unpleasant, just average indie, some of it more rhythmic than others but none deserving of the designation disco, let alone cosmic. New band of the day – Prince Rama (No 1,337) 2012-08-23T15:42:26Z Shaw is at ease with Glass' arpeggios and rhythmic procedures. L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Yet the larger mind-set in this show, with its love of rhythmic subtlety and geometric intricacy, is entirely un-Bauschian. Review: The Inspired Poetry of Gandini Juggling 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z It's the rhythmic, languid, crooning vocals that are important, and he's still in classic form. Wilson Das Neves: Pra Gente Fazer Mais Um Samba.; The Ipanemas:Que Beleza 2010-07-01T21:46:00Z “Rothko Chapel” unfolds as a series of fragmentary viola lines, flickers of notes on the celesta, isolated wordless chords intoned by the chorus and subdued rhythmic figures in the percussion. Music Review: Abstract Expressionism in Aural Mixed Media 2011-02-25T23:55:36Z There is a joyousness to their voluptuous hinging, rhythmic skipping and flowing balances, particularly in Ms. Cloud’s seductive presence. Dance Review: Burr Johnson at Danspace Project 2012-06-03T21:30:53Z It is harrowing from end to end, stoked with rhythmic tension, dissonance and amorphous noise: a soundscape of impending collapse and inexorable entropy. Nine Inch Nails Faces the Pandemic With Hope, Despair and Noise 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Set these 11 women against their European counterparts, and you find an energy, an open audacity, a rhythmic complexity, and an assertiveness that helps to define them as excitingly American. U.S. Ballerinas Redefine an Art, but What About History? 2013-07-05T17:15:59Z The band’s aptly titled 2015 debut, “Nonstop Feeling,” felt totally furious and covertly funky, while 2018’s “Time and Space” found the band expanding its rhythmic boundaries. Perspective | Turnstile, the soaring hardcore band of the moment, has a reminiscent sound that pushes us forward in time 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The rigour and rhythmic imagination with which Lachenmann deploys such ideas, let alone the historical critique his music implies, seems entirely absent in Andre's slick, superficial pieces. Mark Andre ? review 2011-07-12T14:26:53Z A closer look reveals how carefully Whittier organises the syntax over his rhythmic framework: the caesuras are nicely judged. Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier 2012-06-11T16:30:08Z In the piano piece, three and four-note figures change in pitch, register and rhythmic inflection, and are often left just hanging in space, colouring the silences between them. Monk Feldman: The Northern Shore; In the Small Time of a Desert Flower – review 2012-07-26T21:05:01Z In the category of book titles, she disapproves of the “rhythmic sing-songiness” of those like “I Know This Much Is True” and “All the Light We Cannot See.” A Serious Reader Offers Appealingly Casual Thoughts on Reading, and Life 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z As Skylar Grey, she’s still brooding, but her songs now also have the bluntness, electronic sizzle and rhythmic muscle of hip-hop; she also favors the higher, more cutting end of her vocal range. New Music: Skylar Grey, Okkyung Lee and Geoffrey Keezer on New Releases 2013-07-08T21:37:49Z “Dance Transformation,” with its rhythmic churn, is for Gebioso, a god of thunder. Jack White’s ‘Lazaretto,’ About Controlling and Letting Go 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z One is always struck by the magical way the Sweet Honey voices meld and ricochet, and by the variety of vocal and rhythmic textures, moods and messages their music conjures. At the Triple Door: Sweet Honey, sweet harmony | Concert review 2012-12-05T20:55:35Z In the Tarangam — a memorably characteristic item of this genre’s repertory, with the dancer standing on a brass plate but propelling it with rhythmic footwork — she tipped her body sideways more than I’ve ever seen. Traditional Indian Dance, With Room for New Blood 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z It begins with a simple, one-note, rhythmic guitar pattern that leads to every band member singing an all-encompassing vocal part in unison. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z The music subtly threads lyrical lines through passages dominated by rippling rhythmic patterns. Review: For This Young Chorus, It’s Never Too Early for Six World Premieres 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z So I write with a dance rhythmic view of a scene in mind. Putting ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ in Motion 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Liza and her former best friend, played by Olivia Wilde, demonstrate their psychic bond through complicated and rhythmic overlapping dialogue. ‘How It Ends’ Review: What, You Expected Us to Tell You? 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Movement activists utilized more than speeches, proclamations and marches to motivate their followers: rhythmic, expressive, improvisational music also propelled the struggle. Black Power: American as apple pie 2012-10-17T16:28:00Z Like Ms. Crothers before her, she isn’t interested in rhythmic punctuation as a way to assert command, or to keep things moving in a given direction; her grip on the controls is loose, permissive, catalytic. For Mara Rosenbloom, Piano as a Remedy and a Force in Jazz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z It was a punk-rock group with prog-rock skills, the rhythmic precision of an old-fashioned soul band and a feverish stage presence that was equal parts punk, vaudeville and revival tent. ?Everyday Sunshine? Celebrates Ska-Punk Rockers Fishbone 2011-10-02T02:45:06Z Q: Your pieces often immerse audiences in a kind of rhythmic, pattern-filled dream. Local favorite Grupo Corpo dancers back at UW 2014-01-16T21:37:23Z The service was almost entirely incomprehensible, of course, but the Samoan language, with its glottal stops between vowels and utter lack of double consonants is naturally rhythmic and at times spellbinding. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Auckland, Exploring the South Seas Without Setting Sail 2012-04-10T19:43:38Z The rhythmic physicality of the language in stanza 3 suggest real-time love-making, although, as in all the stanzas, the action is only putative. Poem of the week: Fruition by Rhian Edwards 2012-06-18T11:24:52Z Sometimes electronic voice treatments help with a portrait, or simulate a crowd, or create a didgeridoo-like drone; hand drumming on the table morphs into a rhythmic loop. Theater Review: ‘BigMouth’ Lets Talkers Across Time Have Their Say 2014-01-17T22:15:41Z As the score vacillates between rhythmic, melodic passages and warped dissonance, they look at times like they’re trying to worm their way out of their bodies. Review: A Choreographer Who Excavates Misalignment 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Moving imperturbably through a dreamlike production, Ms. Adu was no longer the nonchalant singer of her early hits; there was a new, bluesy cry in her voice, matched by the band’s deeper rhythmic undertow. Pop and Jazz Concert Highs of 2011 2011-12-28T23:32:40Z And I have never enjoyed the rhythmic structure of any Forsythe dance. Review: Hubbard Street’s Feast of Forsythe 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Built on a relentless but shifting rhythmic chunter, it dies away to the sound of a lonely drum, but not before a high tintinnabulation on glockenspiel has told us that someone has won big. Prom 17: BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review 2013-07-26T16:24:10Z “I wanted to do that rhythmic thing I was trying to think of for the album in the first place,” explains Jones. Norah Jones’ new album starts with jazz, goes from there 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z But it's not just harmonic stability that's needed, it could use some distinctive rhythmic profiles, too. Hagen Quartet - review 2011-01-31T18:29:41Z From the first page it tumbles forth in a heady, headlong rush, the rhythmic sentences crammed with sharp observations, obscure allusions and deliciously unique language. Searching and slouching 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The couple stand on a patchy, tree-lined stretch of grass, the rhythmic buzzing of cicadas pulsing around them. How three powerful movies this year took on Virginia’s troubled racial history 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The score is least convincing in slouchily rhythmic, singsong passages with drum kit. Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z As a pioneer of Minimalism, Mr. Riley is often thought of primarily for his rhythmic innovations. Review: Terry Riley Works at National Sawdust 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But the performance lacked definition, clean attacks, crisp rhythmic execution and, at times, energy. Review: A New ‘Flying Dutchman’ Makes Landfall at the Met Opera 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The rhythmic nuance of bebop, the melodically complex jazz form that came of age during World War II and is best personified by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, also has its appeal. In Victor Provost’s hands, the steel pan becomes a mesmerizing ride 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Originally, the composer had used an organ for a final bit of rhythmic mischief but replaced it with an electric bass when it became clear how few concert halls have a proper instrument. Salonen and Philharmonic see America anew 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Jazz Camp focuses on rhythmic instruments to counteract the historical relegation of women in jazz to singing, which was often cast as “entertainment” rather than the serious art practiced by men. Girls Are Outnumbered in Jazz. At This Summer Camp, They Run the Show. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Throughout the concert Mr. Botstein drew stylish, committed work from the orchestra, moments of rhythmic laxity in the concerto notwithstanding. Music Review: A Composer Left Out in the Cold 2011-03-30T22:27:30Z The Debussy scores were taken slowly, with some wonderful blending in a woodwind section at the top of its game, but without loss of rhythmic drive. Prom 71: Orchestre National de France/Gatti 2010-09-08T11:06:00Z Much discussed and interpreted, "The Windhover" plainly begins with, and takes its rhythmic expansiveness from, a vividly observed kestrel. Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z In other cases, Miller improvises in chunky, rhythmic sequences of chords — no melody needed. Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller’s Glorious Duets 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z The historical arrangements, known as “répétiteurs,” were remarkable for how they conveyed both melody and rhythmic drive. Dance Review: ‘Petipa Exotique,’ Part of Works & Process at the Guggenheim 2014-02-24T22:43:59Z Both, to be sure, project a strong rhythmic impulse, paradoxically combined with a certain static quality. Critic’s Notebook: Philip Glass’s ‘Spuren der Verirrten’ Has Debut in Linz 2013-04-17T21:39:00Z But he was determined to learn more, and he traveled the country to learn its rhythmic vocabulary. Doudou N’diaye Rose, Senegalese Drummer and ‘Human Treasure,’ Dies at 85 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Guest conductor Leslie B. Dunner understood the sonic beauty and rhythmic snap of Davis' orchestration and encouraged the Sinfonietta to play it to the hilt. 'Concerto for a Genius' shows promise, but needs more fire from the piano 2011-01-16T15:56:00Z There’s a little private thing that Matthew McConaughey likes to do to relax, a sort of call and response with his own body, a chest-thumping, masculine-humming rhythmic trance that he finds centering. The Carpetbagger: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Puts McConaughey on Oscar Track 2014-02-05T22:57:52Z In the end it’s as much a puzzle as an attack: a fascinating, foreboding, insistently rhythmic conundrum. Playlist: Roots Rock and the Funk of the Firmament 2010-02-19T21:40:00Z Much of the time, they are reduced to rhythmic components, serving up unmemorable lyrics at quick tempos. Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony Are Songbirds With Clipped Wings on New Albums 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Ejara — physically and stylistically unremarkable, but a real dancer in terms of rhythmic vitality — is so smart a performer that he holds the audience fast. Dance Review: ‘Breakin’ Convention’ Shows a New York Style’s Diversity 2013-06-17T21:38:11Z “I always start with a primitive rhythmic pattern, which is definitely influenced by the Vodou culture.” “Vodou is like a gun” (and that’s how you spell it) 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z "Whiplash" features a percussive, rhythmic editing style that plunges viewers within the mind-set of its characters. Oscars 2015: Editing nominees united in commitment to storytelling 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z A reiterated rhythmic monotone, shuttled from player to player, undermines its surface elegance. Trio Zimmermann – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-15T17:06:06Z Bintley is also choreographing against the obstacle of Carl Davis's score, which pumps out atmospheric climax but lacks sufficient rhythmic variety to inspire serious dance invention. Birmingham Royal Ballet: Aladdin – review 2013-02-18T11:49:51Z The strings' first entry consists of a rhythmic octave leap followed by four descending chromatic notes. Wagner's Tannh?user 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z The 15-minute piece teems with asymmetrical rhythmic figures, spiraling thematic lines, steady pounding chords and cyclic repetitions of scale patterns. Review: At Summergarden, a Steamy Evening of Exploratory Sounds 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The drummers B. P. Haribabu and N. Ramakrishnan took care of the rhythmic virtuosity in a long duet that was a tutorial in variations around a steady beat. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Skirball Center at N.Y.U. - Review 2011-10-31T21:26:55Z The power of her voice lies in the cutting edge of its upper register and not in any rhythmic sophistication. Music Review: Idina Menzel at Carnegie Hall 2013-01-16T18:07:19Z Her first single, “Stuck on Repeat,” was clever in its unavoidably literal rhythmic patterns, which were either intentional or the product of a horse at the production desk. Pop & Rock Listings for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Here the music — Aleksandra Vrebalov’s mix of stabbing strings, Morse code signals, surf sounds and radioed coordinates — offers less rhythmic support and more theatrical suggestion. Review: Dance That Reaches for the Stars, With Help From Technology 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Our temperature is regulated in the limbic system, and our biological clocks tick away via rhythmic neurons in these limbic nuclei. Touring the brain 2012-09-01T20:00:00Z It had more rhythmic mystery and groove than Zs in the past; it was also bright, severe and specific. Music Review: Zs, With Extra Life and Wet Ink Ensemble, at 285 Kent 2012-08-30T21:51:33Z I particularly admire the way he combines articulate rhythmic vitality with lyrical treatment of inner voices. Classical Playlist: Bach, Anders Koppel, Mahler and More 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Though the rhythmic attack and many steps were recognizable as hip-hop, much was less easily classifiable. Dance Review: InNprogress Collective in ‘Oceania,’ at LaMaMa Moves! 2013-06-16T20:52:12Z The first is a searching, forlorn opener with rhythmic backing vocals that huff and puff shallowly, as though they can never quite catch their breath. Arcade Fire’s Enduring Anxiety 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z And with respect to the amazing layers of rhythmic guitar that saturate Loveless … again I just can't see it. The new My Bloody Valentine album – love it or loathe it? 2013-02-04T13:14:45Z Breathing is also rhythmic, with inhaling and exhaling as drivers of motion, as well as a way to find stillness. Confused by yoga class names such as hatha, hot, vinyasa or yin? Here’s how to find your flow. 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z All the impressive attributes of her playing were present here: a plush, shimmering, beautifully focused sound; impeccable intonation; rhythmic integrity; a winning combination of elegance and impetuosity. Music Review: Revisiting an Annual Rite of Beethoven and Sibelius 2011-03-01T22:13:44Z Brahms added copious rhythmic variants of his own to those of the theme itself, and all of these were expertly negotiated by Kalmar. Carlos Kalmar leads SSO in fresh take on Beethoven 2013-12-29T19:43:19Z Their rhythmic concept, elastic at its core, gives the album a contemporary slant from the start. Critics? Choice: New From Etheridge, Roky Erickson and Jacky Terrasson 2010-04-25T22:18:00Z Here, though, they were merging with Mr. Sanchez’s designs, tackling songs built upward from a rhythmic base. | Antonio Sanchez Quartet: Paths Converging on a Rhythmic Base 2010-09-22T22:00:00Z Given the intended format, most of the pieces were clever bagatelles based on a single notion: rhythmic intricacy, smooth blend, extended vocabulary and so on. Music Review: Subtleties No Recording Could Catch 2011-06-01T22:20:06Z Paradoxically, this dissolution of time happens even as the mechanics of timekeeping — the steady ticktock of Mr. Reich’s thousands of tiny rhythmic components — remain in the foreground. Review: One Birthday Tribute (of Many) for Steve Reich 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Butler’s style of skating, jammin’ — which is built around rhythmic dips, spins, crisscrosses and turns — is now seen by fellow skaters as the beginnings of roller disco. Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Playing without Scerbo conducting, because it is a work of chamber music, the group ably negotiated the rhythmic interplay of the hemiola-rich finale. Review | With a trumpet fox trot and the roar of a siren, Inscape delivers Hindemith 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Substances aside, his music’s power to whip crowds into a rhythmic frenzy is undeniable. A $200,000-a-Night D.J. Known as Kaskade Is Really Ryan Raddon, a Mormon 2011-11-09T23:24:42Z Its speed and stuttering rhythmic complexity are more than my ears, let alone my typing fingers, can fully assimilate. Chris Squire, the cornerstone of Yes at its best 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z She is all business, and handles rhythmic challenges with the easy somatic grace of youth. NSO lineup is all-American, from composers to featured artists 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The second movement, too, establishes a rhythmic groove that propels the music forward. Music Review: The Emerson Quartet Plays the Mostly Mozart Festival 2013-08-21T21:27:12Z But with the help of Indian techniques of building time — through the accretion of rhythmic cells, repeated with tiny omissions and additions — the resulting music no longer forms a narrative line. A Pulse-Slowing Playlist for an Unmoored Time 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Generally speaking, Ashbery’s work has some rhyme but absolutely no predictable rhyme scheme; his writing is rhythmic mostly at the points where he wants to underscore the sentiments in question. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z But because his playing is so clean and accurate, and the rhythmic drive so relentless, the music sounds darkly humorous, with a touch of manic danger about it. Playing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Changed How I Hear Them 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The ballet needs fine-tuning in spots where the rhythmic responses were blurred. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Little Humpbacked Horse’ is rowdy fun at Kennedy Center 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Because he’s also concise, angular, rhythmic and witty.” An Adagio for Strings, and for the Ages 2010-03-05T19:18:00Z The technicians warned me that I might find the noise annoying, but as it turned out, I couldn’t help focusing on the machine’s repeating rhythmic patterns, pitches and changing overtones. John Cage Recital? Take the A Train 2012-08-08T15:24:32Z He discovers, for example, that David Mamet’s ear for rhythmic, cruel dialogue evolved out of a childhood spent defending himself against the vicious verbal lacerations of his parents. Bright lights 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z These instruments, due to their unique ranges and timbre, birth some really innovative music with snaking, dissonant melodies and rhythmic changes. Seattle-area music and nightlife events Oct. 5-11: Buke and Gase, Gregory Alan Isakov and more 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Bernstein’s tender music, with its beguiling melody and undulant rhythmic pattern, smiles on them both. Review: The Adventures of ‘Candide,’ and of City Opera 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z His sentences are rhythmic, seductive and filled with images from some celestial left field that only he can access. ‘Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life,’ by Tom Robbins He began the concert alone with slow-gathering lines phrased outside of a steady rhythmic unit. Music Review: Tomatito and His Flemenco Guitar at the Rose Theater 2014-03-17T21:42:01Z Every Sunday at noon, a small alley in Centro Havana thunders into life with rumba, a rhythmic music and dance originating in the dockside homes of enslaved Africans in Matanzas and Havana. 10 of the best places to enjoy the dances and music of Cuba 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z 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 There were mesmerizing episodes, with skittish rhythmic bursts that echoed from drum to mallet instruments, and a feisty section that sounded like a battle of drum rolls. Music Review: ?Nine Rivers? at Miller Theater - Review 2011-09-18T22:20:23Z The most memorable sections of the piece were created when the musicians bowed percussion instruments like the marimba, which created a haunting, mellow drone over which unfolded rhythmic patterns of varying mood and urgency. Review: ‘Surface Tension,’ Inspired by the Met’s Percussive Collection 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The homestretch of their 10-minute set landed on a simple rhythmic displacement, and they attacked it with relish. Memorial Service for David S. Ware, Jazz Saxophonist 2013-01-08T23:13:50Z Dawn of Midi descends from a lot of sources — classical minimalism, early-1970s German progressive rock, minimal techno, rhythmic traditions of West Africa and the Antilles — but it’s not wholly indebted to any of them. Music Review: Dawn of Midi Plays New Songs at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-09-04T21:30:43Z And the rhythmic sounds that emerge are, to Western ears, a blend of sweet and sour tonalities unlike anything in the European tradition. Indonesian composer joins Gamelan Pacifica in concert 2010-04-22T21:15:00Z Auerbach's springy skank guitar provides plenty of punch to complement drummer Patrick Carney's direct rhythmic approach, making the track easy to groove to upon first listen. Billboard singles reviews: Stone Temple Pilots, Macy Gray 2010-04-02T21:57:00Z 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 Singer Sufjan Stevens taps into the sweet sadness of longing within "A Little Lost," a rhythmic, instantly memorable rendition of a song about a long-distance passion. 'Master Mix' an homage to composer Arthur Russell 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z The music’s folk-lilt and rhythmic verve are reflected in the dance itself, which ranges from striking solos and rapturous duets to jaunty trios and energetic group revelries. Grupo Corpo: From troubadour tunes to techno trance | Dance review 2014-01-24T18:56:05Z When the musicians create a rhythmic churn, as on “Festival Tune” and the album’s title track, both by Mr. Turner, there’s no danger of crowding the canvas. New Music: New Albums From Grace Potter, Josh Turner and Fly 2012-06-11T22:38:11Z One of hip-hop’s great rhythmic innovators, E-40 has spent more than 20 years defying conventional cadences, rapping in croaks and hiccups and slurs and nibbles. Critics' Choice: New CDs by Sharon Jones, E-40 and Bill Callahan 2010-04-04T21:55:00Z At the outset of the three-movement “String Creatures,” country-western “chop” accents — a percussive bowing of the strings that is repeated for rhythmic effect — lent the music propulsive momentum. Review: A Portrait Reveals a Composer With a Dramatic Edge 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The horse, locked in a shed, is furiously kicking, pounding out a rhythmic S.O.S. that the curious Roman answers. ‘The Mustang’ Review: Where the Wild Things Roam. And Sometimes Break Out. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In “Long Gi Yi,” each instrument was assigned only a few pitches, but they bumped up against one another in delightful rhythmic combinations. A fine evening with New Zealand Quartet 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z She even managed to weave the identifications of the members of her group into “Love Is Here to Stay” with only the slightest breaks in rhythmic continuity. New York Philharmonic and Dianne Reeves on New Year’s Eve 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The camera observes salt harvesters sloshing water in rhythmic synchronization. ‘Gods of Mexico’ Review: A Portrait of Indigenous Residents 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The piece’s character suffered as Ms. Wang imposed her own rhythmic style. Osmo Vanska Conducts the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z But the melodic bits and rhythmic riffs are strangely, sometimes obsessively repeated. Music Review | Thomas Ad?s: At Carnegie Hall, Composer Is Keyboard Virtuoso Too 2010-03-29T04:58:00Z Its wonderful central component is its aural accompaniment, Gertrude Stein’s 1923 recording of her “If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso,” with its intricately rhythmic patterns of wordplay, assonance and minimalist repetition. Nederlands Dans Theater Gets Offbeat at the Joyce 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z All the subsequent coos and flutters were ultimately folded into the film’s soundtrack, where they now provide one more rhythmic stratum. Jonny Greenwood Surrenders to the Drone 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z As my brother and I drummed haphazardly along to Unsquare Dance, Blue Rondo à la Turk and Take Five, we were unwittingly taking part in rhythmic and melodic invention of the highest order. Jamie Cullum: Dave Brubeck and me 2010-11-23T22:01:00Z Writing in a style he called neo-tonal, Mr. McKinley produced hundreds of orchestral, chamber and vocal works that were known for their lyricism, rhythmic propulsion and accessibility. William Thomas McKinley, Jazz-Loving Composer, Dies at 76 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Formed in 1975 in New York City, the band combined surrealism and whimsy in smart, inventive ways that were aligned with a multi-cultural rhythmic backbone, forward-thinking genre hybridizations and an askew approach to sounds. "Talking Heads: 77," released 40 years ago tomorrow 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z As he went on, the speech developed its own cadence; soon, the packed convention hall was calling out “Trump!” after each of his rhythmic sentences. Donald Trump Jr. and the future of Trumpism: He upended expectations four years ago. What is he now? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z His movements seemed inspired by the rhythmic propulsion of de Falla’s brilliantly evocative music, rendered with searing energy in a performance that illustrated the contrasting moods and characterful nuances. Review: Echoes of Flamenco From Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Somehow, in the percussive, rhythmic footwork and pounding steps, the vigorous movement in our creaky bodies, a weight shifted. Indian dance classes on Zoom lifted the heaviness I’d been carrying 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “It’s very rhythmic to me,” she said of the repeated kneadings. The Secret to Beauty: A Stranger’s Hands Inside Your Mouth 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z There is almost always some jaunty, rhythmic riff bustling in the orchestra. Review: Concert Hall, Meet Cabaret 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z He juxtaposed contrasting rhythmic and timbral elements, assigning each group its own set of melodic motives and intervals. Music Review: American Soundscapes Ensemble at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-29T20:31:54Z Some tracks use melodic material squeezed and stripped of its original rhythmic coding, so you hear a Parker song differently, as a set of intervals. Reviews: Rudresh Mahanthappa and Father John Misty Get Deep 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The record has a rugged rhythmic twine that reflects their work in Five Elements, Mr. Coleman’s band, but it’s also looser and earthier than most of Mr. Coleman’s music. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z O’Donovan’s songs are rooted in folk tradition but full of musical surprises: daring melodic leaps, unexpected chord progressions, subtle rhythmic shifts. Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs Poured Out When Touring Shut Down 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z There’s a larger Swiss showcase of drawings by the Symbolist painter Ferdinand Hodler, whose rhythmic, hieratic nudes boil down modern life into dreamlike erotic rituals. Blaise Cendrars at the Morgan: A Modern Match of Poetry and Painting 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The concluding number added two guest musicians, including a sax player, to demonstrate that Protomartyr’s rhythmic framework could support free jazz as well as literate rock. Protomartyr lives at Black Cat 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z More often, the rhythmic clatter resembled jackhammers, air-raid sirens and hiccupping machinery. Boys Noize’s industrial revolution hammers D.C. nightclub 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Its opening and closing movements are a rhythmic fun-fest verging on ragtime-gone-haywire, while its slow central movement is a slithery, spooky beauty. What our writers love this week 2011-06-15T21:33:04Z The "Five Tay Sonnets" explore the form's possibilities for rhythmic vigour, and many of the poems read as musical scores. The Overhaul by Kathleen Jamie – review 2012-11-09T22:55:05Z He’s not concerned with projecting a rhythmic concept so much as evoking something wholesale, cathartic and consuming. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z With its infectious, rhythmic "ooka-chunka" chant, it told of the doomed love affair of two Native Americans, and was composed by disc jockey and songwriter JP Richardson, also known as the Big Bopper. Johnny Preston obituary 2011-03-06T18:49:00Z He played with a deep, full tone and punchy rhythmic energy. Critic’s Notebook: Mostly Mozart Opens With Louis Langrée and Lawrence Brownlee 2012-08-01T21:47:28Z A radio commission gave life to this darkly ruminative work, shot through with flashes of rhythmic exuberance, in 1981, when the composer was 25. In Focus Festival, Juilliard Salutes Public Broadcasters 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z In the final movement, a restless Rondo, Mr. Lewis played with incisive rhythmic bite and, when called for, real abandon, which was fun to hear from such a tasteful musician. Music Review: The Pianist Paul Lewis Makes His Philharmonic Debut 2014-04-11T21:43:04Z “The music is tremendously rhythmic, it hammers, it seems so mechanistic. That was more shocking than seeing dancers stamping in those costumes. Because after all, there were others like it.” ‘Rite of Spring’: Ode to the human savage, still untamed 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But gradually, through the following collections, his own distinctive musical fingerprints begin to emerge, particularly the intense, sometimes obsessive thematic working, the constant rhythmic fluctuations and instabilities, and fondness for harmonies based on fourths. Scriabin: Travel Preludes – review 2013-07-25T16:30:00Z Movement is stylized: The actors shuffle onstage in stockinged feet that seem to move by the smallest increments, sliding forward at a rhythmic pace that becomes weirdly hypnotic. Review: At Lincoln Center Festival, Timeless Japanese Noh Dramas 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Her rhythmic exactitude, hitting all of Ellington’s accents, made the strongest case for Ailey’s faithful musicality. Dance Review: Ailey Program Moves to Duke Ellington Works 2013-12-17T21:54:02Z Dramatic instinct and poetic sensibility are the hallmarks of Eric Moe’s music; his compositional voice is always distinct, whether in works of dreamy reticence or rhythmic irascibility. A Feast of One Composer’s Dreamy Reticence and Rhythmic Irascibility 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The quintet's method came to be dubbed "time, no changes" because of their emphasis on strong rhythmic grooves without the dictatorial patterns of song-form chords. 50 great moments in jazz: How Miles Davis's second quintet changed jazz 2010-10-13T15:49:00Z Though the physical control is, as throughout this program, amazing, it’s continually transcended by imagery and a rhythmic continuum. Dance Review: Pilobolus Puts 4 Decades of Dance on Display 2013-07-10T21:43:59Z “I think we always struggled with what the rhythmic architecture of the music was, because it was so guitar-driven,” said Dukes over dinner at an Italian restaurant in Los Feliz the following evening. Mustafa, a Folk Hero for a Weary Generation 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z It's rhythmic yet light, as if she's dancing on a pond. Pitchfork Festival Day 2: 2013-07-20T23:51:00Z For Ms. Dorrance, the impulses are rhythmic — her medium is tap — and they travel among the dancers with the efficiency and inevitability of a biological phenomenon. Review: Dorrance Dance, Tapping Out the Joy 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z "It's blues. It's funk. It's rhythmic. It's Afro." Meet Nigeria's Captain Rugged - a superhero who can dance 2014-02-26T09:12:25Z 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 Their songs are rhythmic, nearly mesmeric, but never feature percussion. The Magnificent Cross-Cultural Recordings of Kenya’s Kipsigis Tribe 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Hand-held cymbals measuring a foot or so in diameter probably marked the rhythmic cycles, which Mr. Feldman said “are among the most complex in the world: cycles of 24, 28, 32 and even 48 beats.” A Family’s 400-Year-Old Musical Secret Still Rings True 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z His son Deepak served as an unfortunate, perhaps inevitable contrast: frazzled and frantic in his own demonstration of rhythmic improvisation, his eyebrows putting question marks on everything. Dance Review: Pandit Birju Maharaj at Symphony Space 2012-10-16T21:55:27Z In addition to ballet, they studied flamenco and escuela bolera, Spanish dance styles with a strong rhythmic base and a proud, lively way of using the upper body. Joaquin De Luz, City Ballet’s Bravura Sparkler, Says Goodbye 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Instead, a low beat and a male voice singing in Arabic filled the downtown Manhattan rehearsal studio, punctuated by the choreographer’s own rhythmic chants and commands. ‘Can You Rotate That?’ A Hyperkinetic Spin on ‘Rite of Spring’ 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Benini understands that in Donizetti what may sound like a standard oompah-pah accompaniment is an integral musical element that lifts a melody, provides harmonic and rhythmic substance, and offers flexible support to the singers. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z Lang sets up rhythmic and melodic processes with natural or household materials and then lets them run their course, with slight but telling alterations. David Lang, Michael Gordon and So Percussion toy with minds 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The sound collage, by Mr. O’Connor, alternates between Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully and electronic drips and rhythmic croaking. Miguel Gutierrez and Tere O’Connor Works at American Realness 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Responding to it with body percussion and tap, fitfully rising and sitting back down, they answered the noise with a mix of rhythmic sense and cacophony. Review: ‘Rhythm in Motion,’ a Tap Dance Showcase, at Theater at the 14th Street Y 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The set list was generously stocked with Lady Gaga’s most popular songs, among them the powerful and rhythmic “Born This Way,” “Bad Romance,” “Just Dance,” “Heavy Metal Lover” and “Americano.” Lady Gaga delivers bold, spooky show at Tacoma Dome 2013-01-15T18:42:21Z The short lines and enjambment – with the repetition of the sounds call me/ call me/ called me / gave me, on the line breaks – give the poem a rhythmic sure-footedness. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z Their soft-shoe was recklessly slow, a nonchalant tightrope walk of graceful control and rhythmic exactitude.They toured with the big bands of Cab Calloway and Count Basie. Cholly Atkins Taught Motown to Dance. His Moves Get an Update in ‘Ain’t Too Proud.’ 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Perdomo plays with deep sonority, rhythmic aplomb and an ear for useful dissonance. Playlist: Albums by Rosie Thomas, Punch Brothers, Luis Perdomo 2012-02-12T15:54:38Z Buyers looking for rhythmic harmony in abstract art at affordable prices may succumb. Showcasing Modern Masters 2010-10-15T13:30:00Z The album begins with the concise refrain, “Clear the way!” bellowed over a signature Morello rhythmic electric-guitar riff. Make America rage again, says hybrid band Prophets of Rage 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Right to the end, he thrilled audiences with his blend of delicate, drifting playing and passages of extraordinary, rapid-fire, rhythmic improvisation. Ravi Shankar: the Beatles' muse who turned his back on rock 2012-12-12T20:43:56Z Joseph Pereira, the orchestra’s principal timpanist, proved an especially important agent of elevation by giving the rhythmic drive at the center of Bruckner an extra lift. Bruckner as a holiday treat? The L.A. Phil thinks so 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z An offshoot of City Ballet, the Miami company understands what Balanchine discovered and taught: how exactitude needn’t sacrifice warmth; how even in Romanticism, rhythmic accuracy allows momentum to build. Review: A Balanchine Festival, With Masterpieces in Safe Hands 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z There is a lot of rhythmic, definite footwork, very strong and grounded footwork.” 2010-01-19T10:35:00Z There’s a rhythmic structuring to that; there’s counterpart, harmony, and dissonance. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z 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 “River Niger” has an infectious and captivating energy, rooted on a rhythmic B-flat minor ostinato, yet open in form with each soloist leading us on a journey throughout the recording. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z No less surprisingly, the fascinating rhythmic slippage of lines in the second part of the Adams was surely anticipated eight decades earlier in the slow movement of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto. Review: Spano and SSO skillfully serve 20th-century classics 2010-04-30T17:05:00Z He has listened to some rap, and although "the rhythmic excitement gets me", he isn't interested in what rappers have to say. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z But dark, obsessive, even violent motifs and rhythmic spans keep threatening. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z But in slower tempos, such as “Once Upon a Time,” “Solveig’s Song” and “Nocturne,” Ott’s tendency to linger over phrases undermines the rhythmic scaffolding of these delicate structures. CD reviews: ‘Considering Matthew Shepard,’ 18 years later 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z You will end up saying the lines only the way he wrote them, with rhythmic, comic sense. Shakespeare and me: Meera Syal 2012-06-30T23:07:05Z Moore’s style came from a simplicity and rhythmic directness combined with a distinctive effect called slapback. Scotty Moore’s legacy: Elvis’s first guitarist helped created a signature rock sound 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z There is much intricate rhythmic invention, finely executed on this occasion, and also ample ingenuity of orchestration, including some pithy contributions from the trombones that Ko-ichiro Yamamoto and his section seized on with relish. Review: At SSO, Gil Shaham ? and Borodin ? make concert special copy 2011-01-08T00:55:41Z The venerable R&B band does what it does best here: lays on the hard and heavy funk with fat horn accents and thick rhythmic riffs to propel a batch of time-tested holiday favorites. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z So that line, "Gather up your jackets, move it to the exits, I hope you have found a friend" is the first time it deviates from the rhythmic pattern. Semisonic revists "Closing Time" thanks to movie 2010-12-08T01:37:00Z Personals, with their economical writing, are by their nature poetic, and rise to the operatic in the rhythmic and lyrical speech of the junior interrogators. Review: An Espionage Opera Remains Enigmatic and Urgent 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Her compositions included a rhythmic piece that integrated backing samples of Indian music, and a sound collage incorporating Bulgarian and Azerbaijani scales. Fluid Piano Launch | World music review 2010-03-31T21:00:00Z Under Mr. Gilbert, the Philharmonic played with glowing sound and rhythmic bite. Review: In ‘Joan of Arc at the Stake,’ Beasts With Burden of Judging 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z This four-movement work combines serious melodic invention, frequently dazzling rhythmic play and highly effective writing for all five instruments. Brass quintet cheers up a gray day in Quilcene 2012-07-02T17:52:04Z Or third track Digsaw, which features a rhythmic drive that is almost motorik as well as overtones of everything from goth to grunge, it's still obviously very much indebted to psych. New band of the day (The Wytches No 1,504) 2013-05-01T15:24:32Z Certainly you can hear how much Tchaikovsky learned from Delibes in the greater orchestral delicacy, melodic abundance and rhythmic variety of his later “Sleeping Beauty” and “Nutcracker” scores. Dance Review: Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is Revived at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-25T21:14:40Z For another, after the chorus dances in alternating black and white costumes as if to make a point about race, Astaire builds rhythmic complexity to peak upon peak of glory in the last three minutes. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z His initial approach to a beat is melodic and rhythmic, finding a cadence that suits his voice, an energy level at which the vocals will be delivered, and maybe a rhyme scheme. Into the Wild With Kanye West 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The guitarist Yasser Tejeda led a quartet that was one-half percussion, blending rhythmic traditions from his home country, the Dominican Republic, that are rarely put together. A BRIC in Flux Turns Out an Intimate, Focused JazzFest 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Silences, sudden bursts, increasingly dense but irregular rhythmic patterns and a distant, rolling thunder created an atmosphere of naturalistic fluidity. Music Review: Rain, Snow and the Forest?s Primeval Power, Channeled Through Beats 2011-03-30T23:24:58Z From the start, sections of the orchestra, especially the strings, play undulating, lapping motifs that murmur and bustle, as if rhythmic riffs and whole themes were trying to coalesce into forms more concrete. Music Review: San Francisco Symphony Plays Mahler and Samuel Carl Adams 2012-09-30T21:54:38Z Still, Matheuz brought an immediacy to fleshy instrumental passages and kept the performance on unerring rhythmic footing. Substitutes shine in 'Traviata' at the Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Out of hundreds of melodic and rhythmic fragments, one or two will become polished songs, either for Sabath to put out under his own name or for a bigger star to rerecord. The Teen-Age Hitmaker from Westchester County 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The recorded sound combined traditional rolling, surging drumming with the rhythmic clanking of a loom. The soul the sari: Indian dance star Malavika Sarukkai weaves steps into silk 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Jane Lynch is phenomenal as the nefarious cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, who delivers stinging insults with the rhythmic panache of a slam poet. Glee's Problem? The Music 2010-04-13T17:43:00Z The rhythmic kneading, rolling and shaping of this curious, water-free dough is meditative. Kreplach, a hole-y alternative to break-fast bagels for Yom Kippur Gradually their feet begin to echo a rhythmic step that has them bouncing in place or gliding across the stage until they form a wide circle, finally spinning around to show us their faces. Review: Seven Dancers Step Into the Rhythm of a Moroccan Night 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In the final section, a recurring rhythmic figure becomes almost like a cradle rocking, Mr. Hanick said. Conor Hanick Plays Contemporary Work at Keyboard Institute 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Or Manuel de Falla’s “Nights in the Gardens of Spain,” so fragrant, dark and rhythmic. NSO, Lopez-Cobos disappoint in “Iberian Suite” program 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z Repelling his advances, she switches from song into konnakol, the Indian art of vocal percussion, hurling volleys of rhythmic syllables at him like pepper spray. Review: 2 Murderous Men in 2 Operas About Killing for Politics 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z There is a captivating passage in which a woodpecker inspires the animals of the forest to make a rhythmic chorus of clicks and clucks; the bird’s song is waltzing and wistful. Music Review: A Fairy-Tale Anniversary 2011-06-12T22:15:28Z The chanting built, the drumming grew more insistent — this was the Friday evening dhikr, the rhythmic repetition of God’s name designed to bring the supplicant closer to direct contact with the almighty. Explorer: Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. 2012-10-05T15:50:42Z Its choreography alternates high-energy rhythmic phrases and pedestrian movement, and its spoken drama indicates a marital dispute. Dance Review: At American Realness Festival, a Range of ‘Fringe’ 2014-01-16T23:19:53Z There is a rhythmic drive that often seems in search of more dramatic outlets. 2010-02-03T04:38:00Z In “Base Pairs” and “Romanesco Suite,” Mr. Tynek demonstrates enough rhythmic sense to forgo music successfully, but the vocalizing is a step into silliness. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance Theater Plays BAM Fisher 2013-09-05T20:20:56Z At the beginning, a lone performer turns in place against a backdrop of pelting rain, ushering in the first of several rhythmic spectacles. Review: In ‘Beyond Time,’ U-Theater Dances and Drums With Precision 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z For “Drumming,” the two groups played in tandem, with Mr. Reich’s piece fitting like a skin over a complex rhythmic skeleton led by Mr. Alorwoyie. A Servant of Rhythm From Ghana, in Texas 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z On Friday, even once the rhythmic issues had been righted, it was an odd, not altogether pleasant experience, hearing music I knew solely from a beloved recording come to life. Can Meredith Monk Teach a Musical State of Mind? 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z The breaking up of the pieces’ white-paper surface into 10 or 15 rectangular fields further adds to the paintings’ rhythmic complexity. Jeffrey Simmons’ fastidious geometries in watercolor 2013-01-16T20:29:07Z He is one of the major inheritors of Allen’s influence, a player who can be abstract and rhythmic and crisp all at once. January in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “The rhythmic movement of an actual funk beat doesn’t use what’s called quantization,” Tedder said, referring to software that makes beats line up perfectly. Can a Brazilian Pop Star Crack the U.S. Market? Anitta Says Yes. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z They play long notes in the chorus emphasising the melody, then reinforce the rhythmic figure at the crest of resolution. Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s "Superstition," 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z There was playfulness and dashing vitality in the four waltzes Mr. Andsnes began with, but always in the context of a liltingly rhythmic dance. Music Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Playing Haydn, Bartok, Debussy and Chopin 2012-02-16T23:01:45Z Bantering with Badu, he pulls sassy glissandos from the horn and pushes her into pitter-patter rhythmic exchanges. Listen to the Essential Terence Blanchard 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Result: The needle gets stuck on three notes of the Debussy tune, which gradually fade to mere rhythmic surface noise. 'The Record' goes beyond vinyl and turntables 2012-08-15T20:29:04Z Harris exposes remote scenes of the Canadian wilderness to an idealized formal structure, animating immobile mountains through rhythmic patterns of repetition. Steve Martin-curated Lawren Harris exhibition shines light on landscapes physical and metaphorical 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “Gruppen” is an organic piece with dazzling instrumental colors, craggy rhythmic energy and astringent sonorities — both dissonant and beautiful. Music Review: Alan Gilbert’s ‘Philharmonic 360’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-07-01T21:48:52Z He brought crisp articulation to the recurring rhythmic riffs in the first movement, a funeral march. Music Review: Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid Plays Boulez and Mahler 2014-01-31T21:19:43Z But it seemed entirely uninvolved, the range of colour and touch minimal, with moments of rhythmic instability that dissolved bar lines and cut the music adrift. David Fray ? review 2011-07-21T14:31:23Z The result is a rhythmic jolt lacking in much of the New York works. In the galleries: An artist’s past, present and future 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Nelsons took the second movement of the Sibelius, built on a deceptively simple rhythmic unit, at face value, without the pluck, personality or sly contentment others have mined in it. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Otherwise, there’s this rhythmic pulse to him, checking watches, keeping paper in line, everything just so.” Jude Law: ‘thrilled’ to be part of ‘Anna Karenina’ 2012-11-16T23:22:13Z Though Moshier wasn't exactly thundering at the piano, at least he asserted himself by exploring the full range of the keyboard and delivering themes with genuine rhythmic drive. The spirit of Studs Terkel expressed in jazz 2011-01-25T15:10:16Z It's a seemingly inexhaustible treasure house of melodic/rhythmic/harmonic pattern and possibility. 'Clavier' Redux: András Schiff brings Bach's masterpiece to Benaroya 2012-10-10T22:23:03Z He used to be a quirkier performer, using a laid-back drawl that moseyed its way through a premise and into the punch line, maintaining a steady rhythmic pace. Hannibal Buress Evolves From Cult Star to Showman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z All black American music—jazz, blues, soul, R. & B., funk, house, dub, extending on into rhythmic black eternity—that I hear in Europe. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z He could fill the role of a pianist in terms of melody and harmony and also play percussively with a driving rhythmic attack. Brilliant, inventive jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson dies 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z His down-tempo beats are intended to cause what he has called “rhythmic anguish,” a more meditative and contemplative state, though they still retain an insinuating groove. Music: Nicolas Jaar, Electronic Musician and Student at Brown 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z Harmonic ingenuity, rhythmic vivacity and timbral sophistication were qualities all three works had in common. Music Review: Takacs Quartet Plays Britten and Janacek at Zankel Hall 2012-04-15T18:18:42Z But any lugubriousness was dispelled by unexpected rhythmic pungencies, and balanced by the wondrous serenity of William Byrd and Thomas Tomkins. CBSO/Knussen; Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner – review 2012-06-19T16:37:30Z Mr. Hamasyan met this rhythmic challenge with a melody that seemed, in its many metamorphoses, sometimes to limp momentarily, sometimes to skip. Review: Roomful of Teeth Stretches for a Piano Premiere 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z As a tap show, it was more than I hoped for: a return to tap’s deepest and richest rhythmic roots, entirely up to date, pushing the art forward. The Best Dance of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z I did not perform rhythmic epilepsy at an all-night silent disco. Festivals are no place for children 2010-08-27T10:33:00Z Both genres favour stripped-down structures maximising improv space and subtle rhythmic volatility. Holland/Habichuela 2010-07-06T21:15:00Z He set the tempo of “Fight Night,” one of the group’s signature early hits featuring perhaps its most pointedly rhythmic rapping. How Takeoff and the Migos Flow Changed Atlanta Rap 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The quintet already shows the beginnings of Sibelius’s mature style, the folky harmonies and sometimes bewildering rhythmic ambiguity, the sense of careening from chaos to rhapsody. Hearing the Mystery in Sibelius 2011-08-15T21:18:14Z “The rhythmic aspect of music kind of wasn’t mentioned. That’s what my roommate brought to my music education, and now it’s topsy-turvy. Rhythm is now totally the top priority.” Pacific Mambo Orchestra Is Unknown No More 2014-03-14T22:13:54Z Turns, often briskly executed on two feet or with a rhythmic pivot, are a constant. Dance Review: Natalie Green at the Chocolate Factory 2013-05-31T21:30:23Z Barely 30, Sands is already known as one of the most commanding pianists of jazz’s young generation, a gospel-infused technician with contemporary sensibilities and a deeply rhythmic approach. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z At one point, she played cards with orchestra musicians at a table; at another, she performed rhythmic patterns on that bygone period instrument, the typewriter. Music Review: San Francisco Symphony?s American Mavericks Series 2012-03-29T21:34:57Z Imaginative writing for percussion and bustling rhythmic activity — long traits of Tower’s music — course through this restless, episodic score. Review: An Ambitious Project Returns at the Philharmonic 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Their rhythmic dance movements are an important part of the performance too, thanks to the strings of necklaces worn by female vocalist Genet Asefa. VIDEO: Africa Beats - Krar Collective 2013-06-06T23:05:05Z "My light", "My balance" and "Yours the face" subvert the dead hand of the end-stop and ensure the flow of rhythmic energy from one short line to the next. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z One player completes another’s rhythmic phrase, or one player’s precise rhythmic cycle produces friction against another’s. Music Review: Dawn of Midi Plays New Songs at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-09-04T21:30:43Z The Dover showed an affinity for one of Bates’s strongest compositions, the relatively early string quartet “From Amber Frozen,” which percolated with a breezy rhythmic buzz. Dover Quartet begins Kennedy residence with style 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z We count on the rhythmic inhale and exhale every moment of the day, adding up to roughly seven million to eight million each year, even as our bodies are on autopilot as we sleep. No Better Time to Consider Our Lungs 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The curse is said to inform the rhythmic, trance-like music played by the villagers, which, in turn, has shaped World Music. New band of the day – Goat (No 1,361) 2012-09-28T15:02:33Z There were outstanding contributions from the group's cornett and trombone players, though Cavina's careful direction did not always flesh out Monteverdi's harmonic shapes or convey his sheer rhythmic vigour. La Venexiana/Cavina 2010-05-17T21:30:00Z 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 It's mainly the actual groove – the way melodic and rhythmic patterns interlock together – that we take from him. Prince is still king, say Hot Chip 2012-12-11T18:55:00Z The first thing that throws you off here is how Mr. Okazaki’s dark, glutinous, often palm-muted guitar sound alters Monk’s compositional stamp, which was bright and sharp around the edges, and forthrightly rhythmic. The Playlist: Ariana Grande Shows Her Heart, and 8 More New Songs 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z He maintained the relentless rhythmic tread as the music broke into a demonic march with pummeling left-hand figurations and octaves. Music Review: Romantics Meet (Composer and Pianist), and Sparks Fly 2011-03-10T22:36:28Z His use of language was dazzling, impressionistic but controlled, rhythmic, diverse, achingly lyrical. James Joyce by Carol Birch 2011-07-29T21:55:03Z A review in England of the trio drew comparisons to Evans, noting a subtle rhythmic interest percolating beneath Parks’ hypnotic lyricism. 5 jazz gigs you won’t want to miss in Seattle, Feb. 17-22 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z “Waldszenen,” for example, is a set of vivid forest vignettes, with breeze-blown flowers in gentle, pastel shades, flowing landscapes with occasional touches of rhythmic rockiness and the mysteriously angular calls of the “Prophet Bird.” Music Review: Big Picture in Schumann Vignettes 2010-10-27T22:14:00Z Big songs today, she went on, seem designed expressly to get on American radio, with input from reliable specialists brought on for their rhythmic ability or their flair for melody. Marina and the Diamonds' new intimacy bears 'Froot' 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z As complex as the rhythmic patterns are, they go hand-in-hand with movement and song — the dancers and drummers serve one another. A Servant of Rhythm From Ghana, in Texas 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Available for the first time as a stand-alone album, “Dry — Demos” is sparse, often consisting of just Harvey’s mesmeric voice and rhythmic stabs of guitar. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Playing an ingenious arrangement, the four horns leaned on syncopations, pushed tempos relentlessly and otherwise upped rhythmic tension at every turn. 'Four Others' charge hard at Jazz Showcase 2011-04-01T15:34:00Z And future shows will abandon the familiar, rhythmic tempo of late night altogether. As Letterman Retires, Late Night TV Faces a Changing Landscape 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z At times during the “Daniel Variations,” the strings’ rhythmic precision frayed a bit. Review: One Birthday Tribute (of Many) for Steve Reich 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z There are constant shifts from obsessively repeated notes and chords, to wildly skittish bursts, to rhythmic episodes that almost — but never quite — slip into a marching groove. Review: A Carnegie Recital Pushes the Piano to Its Limits 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Here, are two sides of Harris’s rhythmic wizardry; both are impeccable. Review: Finding a Collective Groove in Church and in House Dance 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z If you watched them live, you'd notice Richards looking at Watts at all times – his eyes fixated on the drummer, searching for where the musical accents are, and matching their rhythmic "shots" and off-beats. How Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands with a little jazz 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The rhythmic writing in “Ford’s Farm” is far less daring that of, say, Copland in his jazzy vein. Music Review: Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-07T22:03:08Z And in “Goldbeater’s Skin,” performed at Trinity Wall Street in 2018, he alternated luminous melodic development with frizzy rhythmic outbursts. For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z In the episode that depicts the walking broom carting buckets of water, Mr. Bringuier kept the tempo mostly reined in and brought out the music’s dark colorings and rhythmic relentlessness. Music Review: Lionel Bringuier Leads Philharmonic by Himself 2013-06-14T19:16:12Z Then they began, at first in sync, to snap the twigs and drop them on the stage floor, creating gentle, rhythmic ripples. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z It is written in Banville's customary prose, rhythmic and allusive and dense with suggestive imagery, prose that deliberately slows you down and frequently wrongfoots you. Ancient Light by John Banville – review 2012-06-22T21:55:04Z He often punctuated a heavy or awkward statement with a laugh like a faint rhythmic exhalation: Ah-ha-ha-ha. Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Improvisatory in feel but not in fact, Mr. Roberts’s choreography merges his own distinct rhythmic sensibility with the energy signature of each dancer, emulsifying contemporary physicality and period cool. The Ailey Company Meets the Challenge of This Lost Season 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The enhanced clarity is a welcome turn, making it easier to hear Mr. Carter’s scintillating sonorities, myriad instrumental colors and complex rhythmic interplay. Music Review: Elliott Carter?s Concerto for Flute - Review 2011-09-30T22:55:05Z His performances emphasized structural coherence, proportion, textural clarity, dynamic balance, rhythmic integrity and other hallmarks of the Classical style. 2010-02-15T05:55:00Z Keys’ “Girl on Fire” is already played out, and though she tried to stark-it-up by adding a rhythmic punch to its opening verse, it soon became an uncomfortable back-and-forth between Keys and Maroon 5. Grammy Awards: Fun. takes song of the year; Frank Ocean, Adele win 2013-02-11T03:02:00Z And also how much his preoccupations of those long-ago days — tension between rhythmic regularity and tremors of instability; simultaneous propulsion and reflection — still interest him today. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Though the sound of the strings in the opening is misty, it is swirling with syncopations, overlapping cross-rhythms and hemiolas, rhythmic devices that dissolve a listener’s grounding sense of a first beat to the bar. Does Brahms’s Obsession With Rhythmic Instability Explain His Music’s Magic? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Here, in a far smaller venue, there is a closer perspective to assess the text, which is both accomplished -- Mamet’s use of opaque motivation, withheld details and rhythmic specificity remains razor-sharp -- and frustrating. 'Anarchist's' artful words don't make satisfying drama 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z He was alluding to Bunch's rhythmic ease and fluency, the sense that his jazz improvisations were always nimble and elegantly formed. John Bunch obituary 2010-05-03T19:59:00Z The sheer rhythmic complexity alone was astounding, as the musicians and Ms. Shivalingappa engaged in a playful, elegant game of call and response, weaving dense layers of sound and meaning. Dance Review: A Show of Kuchipudi at Jacob?s Pillow 2010-07-12T22:05:00Z And as though to prove they share Italian alt rock DNA, there is some confluence of approach between BOF and Husband, with a similar balance between drones and melody, rhythmic finesse and electronic experimentation. New band of the day: Husband (No 992) 2011-03-28T15:29:52Z Audience members, in scores of rowboats, grew restless waiting and started their own percussion piece by breaking into rhythmic clapping. Music Review: ?Persephassa? by Xenakis, on Central Park Lake 2010-06-22T22:13:00Z Nielsen’s near-obsession with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony inspired the hurtling rhythmic energy present from the opening bars onward. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Continues an Exploration 2014-03-13T22:40:45Z Mr. Corbin’s dances, generally set with metric predictability within the confines of 4/4 rock tempo, have a terrible rhythmic tedium. Critic’s Notebook: Dominic Walsh and Others at the Joyce Theater 2013-08-11T22:38:15Z As a 2010 study of preschoolers found, people who sing or move in rhythmic unison tend to work together more cooperatively afterwards. Music gets you high 2012-11-23T16:00:00Z “Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters,” Sagan said in an interview, shortly before the publication of “A Certain Smile.” Françoise Sagan, the Great Interrogator of Morality 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z More jarring than the skittish streams of 12-tone rows and whatnot is the rhythmic radicalism of the sonata. Review: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich in All-Boulez Program 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “And there are rousing evocations of gospel choruses at church, blues and, during a fraternity party, a rhythmic chorus of spoken words, finger snapping and dance steps.” The Met Will Stage Its First Opera by a Black Composer 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of improvisation and finding different rhythmic motifs that work at a fast tempo,” he explains. Tapper, musician Alex Dugdale cuts a rug at ‘Sacred Music’ 2013-12-23T20:06:42Z During that time, she created sculptures, paintings, videos, audio tracks and a series of rhythmic sketches of ocean waves “trying to understand the sea and how it changes,” the artist said by phone. For This Show, the Artist Went Overboard 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Kigawa kept this intricacy from snowballing into chaos: In “Entrelacs,” the rhythmic juxtapositions end up a complex thicket, yet his textures were lucid. Review: Taka Kigawa Masters the Conflicting Rhythms of Ligeti 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z He trained as a conductor with Pierre Monteux and Hermann Scherchen, sharing vivacity and rhythmic drive with the former and clarity and incision with the latter. 5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z The spiritual songs are very rhythmic, very melodic. Surveying São Paulo’s Music Scene With Céu 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z But even with Mr. Kissin’s supreme rhythmic and melodic command, a set of six Chopin mazurkas turned tedious, with little to connect among them and few surprises within them. Review: Evgeny Kissin at Carnegie Hall 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Mannheim Steamroller doesn’t swing, exactly—there is no rhythmic pocket. Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Music, all of it the easy listening kind, is taped; and it is almost always there to provide atmosphere rather than rhythmic structure. Dance Review: Shantala Shivalingappa at Joyce Theater 2012-06-28T21:07:57Z Buddhism, Catholicism, Sufism, Hinduism — in countless belief systems, religious beads keep track of the rhythmic repetitions of prayers, chants or devotions. Polly Apfelbaum's fallen paintings and beads of devotion in her secular chapel of abstract art 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z He's keen not to be seen as overly cerebral and has emphasised his music's emotional core, describing it as "rhythmic anguish" – dance music for people with romantic problems. New band of the day ? No 955: Nicolas Jaar 2011-03-31T16:51:35Z It can sound like the rhythmic roar of protest. In ‘Unknown,’ a composer and a poet offer new perspectives on war and 100 years of soldiers with names lost to time 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The violinist intones six somewhat wistful notes then the piano begins a rhythmic amble and Ashley and I bob up and down — I’m up when she’s down. Only Connect: Yearning for the Intimacy of a Danced, Onstage World 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Translated lyrics for "Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet" published by Lyrics on Demand — an online song lyric database — describe Ukrainian resilience in face of adversity, which is expressed in seven rhythmic lines. Ukrainian national anthem unites the world amid Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z If you don't speak the lingo, it's the soundworld of ancient Greek – awash with strange noises and rhythmic tides – that strikes you. This play was all ancient Greek to me. But I liked it 2010-10-19T13:21:00Z And equally hard to get out of your head, once you’ve read its distinctive rhythmic refrains aloud the first seven times. | Board Book Roundup: This Season?s Board Books 2011-10-19T16:33:40Z And the title track sits sturdily atop his hypnotic fingerboard work, intricate but calming, even in its lopsided rhythmic cadence. Playlist: Albums by Rosie Thomas, Punch Brothers, Luis Perdomo 2012-02-12T15:54:38Z They do, four times in all, a little routine dance — walking, but with rhythmic upper-body gestures and the same fixed, sly smile and bright eyes — that leads them down into the auditorium. Dance Review: Tanztheater Wuppertal Revives Pina Bausch’s ‘1980’ in London 2014-02-17T22:50:55Z The discipline requires hours of practice, physical conditioning, rhythmic know-how and a sense of maturity to be able to convey a story or an emotion. The female guru bringing a niche and intricate Indian dance to D.C. 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaderabek’s arsenal includes a slow opening unison figure that sounds vaguely folkloric; then the individual instruments peel off to investigate separate rhythmic and harmonic worlds. Music Review: Dramatic Brush Strokes From Strings 2011-07-25T21:45:25Z But it’s not — this other rhythmic thing is happening underneath. A Choreographer Learns From the Club: ‘Live True, Dance Free’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Make no mistake: This was a brilliant performance, strikingly well played, full of incidental detail, packed with rhythmic precision and exquisitely balanced. Nelsons Turns Tanglewood Into Bayreuth-in-the-Berkshires 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z “Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony,” from 1979, knitted together isolated chords, arpeggios and rhythmic components from Beethoven’s nine symphonies into a single grand tribute. Pierre Henry, Composer Who Found the Music in Sounds, Dies at 89 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z From a growling, chirping start the music swelled to intimations of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” finally arriving at vibrant rhythmic figures à la Bernstein furled throughout the room via loudspeakers. Music Review: A Night of Acoustic and Electronic Exploits 2011-01-29T00:05:24Z An unforgettable tune, hung loosely upon chord changes that originated in a George Gershwin composition but are adapted here and restructured, turned sideways and adorned with a rockslide of rhythmic melody. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z They subtly cohere, with some songs sharing rhythmic elements; they also continue to expand Mr. Simon’s sonic vocabulary with unique instruments as well as with electronics, loops and samples. Paul Simon’s Ambition, and Inspiration, Never Gets Old 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z It’s hard out there for a rhythmic gymnast and a synchronized swim team. Stop hating on the Olympics’ oddball sports 2012-08-10T16:50:00Z "Not Myself Tonight" is the No. 1 most-added song at mainstream top 40 and rhythmic radio stations this week, according to Nielsen BDS. Aguilera's "Tonight" connects with radio listeners 2010-04-10T01:50:00Z On Thursday the conductor Andrews Sill prefaced “Diamonds” with an invaluable “See the Music” talk about the Third Symphony’s opening movement and the rhythmic, structural and thematic reasons Balanchine may have omitted it. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z Thanks to often-descending melodic motifs and stark rhythmic eruptions, the work evoked some of the weightiness of its title, which references both the Book of Ezekiel and a William Blake poem. Review: A Montreal Orchestra Brings Back Bartok’s Strangeness 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z In another, she’ll focus on the music of the dish: the rhythmic scrape of a metal spoon against the mortar, followed by the juicy thump of the pestle. Once Obscured in the U.S., Lao Cooks Share and Celebrate Their Cuisine 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Alongside these rarities were staples of the repertory, including Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, which opened the program in a rendition notable for its rhythmic buoyancy, depth and improvisatory flair. Music Review: No Musicians Harmed in Playing This Concert 2010-12-14T06:08:55Z As the two women matched and topped each other’s ideas, their rhythmic conversation made any notion of “hitting like a man” irrelevant. Syncopated Ladies and Beauteez’n the Beat Revel in Tap 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Here, for an instant, he seems like all dedicated pianists, trying hard to bring clarity, a particular touch, lyrical shape or rhythmic bite, to a phrase. 5 Hours of Glenn Gould Outtakes. Why? Listen and Find Out. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Sosa gets involved gradually, contributing vocals and percussion and rhythmic spritzes high up on the piano. St. Vincent’s Synth-Funk ‘Pain,’ and 9 More New Songs 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z And the band’s martial drums, chiming guitars and inexorable crescendos create arena-size superstructures filled with rhythmic — and emotional — crosscurrents. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In the concerto’s genial first movement and the spirited Rondo, Mr. McGill played with rhythmic brio and impeccable clarity. Music Review: New York String Orchestra, Conducted by Jaime Laredo, at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-31T21:05:36Z Despite help from Rich and Tone Talauega, who worked with Jackson, Wheeldon keeps swerving from that core, straightening away the rhythmic complexity of Jackson’s dancing along with its strangeness. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Dark, moody, and unsettling, the Symphony No. 11 is full of moments of impending doom, terrifying eruptions of percussion “gunfire,” menacing crescendos, eerie calm, and rhythmic martial passages. Seattle Symphony concert lives up to ‘spectacular’ title | Classical review 2013-05-18T15:37:36Z "Trespassing" is evenly divided between club-ready rhythmic pop tracks and a collection of moody melodic showcases for the vocal acrobatics that made Lambert a front-runner on the eighth season of "Idol." Adam Lambert talks new album, 'Idol' knock-offs 2012-05-14T12:11:14Z Perhaps the most ingenious aspect of Brahms’s rhythmic puzzles is that it they are so well hidden. Does Brahms’s Obsession With Rhythmic Instability Explain His Music’s Magic? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Gonzalez’s kicky samba “Brazilian Girls” found Lawrence and Lewis hitting the rhythmic accents hard, the saxophonist making powerful use of his gritty underside and offsetting his emphatic rhythm with another organic solo. Review | Saxophonist Azar Lawrence’s Coltrane devotion takes center stage at Blues Alley 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Harnoncourt presided over it all with a sure and flexible hand, allowing the singers rhythmic liberties and evidently encouraging them to add lavish embellishments in repeated material. Music Review: A Generous Opening to the Lucerne Easter Festival 2011-04-11T17:51:16Z “Curtain III,” a large composition executed in 1965, catches the rhythmic impression made by fabric folds. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z It begins with several of the cellos playing a scratchy, jumpy rhythmic riff; their lines hovering above, other instruments slide around, making spectral sounds. Review: Terry Riley Works at National Sawdust 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Back then, while Carnegie Hall and the still-new Lincoln Center played it safe uptown, the minimalist composer Steve Reich was presenting his rhythmic, exacting compositions down at the Park Place Gallery, led by Paula Cooper. Camille Norment Explores New Sonic Terrains at Dia Chelsea 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Some of the variations poke fun at the waltz by exaggerating little rhythmic riffs or ornamental turns of phrase; others spin the all-purpose theme into mystical flights. Classical Recordings: Beethoven and Haydn, Anew 2011-06-24T14:20:46Z The influence of such imagery on composers like Clérambault and D'Anglebert in France, and Froberger and Fischer in Germany, resulted in a style rooted in melodic fragmentation, extreme harmonic suspension and rhythmic dissolution. Andreas Staier: Pour Passer la Mélancholie – review 2013-03-07T21:30:01Z “I think we just liked how drum-heavy his stuff was, kind of dusty and funky and always so rhythmic,” Auerbach added. Karen O and Danger Mouse Made an Album. It Only Took 11 Years. 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z But her interpolations sounded like token gestures unmoored to a rhythmic or conceptual foundation. Music Review: Hilary Kole Sings at 54 Below 2012-08-17T22:21:02Z A lot of the songs chugged along in waltz time, following a rhythmic pattern established early on by “The Shrew”: oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah. Music Review: Beirut at Terminal 5 - Review 2011-09-22T22:12:05Z Ms. Tanowitz’s way with music is all her own: She establishes her rhythmic freedom from it, she homes in on particular features of it, develops a phraseology of her own that satisfyingly harmonizes with it. Review: ‘Legends & Visionaries’ by New York Theater Ballet 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Bronfman made a compelling whole of the work, with insightfully shaded dynamics, impetuous rhythmic flights and, in the two Andante movements, sublime tenderness. Music Review: Yefim Bronfman Recital at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-25T21:50:22Z Here, Currie joined his ensemble, setting the work’s rhythmic foundation with his mallets, which in both sound and appearance could lull an attentive audience member into the state of Eno’s staring frog. Steve Reich, Busy as Ever, Enters His Late Period 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z “Milo Hayward,” one of his more soulful originals, featured a slippery rhythmic underlay that would sound at home on the album “Miles Smiles.” 2010-01-30T05:30:00Z And their own LPs from this era, including “Cabbage Alley” and “Rejuvenation,” are storehouses of wonderful rhythmic ideas and inexhaustible dance music. Leo Nocentelli’s long-lost folk-funk album sees the light of day, 50 years later 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Powerful without being preachy, her language has a rhythmic pulse filled with humor, wonder and insight, much of it illuminating an inner life beyond a hard exterior. Running for Their Lives in Two Middle-Grade Novels About Track Teams 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Yet, Mr. Huang was also alert to surprising melodic shifts and rhythmic twists in the violin part. Music Review: Three Rising Stars Perform in Young Concert Artists Gala 2014-05-08T22:04:37Z Now and then, Mr. Rothenberg sent volleys of jazzy riffs skyward, but more often the group produced mildly dissonant chords, rhythmic shudders and breathy whispers. Variety and Verve at Make Music New York 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The tune reached an impressive fever pitch, eliciting hollers, but during the buildup, Joey wasn’t always on the surest rhythmic footing. Joey Alexander, an 11-Year-Old Jazz Sensation Who Hardly Clears the Piano’s Sightlines 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z But improvised, wheezing, almost trippy passages emerge; the tight rhythmic order dissolves. Minimalist Composer Julius Eastman, Dead for 26 Years, Crashes the Canon 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The demands were built around his core skill, which was tap dancing, and his amazing rhythmic sense. At ?Billy Elliot? Camp, Intensive Training 2010-06-18T21:21:00Z Dressed in a white satin blouse and pants and spotlighted on a darkened stage before a large audience, she enacted rhythmic movements that lay somewhere between tribal dance and martial arts. The shock, critique, theatricality of '80s art, on view in Fort Worth 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Aerobic exercise is defined as rhythmic, full-body physical activity that causes your heart rate to increase. The eternal weight-loss question: Exercise or diet? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Souleymane Badolo — whose stamping, springing, rhythmic dancing was the day’s most entertaining and also most prayerful — engaged most directly with the audience. Dance Review: Platform 2012: Parallels Concludes at St. Mark?s Church 2012-04-01T20:50:58Z An arsenal of clipped, rhythmic steps — shuffling feet, scissoring jumps — paraded the dancers along the mirror-flanked runway. ‘Court/Garden,’ an Interactive Work From Yanira Castro 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z He started with a few fiddle tunes, including a heavily rhythmic “900 Miles,” slowing it down for emphasis, speeding it up with foot stomps. Music Review: Frank Fairfield and Blind Boy Paxton at Jalopy 2010-07-21T22:41:00Z The choreography was simple and repetitive, like the spare, rhythmic loop of the traditional percussion instruments accompanying it. Dance Review: Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili at Danspace Project 2012-03-20T22:12:25Z Longhair had a syncopated rhythmic style, mixed with elaborate rolling figures that evoked the spirit of a New Orleans street parade. Allen Toussaint, songwriter, musician and producer of pop hits, dies at 77 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z In Mr. Tavener’s “Lament to Phaedra,” the program allowed her to control the entrances of backing drones, giving her greater rhythmic freedom than if she were merely playing to a recording. Music Review: East Meets Farther East When the Aural Mirrors the Visual 2011-03-14T23:00:14Z This is a substantial, patiently made, entertaining portrait, with a percussive, rhythmic jazz score by Ramachandra Borcar and some emphatic spoken word courtesy of Umar Bin Hassan of the Last Poets. ‘The Melt Goes On Forever’ Review: David Hammons Makes, and They Take 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “I was playing this great big bell: bang, bang, bang, ba-bang, bang, bang, di-di-di-di,” Allen says while vocalizing the bell’s rhythmic patterns. Marshall Allen is 96 years old and still leading one of the most visionary jazz groups of all time 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Pinsky's verse, collected in several volumes including "Jersey Rain" and the recent "Gulf Music," has been noted for its musicality, its rhythmic progression and tautness. Former poet laureate sees jazz everywhere in American culture 2010-10-12T20:39:00Z Carnegie Hall is simply not a good place for percussive dance music, not only because of its seats and formality, but also because its natural reverberation works against rhythmic crispness. Music Review: Gilberto Gil at Carnegie Hall in Voices of Latin America 2012-11-11T22:54:41Z If Mr. Levine can settle the performance into a more solid rhythmic groove, this “Falstaff” will enter the annals of opera history. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z Though it was assembled from minutely wrought effects," he writes, "the episode really did have rhythmic sweep. Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z But Ms. Mooney fought against the entire force originally and obscurely, moving around in opposition to rhythmic forces of the music, keeping her words blurry. Replica and La Misma, Hard-Core Bands at Acheron 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z It's a Salfordian syrup, all glottal stops and elastic vowels, rhythmic and hypnotic. John Cooper Clarke; Assignment: radio review 2013-05-03T06:00:22Z The work moves between these emotional poles with smart instrumental writing, including some ferocious yet melodically supple passages in rhythmic unison. Review: Carnegie Hall Makes an Intimate Space More Intimate 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Even where the rhythmic complexities far surpass the ear’s ability to comprehend them, there is the visual pleasure of watching Mr. Schick translate them into precisely angulated and elegantly economical body movements. Music Review: Steven Schick Plays Stockhausen at the Miller Theater 2014-02-03T22:38:14Z He pointed out that the chords in Beethoven’s plea for peace, “Dona nobis pacem,” at the work’s end conclude without a firm tonal or rhythmic resolution. Philharmonic to Perform Beethoven?s ?Missa Solemnis? 2010-06-18T14:41:00Z Like her “Partita,” which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2013, “Ritornello” is a study in seductive textures, with soothing harmonies coexisting with restless, brittle rhythmic passages. Review: Roomful of Teeth Duels With Sounds of the Financial District 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The flutist augmented her melodies with a dramatic sweep in her dynamics and a powerful rhythmic lilt. Flutes are for ‘cloud and angel music’? Jamie Baum doesn’t think so. 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Unlike the soulful vocal house of days gone by, this iteration of house music uses vocals as casual decoration, a weak counterpoint to its heavy rhythmic punch. Music Review: Swedish House Mafia at Madison Square Garden - Review 2011-12-18T22:49:41Z The piece is always on the cusp between dance and mime — but in three sustained scenes the action is turned fully into dance by music and rhythmic musicality. Dance Review: ‘Khmeropédies III’ and Amrita Performing Arts at the Guggenheim 2013-04-29T21:44:28Z I have seldom heard the role sung with such rhythmic accuracy and verbal clarity. Opera Review: A ?Walk?re? Still Obsessed With Its Big, Expensive Toy 2011-04-23T18:40:58Z In “Stardust,” Mr. Marsalis brought off his best stuff: a solo of great dynamic range, of orderly melodic and rhythmic space. Music Review: At Lincoln Center, Using Both Sound and Silence 2010-09-26T06:11:00Z Let’s just say that it’s a groove or rhythmic feel central to jazz — and, because tap and jazz developed together, central to tap. She’s the Queen of Tap. Is Her Moment Now? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Babayan would state an entire musical sentence as if setting up a challenge for Mr. Trifonov, who would respond with a repeat embellished with a slight, exquisite shift in accentuation or rhythmic twist. Review: Daniil Trifonov and His Teacher Dazzle With Dual Virtuosity 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The film, with its rhythmic, conversational numbers, progresses as if it’s a household concert, with Shaun on piano, trumpet or guitar, and Abigail, in bruised and buoyant vocals, singing lead. Review | Give this folk rock duo 27 minutes. They’ll give you a musically heartbreaking world. 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z This is a strong postbop collective with plenty of moves at its command: advanced rhythmic calculus, sly harmonic implication, cohesive elasticity, brute force. Music Review: Tarbaby, Featuring Oliver Lake, at the Jazz Standard 2013-09-04T20:52:20Z With its fraying rhythmic patterns and ruptured flow, “Prairie Burn” connects the rolling Midwestern landscapes of Ms. Rosenbloom’s youth with an air of turbulence and risk. For Mara Rosenbloom, Piano as a Remedy and a Force in Jazz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z On "Real Money," the verse backdrop is a rhythmic push-pull between a horn stab and a tambourine shake; the combination evinces Vitamin's anti-clutter production style and ratchets attention to his raps. Music Monday: Butts, Vitamin D, Usher 2010-04-05T19:01:00Z The four musicians read the phrases of the poem, translated into English, in rhythmic repetitions that achieved a hypnotic effect. Review | San Francisco’s Amaranth Quartet offers world premieres in its D.C. debut 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The 18th-century listener perhaps objected to some of Beethoven’s innovations, like the adventurous modulations and rhythmic twists in the finale of Op. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace in Beethoven Violin Sonatas 2014-03-03T22:56:20Z There are points where Boulez creates intricate rhythmic patterns that circle one another, slightly off, just like the ovals in the hall. New Gehry concert hall in Berlin thrills with its sound — and its symbolism 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Even as the harmony develops and mutates, Stewart saunters along, his bass keeping the song in a steady rhythmic pocket. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Any danceability is achieved by the rhythmic propulsion of the drums and bass, and any quasi-religious atmosphere is enhanced by the choral harmonies. New band of the day: Tokolosh (No 1,487) 2013-04-08T16:06:47Z Those spare, strongly rhythmic styles echo in his work, which features wooden strips that suggest sheet music and sets of bulging metal bars that resemble sound waves. Review | In the galleries: Simulated stone and neon artworks reflect the transience of life 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z But the large young ensemble achieves wonders in stylized, rhythmic movements that draw a map of human exodus, brutalization and unexpected moments of mutual support and generosity. London Theater Journal: A Weekend of Hedonism and Hope 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z The cello version is the keeper; brawny arpeggios and rhythmic chords delivered by a pair of cellists including none other than Yo-Yo Ma. Tame Impala’s Disco-Prog Shrug, and 9 More New Songs 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z But soon they all fall into rhythmic lock step. Review: ‘Dead Poets Society,’ Starring Jason Sudeikis as the Idealistic Teacher 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Where the rhythmic emphasis falls, that’s one of the things that makes it work. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Bravura is standard for the festival but what the troupe also delivered were patterns of epic movement and rhythmic complexity that displayed flamenco as spectacle. Nuanced footwork from Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The soldiers had turned into red-hoodied figures; one by one, with rhythmic gunshots and flames behind them, they fell to the stage. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Lean legs encased in a warm up suit, slightly scuffed running shoes, rhythmic breathing—an athlete training for Vienna’s annual marathon? Exclusive: An Excerpt from Valerie Plame’s Upcoming Spy Thriller 2013-05-28T19:43:55Z Between those emotional markers, which kept reappearing with rhythmic insistence, Bartee and Lopez approached each other from every angle imaginable, navigating a series of choreographic slipknots that fused the tender with the tormented. Review: Here there be monsters ? of vital interest to dance fans, thanks to Whim W'Him 2011-01-15T17:57:04Z And there are stranger sequences when they’re evidently making a rhythmic point that seems to disregard the music. Dance Review: A Romantic Classic, Subject to Revisions 2011-02-11T22:51:51Z Tonight, their flying feet function as a rhythmic device, and as light relief from the emotional aches their music can conjure. The Unthanks 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z What there is, is that lush, legato sound, its flowing phrases stretched over its rhythmic details, a singular approach to what all music should sound like. 120 CDs Later, a Conductor’s Legacy Is Still Uncertain 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The mostly literal images and faces of strangers seemed to obstruct rather than enhance one's own impulses to wonder and reflect while listening to music of unparalleled abstract, melodic and rhythmic force. This sound did not need a film dimension 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Here Ockeghem, seemingly writing for three confident singers with wide vocal ranges, keeps the texture uniform and varies the mensuration, or rhythmic organization, almost not at all. Classical recordings: early voices in new lights 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In both, Barber borrowed rhythmic and thematic motifs from the first movement. Music Review | Ying Quartet: Barber?s Centenary Celebrated at Morgan Library & Museum 2010-03-11T05:24:00Z And for expressive ends, Mr. Hinterhäuser was sometimes very free in his articulation of rhythmic details or the expansion of an embellished melodic phrase. Matthias Goerne Sings Kentridge’s Version of ‘Winterreise’ 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z As Rustie's live set proceeds to gloriously destroy hip-hop's clean rhythmic lines and reassemble them anew, I keep spotting people I recognise from the Sub Club. By weight of Numbers 2010-04-08T21:10:00Z As the title implies, her songs are built around a rhythmic clash of Brazilian and Caribbean styles, and it's often reggae and ragga that dominate. Flavia Coelho: Bossa Muffin – review 2012-11-29T22:30:15Z The more emotionally overwrought parts of the piece revealed some rhythmic disparity among the three musicians, with cellist Jan Palenicek often engulfed in overly forceful sound from his two partners. Review | Czech piano trio makes Washington debut 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Barely 20, he was a double threat even then: writing compositions of coiled energy and smartly woven rhythmic interplay, and improvising fiercely, cutting sharp turns and slipping into sly glissandos. Listen to the Essential Terence Blanchard 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Drummer Neal Morgan maintained the rhythmic bent all night with a subtle touch. Concert review: Joanna Newsom and Robin Pecknold at The Moore 08/04/10 2010-08-05T18:14:00Z She describes feeling intrigued by the ballet’s rhythmic complexity and wanting to explore its themes of ritual and sacrifice through Tswana, a dance form of her own heritage, traditional to Botswana. Review: These Rites of Spring Push Back at Ruthlessness 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z “No, no, no,” Bailey chimes in, with a rhythmic ticktock that almost turns the exchange into a song. Earth, Wind & Fire is forever in the groove 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And the finale, which, on the surface, seems a rustic dance, here sounded modern and wild, with the violin fixating on obsessive rhythmic riffs against the swirling orchestra. Review: At New York Philharmonic, a Soloist but Not His Violin 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The beats in his speech were rhythmic, and there was always a grace to his movements. Yasiin Bey was one of rap’s brightest stars. His farewell concert was a stirring reminder. 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Only in the “Sunset” solo does she rise to the syncopations and rhythmic flair of Ellington’s music. Dance Review: Ballet Meets Broadway Choreographers and Composers 2011-05-26T21:20:50Z In this brief work of kaleidoscopic variety, the four musicians purred through elements of folk music and multi-metric structure, more intense dissonance in the second movement, and Stravinskyesque rhythmic savagery. Music of Czechs, by Czechs but for everyone at the Library of Congress 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z If space precludes naming the individual players who took turns in displays of virtuosity, each more perfect than the next, the overall kaleidoscope of color, texture and rhythmic swagger was viscerally thrilling and enormous fun. National Philharmonic and guest soloist Haochen Zhang enchant 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s a surprising choice for two reasons: His music is startling to conservative ears, yet bears little resemblance to the brashly rhythmic post-minimalist language now favored by many younger, trendier composers. Can an avant-garde composer draw new people to classical music? Seattle’s Emerald City Music is betting on it 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The modern-dance style he has forged is juicily three-dimensional, firmly gestural, with rhythmic footwork, often colored by both Expressionism and folk dance. Review: Scottish Ballet Finds the Poetry in ... Poetry 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z A sizable orchestra and conductor with a rhythmic drive is just what the concerto needs. The Pacific Symphony lives up to its name, with the help of India 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Their voices ground this constantly evolving tapestry as Dorrance, and her riveting, lanky grace, guides the rhythmic pulse with her articulate feet. Review: A Ballerina With Jazz in Her Bones Takes Over 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Tommasini does a fine job of conveying the inner life of a piece, through his rhythmic sentences and sculpted paragraphs. The Greatest Composers Ever 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The grounded power of his feet — whether tapping delicate, whispery notes or hitting rhythmic patterns with ferocity and speed — enlivens an unassuming place: a subway platform. A Surprising Stage for Dance: The Subway Platform 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z All of this was apparent in the first set's opening piece, Thelonious Monk's "Jackie-ing," its rhythmic twists and turns inspiring Green to unreel brilliantly sleek, fast-moving lines. The maturing pianism of Benny Green 2011-05-20T14:27:56Z She walked through the audience and onto the stage in a slow, rhythmic step. Wynton Marsalis Provokes Again With Head-Scratching ‘Ever Fonky Lowdown’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z His genius for rhythmic montage and his interest in perceptual processes mark him as a founding father of experimental film. Machine Age Poet, Born in Revolution, Stifled Under Stalin 2011-04-10T01:03:01Z But he lets nothing disrupt the deep, reassuring rhythmic flow that underlies his playing. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Walker, using commissioned music played live onstage — pop-rock-jazz by Thomas Kikta — is the more originally modern in overall stage idea, but here lacked the rhythmic vitality to sustain interest. Review: City Ballet’s Gala Evening of Misses ... and a Lot of Skin 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z His distinctive drumming style — playing with a minimum of motion, often slightly behind the beat — gave the group’s sound a barely perceptible but inimitable rhythmic drag. Charlie Watts, the Unlikely Soul of the Rolling Stones 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, some of the keenest insight comes from Chris Ware, another chronicler of cartoon melancholy, who trains his expert eye on Schulz’s craft, the spatial and rhythmic decisions that create his effects. In a Collection of ‘Peanuts’ Tributes, the Gang Is All Here 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z "Meet Me at the Center of the Earth" is an exuberant wonderland of a show, a rhythmic cornucopia of costume invention. Try this on for size: Nick Cave's Soundsuits at SAM 2011-03-10T22:41:06Z Just like for me, food is very rhythmic. “No Passport Required,” host Marcus Samuelsson takes our conversation about food to the next... 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z But Lignadis and his troupe fully embrace declamation, which may sound a little forced to modern ears but highlights the text’s rhythmic power. ‘The Persians’ Review: Aeschylus’s Ancient Portrait of Defeat 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z This musical partnership, the way you can feel the rhythmic pulse of the Russian dancers, is another treat that the Mikhailovsky bestowed on us. Mikhailovsky Ballet's 'Flames of Paris' makes rousing West Coast debut 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Even with a skeletal lineup, the rhythmic drive was formidable as syncopations volleyed between clattering cowbells and sputtering bass drums. Music Review: New Orleans and Brazil Bring Beats to Lincoln Center 2013-08-04T20:34:34Z Kids were driving their parents batty trying to master "Cups," the film's most popular song, with a rhythmic portion that requires hand-clapping and a paper cup. A word-of-mouth hit? The perfect pitch for 'Pitch Perfect 2' 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z At first the rhythmic foundation of the piece — the five-beat repeated pattern called the clave, the basic building block of Cuban music — confounded some of the American players. Fire and Ice: Minnesotans Join Orquesta Aragón in Havana 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Yorke’s high vocals and a hazy horn arrangement join the rhythmic crosscurrent as he sings about what might be the heat of desire or destruction, crooning, “Smoke wakes me from my sleep.” glaive Showcases His Less Hyper Pop, and 13 More New Songs 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z “He’s probably the most rhythmic Irish dancer there has ever been,” Jean Butler, his former “Riverdance” co-star, who has also engaged in experimentation within the genre, said. ‘Riverdance’ Was Years Ago. Colin Dunne Makes Quiet Music Now. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Although his Five Pieces for Orchestra were written as early as 1939, they showed Jones's typically lyrical and rhythmic thrust; in their most intense moments, they pointed directly to his symphonic output. BBCNOW/Walker 2012-12-09T14:42:50Z The piano music activates the orchestra, which takes off in episodes of lush strings, quizzical bursts of winds and brass and fidgety rhythmic riffs. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Mr. van Zweden provided consistent backing, but sometimes rhythmic details sounded rushed and clipped. Music Review: Philharmonic, With Jaap van Zweden Conducting Yuja Wang 2012-04-13T20:58:17Z He pays little attention to the subtleties of lyrics or to rhythmic nuance. Steve Tyrell Sings Standards at Café Carlyle 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z It was a finely chiseled reading with a rhythmic edge. Cutting the Hollywood Bowl down to size 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The tempo was reined in just enough so that the insistent three-note rhythmic riff that runs through the aria had clarity and point without any rigidity, whether in Ms. Leonard’s singing or the orchestra. Metropolitan Opera Opens With ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The book’s standard mode is comedy of errors: rhythmic, fleet and perforated with omissions and miscommunications that beget more of the same. An Unlikely Romance Blooms in a Hospital Room, Then Metastisizes 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The writing — the precise, finely tuned, rhythmic, painfully, hilariously human writing — rang like a bell and transported me every time. ArtsBeat Blog: Stew in Africa: Colors and Collaboration That Won't Fade 2011-08-11T13:32:15Z The high pitch of a woman’s rhythmic shrieks. I signed up for a suicide hotline: What I got sounded more like phone sex 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z She brought a fine lyric reserve to the slow movement and loved getting into an exciting rhythmic groove at the end, which is the kind of music in which she excels. Salonen leads Yuja Wang, L.A. Phil through Russian turmoil 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The emphasis on rhythm and rhythmic accents is one of the albums distinguishing features. Haim, 'Days are Gone' review 2013-10-03T15:40:00Z And when the backing track sketches a new rhythmic pulse — one that in turn influences the part for Gookin’s cello — the joy of transmitting knowledge is perceptible. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Here Waldman’s abstractions, with their rhythmic thrust and variation, might be best read out loud. A Poet Takes Aim at the Literary and Political Patriarchy 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Maybe it was the rhythmic repetition that struck a chord. Stumbling Upon Greatness: Discovering Sergio Larrain 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The two drummers developed a rhythmic style combining jazz and conventional beats that became a signature of the band. Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks dies at age 69 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z In so doing, he seems to rediscover his heart, still beating and full once more, its resilience drawing an easy parallel with music itself; both such rooted, rhythmic things. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-01-20T22:28:01Z When it succeeds, triumphantly here, it’s because he binds his motifs into keenly rhythmic phrases. Dance Review: ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ From Mark Morris, at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-23T22:03:45Z All it took were four words from the Boss and the rhythmic response shut off, like a spigot instantaneously gone dry. Review | No doubt about it. Bruce Springsteen belongs on Broadway. 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z For us, there was something elemental in the rhythmic toss of a ball that made the imposing world recede. Motherlode Blog: When a Game of Catch Is All a Father Has Left 2013-06-16T12:28:06Z In college, Ms. Dunham wrote, Plath’s “rhythmic, angry” language “rang in my head as I walked to class.” Cultural Studies: Seeing Sylvia Plath With New Eyes - Cultural Studies 2013-05-03T22:54:52Z By contrast, all of Beethoven's rhythmic quirkiness and ebullience emerged with considerable conviction in the theme and ensuing 15 variations, the final fugue imbued with the spirit of Bach, yet bearing Beethoven's unmistakably classical stamp. Angela Hewitt ? review 2011-03-27T21:30:02Z Or even Stephen Sondheim’s bracing title song of “Company,” with its insistent refrains of “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby baby” over a rhythmic riff that evokes a telephone busy signal. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z It was “Abraham’s New Gift,” by the bassist Jasper Hoiby, who set up its slanted rhythmic scaffolding with a quick, complicated ostinato, his long fingers flying across the strings. Music Review: Phronesis, European Jazz Trio, Performs at Jazz Standard 2013-07-03T20:37:07Z Mr. Power’s adaptation is filled with rhythmic repetitions, descriptions of recurrent dreams that seem realer than life and linked images that expand and mutate in the telling. Review: A Magnificent Road to Ruin in ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z He also provided the intense bass guitar that, with Baker’s explosive drums, underpinned Cream’s rhythmic, driving sound. Jack Bruce, bassist with 1960s British rock group Cream, dies at 71 It's a sweet scene, written in a crisp, rhythmic prose and would be little more than that if it weren't for a glancing moment at its center that shades and enriches it. Justin Torres' 'We the Animals': a childhood unforgettably drawn 2011-10-25T16:22:04Z This latest version, though, never acquires a pulse beyond the rhythmic thrust and parry of bandied bons mots. ‘The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Opens on Broadway 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z “In Our Time,” Victor Gould’s latest album with his trio, is a parade of pianistic bravura and muscle-building rhythmic teamwork. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Even before I became a critic, I disliked it; I have only to listen to “Let’s Dance” again to know what Mr. Kemp was missing — not the least of which was rhythmic urgency. Dance This Week: From Balanchine to Bowie 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The friendly cartoonish drawings and rhythmic text includes lots of “splat splat splats” and “slurp slurp slurps,” which makes for a fun read-aloud for family time. | Board Book Roundup: This Season?s Board Books 2011-10-19T16:33:40Z Ravel’s lush orchestral music requires infinite subtlety of texture combined with rhythmic finesse. Baltimore Symphony goes waltzing without the usual partners 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z On ballads, he added, “he moves through light, almost diaphanous lines that gain in strength through their rhythmic flow and increasing melodic exposition.” John Abercrombie, Lyrical Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 72 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z A man — actually a drawing of a man — in a striped costume executes quick, rhythmic steps while holding what looks like a Hula Hoop overhead. Ghosts of ‘Nutcracker’ Past, Preserved on Film 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Her rhythmic sense appears inborn; a machine couldn't manage the perpetual mobile Scherzo more accurately than Wang. Review: Pianist Yuja Wang sets off fireworks of her own at the Bowl 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z With Ms. Dorrance, the counterbalance is between footwork of extreme rhythmic precision and a wild, unkempt physicality that dramatizes the sound production. Review: Hot Feet and Cool Bodies at Vail 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z A wild combination of exuberance, focus, dexterity, creativity, rhythmic fractals, inhalation, exhalation, sweat and intent, his set lived up to the promise. Kamasi Washington and band prove 'The Epic' hype, thrill a sold-out Regent 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Once Mr. Murphy’s cerebral, melancholy, exactingly rhythmic songs offered listeners a new language with which to explain themselves: sentimental yet ironic, self-mocking, focused on friends and the complicated wages of adulthood. Pop: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem: ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’ 2012-07-07T04:51:37Z Her use of various archival material created a "rhythmic and ritualistic experience", they said. Elizabeth Price wins Turner Prize 2012-12-04T13:02:04Z “It’s a different rhythmic language and a different harmonic language too,” said Aaron Johnson, the musical director of “Fela!” and a member of the Afrobeat group Antibalas, the musical’s house band. Femi Kuti, Guarding the Legacy of His Father, Fela 2010-07-11T22:42:00Z She will always be remembered for that incredibly smooth voice and the rhythmic music that dripped a hundred pounds of perspiration as we danced to Hot Stuff, Unconditional Love and her other great hits. Obama leads Donna Summer tributes 2012-05-18T08:59:34Z A close look at the sculpture reveals a rhythmic pattern of markings, where the surface of the figure has been worn away, borrowing a technique from his paintings, to reveal hints of color beneath. Mark Bradford Strikes a Pose of Quiet Self-Reflection 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The Presto became a breathless contest between two headstrong characters with both performers balancing furious forward motion with uncompromising rhythmic precision. Music Review: Wendy Sutter and Olga Vinokur Perform at Bargemusic 2013-07-15T21:40:35Z From a melancholy opening filled with swooping glissandos, the 20-minute string quartet emphasizes group virtuosity with jagged bursts of notes deployed in rhythmic unison, mostly at high velocity. Critic?s Notebook: Avoiding ?Moderato? Becomes a Style 2011-04-17T22:15:36Z The four women soloists — notably Ashley Laracey in the first solo — beautifully caught the choreography’s shining marriage of rhythmic flow and brilliant allure. For City Ballet, a Balanchine Season of Renewal 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Dudamel lavished swaths of spiritual serenity, excitedly interrupted by rhythmic élan. As the Los Angeles Philharmonic tours, Gustavo Dudamel seems determined to shake up his audiences 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z They smack themselves, eventually creating a collective rhythmic beat. Review: Looking for a Hero? Hold on to These Dancers 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Listen closely to Brahms’s Adagio, and you may notice a destabilizing irregularity that is built into the rhythmic texture and lends it buoyancy and unease. Does Brahms’s Obsession With Rhythmic Instability Explain His Music’s Magic? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z But he also said that a certain rhythmic kink is built into a waltz when it is played idiomatically. Does Brahms’s Obsession With Rhythmic Instability Explain His Music’s Magic? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Although textural clarity and rhythmic incisiveness were the hallmarks of his interpretations, he delighted in the ample, brilliant orchestral sonorities of the sort that his beloved Chicago Symphony produced so magnificently. Classical: Memories of Georg Solti as His Orchestra Comes to Town 2012-10-14T01:23:11Z Those slanted rhythmic strategies, indebted to progressive hip-hop production, didn’t throw off Mr. Lloyd any more than the rolling, continuous energies of the set, which left few breaks for applause. Review: Charles Lloyd Returns to the Village Vanguard 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Perhaps that’s an echo of her early training in rhythmic gymnastics. An 18-year-old new ballet star salvages an outmoded tale of pirates, slaves and stereotypes 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr. DeFrancesco is a deeply authoritative musician, a master of rhythmic pocket, and of the custom of stomping bass lines beneath chords and riffs. Music Review: Frank and Personal Don?t Rule Out Commercial 2010-10-15T22:53:00Z Unsurprisingly, Mr. Glass’s tumbling arpeggios and shifting rhythmic currents posed no threat to her. Music Review: A Night of Newer Works, With a Glance to the Past 2011-04-22T22:10:09Z In the arrangement for winds, the music’s dance-hall energy dazzles, as in the opening Allegro, which the musicians played with rhythmic pep. Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Spotlights Albéric Magnard 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Allen, constructed around ideals of deep seeking and rhythmic exchange — and kept building. James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The scherzo was taken, I think, a fraction more slowly than in previous years, and if anything gained thereby in rhythmic precision. 'Ode to Joy': Seattle Symphony delivers a rapturous rendition of Beethoven's Ninth 2010-12-30T21:22:04Z Their charm lay in the marvelous blend of intense rhythmic excitement and personal composure. Dance Review: Performers Showcase Classics at DanceFest India! 2013-07-01T21:42:40Z Mr. Mehlan, leading from the guitar, opened his set with his own “Numbers,” a study in changing beats, with a repeating trumpet figure and underlying rhythmic saxophone lines as its anchor. Music Review: Missy Mazzoli and Matt Mehlan in River to River Festival 2012-07-13T21:22:07Z The single “Black Magic,” which features rhythmic percussion and triumphant horns, is an ode to being “unapologetically Black and proud and full of joy,” Rowland explained. For Kelly Rowland, good things come in threes 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z He’s always knocking out a rhythmic pattern, but his astonishing speed and formidable power perpetually threatens to vaporize it. The joy of drumming, with Liturgy’s Greg Fox 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z It's all over Lorde's excellent "Yellow Flicker Beat," a track that starts quiet before finding a rhythmic dance floor momentum. 'Hunger Games' soundtrack leaves listeners sated 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Scott Johnson, a composer and guitarist who forged an original style involving the rhythmic cadences of speech and the gestures and timbres of popular music, died on Friday in Manhattan. Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z There were also passages of syllabic nonsense in which the singers became instrumentalists creating complex rhythmic structures. Music Review: Oscar Bianchi’s ‘Matra’ Debuts at the MATA Festival 2014-04-20T20:25:50Z Hiking up a hill, Ms. Bell and her collaborator Joseph White turn the sounds of her breathing and walking into a kind of mulchy, rhythmic music. The Year in Improvised Music: ‘Everything’s Changing. So the Music Should.’ 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z It basically entails giving each instrument its own independent rhythmic profile. An Appraisal: Elliott Carter, Composer and Master of ‘Gear Shifting’ 2012-11-06T22:51:30Z The title refers not to the number of sections, but to its contrapuntal voices; with a running time of about 20 minutes, “Music in Eight Parts” achieves its drama through rhythmic shifts and intricacy. A Philip Glass Score Was Lost. 50 Years Later, Here It Is. 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Informed by rhythmic footwork, stylized yet fluid arm and hand gestures, and rapid spins punctuated by sudden stillness, kathak is a dance form of extreme complexity and subtlety. Akram Khan Troupe in Montclair While Khan Recovers From Injury 2012-02-02T22:51:29Z Providing superb support was DeJohnette, whose fierce but controlled rhythmic explosions on "81" were particularly mesmerizing. Herbie Hancock & friends throw rousing jazz shindig 2010-06-25T22:05:00Z Interweaving virtuoso instrumental solos with exactingly difficult ensembles and pulsing rhythmic monotones, this is music that rejects stillness and aspires to extraordinary exhilaration. Music of Today; Philharmonia/Salonen 2010-10-01T21:40:00Z The ear might recognize the fast version of the ektaal rhythmic system, which sounds like the normal version. With Open Ears, Indian Ragas and Western Melodies Merge 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z With Mr. Dudamel and Los Angeles, some of Varèse’s peculiar rhythmic pileups seemed light on experimental charm, between the louder, showstopping exclamations. Review: Dudamel and Los Angeles Bring the Noise to New York 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The “first and most important ingredient in jazz,” Gioia writes, is “its ecstatic rhythmic quality.” Listen up: ‘How to Listen to Jazz’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z He provided little rhythmic instruction, and there was a haphazard quality about the improvised drumming of most of his followers that drew threatening stares from security guards in the chic boutiques. For the Solstice, a Bach Appearance on the G Train 2012-12-23T22:44:46Z Mixing bass-driven dub and deep rhythmic repetition but just as much nuanced space, it's a record to be heard at full volume on the dance floor and will leave you drenched. World Cup kicks up interest in best of Brazilian music 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Eventually demonstrating how the items are intended to be used, “I’ll start a rhythmic pattern,” she said. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 9-15 2013-08-08T22:04:27Z There are seven rhythmic patterns in Indian classical music and 10 incarnations of Vishnu, the Hindu god of universal preservation. Dance review: ‘Glory of Numbers’ is about the beauty “Best Boy” is an eventful novel with a mesmerizingly rhythmic narration and a little journey story thrown in. ‘Best Boy’ review: An unforgettable novel narrated by an adult with autism 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Dormeshia’s choreography is much like her improvisations: perfectly measured and modulated, complex without clutter, always clear and never without the buoyant rhythmic sense called swing. Review: Dormeshia Coasts on Her Tap Mastery in ‘Rhythm Is Life’ 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Much of the credit goes to the orchestra, which played with the fresh sound and rhythmic exuberance one expects from period-instrument ensembles these days. Review: Avi Avital and the Venice Baroque, in Sizzling Communion 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Williams’s artistry is steeped in the blues and full of sass and rhythmic swagger. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z They balance deep blues playing with lengthy, minor-key chants, laced through with an explosively rhythmic group dynamic. Lost John Coltrane Recording From 1963 Will Be Released at Last 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z This music, like all of Mr. Coleman’s, is structurally complex yet accessible for its rhythmic force, its emotional heft and its ingeniously interlaced parts. ‘Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)’ by Steve Coleman Review: The Complex Made Accessible 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z “The get down,” Flash explains, is that few seconds of rhythmic bliss the B-Boys rock to, a beat that goes on and on and on. Get ready for “The Get Down”: Baz Lurhmann’s valentine to hip-hop and the 1970s Bronx is overstuffed, but finds its brilliant beat 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z One man’s rhythmic isolations of alternate shoulders are fabulously huge — and cause his colleagues to grin from ear to ear. Pavlova’s Shoes, Nijinsky’s Diary, and Other Dance Treasures From the Public Library 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Parts of this Bukhara dance look related to the Kathak genre of India: similar rapid single turns, similar percussive rhythmic play of the footwork. Review: Ethnic Festival Dancers Follow the Footsteps of a Heritage 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Meaning the arrangements in a Blake or Jamie xx song feature beautiful melodic swoops and bold rhythmic restraint, qualities associated with women. Drake, 'Take Care,' dubstep and feminine energy 2011-12-14T21:48:15Z It’s a rhythmic conversation and a joyful closer, though “Poornarati” surpasses it in complexity and impact. Review: Absences, S-Curves and Wonderful Asymmetries 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or whistled the first tune, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled what we know today as music. Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z He depicts this devastating moment of volatility with a patter reminiscent of David Mamet, specifically: profane and masculine, with rhythmic repetition of certain key phrases. 5 films about the financial crisis you can bank on 2012-11-29T23:48:09Z The titular phrases emerge from their sentences and dissolve back into them in a rhythmic declaration of the provisional nature of any story. Rosmarie Waldrop’s Novel of the In-Between 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z “It’s very different from what’s in the mainstream now, which is more rhythmic. Also, they love that I’m serving looks in my music videos.” Kim Petras Just Wants to Be a Pop Star 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z His work explores multiple strands of African-American dance, organizing them with a wide range of geometrical ideas and rhythmic structures. Review: At American Dance Platform, Charm and Structure Without Flight 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Piano lines dart about the keyboard and intertwine; the jagged rhythmic writing can be feisty or playful, jazzy or pensive. Classical Playlist: Carl Nielsen, Lou Harrison, Bach and More 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z It’s enormously pleasurable when an evening stroll turns into a rhythmic saunter and then bursts into dance — think of Gene Kelly walking, tapping, stomping and exulting in the rain. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The image rhymes with one that appears shortly after, of another pale, round shape in motion, this time a whirling dervish, all in billowing white, spinning in a rhythmic trance on an urban basketball court. In Jesse Fleming's 'The Halftime Show,' the spectacle is all around us 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The rhythmic disconnect can be startling, but the informal choreography highlights the property’s two functions: boutique hotel and contemporary-art museum. Come for the Guest Rooms. Stay for the Galleries. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The music is simply presented, with little melisma and a steady rhythmic footfall. Review | After 100 years, a gentle Requiem has its premiere 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The equivalent improvisation at Bargemusic was more insistently rhythmic and spiky, driven by an invention-like motif that popped up everywhere and led to beautiful flights of harmony and some restless, agitated episodes. Bach Invented. Now a Pianist Is Trying to Match Him. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Listening to them pass tiny rhythmic motifs around the group, I was struck by how evenly calibrated these timbres were. Music Review: The Emerson Quartet Plays the Mostly Mozart Festival 2013-08-21T21:27:12Z Their extraordinary art-damaged ode to suburban disturbance, with its hilariously off-key chorus, proves that one person’s “rhythmic adventurousness” could be another’s “unlistenable nonsense.” 12 Forgotten Classics by Women-Led New Wave Bands 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Now, the group is bringing its harmonies stateside with the infectiously rhythmic "Everybody in Love." Billboard singles reviews: Eminem, Ozzy Osbourne 2010-05-14T23:56:00Z “It was so rhythmic! It made you move!” The Rhythm of Colombia’s Salsa Capital 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z She found that the ballet style taught at the school fit her natural inclination to move through positions quickly, driven by a strong rhythmic impulse. A Sugarplum’s Swan Song 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The piece evolved from folksy plucking and rhythmic percussive bangs, influenced by West African music, to archetypal plush string legato, like that heard in the Webern ingeniously placed right before it. Dover Quartet begins Kennedy residence with style 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z But they are good enough to recognize Kleiber’s characteristic lightness, glorious directness and rhythmic incision. Classical Playlist: Bach, Anders Koppel, Mahler and More 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z In these works, and in “Traveller,” you are often immersed in instrumental density — quick rhythmic accelerations and parched sound-production textures. It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z What these composers share is a near-nerdy infatuation with rhythmic complexity, a harmonic and melodic directness, a fascination with poetry, a sentimental side and a love for trick endings. 4 emerging composers' works shine in L.A. Phil Green Umbrella As in his recent debut as the “Nutcracker” Cavalier, Mr. Janzen delivered bravura in this role with rhythmic élan. Critic’s Notebook: Three Men Leap Forward at City Ballet 2014-02-11T22:31:39Z At its best, the chanting played lightly with the brightly rhythmic instrumentation, curling around the beat. Can Opera Become an Agent of Change? 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The result was “Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore”: a rhythmic, enthralling video chronicle of Britain’s nights on the tiles from the 1970s to the 1990s. Mark Leckey Captures the Exuberance of Pre-‘Brexit’ Britain 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z This kinetic piece was a vivid demonstration of Cage’s rhythmic ingenuity. Music Review: ?Launching the Percussion Revolution? at Juilliard 2012-02-01T00:03:35Z As for Ms. Frances, she negotiated all of Coffee’s rhythmic challenges and contrasts with a calmly luscious glow. Under City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Tree, Dancers Find New Roles 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The ensemble delivered many of the elements you might expect from a consort of electric guitars, like growling chords, squealing feedback and flamboyant riffs, alongside the rhythmic discipline honed in more conventional contemporary classical music. Review: Dither Delivers an Electric-Guitar Master Class 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z “Mortars, helicopters, people talking — we would process those sounds and use them as rhythmic starting points,” Mr. Ross said. Dark Sounds: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Score Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z In his “Traviata” recording the tempos never dawdle, textures are lucid, and the orchestra plays with crisp rhythmic integrity. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z In one fetching episode of verbal counterpoint, the musicians spoke rhythmic iterations of the line, “Once upon a time.” Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Alongside the more kinetic and rhythmic innovations introduced by scratch artists like DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, we must also speak of a “Christian turntablism”: slow, profoundly unfunky, obsessed with linguistic “messages.” What exactly lurks within the backward grooves of “Stairway to Heaven?” 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Amadou’s gold Telecaster slips inside the percussive mix until about midway through the set, when his rhythmic chatter subtly morphs into a lead melody that spins endless variations atop the wave. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z The work ends in a fitful release of coiled energy that achieved all the more visceral power here for the precise rendering of every offbeat accent and rhythmic twist. Music Review: Vienna Philharmonic and Hagen Quartet in Salzburg 2012-07-31T21:36:27Z Romance Grounded With a Bit of Gravity The jazz singer and pianist Patti Wicks is all about rhythmic deconstruction. Music Review: Patti Wicks?s Jazzy Turn at the Metropolitan Room 2010-06-15T22:48:00Z Intrigued by its harmonic and rhythmic complexities, he found a new hero in the bebop pianist Bud Powell. John Bunch, Pianist With Goodman and Bennett, Dies at 88 2010-04-01T22:21:00Z Rosalind spends a lot of time in bed; she also seems untroubled by the mansion’s eerie noises, its spooky gloom and the loud rhythmic banging that keeps Julie up at night. ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Two Glorious Sides of Tilda Swinton 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z That ethereal female vocal and the rhythmic junkyard scraps of the güiro beneath the singing wafted on the breeze like a rumor that only I had noticed. “Gimme Shelter” in Central Park 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z In the finale, Mr. Rattle drove the rhythmic figure that runs through the movement with an insistence that bordered on the eerie. Simon Rattle Conducts Schumann With Berlin Philharmonic 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Many of them, with vocal techniques built for tonal blend and rhythmic precision in a chorus, favored a straight tone that gleamed like white light but also exposed waywardness in pitch. Around New York, Different Ways of Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Best of all were the rhythmic circles and semicircles of his Protractor series. A Survey Shows How Frank Stella Knocked Abstraction Flat, Then Sent It Flying 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z And he translates that emotional chaos into dialogue that is as tellingly rhythmic as that of David Mamet but that sounds a lot more spontaneous. ‘This Is Our Youth’ Stars Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The complex rhythmic structures that occur throughout its 35-minute length released a rhythmic freedom in Stravinsky's music, and for other composers too. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z I loved the texture of tiny hammers on metal, and the rhythmic irregularity of the slowing and speeding clockwork. Modern Love: Speaking at Arm?s Length With Music 2011-02-24T22:56:15Z A fluid rhapsodist to the core, he sometimes seemed to be reaching for a sturdier, less convulsive rhythmic underlay than the one his band mates were giving him. Music Review: Band?s Rapport Runs Deep, and the Undertow Swings 2011-02-23T22:59:31Z There is more rhythmic fracturing in the rumble music from Bernstein’s “West Side Story” than anything you hear, minus the electronics, in “Chicago, 2012.” Music Review: Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-07T22:03:08Z The sense of rightness to his generally moderate tempos came from an easy rhythmic spring that never sounded rushed. Baroque Band ends season with a special performance of Handel 2011-06-03T17:05:20Z When she’s presented with an unpredictable rhythmic pattern, he said, “her eyes light up.” An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Caroline Sullivan Mats Eilertsen Radio Yonder Much of this quartet album focuses on delicate, melancholic melodies over a floating, rhythmic feel. F&M playlist 2010-06-03T22:30:00Z That led her to find Ema’s physicality — her rhythmic, weighted walk and the way she invades space both to intimidate and to get what she wants. Whether Dancing or Still, the Body in ‘Ema’ Tells the Story 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Still, it retains the melodic and rhythmic essence of the freestyle, and it’s probably better than any of the songs Desiigner released on “New English.” Desiigner’s “Timmy Turner”: A Viral Freestyle Finds Full Form 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Denk’s study of rag and rhythmic play also inevitably inflected the standards on the program. Denk shows range in ‘iPod shuffle’ 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z “Because then they could generate a couple of lines of polyphony, or a rhythmic structure, and then I could enhance that.” Bruce Langhorne, Guitarist Who Inspired ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ Dies at 78 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Boston Baroque, led by Martin Pearlman, performs the stormy opening movement with rhythmic verve and intensity. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Boston Baroque, Rafal Blechacz, Alexandre Tharaud and More 2014-01-01T17:00:22Z At their first performances, they were full of scenic wizardry, ebullient ballet, and a rhythmic, secular energy that must have seemed irreverent, if not downright raucous. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z That rhythmic signature is crucial to the feel of some Miles Davis albums from the early 1970s and a range of other music since. Review: Jack DeJohnette’s ‘In Movement’ and ‘Return’ Show Sweep 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z But the song lifts off as her band joins in, surrounding her with rhythmic and melodic crosscurrents of percussion and guitars. Rokia Koné, From Mali, Sings for the World. Especially Women. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z This summer was Spain’s “Kind of Blue” moment: A satisfying and glorious artistic culmination of years of rhythmic practice, virtuoso talents improvising their way to brilliance as we’ve watched. Physics and culture collide 2012-07-13T18:32:00Z And the rhythmic writing is at once exhilarating and giddy. Review: Philharmonic Takes on the ‘Turangalîla-Symphonie’ 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Then, at the crest of their melodic and rhythmic ascent, Clarke struck his lowest string. Chick Corea brings back the '70s in Seattle 2011-09-25T18:37:05Z The current King Crimson, designated by Mr. Fripp as Mark VIII, puts the band’s rhythmic impact literally up front. King Crimson Plays at the Best Buy Theater 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The title track is torpid rhythmic goth that includes references to asylums and rhymes "crawling on your knees" with "disease", presumably as in: dis-ease, a discomfiture with the quotidian drag that is existence. New band of the day (Rough Days for Diamond Trade No 1,473) 2013-03-18T17:00:00Z A skittering violin sound is, I am told, a squirrel - the rhythmic gong, a Scots Pine. Listening to the sounds of the woods 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The stanzas find their own length, as the narrative dictates, and there are daring blends of metre and rhythmic pace. Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti 2012-06-25T11:57:22Z Ms. Meza is a Chilean vocalist and guitarist whose music tends to juxtapose big-stepping rhythmic movement on the lower end with the weightless assurance of her voice. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Though few whites are likely to publicly declare themselves "black messiahs" any time soon, the point's well taken, made even more so by the arrival of this rhythmic, impatient music. D'Angelo's 'Black Messiah' draws on history, sublime grooves 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z In this and the other two burlesques, Mr. Rabinovich played with crisp rhythmic bite and abundant colorings. Review: Roman Rabinovich Plays Bach and More at SubCulture 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z I don't know if that's part of your process, but it's kind of musical in a way or rhythmic, even. "Survival Math" author Mitchell Jackson reckons with his "All-American" life 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z At the same time, a rhythmic rasping could be heard from behind the plexiglass. A DWI offer you can’t refuse 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z This was a perfect introduction to Julia Wolfe's world of close-packed, grinding harmonies and pungent rhythmic profiles, writes Tickets to more events Browse tickets 1. New music: Toddla T v Scissor Sisters – I Kiki feat Spank Rock & Rye Rye 2012-10-12T12:13:00Z Another is meter: You’re intensely aware of individual feet, as in verse, and of their rhythmic play in far larger units. Review: The Revelatory Early Works of Lucinda Childs at MoMA 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z There's an incredible juxtaposition of lyricism and rhythmic complexity. Violinist Jennifer Koh bridges past and present 2012-03-15T20:58:04Z His dialogue tends to be sharp, rhythmic, funny, menacing, forever evolving from traditional patois to the latest schoolroom slang, reinventing itself in newly bastardised forms. Roy Williams: Confessions of an uncool kid 2010-06-07T20:31:00Z If the piece occasionally loses rhythmic dynamism, there is frequently a sumptuous element of orchestration on offer. Review: Contemporary Music Champions Celebrate With the Hits 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Dudamel asked for lightness of touch and crisp rhythmic articulation consistent with our ideas of Baroque period practice. Generous renditions of Mendelssohn and Bach balance youth and experience 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The Stravinsky was, if anything, taken faster than usual, but with the same emphasis on rhythmic flexibility. Prom 71: Orchestre National de France/Gatti 2010-09-08T11:06:00Z Though his music is driven by explosive and irrepressibly pulsating patterns, its rhythmic profile is curiously elusive: you want to tap your feet, but two feet rarely seem enough. Crash Ensemble; Nicolas Hodges – review 2012-11-19T17:53:07Z About half way through, a solo cello starts a Steve Reich-like riff that gratifyingly infects the whole work with rhythmic life. L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z But Mr. Adès and his like-minded colleagues took a cooler, drier, more thematic and crisply rhythmic approach. Music Review | Anthony Marwood, Steven Isserlis and Thomas Ad?s: At Zankel Hall, Subduing the Ravel Trio 2010-03-21T20:59:00Z “Each of her words hang in the air and react to rhythmic and harmonic information within the music, which never ceases to move me.” Leslie Winer’s Music Was a Mystery in 1990. She Still Likes It That Way. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z For me, the opening low strings and timpani conjured the thrum of tires on the road, which especially in an older car is this rhythmic background. How Classical Music Can Help You Hear the Open Road 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z His class, she said, “had an anatomical sense to it — it went into an amazing range of shapes and steps, as well as the most thrilling rhythmic combinations.” Valda Setterfield Dies at 88; a Star in the Postmodern Dance Firmament 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z And that means it gets a lot less respect. Note, for instance, how in an ostensible defense of rhythmic gymnastics, Reuters’ Paul Majendie asked recently, “But Seriously, Is Rhythmic Gymnastics A Real Sport?” Stop hating on the Olympics’ oddball sports 2012-08-10T16:50:00Z The textures and rhythmic ambiguities of the piece, which concluded the program, held a listener’s attention for its 23-minute duration. Music Review: American Soundscapes Ensemble at Carnegie Hall 2013-04-29T20:31:54Z “The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of ‘Thinking’ are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition of ‘Let’s.'” Ed Sheeran Sued for Allegedly Copying Marvin Gaye’s 'Let's Get It On' 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z All that precedes this is rooted in manipulations of the common code – turned into pitch, then rhythmic figures. Symphony of life: making music out of the human genome 2010-06-24T21:29:00Z There is a lyrical part followed by a percussive, rhythmic part, followed by another slow movement. Adventurous violinist Leila Josefowicz to make a Seattle appearance 2011-03-31T20:38:06Z But it exerts the rhythmic power of the incantation that recurs as a motif: “Lingering spirit of the dead, rise up!” Haile Gerima and his landmark film ‘Sankofa’ are being rediscovered. Finally. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Still, they certainly showed a rhythmic variety that revealed the same quality in the Minkus music. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s ?La Bayad?re,? at Lincoln Center 2010-05-19T22:05:00Z But the ensemble's even more enticing draw may be their own compositions, which blend dreamy rhythmic tattoos with otherworldly tintinnabulations. Brooklyn-based So Percussion stops by Town Hall Seattle 2011-01-25T00:19:43Z Not only was my head on a strange pillow, it also housed a terrible rhythmic pounding. Modern Love: Newly Wed and Quickly Unraveling - Modern Love 2012-07-26T21:46:18Z The composition twists from a driving rhythmic kind of a song to something akin to spoken word, mixing up a jazz sensibility with a touch of folk, creating an exciting musical space. Kate Bush's Explores Nature on 50 Words For Snow 2011-11-22T16:55:18Z Five years after , the musical culture of New Orleans has persevered, still cherishing its long memory, its amiably shared local lore, its rhythmic genius and songs that are tough-minded even as they grin. The Night New Orleans Came to Brooklyn 2010-12-05T23:06:00Z 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 I am fairly sure it's not in Daniel Hahn's translation, which is elsewhere rhythmic and direct. The Investigation by Philippe Claudel – review 2013-02-07T09:00:02Z All eyes were focused on a juggling team that tossed flaming sticks in the air, their acrobatics accompanied by the rhythmic beating of tom-toms played by musicians clad in billowy Ali Baba pants. White Nights of St. Petersburg, Russia 2011-06-03T19:03:09Z With rhythmic speech and graceful gestures, she delivered a poem in honor of a trio of essential workers, three honorary captains — James Martin, a U.S. Amanda Gorman clearly has talent. But there’s more to her meteoric rise. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z His own band, Continuum, includes Ben Street on bass, Andrew Cyrille on drums and Román Díaz as a kind of drum-and-voice integrated hybrid: conga playing, chanted singing, rhythmic poetry. Music Review: David Virelles Continuum, at the Village Vanguard 2013-02-01T23:04:26Z The doll dances in the Act I party feel un-doll-like in their bizarre rhythmic accents; and most dances throughout the staging have a frenetic quality. Review: Pick a ‘Nutcracker,’ One From Balanchine, the Other Reimagined 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z If “Become Ocean” tries to lull you into a reflective state, “Deserts” tries to rile you up with gritty blasts of dissonance, spare motifs and sputtering rhythmic figures. Music Review: Seattle Symphony Explores Nature at Spring for Music 2014-05-07T21:12:37Z So were the deft, rhythmic exchanges of their steps, as they played off each other and the music. Dance Review: City Ballet?s Yvonne Borree Hangs Up Her Toeshoes 2010-06-07T21:06:00Z Fittingly, this weekend such poetry — involving daredevil flips and breathtaking rhythmic coordinations — will return to Lincoln Center. The Art and Artistry of Double Dutch 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The section “Echo Canyon” consists of one mounting, rhythmic, delirious and possibly hallucinatory feat of a sentence spanning 20 pages. Valeria Luiselli Traces the Youngest Casualties of the Border Crisis 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Yet, within those clouds, riffs and figures unfold in complex rhythmic patterns. Review: Ligeti Forward Celebrates a Master Modern Composer 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z "Weather Vane" thrives on propellent rhythmic momentum, and suggests "Autobahn"-era Kraftwerk. 'At Long Last ASAP Rocky' a psychedelic trip through grief 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Eventually they create something – using accordions, mandolins, harps, guitars and drums – with the visceral attack of rock and the rhythmic propulsion and thrilling momentum of dance. New band of the day ? No 874: The Mariner's Children 2010-09-23T14:57:00Z Then the musicians performed Ligeti’s “Ramifications,” a short piece for 12 players in which soft yet restless fragments and ethereal sounds spin forward with scant sense of rhythmic definition or pulse. The Berlin Philharmonic Tests a Musical Path Out of Lockdown 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The piece, “Clapping Music,” was set to five minutes of rhythmic applause by the minimalist composer Steve Reich. Benjamin Millepied Leaps Into the Spotlight 2011-02-02T23:36:06Z The Cleveland Orchestra handled the bracing momentum and jagged rhythmic crosscurrents of Mr. Adams’s symphony with confidence. Music Review: A Chance to Hear Bruckner Anew, by Himself and With an Unexpected Partner 2011-07-18T22:00:36Z Brubaker is quoted as saying that he doesn’t change the notes but rather varies elements such as rhythmic exactitude, phrase organization and use of the pedals. Taking Philip Glass to a place he need not go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z There are even rhythmic nods to the new wave funk of Police and Talking Heads, which gives certain songs a spry backdrop that's seamless. Billy Joel’s “River of Dreams” at 25: Why his most personal work was a perfect last record 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z I experience the musical, emotional, rhythmic, compositional apects of hip hop to be severely constrained. Grammy Nominations 2018: Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar Lead the Way 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The austere dissonances of the octet’s second movement, as well as the performance’s exuberance and rhythmic bite, seemed, in the group’s thoughtful programming, an outgrowth of the first half of the concert. Music Review: The Knights Chamber Orchestra at Bargemusic - Review 2011-09-18T21:30:07Z Her rhythmic freedom, always shadowed adroitly by Manoff, helped her create the sense of poetry being recited in music, especially in impeccable sets of French songs by Fauré, Chausson, Debussy and Poulenc. French soprano Sandrine Piau makes stunning D.C. debut 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Fiendishly difficult to play, this 1937 masterpiece is also pulse-pounding fun to hear as it ranges from eerie to effervescent in mood and blends dazzling sound colors with rhythmic intricacy. A Symphony presence in Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2013 Winter Festival 2013-01-10T00:09:18Z The group sections are beautiful in how they generate rhythmic joy while shunning visual synchronicity, but the weaving together of the ensemble experimentation with the traditional solo sections is too loose or too timid. Review: Keeping the Dance Fires Burning at the Joyce 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z He increased our sense of the work’s strangeness and stature, showing how it recycles rhythmic and melodic material as it goes on while almost imperceptibly transforming from sardonic to sincere. Music Review: She Can Be Tender, but She May Be a Killer, Too 2011-06-10T23:00:13Z Portland's Pacific Youth Choir upped the Christmas quotient, most impressively with a "Deck the Halls" that took unusually tricky rhythmic twists. Review: China Forbes, Ari Shapiro, perfect Pink Martini 2011-12-04T18:33:43Z In the second there’s a potent alternation between complicated balances, like those depicted in ancient Indian sculpture, and intense rhythmic activity that doesn’t just match but also contributes to the music. Dance Review: ‘Being Becoming,’ by Malini Srinivasan, at Fringe Festival 2012-08-13T21:34:16Z The rhythm section swung fast and hard, deviating from a rhythmic through-line only when the moment seemed to demand it. Music Review: Sticking to One Tune, but Not Stuck 2010-09-16T04:30:00Z In the finale Mr. Nézet-Séguin coaxed vehement playing from the orchestra, with brutal, slashing power and pummeling rhythmic intensity. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra, With Nézet-Séguin, at Carnegie Hall 2013-01-18T21:50:44Z Standing boldly front and center, Ferry crooned with the effortlessness of someone who inherently understood the essence of rhythmic assimilation. Coachella music fest: 10 picks out of 166 acts 2014-04-09T17:36:48Z Reminiscent of someone like Battles in their speed and intensity, the group's keyword is probably "hyperactive" – they're tight, but they need to be, their many rhythmic changes and stops and starts forming elaborate structures. This week's new live music 2011-07-15T23:06:53Z Due from Capitol Records in late September, the album emphasizes the duo's flair for shapely melodies and thoughtful lyrics more than the rhythmic intensity that keeps the genre running. Disclosure looks beyond EDM for 'Caracal': 'We've got a lot more to give' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z By the time the last corpse slumped to the ground it started to seem almost rhythmic: Bang bang, burble burble. Brooklyn's Finest: Training Day in Overdrive 2010-03-06T00:20:00Z The rhythmic quality of the prose in both beg to be read aloud — the best way to appreciate each detail in these tender accountings of ordinary yet luminous lives. Works of Fiction That Are Best Read Together 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The horses gamboled with rhythmic precision in a way I’ve never seen animals move. The Southern Charms of Spain and Portugal 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z "Chariots" offers enough rhythmic variety to forestall any sense that it's just running in place. ArtsBeat: Running in Circles: 'Chariots of Fire' in London 2012-06-28T14:59:50Z The title track is a shadowy abstraction of “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You,” while “...One to Ninety-Two” makes a rhythmic gantlet out of “The Christmas Song.” Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z The ambiguity ends as bursts of brass, spiky chords and jittering rhythmic figures send the music into dizzying spirals. Music Review: Honeck Steps In for Dudamel With Philharmonic 2014-03-28T21:28:42Z Mr. Cohen’s voice, a low husk barely above a whisper, chants the lyrics, putting a rhythmic edge on its seeming nonchalance. Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z This shifting, mercurial work, alive with gurgling rhythmic figures and skittish violin bursts, was inspired by three Chagall paintings of Old Testament subjects. Critic’s Notebook: Under Leif Ove Andsnes, Ojai Festival Enjoys Long Scandinavian Nights 2012-06-12T21:53:19Z “It’s very rhythmic, it’s very jazzy — very Bernstein in its own way, very vivid. The outer movements are shorter and slower.” Eight Ways of Looking at a Singular Composer 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z "What they lacked was rhythmic ingenuity, dynamic sophistication and architectural awareness," he said, adding up to a pervasive "self-satisfied smugness of sound". Nigel Kennedy accuses fellow violinists of destroying Bach's legacy 2011-08-13T21:56:11Z Playing music of his own design, Mr. Iyer found more use for recursive structures, lighting them up with complex rhythmic strategies. Music Review: Vijay Iyer, Alone and With Others, at Zankel Hall 2013-04-29T21:19:37Z Her struggle, in Mr. Maksik’s clipped, rhythmic and repetitive prose, is an exhausting street fight against relentless foes. Books of The Times: Alexander Maksik’s New Novel, ‘A Marker to Measure Drift’ 2013-08-22T19:58:56Z It’s they who, from the opening steps, show Balanchine’s thrilling contrasts between tight-closed positions and wide-stretched-open ones; his extraordinarily rhythmic use of three-dimensional space; and his unmatched mastery of changing geometries. Dance Review: Balanchine Evening Ignites City Ballet Winter Season 2014-01-22T22:40:35Z Mr. Fortner, his duet partner in this one-night stand, is a young pianist of erudition and rhythmic assurance, a well-traveled sideman and the recent winner of the prestigious Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz. Jazz Listings for Aug. 21-27 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z After their solo pieces, though, the Hahn-Levin team developed a full head of steam, burning through Schubert’s Rondo in B Minor, D. 895, with forceful, even rollicking rhythmic momentum. Hilary Hahn and Robert Levin, solo and together at Disney Hall 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z With occasional rhythmic and harmonic quirks that portend a break from classical expectations, the piece is not a violin solo with two accompanying instruments, although that is sometimes how it sounded here. Kennedy Center Chamber Players master a challenging program 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z His most recent album, the remarkable “New Throned King,” layers his smooth and threadlike saxophone playing over cantos and rhythmic patterns from the Arara people of western Cuba. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Yet Mr. Muti and his inspired players did more, highlighting inner textures, obsessively repeated rhythmic riffs and harmonic complexities. Music Review: Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2012-10-07T22:03:08Z Here's the lineup: "The Beast": Byrd's 1996 piece on domestic violence was praised by former Seattle Times dance critic Jean Lenihan for its "rhythmic intelligence and choreographic vigor" when it played at Meany Hall. Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theater announces 2011-12 season 2011-08-26T19:39:03Z Soon a jazzy clarinet interrupts and the rhythmic flow fractures into jagged bursts. Music Review: Oliver Knussen in Composer Portraits 2013-04-19T21:04:30Z In each song Ray got the essence of a basic rhythmic or melodic or sonic idea, and each became something to take notice of. The natural elements prove a breeze for Vicki Ray's Piano Spheres recital at REDCAT 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z When the last notes of Schubert’s Ninth Symphony died away, the applause seemed at first merely politely, then gradually built to that rhythmic, pounding clapping. ‘There’s still high culture in America’: Why the National Symphony Orchestra went to Moscow 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Lindsey Deaton cues members of the chorus with rhythmic strums of her guitar as she leads them through an elaborate passion play. Finding their true voices in the Trans Chorus 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z This lets her leitmotifs and archetypes bounce pleasingly within the novel’s rhythmic, often beautiful sentences, the proliferating clauses accumulating for pages and only occasionally getting tangled up. Tempting Fate With a Season of Romance, Sex, Art and Destiny 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The two pieces that Jamal Jackson presented were the rhythmic highlights of the afternoon; the troupe’s works combine traditional African and modern Western styles of music and movement. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival and Battery Dance Company 2012-08-12T22:01:26Z The electronics become animated with pulsing figures that seem at rhythmic cross-purposes with the increasingly dense, grainy guitars. Review: The Composer Tristan Perich’s Proudly Lo-Fi Electronic Sounds 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Where the late Klees bristle with anxiety, the Albers textiles are cool, rhythmic, and almost indecently gorgeous. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Akiho has an uncanny gift for intricate rhythmic counterpoint, though the mathematical precision of the final product emerged through epic stretches of stream-of-consciousness play. One Composer, Four Players, ‘Seven Pillars’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Aside from his indifference to balances, Tang seemed like an efficient leader, communicating without excess and with a generally good rhythmic bounce. Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra offers enthusiasm, but program is lacking Fundamental to a gripping account of the Symphony No. 7 was Mr. Gardiner’s taut rhythmic conception, brilliantly negotiated by players light-years advanced over their forebears in the period-instrument revival in terms of security and style. Music Review: Orchestre R?volutionnaire et Romantique at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-17T23:16:29Z But together, their balance, blend and rhythmic cohesion work beautifully. Fry Street Quartet explores the Earth’s resources in new works 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Most of the material was off-center, rhythmic and probing, though anchored by his piano or guitar. Clash duo, Gorillaz bring down curtain on Coachella 2010-04-20T00:17:00Z The community he nurtures has basic requirements—an understanding of Charlie Parker’s language for improvisation, a fluency in multiple rhythmic traditions, and a blend of rigor and openness of mind. ‘Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I (The Embedded Sets)’ by Steve Coleman Review: The Complex Made Accessible 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s dynamic and arresting, like a rhythmic construction site, an inspired jam played on steel beams and girders. The Washington Ballet, perfectly balanced in Forsythe’s ‘In the Middle’ 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z As befits a ballet, it begins with the sound of footsteps: the composer’s own, recorded on surfaces including sand, snow and wet and frozen earth, and used as a rhythmic ostinato for the entire work. Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z His drumming joined the rhythmic waves and the theater was engulfed in sound that lifted everything up, shyness and smallness and loudness and age and time itself. ‘Peaceful fighters’ celebrated in KanKouran dance tribute to King 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z The scherzo skipped along with mischievousness and rhythmic bite. Review: Yuja Wang Tackles Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier,’ Assured to a Fault 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Tinariwen mixes African, Arabic and Western styles to produce haunting, rhythmic music whose lyrics recall the hardships of life in the desert and of political struggles. In Transit Blog: Fables and Fantasy Infuse 40th Hong Kong Arts Festival 2012-01-30T11:00:26Z Anchored by Allman's rhythmic keyboards and whiskey-tinged voice, the band found some success on radio, but its reputation was forged through a barnstorming tour schedule and epic live concerts. Gregg Allman 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The St. Lawrence Quartet specializes in contemporary music, and it was interesting to hear its members apply their impressive rhythmic coordination and expansive color palette to standard repertory. Review: A High-Energy St. Lawrence String Quartet at Zankel Hall 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z A lot of it was about sounds rather than music – the clack-clack of billiard balls, the blaring of horns, the tick-tock of clocks – but all with the rhythmic quality Francis wanted. How we made ... Francis Ford Coppola and Stewart Copeland on Rumble Fish 2012-08-13T16:34:00Z It draws ideas not just from Miles Davis of the ’60s and ’70s and Charlie Parker of the ’40s, but from West African rhythmic practices and even heartbeat patterns, the oldest music in the world. Popcast: Parsing Steve Coleman's Genius 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z There are bursts of rhythmic exuberance, too, and moments where the influence of Scarlatti’s adopted Spain shows in proud, flamboyant gestures. Classical Playlist: Dvorak, Haydn, Monteverdi and More 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Khan provides relaxed, melodic settings for traditional lyrics, and the songs are, for the most part, easy-going and gently rhythmic, to which he adds occasional sitar flurries, with just one extended solo. Asha Bhosle and Shujaat?Khan: Naina Lagaike ? review 2011-03-10T22:01:01Z Watch his tap routine in “Hail, Caesar!” for the sheer delight of his rhythmic athleticism, cool control and lighthearted charm. These 18 movie stars are also amazing dancers. That’s their real superpower. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z He crouched, lunged, turned to the audience and shouted out "mambo," and, as if in every single musician's face, enforced rhythmic exuberance and intensely sensitive dynamics. National Youth Orchestra is sensational at Disney Hall 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Black fiddlers played in a style that was more rhythmic, syncopated and African in character, and called the tunes “Negro jigs.” Joe Thompson Dies at 93; Fiddler of String Band Legacy 2012-03-02T03:08:25Z Reading that transcript, I was so struck by how fun and funny and rhythmic his language was. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: An Oral History of ‘Angels in America’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The Cree-Métis Flett pairs rhythmic alliterative verse about animals at play with repeating silhouettes of frolicking children to celebrate our interconnectedness. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z After this preface the dance improved quickly, with Mr. Ekman taking advantage of the rhythmic acuity and sharpness of the Cedar Lake crew. Dance Review: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2012-05-23T21:55:51Z The orchestra musicians will wear earpieces that deliver rhythmic clicks to indicate the beat. ?West Side Story? Score to Be Played by Philharmonic 2011-09-06T21:53:07Z I loved the rhythmic pounding of the drum and the focus needed to stay on task. Taiko drumming: It’s loud, it’s fun and, yes, it’s a workout 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Its rhythmic beat aches with loss but it is also alluring, catchy even; you feel an urge to be with these women, thumping your heart too. Where Do We Go Now?: Women in Black 2012-05-10T10:45:57Z In response you see Mr. Ratmansky playing all kinds of structural and rhythmic games. Dance Review: Horseplay for the Staid Mariinsky 2011-07-13T22:23:04Z In general, musicians are individually playing only part of a rhythmic cycle or a melodic line. Review: ‘Interventions,’ the Horse Lords’ Daring and Energetic Third Album 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Unlike the rhythmic exuberant Indian instrumental music so popular here several decades ago, this music, while full of beautifully sung ornamentation, was harder to warm up to at first hearing. ‘Serenade!’ vocal ensemble festival showcases the sounds of the world 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z “Studying it at the piano, which is a percussive instrument, my first impression was that the music is full of this tight rhythmic presence,” he said. Peter Eotvos Prepares the Opera ‘Senza Sangue’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z It’s fine to have dance music, it’s fine to have rhythmic music. ArtsBeat: At 78, Clive Davis Still Commands the Stage 2011-02-11T18:20:18Z The tension between propulsive rhythmic precision and individual styles captivated, especially when Mr. Albright dispensed with forced conceptual frames and focused on his dancers’ kinetic intelligence. Dance Review: Sampling New Work One Step at a Time 2011-04-13T00:19:47Z The challenges for performers of the work are substantial, said Mr. Bernhardsson, explaining that because of the complex rhythmic divisions, the musicians spent “hours trying to play perfectly not together.” Review: The Pacifica Quartet Interprets Composers’ ‘Last Words’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z His rhythmic imagination inspired Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and the Nicholas Brothers, and marked jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z It's an unlikely collaboration that works, magnificently, especially on the angry, driving and rhythmic Birnakely. Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate: Faya – review 2013-01-03T22:45:01Z Whoever did write has a facility for fluent, rhythmic prose, possibly with a news-magazine sheen: "In the Denver speech, greater emphasis and a distinctly populist gloss had been placed on the loopholes to be closed." The story of O: A Presidential Novel 2011-01-21T12:15:40Z Lippa's efforts make for a few jaunty tunes and a sizable collection of nimble lyrics - the rhythmic opening number that introduces the Addams clan is especially catchy. 'The Addams Family' mines macabre musical comedy 2010-04-08T23:05:00Z The crisp acoustic of the recently renovated hall enhanced Ligeti’s rhythmic vivacity. Review: Ligeti’s Fascinating Polyrhythm at the New York Phil 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Baroque specialists in particular may bristle at his occasionally counterintuitive voicing, with unconventional emphasis on particular notes and phrases, and his rubato — rhythmic manipulation that sometimes pushes the meter toward unrecognizability. Lang Lang, Piano Thunderer, Greets Bach’s Austere ‘Goldbergs’ 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z How does a person’s movement create a rhythmic imprint? Dance Listings for the Fall Season and Beyond 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Blair McMillen offered a dynamic performance of the work, in which the rapid sequences of jagged rhythmic patterns are punctuated by a momentary lull in the festivities. Music Review: Contemporary Solo Piano Music at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-05-31T19:17:00Z As befits a show about the Temptations, the most infectiously rhythmic of chart-topping R&B groups, “Ain’t Too Proud” keeps time in style. Review: An All-Star Team in the Temptations Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Her rhythmic inclinations, instead, found their way into the music, a collage of echoey footsteps and bass guitar. Review: Martha Graham Dance Revisits a Classic in Gala 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z "He also reveals, in the musical numbers, a serviceable tenor and sufficient rhythmic savvy to handle Frank Loesser's jaunty, jazz-tinged score." What to say about ... Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway 2011-03-29T09:58:53Z And his words often fall short, serving as a better a rhythmic component than an emotional one. Justin Timberlake Looks Beyond the Pop Star Life on ‘Man of the Woods’ 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z R&B music lately has become synonymous on the mainstream charts with a certain rhythmic and vocal abandon — a platform for emoting and celebrating, a soundtrack for partying and hustling. New wave of neo-soul 2013-10-11T15:13:21Z So the sound of it and the kind of rhythmic choices — those seem very important to the composition. Where does music end and poetry begin? David Grubbs wrote his first poem to find out 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z But it was for his gospel singing - religious music that combined the rhythmic beat of blues, jazz and soul - that Dixon first gained attention. Songwriter, gospel singer Jessy Dixon dies at 73 2011-09-26T20:28:08Z The new album from this Jamaican-born piano eminence is “Wareika Hill: Rastamonk Vibrations,” a collection of classic Thelonious Monk tunes, all recast through a series of rhythmic and dynamic alterations rooted in dub and reggae. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z They established a rhythmic pocket that allowed Williams to effortlessly weave line after line of blues-tinged improvisation. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Separately, I keep track of movement and rhythmic ideas. A Choreographer in Quarantine (the Kind With a Guard in the Hall) 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z I loved his voice, a tremendous rhythmic presence. Jonathan Demme returns to live music film 2012-09-05T16:46:04Z Like most of Mr. Reich’s music, this sextet is notable for its rhythmic complexity, pulsing energy, ecstatic moods and harmonic shifts, here given extra resonance by shifting light patterns. Review: ‘Surface Tension,’ Inspired by the Met’s Percussive Collection 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Kelly composed the score, meshing birdsong and repetitive incantations, à la Laurie Anderson, to provide a rhythmic base for breathless running and flurries of locomotive invention. Raja Feather Kelly and Tzveta Kassabova Join Forces 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z For them, the difficulty is in playing with the rhythmic precision of the other musicians. Watch Ping-Pong Make Its New York Philharmonic Debut 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z For her, movement works best when it’s snappy, with an emphasis placed on crisp, rhythmic precision. Dance Review: Start, Then Start Again on a Newly Made Stage 2010-12-12T22:42:00Z With rhythmic movement, more than sheer dance, they indicate their frustration, rebelliousness and hope. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Matilda’ Movement, and More Broadway Choreography 2013-06-07T22:02:24Z Its main theme is a musical palindrome with a 13-beat rhythmic cycle. New Music: Dumpstaphunk, Five Finger Death Punch and Ben Monder 2013-07-29T22:08:11Z In off hours she bangs, creating rhythmic instrumentals that explore the joys of repetition with beats that bounce around like super-balls. Jlin's strange sounds beguile; Shelby Lynne produces fantastic country 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z The orchestra darts about in spare, Neo-Classical passages, with recurring rhythmic riffs and a quizzical quality. ‘The Passenger’ at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z She wanted a particular kind of rhythmic drive and often coached her sidemen in real time by stomping her left foot or moving her head. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z He plays with discipline and focus, mixing the rhythmic sophistication of Afro-Caribbean dance music with the swinging power of jazz’s big-band tradition. New Year’s Eve: A Procrastinator’s Guide to Music and Comedy Shows 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Jeffrey Milarsky, the group’s music director, is a percussionist by training, which may be a reason for the easy facility with which he navigated the twists and rhythmic turns of these thorny, changeable scores. Music Review: Axiom Plays Boulez and Stockhausen at Alice Tully Hall 2014-04-21T21:49:17Z His nuanced understanding of Davis’s playing — its harmonic and rhythmic wirings as well as its smoldering tone — was only part of a vast musical ken. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z There are some rhythmic glitches in the staging, and Mr. Cork’s solemn, cinematic music can occasionally be intrusive. Review: In ‘Hughie,’ With Forest Whitaker, Two Desolate Lost Souls 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z His ultimate choice to keep the tapping silent, as a visualization of the music’s rhythmic intricacy, was an aesthetic one, he said: The music was dense already. Sliding Toward Tap, and Taking Risks, at American Ballet Theater 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Hopefully the microphone is turned up loud enough to hear Gonjasufi's rhythmic poetry, from his unmistakable, blown-apart husk of a human voice. An exciting Wednesday: Seattle's Beat Connection and USF at the Laser Dome, Mary Anne Hobbs and Gonjasufi at Baltic Room 4/13 2011-04-11T18:40:29Z 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 The ponderous symbolism and overcalculated squiggles of Pollock’s first years got channeled to something rhythmic, automatic, almost dancing, and almost drippy. Jackson Pollock, Before the Drip 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z “The Bread of Arid Lands, Kazakhstan, 1961,” represented by a 1980s print, is remarkable for its rhythmic curving lines of trucks. Photography: Soviet Photographs in a Rough-And-Tumble Auction 2011-04-01T12:00:31Z Soon the music took off, and there were rhythmic volleys and overlapping bursts from all directions. Music Review: ?Persephassa? by Xenakis, on Central Park Lake 2010-06-22T22:13:00Z He spoke of the clave, the Afro-Cuban percussion rhythmic unit with three strokes on one side of each measure and two strokes on the other, as a process of tension and release. Music Review: Arturo O’Farrill Band at Ginny’s Supper Club in Harlem 2012-06-20T22:03:23Z Only his Menuet raised an eyebrow for its rhythmic rigidity within an otherwise freely flowing account. | Ran Dank: Wide-Ranging Program for Prizewinning Pianist 2009-12-17T05:52:00Z There are several passages in which the stage action makes little rhythmic response to the music’s overwhelming pulse — most obviously in the Capulets’ outrage over the death of Tybalt. Review: ‘Romeo + Juliet,’ a Movielike Ballet in Need of Better Direction 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Sometimes it even engenders heated debate, as in the case of Chris Dave & the Drumhedz, whose late show at the Bowery Ballroom on Friday was a soup of fleeting rhythmic genius and unfocused meandering. Review: A Jazzfest Marathon With Protest at Its Heart 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z It was remarkable the degree to which all three seemed to be saying, “Don’t watch me — watch my dancing,” and what was evident was an intense sense of rhythmic play. Review: Gypsy Flamenco With Play and Passion, Not Flash 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Matra, in Sanskrit, denotes a small rhythmic unit in music, or a syllable in speech. Music Review: Oscar Bianchi’s ‘Matra’ Debuts at the MATA Festival 2014-04-20T20:25:50Z Even musical theater titans like Rodgers and Berlin succumbed to harmonic meekness and rhythmic sclerosis as they approached their 70s. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Elsewhere there are rhythmic foot stomping, snapping strings for bullets and, at the very end, a slow, surreal, unpleasant slide down to the final harmony, as if death itself were being enacted. Music Review: A Far Cry, in the Schneider Concerts at Tishman Auditorium 2013-01-17T22:50:08Z His signature hatching, for instance, combines the rhythmic, calming effects of repeated parallel lines with the agitated energy produced by constant variations in direction, length, thickness and weight. Review | Vincent van Gogh’s early work was mediocre. This exhibition shows how he became great. 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z And James, who is Canadian, deftly captures the slow, rhythmic cadence of Lewis’s manner of speaking. Rep. John Lewis on ‘Selma’ and the memories it brings to life 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Written in the 1980s, the piece draws its lifeblood from Ligeti’s remarkable rhythmic sense. Review: Ligeti’s Fascinating Polyrhythm at the New York Phil 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z “We concentrated on the rhythmic elements,” McNicholas said, “but I think we remained aware of the inherent absurdity of the concept of using everyday objects as instruments, so the humor was there from the start.” Farewell to ‘Stomp,’ a Show at the Beating Heart of New York 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The final Allegro weaves in a jig with unexpected rhythmic accents that is based on an old English folk tune, “If All the World Were Paper.” Music Review: L’Orchestre des Portes Rouges at Church of the Resurrection 2013-01-23T22:02:04Z And Dorrance’s choreography for the show’s opening, arranging the cast’s varying footfalls in rhythmic counterpoint, is sublime. Review: In ‘Flying Over Sunset,’ Getting High With the Stars 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z "Arnold's music is rhythmic, kinetic, with lots of percussion," Krajewski says. Seattle Symphony pays tribute to 007 themes 2012-01-26T19:53:24Z The ostinato here is a rhythmic pattern on a single pitch, which Ms. Oppens at first presented with a velvety sound. Review: Pianist Ursula Oppens Seamlessly Connects the Classics With New Music 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z She remembers, back in 1980, hearing Anderson perform a piece driven by a rhythmic, repeating voice loop and a series of conversations processed into electronic layers through a vocoder. A Laurie Anderson pilgrimage? Just don’t tell her you’re calling it that. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z One inviting tradition in Kathak has the dancer vocalize a rhythmic phrase before dancing it; suspense builds as the phrases become trickier, and Ms. Dandekar’s calm played against that suspense pleasingly. Dance Review: ‘Dancing the Gods,’ a Festival of Indian Movement 2014-04-29T20:20:23Z He shattered that core sound into jagged rhythmic clusters, each lacerating note accompanied with a piercing strobe light flash. Music Review: Unsound Festival Returns to New York 2014-04-04T21:50:54Z An insistent rhythmic pulse permeates the work, which was given a strong performance by the Philharmonic and the violinist Leonidas Kavakos. Music Review: Philharmonic Takes on Stravinsky at Avery Fisher 2010-04-29T20:49:00Z Its final moment offers a note of prophetic dissent: As two percussionists symbolically ring 19 tubular bells, a third plays a rhythmic pattern based on a clave from West Africa. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Developing this rhythmic symbolism further, the single "Time" uses numerous musical strategies to draw attention to the fragility of human life. How Stoicism influenced music from the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Elsewhere — on “Geri-Rigged,” by Ms. Carrington, for instance — the trio works with a firmly articulated rhythmic premise that gradually gives way to an expressionistic scrawl. Review: An All-Star Jazz Trio Explores Form and Freedom 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z There were too many slips in language, rhythmic accuracy and intonation for comfort. Prom 51: Swedish CO/Dausgaard 2010-08-24T11:49:00Z Both bands write meandering, slowly evolving, horn lines to balance the rhythmic maelstrom beneath. Melbourne jazz festival 2013: reviews and weekend highlights 2013-06-07T02:01:13Z Up and down Manhattan — and probably the Bronx and Staten Island, too — cheers ring out from apartment towers and brownstones, along with the sounds of rhythmic chants, applause and whistles. Perspective | The nightly ovation for hospital workers may be New York’s greatest performance 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z There's a rhythmic verve to the wood carving in all these pieces. What a pretty picture ... OMG, what's happening in it, you'll ask, at 2 Seattle shows 2010-09-16T22:24:00Z There's a nice rhythmic and tonal balance at work here: Everybody else in the movie is trending toward some version of comic resolution, of forgiving their own sins and those of others. "Change of Plans": Dinner for cheaters 2010-08-28T00:30:00Z The Labèque sisters favor rhythmic precision and quick, sharp action — a solid way to achieve clarity in the double piano repertory — and they use dynamics rather than color to define phrases. Review: Nico Muhly’s Moody Concerto for Two Pianos 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The music was highly detailed, full of terse harmonic frictions and oblong rhythmic constructions, but it often had a spontaneous dynamism traceable to Mr. Weiss, through his well-placed flare-ups of lightly clattering funk. Music Review: Matt Mitchell, With Trio, at Greenwich House 2012-08-10T21:26:44Z “It Might Be a Bird,” by Alyssa Weinberg, created a similar rhythmic effect through meditative repetition, but with sounds closer to noise, such as croaking bow-scrapes and trembling dissonant clusters. Review | San Francisco’s Amaranth Quartet offers world premieres in its D.C. debut 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z A pair of vibraphones and two long marimbas clatter away in rhythmic patterns that go in and out of phase, creating a rush of ringing sound that takes away all possible thought of anything else. Steve Reich at 80, his finger on the pulse of a bewildered country 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The many kinds of rhythmic footwork, all glorious, that occur during the solo — cascades, crescendos, accelerations and decelerations — are all part of one concentrated stream of consciousness. Dance Review: Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca ? Joyce Theater ? Review 2011-09-29T00:11:26Z Under his neat baton, the melodies unfolded in long, lyrical spans, buoyed by the great rhythmic machine Schubert creates, but the moments of potential magic sped by too quickly for the players to harness them. BBCSO/Volkov – review 2013-02-17T14:00:17Z The male performers were far from alike — one was broad-chested, another willow-slender — but all showed the enthralling Odissi qualities for physical pliancy, rhythmic vigor, hewing and holding three-dimensional shapes, and eloquently communicative face and hands. Dance Review: Orissa Dance Academy at Ailey Studios 2013-05-26T19:38:43Z Early track “Non-State Actor” mixes in that familiar foreign rhythmic flavor, punctuated by Cornell’s grating vocal deconstructions on the choruses. With King Animal, Soundgarden Reigns Again 2012-11-12T19:50:39Z I wasn’t sure exactly what I meant by the question—whether I was inquiring about a rhythmic influence or a spiritual one, some kind of widening or diffusion. A Quest to Rename the Williamsburg Bridge for Sonny Rollins 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z "I'm in a different place, different mindset and the same thing goes - but I wanted the record to feel more energetic, more dynamic, more positive, more rhythmic and uplifting," he said. Q&A: Josh Groban sings about love lost _ again 2013-02-05T14:51:28Z To my ear, that is by far the strongest line of the poem—the most charged with meaning, the most memorable—and its rhythmic scansion is no small part of that. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z A silvery Scherzo sends out soaring filmic fanfares, as mystical harmonies breathe out of vigorous rhythmic activity. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Gives a Master Class at Carnegie 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Underpinning the piece is the impatient rhythmic motif from the scherzo of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Review: John Adams Wrestles the Ghosts of His Musical Fathers 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Starting unpromisingly with the sounds of heartbeats and breathing, it gathered rhythmic force, at first with voices alone and then with drums, bass notes and blasts of brass. Alvin Ailey Troupe Debuts ‘The Pleasure of the Lesson’ 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “We have an opportunity to infuse history and a rhythmic sensibility that may not have been present the first time the show was seen,” she said. Ayodele Casel Is on Tap for ‘Funny Girl’ 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The rhythmic writing, form and counterpoint in the Schoenberg pieces are actually not that radical. Radical Music: Sometimes Shocking, Sometimes Subtle 2012-09-18T17:43:03Z Melodic fragments glinted and swirled like snowflakes caught in eddies and gusts; Alex Lipowski, a percussionist, added a rhythmic shush with fingertips rubbed across sheets of paper. Music in Review 2011-01-24T23:22:42Z And then to fall asleep to the summer sounds of the sea: a lullaby of waves lapping against rocky shores punctuated by the rhythmic tinkling of sailboat halyards. For a real taste of Midcoast Maine as it was — and should be — head to Damariscotta 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z It offered quick glimpses of musical, military and athletic groups from all of the states, along with rhythmic delights from Puerto Rico and the U.S. At Biden’s Inaugural Events, the Music Was Earnestly Reassuring 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Orpheus offered a spirited, energetic performance, with playing notable for its rhythmic vigor and spontaneous ebb and flow. Music Review: Christian Tetzlaff Joins Orpheus at Carnegie Hall 2014-03-31T21:19:15Z The pieces that most caught the attention were the three by Mr. Currier — “Quiet Time,” “Time’s Arrow” and “Time Flow” — with rhythmic and textural qualities that sometimes worked against the images in fruitful counterpoint. Music Review: Cassatt String Quartet at the Hayden Planetarium 2012-06-21T21:44:36Z A MacArthur fellow, he often travels the globe in search of inspiration, rhythmic and otherwise. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z His rhythmic acuity, elevation and freshness nonetheless made a great impression, as did those of Jeffrey Cirio on Thursday in the same role. An Exquisite Ratmansky and More From American Ballet Theater 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Hundreds of euphoric, maskless revelers crammed onto the dance floor, the only social distancing created in temporary pockets by the rhythmic moving of the crowd. Berlin Clubs Return With a Vengeance 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Things were exciting for a few years, she said, mentioning the same thrill in nabbing a good item, or a “shiny,” enjoying the rhythmic patterns of old Vine. The Secret Life of Amazon’s Vine Reviewers 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z I think this piece cannot be played as an entertainment or funny rhythmic exercise. Two "Rites", no riot, expected for Stravinsky centenary 2013-05-29T11:54:22Z Old Bat's drastic re-envisioning keeps the chorus and general pop structure, but turns the instrumentation into a fractured rhythmic suspension, full of bell-like pulses and thumping, thwacking drums. Friday Favorites: Crazy Old Bat, The Physics, BenadriLL 2011-04-29T18:02:07Z The repeating lines and columns conjure the rhythmic sounds and passing sights of a speeding train. Beyond Abstract Expressionism: MoMA Rethinks the Art of the 1950s 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z He bobbed without weaving, making small-grade rhythmic oscillations and conjuring a high intensity. Live Jazz: 5 April Standouts, From Andrew Cyrille to Linda May Han Oh 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Her characters whisper, shout, elongate a vowel or express rhythmic cadence, allowing language to escape the familiar. The Creators of ‘On Sugarland’ Build a Site of Mourning and Repair 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z There are tales of how Balanchine was delighted by her rhythmic freedom as she reaccentuated passages of old choreography and thereby rejuvenated them. Dance Review: Darci Kistler: The Long Goodbye 2010-06-28T18:34:00Z He blazed trails in pop music, splicing sounds from life, known as “musique concrete,” into rhythmic loops in an approach that prefigured sampling in hip-hop and other genres. Jean-Jacques Perrey, Electronic Music Pioneer, Dies at 87 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z But gripping propulsion and rhythmic élan supplied excitement to the outer movements. L.A. Phil digs into early Beethoven, explores what is immortal 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z But these are suggested through Mr. Brown’s structural, spatial and rhythmic choices, and, within these choices, by the nuanced responsiveness of musicians and dancers to one another. Dance Review: A Troupe Celebrates Its Voyages of Discovery Through 25 Years 2010-12-19T23:15:09Z Williams's tricky post-bop scores, full of melodic hairpin bends and abrupt rhythmic shifts, were a tough ask. Jeff Williams – review 2013-06-06T16:36:00Z In accord with the nomadic theme, some of the music experiments with rhythmic breathing and schoolyard chants, but nothing is as convincing and fresh as Mr. Liñán’s eloquence when he chooses to be quiet. Review: In ‘Nómada,’ Manuel Liñán Revels in Flamenco Energy 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Hofmann portrays this pervasive sense of syncope through rhythmic prose and powerful allusions to faith in an amoral world. Tear Down That Will: An East German Guide to Breaking the Spirit 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z In his music, Dorji has found his rebellion; it grabs at melodic or rhythmic fragments only to grind them into dust. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The Symphony's violence, however, scandalised its first audiences in 1935, and its aggression and underlying sense of impending rhythmic and melodic dissolution remain profoundly disturbing. LPO/Wigglesworth – review 2013-05-02T17:22:24Z Mr. Rugolo’s arrangements, building on the orchestra’s aggressive, blasting style, moved into the complex harmonic and rhythmic territory that defined the Kenton sound of those years. Pete Rugolo, Arranger and Composer, Is Dead at 95 2011-10-19T04:53:00Z The two exchanged exuberant, chattering rhythmic figures and drew the audience into an amiable singalong. Music Review: Maya Beiser?s Multicultural Harmonies at Poisson Rouge 2010-04-18T22:55:00Z Playing with crystalline clarity and a rhythmic buoyancy that highlights the works’ dance elements, Mr. Schiff reveals the contrapuntal brilliance and the joy, wit and melancholy of these 24 preludes and fugues. Classical Music on Disc, on DVD and in Books 2012-11-22T21:26:23Z Mr. Thompson, impish and androgynous, has wonderful vitality, and the more solidly built Mr. Vidlar is perhaps the most exceptional dancer of all, with brilliant rhythmic vigor. Trajal Harrell’s ‘Twenty Looks’ in Full at the Kitchen 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The pavilion, light-filled and made rhythmic by its repeating beams and pillars, is a foil. Horniman Museum; Bauhaus Live – review 2012-05-26T23:05:30Z Singing in an understated murmur over a light rhythmic waft, Mr. Russell fills in a portrait of dawning romantic disillusionment, tracing a melody whose casual sophistication recalls the best of Antônio Carlos Jobim. Leon Russell, From Rising to Resurgent 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Every lyricist on Music Row aspires to think this elegantly, finding ways to pack the universe into pithy, coherent, pleasingly rhythmic bundles that report on the finer details of the human condition in plain English. Everyday Zen: On the road with Willie Nelson at 81 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z For the section called “Under the Stars,” a bonfire was projected overhead and the players all took up interestingly tuned ukuleles, each inhabiting its own rhythmic orbit. Bang on a Can All-Stars launch their 'Road Trip' in Hollywood, and it's a fun ride 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z It was a performance of great textural beauty and clarity of counterpoint, marred by moments of rhythmic stiffness. BBCSO/Sinaisky ? review 2011-02-22T18:20:48Z And in the bridge to “Aluminum Baby,” arranged as a rumba of sorts, there was a brief rhythmic hiccup to accompany a restless harmonic turn. Music Review: Honoring a Jazz Pianist and Mentor (Without Using a Single Jazz Piano) 2010-10-11T21:54:00Z Her rhythmic interlaces are somewhere between elaborate calligraphy and simplified pictograms. Valerie Jaudon's paintings: The more you look, the more you're pulled into her world 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z He delivered Chopin as written, as if the elaborate figurations, the subtle rhythmic elaborations and all the rest were utterly natural, as though eloquence was the only option. Miguel Harth Bedoya and L.A. Phil have special chemistry 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Jónas, who is widely considered one of the most inventive musicians in Iceland, reinvents himself yet again by introducing electronic influences to his otherwise soulful, folksy and rhythmic sound. August's best music from across the MAP 2012-08-15T08:00:00Z As a pack, and in long rhythmic sequences, they move in and out of unison, carving sharp angles, stopping with a jolt that reverberates from joint to joint. For a Young Choreographer, Bed-Stuy Is Home and a Stage 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Mitchell’s playbook leans on long thematic arcs, slithery polytonality, rhythmic caginess and a chamber-like internal logic that carries over to the practice of group improvisation. Review: On ‘Vista Accumulation,’ Matt Mitchell Plays Tension Like an Instrument 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Yet the music is full of traps for a conductor, especially when it comes to pacing and rhythmic freedom; give singers too much expressive leeway, and things can easily turn flaccid. Review: In Her Met Debut, a Conductor Leads a Fresh ‘La Bohème’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z His rhythmic delivery can be all over the place. Critic?s Notebook: Andrea Bocelli, Philharmonic and Friends in Central Park 2011-09-16T17:41:13Z His fellow musicians admired his imagination, his versatility and his distinctive style, which blended the urbanity and rhythmic drive of the Harlem stride pianists, the dexterity of Art Tatum and the harmonic daring of bebop. Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91 2010-05-17T15:40:00Z This was especially true of the selection of miniatures with which Ms. Monk opened, including a two-part solo made up of dreamy humming and rhythmic tongue clicks. Review: Meredith Monk Ends Carnegie Hall Run With Mystery and Mastery 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Arranged by the music director Arthur Solari, they are incorporated into Mr. Uhry’s script and sung by the cast, alongside the ecstatic, rhythmic physical embodiments of worship, as imagined through Ms. Clarke’s stamping, whirling processionals. Dance Review: ?Angel Reapers? at Joyce Theater - Review 2011-12-01T22:38:17Z My companions skied toward me, arms and legs moving in the rhythmic kick and glide of Nordic skiing. Skiing Town to Town in a Magical Corner of Vermont 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Her touch was light, packed with energy and shaped with just enough rhythmic bend and sway to keep from sounding metronomic — and to keep the orchestra just a little off balance. Sarah Chang and National Philharmonic shine in thoughtful and passionate program The network said he was one of the few trained operators for the famed R2-D2 droid from the Star Wars franchise and engineered the Energizer Bunny’s popular rhythmic beat. ‘Mythbusters’ star Grant Imahara dies from brain aneurysm 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z But this was certainly no handicap in the 10th and 12th of the Transcendental Studies, which were dispatched with an often breathtaking brilliance and rhythmic zest. Lugansky: A pianist of awesome talent 2011-11-16T18:03:04Z Often Verdi’s accompaniments look deceptively simple, but Mr. Muti carefully polishes each one, stressing proper articulation, intonation and rhythmic definition while always insisting on expressive, singing tone. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z It often lacks a rhythmic "groove," and when there are lyrics, they are not easy to sing along with. Why you should consider adding classical music to your exercise playlist 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Concert review: Destroyer creates new sounds at Showbox JP Carter's trumpet solo on "Downtown" got the loudest applause all night at the Destroyer concert Sunday at the Showbox, ripping through the speakers, rhythmic and noisy. Concert review: Destroyer creates new sounds at Showbox 2012-06-04T21:34:19Z But the backdrop and underground textures are alive with fitful figurations, rhythmic shards and thick-textured, pungent harmonies. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z It was beautiful and rhythmic; you surrendered to it completely. How to Succeed in Hollywood Despite Being Really Beautiful 2011-06-26T04:03:05Z A slow-moving rhythmic gesture — an inhalation poised on a high note that slides to an exhalation on a lower one — runs through the piece. Review: Susanna Malkki Makes an Immediate Impression 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z He grew up playing timbales in Latin jazz and mambo bands, where the rhythmic complexity is greater and more gravity-defying than in standard jazz drumming. For Milford Graves, Jazz Innovation Is Only Part of the Alchemy 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z These are spare, full of suspenseful silences, piercing melody and intermittent rhythmic drive, and Mr. Marriott responds sensitively to their moods although the movement never deepens the musical experience. Alastair Marriott’s ‘Connectome’ opens in London 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z I’ll just say that this short piece involves an ultimate prolongation of the note A, in octaves, in pummeling repetitions, in rhythmic leaps and crashes, in almost everything imaginable. Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z Written in 1975 — the year Mr. Rands relocated to America — this nine-minute piece represents a formidable strain of high modernism, expressed in leaping intervals and tumultuous rhythmic bursts. Music Review: Music of Now Marathon Begins Composers Now Series 2013-02-05T23:12:21Z In Jason Eckhardt’s “Dithyramb,” from “Tongues,” she explored the timbre and color of individual consonants, which become the rhythmic fuel of the piece. Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z Amid the startlingly modern elements of Prokofiev’s score is his occasional use of the voices as mere texture, with some phrases repeated so often that the words begin to take on a purely rhythmic power. Review: ‘The Fiery Angel,’ Devilishly Tough Prokofiev 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The rhythmic groove that makes reggae so intoxicating prevents the kind of development that edges a character forward, just as the repeated chorus structure, usually with repeated lyrics to match, stalls when deployed as drama. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z He's added rhythmic loops and distortion effects on his typically economical guitar playing that amplify the emotions of the music. Bahamas wants listeners to lean in to hear 'Bahamas Is Afie' album 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z In this exuberant number, called “The Cover Is Not the Book,” Miranda, in pink vest and purple trousers, releases the rhythmic finesse of the Alexander Hamilton that still lives and breathes inside him. Perspective | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has lively dancing, and Lin-Manuel Miranda raps. But is that enough? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The transgressiveness works in part because of the rhythmic assurance of the prose. Daisy Johnson’s Uncanny Début Novel Rewrites Oedipus 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Unitards have been seen in rhythmic gymnastics competitions in decades past while leotards have been the go-to for artistic gymnasts who compete in floor exercises, uneven bars, balance beam and vault. Olympic gymnasts sound off on the evolving leotard: 'Power and prestige goes with those leos' 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Perhaps he enjoyed the rhythmic swing between body and soul and just never wanted it to end. Art Review: Hyman Bloom’s Rabbi Paintings at White Box 2013-08-29T22:07:24Z Various events — tentative brass fanfares; short, rhythmic riffs in the percussion and piano; obsessive spiraling figures — try to get going but soon blend into the subdued overall hum of the piece. Music Review: The Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-05-25T23:35:51Z Her backing quintet had a drummer, Neal Morgan, but almost for color alone; he had far less rhythmic work to do than what she’d assigned to herself. Music Review | Joanna Newsom: At Town Hall, Singing in Tongues, Some of Them Strung 2010-03-20T00:19:00Z "Haptadâmã" is emphatically an ensemble piece of great rhythmic complexity, energized by a continually changing sense of forward momentum. Review: Sculpture park a perfect setting for Esoterics' exploration of ancient myth 2010-05-08T18:39:00Z The enduring appeal of that form lies in its ability to exalt the everyday by endowing it with the pattern of rhythmic song. ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ Review: Hip-Hop Saves the World 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The final version had to be spliced from different takes, but the result conveys the essence of Monk's melodic and rhythmic audacity. 50 great moments in jazz: The renaissance of Thelonious Monk 2010-04-29T15:28:00Z While others fixated on the fluid virtuosity and harmonic sophistication of Charlie Parker, Coleman heard the bluesy cry in Parker’s tone and the rhythmic unrest just beneath the surface. Seeing Ornette Coleman 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Gospel routinely transcends its 1980s clichés: audience-tested vocal strength and trust in the power of crescendo trumps synthified slickness and outdated rhythmic feeling. Playlist : At Midcareer, Some Astonish, Some Explore 2011-04-29T18:39:43Z The young tenor Nicholas Phan sang with sweet, full sound; rhythmic punch; and impressively clear diction. Music Review: Elliott Carter Celebrates 103rd Birthday at 92nd Street Y - Review 2011-12-10T00:36:32Z Mr. Clowes described listening to “Shut Up” while working as a kind of rhythmic background soundtrack and inspiration for dialogue; his artwork appears on the 1993 CD. film: ?Shut Up Little Man? Highlights Poets of the Profane 2011-09-09T14:00:00Z It has a relatively basic structure: 53 short interlocking repetitive patterns centered around a doggedly insistent rhythmic pulse. Terry Riley’s Avant-Garde Sounds Are Still Casting Spells 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z There’s a certain rhythmic fluffiness, too, a reluctance to grant rhythms a precise character. What Gustavo Dudamel’s Recordings Reveal About His Conducting 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z With their stripes, grids and zigzagging lines producing rhythmic geometric patterns, the textiles on view look as if they were designed by a mid-20th-century Modernist like Anni Albers. Art Review: Naga Peoples Made Beauty From the Ugly in Northeastern India 2013-06-27T21:18:57Z Alternating between static poses and bursts of motion, this introductory work established the clarity of Ms. Sarukkai’s dancing, her ability to define and shape space, and especially her uncommon rhythmic precision. Dance Review: Malavika Sarukkai at the Baryshnikov Arts Center 2012-11-18T23:04:26Z Mr. Uwechue said he preferred singing upbeat, rhythmic songs to the slower commercial fare — some of it sappy by Western standards — that his producers insist mainland Chinese will listen to. Nigerian Finds Pop Stardom in Beijing 2011-03-15T20:49:01Z Through him, DC arrived at their trademark staccato, rhythmic style almost by accident. Destiny's Child: 'We wear nothin' with our butt cheeks out, our boobs out' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-24T15:46:07Z And his burly rhythmic insistence makes unexpected triumphs of Franck’s Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s “The Isle of the Dead.” A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Here was Monk as no one else plays him, Perez avoiding the obvious dissonances and rhythmic asymmetries that lesser pianists invoke. The provocative pianism of Danilo Perez 2011-04-22T14:03:00Z Though the rhythmic writing sometimes seemed square and formulaic, Ms. Yamane’s intent, it seemed, was to convey a mood of mesmerizing ritual. Music Review: ?Resonances of the Kugo,? Part of Music From Japan at Merkin 2012-02-19T19:53:15Z But at times, in drawing expressive nuances from Schubert’s melodic lines or playing dotted-note rhythmic figures, Mr. Katsaris displayed a freedom that verged on casualness. Music Review: Cyprien Katsaris at the International Keyboard Festival 2012-07-17T22:20:52Z In fact, the lineup highlights a genre in wonderful disarray, one whose competing narratives and quest for fresh rhythmic innovations and sounds reveal a music with a renewed sense of fluidity. Made in America lineup is a vivid look at rap's competing interests 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z They continued using essentially tonal languages and tried to reinvigorate classical forms with fresh harmonic and rhythmic techniques. Hear 7 of the Best Works From a Neglected Era of American Music 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Her expression reflects every change of harmony; her body recoils, with a slight jolt, at each rhythmic accent. A Violinist as Riveting in Silence as in Sound 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z And even in supposedly egalitarian Denmark, the proportions have been thoroughly uneven; a 2012 report found that women made up only 20 percent of the rhythmic music industry there. Girls Are Outnumbered in Jazz. At This Summer Camp, They Run the Show. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s no doubt due to the fact that the undeniable athleticism of both rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming are entwined with their cheesy associations. Stop hating on the Olympics’ oddball sports 2012-08-10T16:50:00Z Brown’s work was always concerned with unorthodox physical coordination: In “Accumulation,” each dancer stayed vertical while arms, pelvis, legs and feet all play separately rhythmic roles. Trisha Brown Dances Animate a Scottish Landscape 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The mood was cheerful, and continued that way for most of the rhythmic, gently driving set. Seckou Keita – review 2012-11-12T18:18:27Z The vigorous opening began with skittish rhythmic bursts and figures that segued into a somber, choralelike passage, music that in this performance seemed harmonically elusive and eerie. At Carnegie Hall Opening, Delving Into Levity’s Layers 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z This material could come into our studio edited, because like a melody or a rhythmic idea for a composer, it has been stored until it’s needed and surfaces in my mind. Twyla Tharp’s Rehearsal: On Day Eight, Just One More Time 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The board called the album “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.” Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer in ‘Big Moment for Hip-Hop’ 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In an article in The Times, John S. Wilson wrote, “The tight Bacharachian rhythmic patterns keep bouncing around in your head as you walk into the night, songless but pulsing with a busy little beat.” For Burt Bacharach, ‘Promises, Promises’ Was One Broadway Hit Too Many 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Setting fleet tempos, Mr. Bezuidenhout played with a rewarding blend of lilting elegance and rhythmic sweep. Music Review: ‘The Baroque Vanguard,’ at the Miller Theater 2013-04-30T20:55:35Z Whether backed by Chip Taylor Smith's fiddle or accompanied only by bones percussion, his approach is always no-nonsense, rhythmic and gutsy. Spider John Koerner: What's Left of Spider John – review 2013-04-25T21:45:01Z It's up to you to schedule out chunks of time throughout the week or month, making maintenance more of a rhythmic routine rather than a mad dash to correct an overwhelming state of affairs. So, you’ve built a vegetable garden — here’s how to take care of it 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z I would lie there motionless, eager not to ruin these rare and magical moments, breathing in the rhythmic vibrations of his deep purrs. Do our pets ever really love us – or do they just stick around for the food? 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z His movement is rooted, yet light; casual and emphatic; rhythmic but never monotonously so. Dance Review: An Intimate Setting For a Range of Intensity 2011-04-14T21:35:48Z The blending of Japanese and European chamber traditions with a very American rhythmic propulsion was unexpectedly groovy. Music Review: Bargemusic Labor Day Festival Features Four Premieres 2013-08-30T23:22:02Z Mr. Reid stamped its droning bass ostinato with a weighty authority, laying into an open string, while Mr. Lewis played a sly rhythmic game of tension and release. Kirk Lightsey Returns to the Village Vanguard After 25 Years 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z For a percussive pianist, some of Taylor's lightly tripping runs are surprisingly dainty, and Ensaslayi and Corn in the Sun are full of jazz's melodic and rhythmic notions, albeit tightly compressed. Cecil Taylor: Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! – review 2012-07-05T21:45:01Z “So we created the project to encourage more girls to play rhythmic instruments. And hopefully change the gender balance down the road.” Girls Are Outnumbered in Jazz. At This Summer Camp, They Run the Show. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z It's a combination that works particularly well with the overt drama of the First Sonata, where his subtle rhythmic and emotional inflections add immensely to the gathering tension. Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas 1 & 2 – review 2012-10-11T21:23:01Z But Mills felt as though he had flubbed his time with his idol, trying to impress the drummer by incorporating some of the rhythmic tricks he’d learned from old Keltner records. How Blake Mills became good at everything 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z She highlighted elements for listeners to pay attention to, like the rhythmic bass line in the opening movement. Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Gets Personal in Central Park 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The lay reader, however, will struggle with the sheer amount of harmonic, structural and rhythmic analysis here. Book review: Musician Béla Bartók was pride of two nations 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z And then Bonobo’s “On Your Marks” began, and the trio arrived, forming a wonderfully warm, rhythmic tribe. Dance Review: Sampling New Work One Step at a Time 2011-04-13T00:19:47Z Trumpet, congas and Visitante’s accordion sometimes added flavors of traditional Latin and Caribbean musics, although even with three percussionists the group never achieved the rhythmic complexity of a decent salsa outfit. Calle 13 delivers eclectic, crowd-pleasing set at Echostage Such daring construction and dense yet rhythmic language demand swift, high-wire acting; Lincoln and Booth are conning not just each other but also themselves and the audience. Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Staying Alive Is the Ultimate Hustle 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Throughout the evening, he imbued the suites with an essential pulse and rhythmic vigor that respected the dance origins of the movements. Istvan Vardai Plays Bach at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z At three minutes in, the beat drops with a sparkling rhythmic motif for the harp, cheerfully punctuated by what sound like cellphone vibrations. Recording reviews: a Glass harpist, arias for Farinelli 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z This star’s amazing footwork was rhythmic and hypnotic. Style Invitational Week 1421: Alternaugural Address ’21 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Tobin's roaring, rhythmic score also adds an edge to the dance. Byrd and Dance Theatre of Harlem: a thrilling 'Contested Space' 2012-11-17T17:06:18Z “Fallen in Love” and “Dye in the World” never quite get untracked; the band’s slack rhythmic drive is its biggest failing. Review: Smith Westerns tap into their inner child on second album 2011-01-14T16:53:06Z When James Brandon Lewis plays the saxophone, he usually plants his feet shoulder width apart and bends a bit at the knee, swaying and tunneling into a rhythmic flow. James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The coordination of separate body parts is exquisite — notably in tautly rhythmic phrases when he elaborately extends right hand and right foot in different ways, then does the same with left hand and left foot. Dance Review: Indian Dances at the Erasing Borders Festival 2013-08-16T22:24:56Z There are bustling rhythmic figurations and whole passages built from ascending, sputtering scale motifs. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Monday’s event closed with Parul Shah’s display of contemporary Kathak, in which the virtuosically rhythmic turns of the traditional genre alternated with an entirely modern, often expressionist, use of the torso and limbs. An Enchanted Evening of Indian Dance Under a Turner Sky 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Beethoven was a master of musical morphing, obsessing on a detail of melodic or harmonic or rhythmic motive and transmogrifying its soul into something unexpected. Jennifer Koh and Shai Wosner play in the transforming spirit of Beethoven 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Some of Kern’s assemblages are framed by black rectangles, but they’re all rhythmic and upbeat. In the galleries: Phantom people make a statement — a beautiful one 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z A rhythmic, bewitching, increasingly atonal chant overlays a repeating pattern for the legs, with basic ballet steps slightly skewed. Reviews: Works by Rebecca Davis and Milka Djordjevich, and Lyon Opera Ballet 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z 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 Wolfe shatters the rhythmic unison of her singers with dense, overwhelming fogs of phrases that return to unity with new focus and force. Review: An Oratorio Cautiously Looks Back on Women’s Suffrage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The band’s uninhibited dancing, statuesque wigs and absurdist lyrics embraced the ecstatic, and its kinetically rhythmic guitar, precise drumming and bursts of Farfisa organ ensured a good time. The Superbly Original, Gloriously Weird B-52’s Say Farewell to the Road 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z As an arranger and producer, he married New Orleans’s early rock ’n’ roll tradition — descended from Fats Domino — to a strutting, marching-band-influenced rhythmic feel. An Allen Toussaint Tribute by New Orleans’s Modern-Day All-Stars 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Used as percussion, this technique opened up a new palette of rhythmic opportunities; beats suddenly fluttered, kinked, skipped, stuttered. Some people are on the glitch, they think it's all Oval ? 2010-07-14T15:39:00Z But whereas Prokofiev marshals his with a fair degree of variety, his maverick Brazilian near-contemporary hammers away at his rhythmic figures with tedious insistence, and the result is a banal finale. SSO Chamber Series offers radiant reading of rarely-played Strauss sonata 2011-04-23T17:10:05Z Yet, in the manner of the Baroque style, Mr. Tharaud vividly conveys the swinging rhythmic sweep of the dancing variations: the 21st is a heady burst of spiraling runs. Classical Playlist: Beethoven, Handel and Bach 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z On “Formation,” that rhythmic weather-system she performed at the Super Bowl, she touts her own work ethic: “I dream it, I work hard, I grind till I own it.” Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ turns life’s lemons into furious pop 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z What I found most admirable about his intoxicating performance of the Lalo was its combination of warm, perfectly centered tone and rhythmic zest with quicksilver lightness of touch. Review: Seattle Symphony program roams from fun to profundity 2011-02-04T19:14:04Z But their songs contained all manner of complexities: rhythmic and harmonic, as well as tonal, political, philosophical and metaphysical. Review: Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, Harmonic and Political Still 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Other than a lapping rhythmic figure in the left-hand part, this music is reminiscent of the wistful songs that were popular with amateur choral groups in Vienna at the time. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z He depicted people in scenic landscapes, often viewed from a distance to imbue the composition with a lyrical, rhythmic beauty. Seeing India Through a Contemporary Lens 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z The piece’s charm lies in its odd choices of simple-seeming movements and in its range of rhythmic accentuations within apparently innocent meters. Review: Mark Morris Dance Performs ‘Whelm’ and ‘Words’ at BAM 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Skillful improvisers, they repeatedly built the music into a frenzy, riffing off a mesmerizing cascade of ever-changing rhythmic patterns. Concert of Afghan traditional music at UW beautiful, mesmerizing 2012-04-25T20:12:05Z During passages of this mercurial, mostly subdued piece, the music shifted from sustained, focused and elemental sonorities, to passages of swaying rhythmic figures and collective bursts of fidgety lines. The Philharmonic Takes New Music Beyond Geffen Hall 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Using rather conservative harmonic and rhythmic materials, Park’s “Burlesque” wove idiomatic writing for both instruments into a compelling dialogue. 16-year-old violinist SooBenn Lee makes a shining Washington debut 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The genuineness or otherwise of the original impulse can be judged only by criteria belonging to the poet's own language – the rhythmic energy, the linguistic inventiveness. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z Mr. Parker followed with unaccompanied soprano saxophone improvisations, using circular breathing techniques to whirl tiny melodic and rhythmic cells at inhuman length. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z The new songs have the rhythmic backbone of 1960s garage rock and the instrumentation of garage rock too, though the amps might well be cranked up past the point of overload. Playlist: CDs From Deerhunter, Patty Griffin and Bobby McFerrin 2013-05-17T22:50:01Z It’s an instrumental with a vaguely Asian keyboard motif, drum syncopations that clarify and recede into quiet thuds, one-syllable vocal snippets, rhythmic breathing and a constantly recalibrated sense of tension. The Playlist: Calle 13’s Residente Goes Globe-Trotting and Slowdive Cruises Back 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z But there was nothing abstemious about the performance, and instances of folk-music-like rhythmic quickening, as in the end of “The Great Doxology,” were rendered with exuberance and style. The Berlin Radio Choir Sings Rachmaninoff’s Vespers 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z The gleam of their belts, the luster of a marigold fabric registered splendidly, but so, too, did the interplay of rhythmic traveling and richly sculptural stillness. Erasing Borders Festival Focuses on Indian Dance 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z But he’s also a cellist, and his playing here ranges from rhythmic and sensitive to slightly out of tune and bleating. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-05-16T19:58:50Z The rhythmic, pulsating sounds of brass and rich voices, a film premiere and a wedding reconstruction are all part of the festive week of Khamoro in Prague. In Transit: In Prague, Celebrating the Richness of Romani 2011-05-18T10:00:06Z Simply to see him sway his body to the music was a marvel: the angle of his out-held elbows, the pliancy of his spine, the rhythmic point of those shoulders all made their sensuous contributions. Dance Review: Where Feet, Beat and Joy All Soar Funkily 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z Starting off quietly and contained, they danced with their hands, fluttery and swooping, which showed us not just the patterns of their choreography but something of its rhythmic makeup. Review: Choreographic Skeletons From a Lost Pandemic Time 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z At times Verhulst fixates on a repetitive rhythmic figure or melodic motif in a striking way. Music Review: Utrecht String Quartet at the Frick Collection 2013-01-22T23:00:32Z We agreed that it was really rhythmic movement, with dance steps, to a military tempo. Shirley Temple’s First On-Screen Kiss 2014-02-12T22:37:07Z Here, music, dance and design are independent of one another; the way that dance maintains rhythmic vitality without connecting to musical pulse is invariably arresting. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Dance Company in ?Roaratorio? - Review 2011-12-08T23:13:25Z Several singers held chiming metal pieces that provided delicate tones and rhythmic figures during these selections. Review: In ‘With You, Armenia,’ Kissin and Others Honor the Slaughtered 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z "I always love, like, 'Welcome to McDonald's, can I take your order please?' It's just very quite rhythmic, and I like to serve," Twain said. Before she was famous, Shania Twain "enjoyed" working at McDonald's 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The play itself, with its rhythmic, cerebral dialogue and its nude scene, scared him. So Long, Medical Scrubs. Jesse Williams Is Ready to Play Ball. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z But the cyclic form, the startling use of piano resonances and rhythmic flexibility mark a huge step forward. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z But when he speaks, it is with the wisdom of someone whose calloused fingers are on the rhythmic pulse of Mother Nature. Review: In ‘Cal in Camo,’ a Raw Welcome to Motherhood 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z His work invests a television-video format with alarming complexity: montages and interjections, ghostly palimpsests and these haunting rhythmic visual chants. Blackness, Gayness, Representation: Marlon Riggs Unpacks It All in His Films 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z This little erotic lyric is an oddity in his work, and yet it seems to possess, in miniature, the rhythmic drive and flexibility which make "The Hound Of Heaven" memorable on its more ambitious scale. Poem of the week: An Arab Love-Song by Francis Thompson 2012-12-17T10:52:15Z Mixed with the sounds of strumming guitars and palmas — the rhythmic clapping of flamenco — was the clopping of hooves. In Southern Spain, a Pilgrimage (and a Party Too) 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The driving rhythmic groove of the outer movements, propelled at times by the space-rocket sound of the flexatone, was balanced by the calmer middle section, featuring a mysterious melody sung by some of the musicians. Review | The Knights weave old and new in concert of surprises at Dumbarton Oaks 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “Funk is a feeling. It’s rhythmic, it’s movement, it’s tone color. Everybody thinks they know what it is, but I like to leave it ambiguous.” Bernie Worrell, keyboardist and songwriter for Parliament-Funkadelic, dies at 72 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z It's minimalism, but Bärtsch has always stretched the method beyond the minutiae of rhythmic and motivic changes to a more robust approach, informed by funk and soul. Nik B?rtsch's Ronin: Llyria ? review 2010-12-16T22:30:01Z Charlie Watts, the band’s lifelong drummer and rhythmic cornerstone, had died in 2021, but the band kept on touring without new material. The Rolling Stones Start Up Again 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z “It could be strong and fierce, like a waterfall, or it could be soft and rhythmic, and carry someone along.” Getting a Brighter View During Milan Design Week 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The instruments mimic sirens, and dissonances build before an uneasily calm ending that sets the stage for the second movement, an anxiously rhythmic danse macabre, even more fiercely lucid in its encore performance. Pacifica Quartet Presents Shulamit Ran Premiere and Classics 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z But he never allowed the music to turn indulgent and lose its rhythmic thrust. Music Review: Fresh Take on ?Madama Butterfly? at Santa Fe Opera 2010-07-26T22:37:00Z Similarly wide-ranging is León’s “Alma” — the lyrical opening of which follows a winding, entertaining path toward the bumptious rhythmic fillips of its central section. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z “It’s rhythmic, it’s intricate and reality is pushed a little more — but in a really stylistic way.” How Edgar Wright used music to transform the heist movie with ‘Baby Driver’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z That record featured whimsical dance anthems like “The Crystal Cat” and “Woody Woodpecker,” a song that used the famous laugh of that cartoon character in out-of-sync phases to create dense rhythmic patterns. Dan Deacon Shows a Changed Attitude in ‘America’ 2012-08-28T21:58:24Z He took some getting used to: all those rhythmic sentences, as sagging and repetitious as telephone wires on a bleak Pennine road. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z Mr. Lang’s “wed” — an exercise in rhythmic counterpoint with hardly any dynamic or tempo indications — is open to a variety of interpretations. Music: Orpheus, Hilary Hahn and David Lang Start Competitions 2012-02-12T15:24:35Z Together they slapped the ground with their jackets, accenting the ominous rhythmic score, then turned the violence on themselves, slapping their own backs. Review: A South Korean Troupe’s Physical Risks and Daunting Tasks 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Something about the fervency of Ayler’s tenor saxophone sound, and the rhythmic churn of his band, immediately spoke to him. Brooklyn Blowhards Navigate the Free Jazz of Herman Melville 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Their playing and singing indeed bore the hallmark of Curnyn's stylistic flair: rhythmic acuity was matched with a lovely fluidity of line, all driven by the emotional colour of the words. Dido and Aeneas – review 2013-04-01T15:01:19Z Another time I heard a rhythmic beating as I approached the field, and high-pitched cries. Favorite Place: In Taos, N.M., an Ordinary Field Evokes the Extraordinary 2012-04-06T20:05:28Z In live recordings of works by Ravel, Mendelssohn, Brahms and especially Haydn, these three musicians dance on a fizzy alchemy of melody and rhythmic verve. Trio con Brio Copenhagen: cultural connections 2012-01-13T23:07:04Z The bones are the same, but the meat is different; it’s leaner and more fluid and more direct, with more rhythmic clarity. An Opera About Harvey Milk Finally Finds Itself 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The result was a fresh rhythmic feel that Charnas labels the titular “Dilla time” — differentiating it from straight time and swing time, the two rhythmic patterns that defined Western music. J Dilla Was a Revered Rap Producer. A New Book Deepens His Legacy. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z And in the Jamal Jackson Dance Company, the rhythmic keenness of Dana Thomas burst forth with marvelous intensity. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival and Battery Dance Company 2012-08-12T22:01:26Z Come the encore of the dazzling rhythmic blowout Two Steps, Twice, he's clambering to the highest reaches of a speaker stack, in what could almost be a visual metaphor for Foals' determined career ascent. Foals – review 2013-03-06T18:11:08Z What united them all was their attention to rhythmic pulse. James Brandon Lewis, a Saxophonist Who Embodies and Transcends Tradition 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z His 1983 percussion concerto, “Rough Music,” intersperses delicate lines on tuned instruments with explosions of rhythmic and dynamic high jinks, entertaining yet fraught with desperately serious undertones. Masterful maverick HK Gruber leads thrilling program | Classical review 2013-04-19T16:44:35Z “He’s such a rhythmic creature, a lot of it feels instrumental,” Nally said, describing the writing. A Composer’s ‘Travel Guide’ to His Family’s Unspoken Past 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z And some were nervously overeager to show how good they were with tricky rhythmic patterns: that’s why we heard Monk’s “Evidence,” with its unusual pattern of rests like potholes in a road, three times. Critic's Notebook: Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition 2011-09-13T06:51:04Z On Saturday, they sounded as though in lock-step with his every surprise rhythmic feint — producing an obliquely danceable, straightforwardly joyous Threadgillian energy. Review: Henry Threadgill’s Music From Two Perspectives 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Both tonally and melodically, a few tracks within the set tended to blur together despite their rhythmic variations and his thematic restlessness. Jose Gonzalez rides a vibe of gentle, mesmerizing energy 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z I waited to hear the rhythmic sound of his breath after he fell asleep, just like when he was little. Motherlode Blog: 42 Heavy-Metal Bands, 2,000 Fans, My Son and Me 2013-08-18T12:03:03Z And yet they were wonderful, full of rhythmic continuity, suspense and brio, apparently loving the choreography’s wit. Review: British and American Ballets Showcase Youthful Blend of Style and Skill 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Acting is so rhythmic, and comedy is timing. Nick Jonas "has in him a real mystery": Director on why he's compelling in grief in "The Good Half" 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Those poems had a rhythmic flexibility, as though they’d been written to music. The Improbable Insanity of “Cats” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The dancers, who fast for many hours before the ceremony, start to turn in rhythmic patterns, using the left foot to propel their bodies around the right foot with their eyes open, but unfocused. Here’s what you should know before attending a whirling dervish ceremony in Turkey 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z As sensitive as he is dynamic, he plays in a gently articulated but deeply rhythmic style, unifying the influences of his two main idols, Herbie Hancock and Thelonious Monk. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Tyrell’s power derives more from the texture of his voice than from any rhythmic complexity. Music Review: Steve Tyrell at Café Carlyle 2012-11-29T21:01:31Z They generated all sorts of plunks, rustles, tinkles, scrapes and clangs, in a piece that ambled through a hushed metallic junkscape of isolated sounds and turned rhythmic as the players traded little high plinks. Music Review: Alternative Guitar Festival at Rockwood Music Hall - Review 2012-01-15T23:43:32Z The rhythmic subtlety, physical fluency and musical attentiveness of Mr. Benson were astounding. Jookin in Memphis, Celebrated 2012-11-18T04:50:46Z Visiting the gallery one weekday afternoon, I enjoyed providing the rhythmic accompaniment to another visitor’s “melody”; I’m not quite sure they noticed or appreciated my contribution. Review: Is ‘WE’ installation deep? No. Is it fun? Definitely. 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The kindergarten years are staged as an opera infiltrated by rhythmic gymnasts, while the elementary-school period becomes a poppy spectacle, in the style of A Chorus Line, about fitting in with the crowd. Life and Times: Episodes 1-5 – review 2013-05-27T16:39:07Z Haguel builds this brief but densely structured film in an interestingly modular, rhythmic way, thanks to a percussive score by Zoe Polanski and occasional, abrupt cuts to black following key scenes. ‘Concerned Citizen’ Review: He Cares a Lot 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The orchestra sounded good, but balances and rhythmic precision in the Beethoven were iffy. Review | Ben Folds’s second Kennedy Center concert features . . . everything 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z An electronic display notes rhythmic accuracy in percentages. Ticktock as Taskmaster: A Show About Metronomes and Musical Time 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z But he brought welcome lucidity and rhythmic crispness to the music, especially the splashing murmurs and darting runs of “Poissons d’Or.” Review: A Carnegie Recital Pushes the Piano to Its Limits 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z It has continually updated the rhythmic core of songs from its 1980s heyday that still provided the concert’s peaks; “Temptation” echoed the cellos of Lou Reed’s “Street Hassle” for its intro. Review: New Order, Still a Clockworks of Suppressed Emotion 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The music is alive with oscillating melodic bits and rippling rhythmic figures, and this performance captured the bustling musical patterns and undulant waves of sound. Music Review: Baltimore and Albany Symphonies at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-08T21:11:30Z The orchestra captured both the work’s expansive chorales and its rhythmic vitality, culminating in a majestic finale. Music Review: Saying Farewell to School, With Some Help From Brahms 2011-05-20T21:22:12Z The line down the middle reappears in Mr. Colmer’s photo collages, rhythmic repetitions of nondescript architectural elements around New York. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Sheeran’s music, a mix of soulful pop and rap, is refreshing and rhythmic. Make no mistake, Ed Sheeran is lovable and loud 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z If some of the fast movements felt a little cautious in pacing, the performance caught all the rhythmic crunch in Stravinsky’s adaptation of his 18th-century source music. Review | Marissa Regni is second fiddle no longer in Kennedy Center Chamber Players’ season finale 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The tunes moved between near-silence and operatic projection, between desolation and rage, between meditation and rhythmic drive, and between humility and hard-won pride. Benjamin Clementine Performs at Rough Trade 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Each hair follicle on our scalp is a miniature organ, which follows its own rhythmic cycle of growth, regression and rest throughout our lifetimes. The new growth in hair loss research 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Rows alternating paired slabs and single ones create a stately, rhythmic impression, like a marching band playing funereal oompah music. Richard Serra’s Steel Behemoths Get Into Your Head 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Blurry, sustained tones that might be orchestral or electronic and quiet, shifting fields of static hover over muffled beats and subtly rhythmic washes of noise. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But somehow the jittery rhythmic figure leading into the big tune set off heretical notions. Mary Zimmerman?s ?Armida,? With Ren?e Fleming, at Met 2010-04-10T04:13:00Z Skittish rhythmic figures roil the orchestral textures, and an episode of thick, wailing harmonies sounds like some church hymn put through a time warp. Music Review: Leader and Players, Deeply Bound 2010-12-16T23:06:23Z Ali's famous, rhythmic one-liners, like "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," are accompanied by his critical analysis about race, white supremacy and his politics, which are global. Telling Muhammad Ali's story in full: "What really struck me the most was how much humility he had" 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Flourishes of footwork thrill here, but the exploration throughout is more sonic than rhythmic. Dance Review: For Colin Dunne, Life After ?Riverdance? 2011-10-21T21:30:31Z Later, in an electrifying duet with Gisele Silva, they stamp out a beat as the foundation for further rhythmic layering. Fall for Dance Review: Some Tap, a Pas de Deux and a Monastic Chorus 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z In solos, Pickens offered a profusion of ideas, switching from enormous chords shot through with dissonance to fleet phrases of considerable velocity and rhythmic momentum. Saxophonist Donald Harrison goes back to bop 2011-01-21T15:36:28Z Rollins’s melodic individualism and rhythmic freedom suggest that he’s not playing the chord changes but playing somewhere above them, as if they’re a flow rather than a structure. The Year’s Most Essential Jazz Reissue 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Electronic processing altered some of the shrieks and throaty inhalations, dusky jazz vocals and snippets of bel canto, stifled groans and rhythmic panting. Review: Ekmeles Performs John Cage at the Avant Music Festival 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z When the vamp became good and loud, Mr. Moran started improvising on the melody, using stride figures, bouncing one rhythmic flow off another. Music Review: Jamire Williams?s Band Erimaj Plays the Jazz Gallery 2010-04-19T21:53:00Z In the barcarolle, Mr. Aimard favored rhythmic acuity over singing line, making a case for Chopin’s technical ingenuity at the expense of his emotional generosity. Music Review: Strands Tied Into a French Knot 2010-12-10T22:54:00Z The performers on Monday, a group drawn from the Talea Ensemble and the Harlem Chamber Players, juxtaposed, as Eastman intended, rhythmic alertness and regularity with woozy, oozing, shaggy sprawl. Review: A Concerto Conjures the Creation, With Video 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z To my mind Schiff is the finest Hungarian pianist since Bartók, and outdoes even Bartok in his rhythmic acuity and staggering color palate. Pianist Andras Schiff mesmerizes with last sonatas of 4 composers 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z His most effective interjections could be the simplest: the strange, off-key, rhythmic stabs that give the end of Immigrant Song its dramatic tension, for example. Led Zeppelin: 'There was a swagger – we knew we were good' 2012-10-11T16:35:00Z The song incorporated several elements that became hallmarks of the genre: a linear melody, a gentle way of singing, a series of unconventional key changes, a rhythmic dissociation of drums and bass. A Black Pianist Helped Birth Bossa Nova. His Story Is Rarely Told. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The typical approach began with a rhythmic pattern or an atmospheric sound, well suited to both piano and koto, then added melody or smooth improvisation or lush harmonies. Piano and koto meet in 'Strings and Serpents' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Throughout the album the improvisation shifts easily from one musician to the next, and the rhythmic brio in the group obviates the need for a percussionist. Playlist: New CDS From the Four Bags and Phantom Family Halo 2011-10-01T04:00:07Z There’s a high drama feeling to it — a lot of energy and drive, a lot of rhythmic and harmonic tension.” Awadagin Pratt to join NW Sinfonietta for ‘Embargo’ premiere 2013-04-18T21:52:57Z His instinctive style, with help from his more accomplished brother, became the group’s rhythmic foundation. Kool & the Gang Get the Dance Floor Moving. Have They Gotten Their Due? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z He's celebrating with Germany's finest new-music group, Ensemble Modern, and a performance of his Music for 18 Musicians, that seductive, pulsing, life-affirming hour of rhythmic invention and slow-moving tectonic harmonies. Steve Reich at 75: the rebel who changed classical music 2011-08-09T14:47:23Z Their dialogue grows more complex as instrumental music kicks in, layered with the sounds of their shoes — or, in Guha’s case, bare feet below bell-clad ankles — slapping and drumming the floor, locking into rhythmic harmony. Review: Radiant Artists, With a Percussive Bond 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z What Newman does in this fascinating fantasy and fanfare is isolate Stravinsky's rhythmic procedures and find in them something almost akin, if far spicier, to the Baroque trumpet fanfares with which he began the evening. '60s organist Anthony Newman continues to perplex and astound 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z They were also beautiful performances in their own right, Yifrashewa employing a tenderness of tone and light rhythmic touch that added heft to his more emphatic attack on pieces by Chopin and Schumann. Girma Yifrashewa’s blend of European piano and Ethiopian music 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z This combustible music is charged with techno rock rhythmic energy. Music Review: Pianists Embracing the New 2011-05-25T21:52:25Z The anger of a woman scorned is expressed as much in her tightening circles of rhythmic steps as in her fierce gestures and scowling. ‘Tejas Luminous,’ Featuring Malini Srinivasan 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z His right hand could zip and add bright dashes of color, or join the left in thick rhythmic smudges of harmony. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z 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 I can still hear the whirring of their blades, which was like the rhythmic sound of applause. Returning to the scene of the crash: A survivor of the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash reflects 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Even the unusually muscular solo part, which Nancy Allen, the Philharmonic’s principal harpist, performed with focused sound and impressive rhythmic dexterity, offers little emotional guidance. Review: New York Philharmonic’s Chinese New Year, From Breezy to Languid 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z One video shows the repeated brushing of hair; another, rhythmic fingernail tapping. Julie Weitz's 'Touch Museum' tweaks time and space 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z As on the last album, the intrigue is in the empty spaces, the territory left open by the lack of a piano or a bass or, often, any clear rhythmic pulse at all. 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Beethoven's Eighth Symphony was full of rhythmic spirit and élan. A great first date for the L.A. Chamber Orchestra and Matthias Pintscher. Will there be a second? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Moss and Mavin soon joined them, and the quartet started playing esoteric music with odd time signatures and complex rhythmic structures. Hiatus Kaiyote’s Life-Affirming, Genre-Defying Cosmic Soul 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z They drew a stunning array of percussive sounds from a guitar and a recorder which, together with foot stomping, rhythmic panting and primeval beat-boxing, flared to life as a manic satyr’s dance. Review: MATA Festival’s Sounds of Play 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z But at least Mr. Gill has the ear for rhythmic dialogue that this style of theater requires, and the cast is very good at speaking his cadenced speech. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: A Wink and a Smirk, but Rarely a Blush 2011-07-29T16:00:46Z The piece begins with weighty blocks of orchestral chords heaving over kinetic rhythmic riffs. Review: An Ambitious Project Returns at the Philharmonic 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Chords are frequently repeated with an almost Minimalist insistence, but rhythmic patterns evolve. Music Review: Difficult Pieces Inspire a Pianist 2010-08-25T22:15:00Z The shifting rhythmic base was punctuated by the drummer Tyshawn Sorey, who called to mind an octopus, limbs moving in steady flow. Despite the Odds, a Jazz Label Finds a Way to Thrive 2011-08-16T22:30:23Z Schick conducted excerpts from the 45-minute "Dérive 2," which will end the festival Sunday, with breathtaking rhythmic emphasis but less attuned to the kind of expressive elegance that Boulez's own performances emphasize. Ojai Music Festival celebrates icon Pierre Boulez's 90th birthday 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Gorgeous and graceful, the Russian rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun glides across the floor, twirling a hoop or a streaming red ribbon around her fantastically limber body. Review: A Russian Gymnast Goes ‘Over the Limit’ 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z He brought infectious, rhythmic vitality to his playing in the dance movements. Review: Piotr Anderszewski Goes for Dim Lights and Intimacy at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Composition No. 227 begins with a frantically upbeat rhythmic unison over which a vocalist starts to soar quietly. Review: Wet Ink Ensemble Pays Tribute to Anthony Braxton 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Its verses and choruses are as ruthlessly stark as a hip-hop production, mostly just drumbeats and electronic tones, behind a nursery-rhyme melody in the verse and a rhythmic chant in the chorus. Taylor Swift Goes to a Darker Place: Discuss 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The rhythmic nature of the poem is helpful. How to learn poetry by heart 2013-01-09T18:04:27Z They have the rhythmic acuity to walk around clapping in counterpoint or do time steps in canon but not a tap dancer’s charisma and cool. Trinity Irish Dance Company Review: Those Flashing, Percussive Feet 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Yet overall, the performance failed to gel, with colors lacking focus and rhythmic transitions sounding a bit flat-footed. Baltimore Symphony goes waltzing without the usual partners 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z In the first movement he seemed to be trying for more expansive tempos than Mr. Maazel’s, which led to some rhythmic imprecision between soloist and orchestra. Music Review: Maazel Leads Philharmonic in Strauss Program - Review 2011-10-21T23:38:55Z The music unfolds with strange, angelic tinkling figures in the high strings and upper octaves of the piano, broken up with volleys of rhythmic energy. Critic’s Notebook: Under Leif Ove Andsnes, Ojai Festival Enjoys Long Scandinavian Nights 2012-06-12T21:53:19Z He uses code to instruct the whirs and clunks of the machine to synchronize in a rhythmic way. That Music You’re Dancing To? It’s Code 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Eya focused on the music of Europe’s medieval centuries, when plagues and illiteracy reigned, along with hallow-sounding harmonies and old rhythmic systems. D.C. trio Eya presents a buffet of early music for lunchtime concert series 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The lyrics unspool in a rhythmic patter, referring to bitter losses, “the whole world gone crazy.” Review: Gary Clark Jr. With Hometown Blues 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Haydn's Symphony No 92 may seem decidedly ancien régime, but it is full of typically subversive rhythmic effects. BBCNow/S?nderg?rd ? review 2010-12-06T21:45:00Z He’s also musical, and can hit the beat drops and coordinate his limbs and gestures into a rhythmic, full-body response. Perspective | Peloton’s Cody Rigsby is powerfully predictable on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z On this tune the tenor saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz-Brown improvises with a combination of breezy insouciance and sharp rhythmic assurance. The Playlist: The 1975 Talk About Its Generation, and 9 More New Songs 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z If “Ro” was calm and evocative, then Beat Furrer’s rhythmic “Spur” was percolating and roiling, with the piano quintet’s plucky strings attacking with urgency. Review | Either/Or gives focused, sometimes unforgiving performance 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Precise rhythmic gestures helped coordinate soloist and ensemble. Music Review: Ryu Goto and Orpheus in Spirited Mood at Carnegie Hall 2010-05-05T22:12:00Z What I admire about New York City Ballet dancers is their rhythmic complexity. Alexei Ratmansky: 'I hated making people unhappy' 2011-01-25T21:46:00Z She enunciated tricky, elegant lines and used rhythmic accents as casual but well-chosen investments. Music Review: Erykah Badu at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-06-09T21:45:40Z 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 In “Spin,” a hyperkinetic, ultra-brief burst of energy, the rhythmic acuity of both performers propelled the piece forward to its sudden, whimsical end. Music Review: Wendy Sutter and Olga Vinokur Perform at Bargemusic 2013-07-15T21:40:35Z In previous shows like “Out of Time” and “Edges of Light,” Mr. Dunne has manipulated these intricate rhythmic patterns by dancing barefoot on a variety of surfaces or distorting the sound through electronics. ‘Riverdance’ Was Years Ago. Colin Dunne Makes Quiet Music Now. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z But then she dances, and Rose’s rhythmic metamorphosis from the trendy “Jerk” to something earthier is breathtakingly beautiful. Review | New ‘Queens Girl’ memoir revisits 1960s U.S. and Nigeria 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Just as sex involves a rhythmic activity so do religous practices such as chanting, dancing and repetition of a mantra. 10 ways the brain dictates sex 2013-01-16T23:31:00Z It’s striking how theatrically assured these two have become, but rhythmic vitality is seldom at the forefront of “Dig the Say.” Review: Vail International Dance Festival Celebrates Meter 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The cello, he added, must also be the “rhythmic monitor” of a quartet by “setting the pulse, articulating points of rhythmic stress, conveying a sense of rhythmic direction.” David Soyer, Cellist, Is Dead at 87 2010-02-27T01:40:00Z The California conguero returns with his annual round of rhythmic magic. Kennedy Center Honors air this week 2010-12-22T22:17:04Z The approach offers more rhythmic complexity, often with several tempos audible simultaneously. The Musical ‘The Demo’ at Stanford Recreates the Dawn of the Digital Age 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Foursquare rhythmic patterning combined with choreographic single-mindedness for a numbing effect. Dance Review: David Parsons at Joyce Theater - Review 2012-01-12T23:40:07Z That is to say, it needed to be its own thing, with visual and rhythmic motifs that allude to a different era of moviemaking, but made using tools and techniques of today. The J.J. Abrams Interview: Inside Super 8 2011-06-06T10:25:00Z I still don't understand what rhythmic and Top 40 is. U.K. rapper Tempah wants to mirror Adele's success 2011-05-27T11:55:09Z At the same time, Ross’s lyrical, rhythmic writing is something to be savored. A Magic-Filled Island Where Life’s Struggles Rage 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z He nicely captured the lavish atmosphere and the quirky rhythmic character of Stravinsky’s early score. It's an old-school night at the Hollywood Bowl with Stravinsky and Joshua Bell 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Reacting to a colleague who proposed the egg as the ultimate example of pure, simplified form, Mr. Bailey painted an egg on a shelf, then two, seeing rhythmic possibilities. William Bailey, Modernist Figurative Painter, Dies at 89 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z “On I Go” doesn’t just end the album with a rhythmic explosion — it’s also a manifesto. Fiona Apple Is Back and Unbound: Let’s Discuss 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Indeed, a pervasive danciness, a rhythmic shapeliness even in slower moments, is a mark of a good performance. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z At some points, the melodic contours and rhythmic syntax of the original were barely perceptible, Jordan inventing creative musical structures at every turn. New Orleans singer Stephanie Jordan thrives with Chicago Jazz Ensemble 2011-02-19T16:43:00Z Its musical language might seem almost simplistic to us today, having been through the entire development of 20th-century music, but the main issue with the piece is the never-ceasing power of its rhythmic inventions. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z The symphony was left to unfold, one episode after another, with little forward impulse, few rhythmic charges or lyrical flights. Music Review: Japan Festival Continues, Despite Sadness and Anxiety 2011-03-22T21:21:28Z And the rhythmic and harmonic quirkiness of the two Contredanses made the sprightliest movements in the Bach, Handel and Muffat works sound staid. Music Review: Juilliard415 at Peter Jay Sharp Theater - Review 2011-10-17T22:12:13Z His piano playing, rich with layered harmony and rhythmic undertow, holds together his arrangements, which mix the influences of Radiohead, chamber classical, Afro-Cuban rhythms and underground hip-hop. Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z His sound, on several single-reed instruments, was a constant instigation, brusque or shrieking, giving off tremendous rhythmic energy but rarely submitting to a tempo. Music Review: A Kind of Orthodoxy Built on Improvisation 2011-06-09T22:53:47Z The centennial, last year, of the birth of the composer Lou Harrison was celebrated in April and May by a choreographer who’s always relished his smilingly ritualistic music, rhythmic yet relaxed. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z He’s a musician of unflappable rhythmic aplomb, which he happily squares against the airtight funk of his band. Music Review: Dave Koz and BeBe Winans at Bergen Performing Arts Center 2012-06-24T21:39:13Z "My first instinct was to record rhythmic themes for each character," says Sanchez. Antonio Sanchez's soaring beat takes flight in 'Birdman' 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Like many Haitian ensembles, Septen’s rhythmic foundation draws heavily on the complex drum parts traditionally played at voodoo ceremonies and festivals. ?When the Drum Is Beating,? About Orchestre Septentrional 2012-04-10T22:50:42Z “Connection,” a bracing string quartet by Sampo Haapamaki, conjured similar extremes through control and precision, its visceral waves, swells and slashes produced with exactly calibrated rhythmic relationships and microtonal pitch sets. Music Review: MATA Festival Returns, With Spotlight on Helsinki 2014-04-17T23:21:53Z In the opening show, Smith and Stephens navigated the churning rhythmic currents unleashed by Williams and Janisch, exploring long, weaving improvisations that accumulated with an irresistible, trancelike intensity. Walter Smith III – review 2013-01-29T15:14:01Z Black music, on the other hand, was on an aesthetic high, with the glinting surfaces and rhythmic intricacy of UK garage turning the charts into a microcosm of London clubland. An X-Factor castoff does the Sugarcubes? All part of pop's new politics 2010-05-14T14:03:00Z In his conversations, he is animated and forthright, his friends say, reminiscing about his encounters with the eminent pianist Arthur Rubinstein, or passionately explaining rhythmic styles in the music of Chopin. Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The finale — brushy, bristling, improvisatory — felt like a rehearsal for a carnival, with the players sounding lively yet fundamentally clearheaded, the right mix in music whose rhythmic playfulness should never be mistaken for glibness. Music Review: The Takacs Quartet Interprets Bartok 2014-01-21T22:03:40Z Reviewing a recital at Town Hall in Manhattan in 1957, Ross Parmenter of The New York Times described her “secure technique, excellent rhythmic sense, a comprehending intellect, dedicated musicianship and total sincerity.” Fredell Lack, Admired Violinist and Teacher, Dies at 95 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Tonight's show suffers an acute case of the muffled mic syndrome that blights so many rap gigs, rendering both rhythmic artistry and controversial hate-quote a muddy mush. Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All – review 2013-07-02T18:29:27Z Nelsons and his superb orchestra made sure that every bit of its rhythmic and harmonic detail packed a punch. CBSO/Nelsons – review 2013-06-30T14:11:54Z His solos, with their analytical yet spontaneous musical imagination—with their rhythmic jolts and their surprising, disjunctive succession of phrases—have an inner logic that’s entirely Shorter’s own. The Best of Thelonious Monk 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The impish yet haunting music bustles along in rhythmic figures that overlap, build up and break into bursts of rhythmic counterpoint. Music Review: Juilliard Percussion Ensemble Offers Music Made in New York 2010-04-06T22:31:00Z Each note was attacked decisively, with detached articulation, no tapering, limited vibrato and clear rhythmic impetus. Emerson String Quartet at Baird Auditorium masters the ‘Art of Fugue’ 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Purposeful strides have been exchanged for something hypnotic, rhythmic and faintly subversive. Theater Review: ‘Fela!’ on Broadway at Al Hirschfeld Theater 2012-07-13T02:00:00Z It was a delight to watch them both, and the rhythmic virtuosity of Mr. Melaku was often astounding. Dance Review: Where Feet, Beat and Joy All Soar Funkily 2011-08-12T22:44:06Z Worse, Cohan took extreme rhythmic liberties even in the ensemble pieces, perhaps trying to create an unpredictable quality by adding so many coy hesitations that there were scarcely two bars taken in strict meter. Sampling of C.P.E. Bach’s music at Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival He begins to describe the invitation with rhythmic quickness, his mouth close to the microphone. Critic?s Notebook: Todd Barry at Caroline?s Comedy Club 2012-03-21T20:54:48Z With its tone changing on a dime, “Sweeney” is an elaborate sendup of music-hall entertainments that needs rhythmic precision to have its impact; here, ensembles too often feel blurry. ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Crucible’: Not New, but Darkly Up-to-Date 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Cyrille and Mr. Workman have their own loose but urgent rhythmic rapport, developed in settings including the collective Trio 3. Review: In the Sanctuary of ‘The Spiritual Side of Coltrane’ 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z The Afghan Whigs, on the other hand, sported crisp suits, short hair and a sound built on rhythmic thrust. Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli: “Writing songs is the greatest gift I could give myself” 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Despite the Emerson’s blistering pace, rhythmic drive and relentless aggression, the contrapuntal lines never devolved into chaos. Emerson String Quartet at Baird Auditorium masters the ‘Art of Fugue’ 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z “Warning Sign” is a hushed, hazy song that maps interpersonal tensions onto musical contrasts: quiet and loud, sustained and rhythmic, dulcet and distorted. Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s Love Trilogy, and 8 More New Songs 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The mariachi musical idiom is run through with supple, animated rhythmic riffs. Review: A Mariachi Opera Addresses Roiling Issues of Immigration 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The music coalesced into rhythmic, tolling modal chords, building like two-fisted gospel without the promise of release, then melting away, unresolved. Vijay Iyer Performs at BAM Harvey Theater 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The music is fitful and dense, with militaristic brass flourishes and driving dotted-note rhythmic riffs. Music Review: Stephanie Blythe and Philharmonic at Avery Fisher - Review 2011-10-02T20:21:48Z These include quirky syncopations in need of a nimble rhythmic touch to catch their sly humor. When Dennis Prager conducts Santa Monica Symphony, there's no avoiding politics 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Being sparse with the distribution of melodic and rhythmic information, he makes sure to leave a lot to the imagination of his audience. March's best music from across the MAP 2013-04-02T15:55:27Z The rhythmic language vacillates widely between insistent pulse and total freedom. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z They seem equally at ease with the rhythmic complexity and aural scenery of Adams. Bruckner's Second Act 2011-07-16T14:05:00Z She took their poetic meters and turned them into the rhythmic skeleton of her music. A Violinist Questions the Musical Divide Between West and East 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The rhythmic drive of a battle cry kept on dissolving into dreaminess. Review: Philharmonic Goes Dada With Esa-Pekka Salonen’s ‘Karawane’ 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z I tend to like this piece played with rhythmic impetus and clarity, so that the textures do not dissolve into an Impressionistic haze. | Martina Filjak: Birthday Gift: New York Debut 2009-12-17T05:42:00Z All the while, Pentagram was helping to establish the sonic, rhythmic and melodic tenets of doom metal. Doomed for life: How Pentagram became metal’s ultimate survivors 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The piece, conceived for gut strings, is an exploration of largely soft and subtle sound worlds through the repetition of melodic and rhythmic motifs, with programmatic titles inspired by events in the composer’s life. The Diderot String Quartet wins some converts 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Another scene saw the So players tap out rhythmic mosaics on Russian sniper rifle components. ‘A Gun Show’ Raises Questions Beyond the Music 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z As in a Bach fugue, their overall rhythmic momentum was readily apprehended. 'Suyama: A Complex Serenity' illuminates the career of a prizewinning Seattle architect 2011-07-06T22:40:11Z Her eyes were green, her long coppery hair beckoned with its gleams and there was a wildness about her; almost I seemed to hear Pan pipes and the rhythmic stamping of the goat-legged god. Short story: Message in a (Klein) Bottle by Russell Hoban 2012-07-19T16:04:37Z It brought along dancers — three women and two men — who, with moves said to be based on tribal traditions, illuminated the rhythmic crosscurrents within the songs. Review: Feedel Band and the Libyans, African Sounds at the Global Beat Festival 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z A bearded old man, wearing a white loin cloth and waving an axe, dances around an altar as the air fills with incense and the rhythmic beating of drums. India tribes fight mining firm in real-life Avatar 2010-03-05T11:13:00Z On occasion, relaxed tempos underplay the symphony’s dramatic moments, but overall Saint-Saëns’s deft colors and rhythmic variety are unfurled with the pride of a peacock’s brilliant display. CD Reviews: John Adams’s musical jokes 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z It sounds like a drummer sitting on his stool, which leads you to expect the song is about to burst into rhythmic life. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh | CD review 2010-04-01T14:35:00Z This is music built of morphing textures, subtle coloration, straightforward but involving rhythmic underpinnings and rich currents of melody, all cloaked in a harmonic language that embraces dissonance without making it the point. Music Review: New York Philharmonic Honors Dutilleux at Avery Fisher Hall 2012-06-27T20:50:47Z His premiere, “Festive Devotions,” is a multi-part ballet of grounded gestures and rhythmic steps for five dancers using musical selections that ranged from Vivaldi to the Many Rivers Ensemble, a Colorado pop group. Barak Ballet at the Wallis: Like sculpture come to life onstage 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z His passion was trains–he loved the rhythmic sound of the wheels clacking along the track, the hulking passenger cars wending around the curves. The Train Set Of Boyhood Dreams: John Scully's $400,000 Playground 2013-09-05T13:00:00Z The work begins with clouds of ethereal dissonance that are moved along by gentle rhythmic impulses. Review: Pérotin and Lang, 800 Years Apart, at Trinity Church 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Bandleader Elliot Bergman designs, builds and plays his own; electrified, amplified and distorted, they sound like grungy steel drums, simultaneously dark and bright, rhythmic and melodic. Nomo brings unorthodox, electrified Afrobeat to Tractor Tavern 2010-06-24T19:32:00Z This happens on the macro level, in the small groups he juxtaposes in intriguing spatial patterns, sending them skittering across the stage in quick, rhythmic jumps. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Dance in ?Home? at City Center - Review 2011-12-03T00:30:22Z The piano writing is challenging and effective, full of intricately worked rhythmic patterns and clumping chords, and Douglas played it with great brilliance and precision. Prom 51: BBCSO/Dausgaard ? review 2011-08-23T10:15:20Z Do the rhythms of each piece belong to a single larger rhythmic structure? Dance Review: Tere O’Connor Dance at New York Live Arts 2012-11-28T23:05:30Z “Salsa is a misnomer, and a high degree of lack of respect for rhythmic and sacred religious patterns that all have their proper names,” he said. Eddie Palmieri Ties Together Musical Genres 2012-12-13T22:49:44Z Accordingly, the concerto's three movements are linked by two big cadenzas, with less emphasis on a whole battery of percussion and more on long linear shaping, to counteract the obvious rhythmic focus. Vale of Glamorgan festival – review 2013-05-16T14:54:15Z “We’re guided by the same force, with similar impulses to rhythmic punctuations and melodic intonations,” Ms. Satpathy said in an email from India, where they were preparing to go on tour. How Dance Partners Create Chemistry Onstage 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z For much of the concert, King Crimson was a fearsome rhythmic juggernaut, flaunting odd meters and whipsawing between slow, bruising riffs and pinging, syncopated volleys in pieces like “Level Five” and “The ConstruKction of Light.” King Crimson Plays at the Best Buy Theater 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Across that and other pastoral originals and a choice take on Van Morrison’s “Fair Play,” Walker created music with rolling momentum, one that required he maneuver through rhythmic patterns. Ryley Walker explores a pastoral past with mesmerizing folk set at the Echo 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z His guitar style is rhythmic, prickly, biting: “That’s why I play now with that heavy staccato style like I’m playing drums,” he told the Miami New Times, in 2018. Dick Dale, the Inventor of Surf Rock, Was a Lebanese-American Kid from Boston 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Insects provide a rhythmic ground; certain frogs "vocalise" in sync in order to confuse "acoustically-oriented predators". Non-fiction reviews roundup 2012-07-06T06:59:01Z Her voice had bite, bluesiness, rhythmic savvy and a lifetime of conviction. Sharon Jones, Soul Singer With Dap-Kings, Dies at 60 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Where the music is gently lyrical, with effects of rhythmic wit, the dances are flamboyantly and pedantically busy, busy, busy. Dance Review: A Classic Comedy Upended: Changing Female to Male, and Old to Young 2011-03-29T22:06:43Z Hernández’s “Silencio” differs greatly from the “Buena Vista” version: it bobs and weaves, changing its rhythmic background against static cycles of melody. New Music: New Music From Miguel Zen?n and Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011-08-29T22:37:58Z "She Came To Give It To You" was a funkified highlight and the rhythmic "Good Kisser" launched with Usher displaying his chops on the drums. Usher turned up the heat on a cold night 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z The momentum carried into the show's more rhythmic and visually stimulating second half, which found the vocalist employing his trademark falsetto cry and engaging the crowd. Peter Gabriel's experiment with strings attached 2011-06-21T14:26:00Z Later there came a version of Thelonious Monk’s “Trinkle Tinkle,” built on a series of clever rhythmic convolutions. Music Review: Red Hook Jazz Festival, at Urban Meadow in Brooklyn 2012-06-12T21:50:51Z Mr. Harle and Mr. Cook brought a shared aesthetic to their sets: staccato sounds, pop refrains, brief use of live instruments, rhythmic escalation. Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z But Brubeck's real achievement was to blend European compositional ideas, very demanding rhythmic structures, jazz song-forms and improvisation in expressive and accessible ways. Dave Brubeck: 1920-2012 2012-12-05T18:49:19Z This virtual vacation features plenty of rhythmic chug-chugging alongside distant radios, chirping birds, stretches of serenity and even a crescendo into some more composed song craft. Need More Nature? Listen to 12 Essential Field Recordings 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z “I was struck by the power of his voice and the keen rhythmic sense he brought to my way of setting English.” Eric Owens as Alberich in Wagner?s ?Ring? at the Met 2012-02-18T05:03:04Z While I joined the eager applause, my reaction also included surprise — I never knew where the rhythmic structure of each number was going. Review: Gypsy Flamenco With Play and Passion, Not Flash 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z It was high-contrast, high-resolution, pointedly loud or carefully soft, rhythmic, with intermittent puffs of white noise. Ryoji Ikeda’s ‘superposition’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z There are sections in which you can see Mr. Ratmansky straining to make dances where Sibelius’s music gives him next to no rhythmic assistance. American Ballet Theater’s Shakespeare Program 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The more rhythmic material is actually the most arresting on the disc, a point noted in a somewhat critical album review by Jim Farber of the New York Daily News. Simon goes back to way old methods for new disc 2011-04-13T12:06:18Z The language of the play is vibrant and rhythmic, but the direction tends to labor for significance and spurs the actors toward high intensity at every turn. Theater Listings for Feb. 12-18 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z All the dances make rhythmic and structural connections to the music, but superficially; they never help you hear it better or make you feel it gives them life. Review: BalletNext Takes Risks in ‘Baroque’d’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z And both gestures and steps were full of textural and rhythmic contrast. Dance Review: Drive East Festival Highlights Indian Dance and Song 2013-08-20T21:52:26Z He takes one rhythmic figure, repeats it too many times, then starts again with another. Dance Review: Savion Glover Taps at Hummingbird Speed at the Joyce 2010-06-22T22:32:00Z Even so, Mozart's Overture to "The Abduction From the Seraglio," Stravinsky's "Petrushka" and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony reveal Grazinyte-Tyla's strengths, particularly her capacity to create rhythmic excitement. L.A. Phil's Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla lights a fire at Disney Hall 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z In the pensive Andante, he played the mournful melodic line with lyrical suppleness while eerily articulating the delicate rhythmic figure that runs through the music obsessively. Richard Goode Plays Bach and Schubert 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z On Saturday I felt this most with the ensemble of the “Western Symphony” final movement, staged by Susan Pilarre with exhilarating rhythmic play. School of American Ballet’s New Graduates Onstage 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Without enough air between the notes, rhythmic figures were unclear and textures too thick much of the time. Leipzig Quartet plays masterfully but without subtlety 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z And the full ensemble, with Matt Penman on bass and Eric Harland on drums, often shifts gears during a song, according to a sleek calculus of rhythmic modulation favored by Mr. Klein. Playlist: Reggae via Senegal, and a Tough Utopia 2011-06-10T18:55:16Z To the rhythmic beat of cymbals, drums and a bamboo harmonica, the hand-held puppets wearing brightly colored batik headdresses and sarongs fight, and one gets flung off the stage. Puppet reborn: Indonesian pulls strings to revive near-dead art form 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “This Old Dog,” a more rigidly rhythmic record than “Salad Days,” features DeMarco’s acoustic guitar prowess. Mac DeMarco addicted to making music, seeks clarity through hard work 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z As ever with this ensemble, occasional patches of rhythmic imprecision showed just how hard it is for a freelance orchestra to assert absolute command of its disparate, challenging works. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra Presents ‘Border Vanguards’ 2014-04-07T20:43:21Z He brought the same exacting rhythmic discipline to Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, written in America between 1942-45 and described by the composer as a war symphony. BBCNow/S?nderg?rd ? review 2010-12-06T21:45:00Z Her orchestral writing, meanwhile, pulsed with Minimalist gestures — phrases that repeatedly swirled upward, steady rhythmic support in the strings — while also nodding to grooving rock in drum kits and electric guitars. Review: An Oratorio Cautiously Looks Back on Women’s Suffrage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The second movement evokes the wedding feast at Cana, with pummeling energy and fractured rhythmic complexity. Review: Stéphane Denève Leads the Philharmonic in What Feels Like an Audition 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z In much of his rhythmic adventure, Mr. Parker relies on thuds, stomps and pratfalls to illustrate beats and syncopations. Dance Review: ‘Nut/Cracked,’ a Holiday Ballet by David Parker 2012-12-21T22:15:45Z Thomson was a master of the art of writing vocal lines that matched the rhythmic inflections of the words, the sound and syntax of the phrases. When a Critic Put on the ‘Best of All American Operas’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z She sings sometimes, too, drawing lyrics from traditional Estonian songs or using her voice as a rhythmic instrument. Estonian musician finds her voice digging in the library stacks 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z I squint as two dark shapes appear in the distance – I can just make out the rhythmic rise and fall of dark backs and fins. On the whale trail: sealife spotting in the Outer Hebrides 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z His playing was distinguished by a lightness and rhythmic buoyancy that illuminated the varied dance characteristics of the suites. Antoine Tamestit Plays Concert for Mostly Mozart Festival 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z That rhythmic distance is a drag and sonically diminishes the whole. Sleater-Kinney continues the conversation in 'No Cities to Love' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Instead, his influences surface subtly, abstracted in, say, a rhythmic gesture. Review: ‘Stranger Love’ Reflects the L.A. Philharmonic at Its Finest 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The interplay of the sculptural and rhythmic aspects of Indian dance was compelling here. Review: Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, a Showcase of Dizzying Movement 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z That banging is the rhythmic striking of a metal spatula on the grill at the Japanese carryout. One year after the San Bernadino attack, learning to survive is a routine part of life 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The highlight of this program may be Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 4, a work of marvelous rhythmic vigor and madcap invention in its outer movements. The Week Ahead: Mariners FanFest, Colin Meloy 2014-01-16T00:00:46Z But they played nearly the entire piece in rhythmic unison: phrases that stop and start, hammering away and switching to syncopation, building up and backing off and gearing up again with a different attack. Music Review: It All Comes Through in the Mix, Even the Kazoos 2011-03-08T23:21:59Z Rarely at rest, the stripes taper and expand, intruding upon and changing their neighbors, setting off rhythmic pressures horizontally. Alice Trumbull Mason, Alone and With Friends 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The result is distinctive: the lift and extensions of ballet inflected with swaying hips, rubbery limbs, and a lot of rhythmic accent, often between different parts of body simultaneously. Step-by-step guide to dance: Grupo Corpo 2010-08-20T13:43:00Z There’s a futurist slant to its stride, no less on several jazz standards than on Mr. Iyer’s darkly ruminative compositions, which flesh out stark rhythmic ideas with a deep, gathering intrigue. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z While the African-American ensembles danced for the most part to pounding, clattering, deliciously rhythmic percussion, the Malagasy tunes were folksier and more melodic, heavy on the accordion and reminiscent of zydeco or Cajun music. Groupe Bakomanga and Asase Yaa Perform at DanceAfrica 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The two start by gradually stretching the melodic and rhythmic bindings of a movement of Bach's Concerto for Two Harpsichords. John Law/Mark Pringle: This Is ? review 2011-08-11T21:14:00Z In a thrillingly rhythmic step, four men at the side of the stage repeatedly jump one way and then collect themselves back where they began. Dance Review: At Miami City Ballet, Edward Villella’s Tenets Live On 2014-01-13T22:49:55Z While one dances, the others accompany with songs, exhortations and palmas, the rhythmic clapping of hands. Flamenco Dancers Who ‘Move Between Genders’ 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Indian classical dance abounds in dualisms and polarities — not just the abhinaya/nritta one but, also more basically, the contrast between sculptural stillness and rhythmic vivacity. Music Academy in Chennai Hosts Indian Dance Festival 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Challenging in almost every way, this jaunty, acerbic work is colored with unusual combinations of timbres, strong rhythmic pulses, and all sorts of virtuoso flourishes. Seattle chamber-music fest closes with truly grand finale 2012-07-30T16:46:04Z “The African diasporic rhythmic element was not there, not strong enough.” Tristano School, Back in Session 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z The combination of his uncertain beat and the orchestra’s need for guidance through the rhythmic thickets conspired to prevent a good performance, if by a good performance you mean a fluent and rhythmically secure one. ‘Rite of Spring’ Cools Into a Rite of Passage 2012-09-16T03:27:28Z In the temple's inner sanctum, high priests offered seeds, flowers, fruit and meat from devotees to appease Siva and his consort Durga, accompanied by the rhythmic ringing of bells. Nearly 50 years on, turtles, caterpillars sacrificed in Bali ritual to ensure peace on Earth 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Amid the guttural rhythmic poetry of heavy industrial equipment and obsolete computer consoles, lyrics like these are cheerful affirmations. The Riotous, Internet-Speed Sound of 100 gecs 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z The result is rhythmic at the root and swarming with microtones; the logical thing to do with such a music is to make it bigger. Playlist: Albums From George Cables and Zara McFarlane 2014-01-24T19:33:17Z You don’t feel the rhythmic structure that you heard on the banging piano. Method to the Madness: Peter Mattei on Becoming Wozzeck 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z His revolutionary, "difficult" style, with its new rhythmic effects, influenced the work of Modernist and later writers. Bodleian Library buys Hopkins poem 2013-05-02T10:08:49Z There are multiple video projections, primarily abstract, as well as a rhythmic electronic score. Identity transformed in the Fowler's 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Art' 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z “Triumph of the Will,” her chronicle of the 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally, employed rhythmic editing and massive compositions to achieve an overwhelming visceral effect. ‘Dietrich & Riefenstahl’ review: Two women who made fateful choices 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z It could have been any rhythmic physical activity, really. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z She continues to flinch, though, at the rhythmic sound of her goods, as she understands them, landing to their doom. I clean out hoarder houses. Some jobs are even harder than the rest 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Carol Teitelbaum, a former Cunningham dancer, wrote in a recent email that what characterizes the nature studies is an “offset rhythmic effect”: Merce Cunningham’s Multifaceted Mirror, Held Up to Nature 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The impressionist lucidity of Ms. Schneider’s big-band scores was muted, understandably; still, her characteristic melodic generosity and rhythmic ingenuity came through. Music Review: A Quartet Mixes It Up With Younger Voices 2010-10-11T22:00:00Z In the English Suite No. 6, which followed the “Italian Concerto” and ended the program, Mr. Anderszewski dug deeper for rhythmic contrasts. Music Review: Piotr Anderszewski’s Bach Recital at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-09T22:11:03Z He was fond of rhythmic palindromes that subverted the traditional one-way flow of a phrase. A Pulse-Slowing Playlist for an Unmoored Time 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Horace Silver’s “Enchantment” is usually played as a tautly rhythmic samba, but the trio retrofits it, with Diehl putting the lush precision of his harmonies to work over a loose-limbed, shuffling beat from Sorey. The 1975’s Chamber-Pop Confessions, and 8 More New Songs 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z At least three languages were being spoken, each with its own melodic lilt and rhythmic character. John Cage Recital? Take the A Train 2012-08-08T15:24:32Z He admired Bach for his mastery of repetition and used the device to rhythmic, incantatory effect in his prose. Review: ‘Hemingway’ Is a Big Two-Hearted Reconsideration 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Fortunately for him, Mozart’s concerto places the burden on the right hand, which is tasked with runs and rhythmic complexity while the left often sets the mood with chords placed neatly on the beat. Review: Lang Lang, Classical Music’s Superstar, Returns Quietly 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The revelation of learning about Indian raga is what led him to develop his early rhythmic processes that became one of the foundations of Minimalism. The Pacific Symphony lives up to its name, with the help of India 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z This playful exchange between dancers, singers and drummers is the rhythmic backbone of Afro-Boricuas here. Bomba: The Enduring Anthem of Puerto Rico 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z No longer quite so deferential to Salonen, she took off like a rocket, all glitter and rhythmic sass. Salonen leads Yuja Wang, L.A. Phil through Russian turmoil 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Whole stretches of the score are driven by pulsing rhythmic figures and repetitive riffs that envelop Tim and Hawk in scary bliss, or, more menacingly, tap into the hysteria gripping the government. Risk-Taking New Opera Tells a Tragic 1950s Gay Love Story 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Benjamin guides the music from glassy slides in the violin and celesta to dreamy passages punctuated by rhythmic beats. Orchestra of St. Luke’s Explores George Benjamin’s Influence 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The value of “Rite” piano arrangements is their stark focus on the work’s harmonic strangeness and rhythmic sharpness. Music Review: ‘Rite of Spring,’ With Clanging Pianos and Drums 2013-06-14T20:18:20Z Backing himself at the piano, he favored a loose call and response between voice and instrument, or between right and left hands, often taking tangents informed by the complex harmonies and rhythmic feints of bebop. Mose Allison, a Font of Jazz and Blues, Dies at 89 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “I’m translating the culture of my city, the questions of my people. But it’s very joyful, very rhythmic.” Brazil’s Outspoken Daniela Mercury Is a Swirl of Ideas and Songs 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The rhythmic, infectious beat during Freedia's performance had many in the crowd trying to mimic her dancers' moves — some better than others. New Orleans bounce artist Big Freedia back at Jazz Fest, faces bigger audience that 1st appearance five years ago 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z As important and as prevalent as melodies were in Tuesday’s early set, the immediate character of the music was rhythmic. Review | Joel Ross, a vibraphone wunderkind, weds sweet melodies to advanced-math rhythms 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z But he is also highly regarded for continually developing his own postmodern take on the Cuban bolero form: a rhythmic love song synthesizing Spanish and African musical elements. Romance and Romanticism in Valentine’s Day concerts 2013-02-07T23:24:23Z If some of the “awesome precision” the review noted went missing here, a deep sense of musicality and rhythmic vitality made the account persuasive. Music Review: Aeolian Players at Symphony Space, Celebrating 50 Years 2012-12-17T05:23:04Z She plays rhythmic lines that would be at home in German techno. Review: Colleen Focuses on Precision With Fingers and Feet 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The rest of the work unfolded in an equally vivid palette, with the musicians etching sharp contrasts between moments of introspection and those of rhythmic exuberance. Music Review: Tokyo String Quartet?s Bartok Series at 92 Street Y 2011-11-08T23:42:34Z The Sonata No. 1 came across as a work of jarring originality, especially in its rhythmic character, as the music unfolds with nonstop intensity through sweeping bursts and organic gestures. Recalling Pierre Boulez, a Conductor-Composer With an Ear to the Alternative 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z She said that some people on the spectrum respond to the rhythmic nature of moving images, particularly those they can watch again and again. Museum Show Highlights Media-Makers on the Autism Spectrum 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z His is a distinctive voice, spiked by cluster-like harmonies, at once piercing and ethereal, and squiggly rhythmic riffs. Review: The Rare Problem of a New Opera That’s Too Short 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “Our goal at the time was to have a record devoid of melody and harmony. And have it be just bludgeoning and bombastic, thick, rhythmic.” Revisiting grunge rockers TAD and Mother Love Bone 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z They were rhythmic and unresolving, dealt out mostly in short or modest-length notes, and sounded like a teacher giving a demonstration. Steve Coleman Plays His Sax at the Stone 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z That rhythmic deliberateness—specifically its leisurely meter—is essential to the way that “Peanuts” functions as a space for thought. How “Peanuts” Created a Space for Thinking 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Their interactions have the naturally rhythmic vocal writing of Janacek or Debussy. Review: ‘Upload’ Asks Old Questions With New Technology 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Unfortunately the music director's touch turned rather mushy when faster pacing and firmer rhythmic point were called for. Hints of tarnish on Lyric's 'Golden West' 2011-01-24T00:43:00Z 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 It has a fundamentally American attack, buoyancy and rhythmic pulse. It Was Justin Peck’s First ‘Rodeo,’ and He Turned It on Its Head 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z She’s an award-winning English poet and a playwright, and when she’s backed by the synthesizer-topped wallop of her band, she’s also a fully skilled rapper with vehement momentum and an intense rhythmic drive. SXSW Music 2015: The First Day's Worthy Showcases 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The expanse and richness of her voice drew attention quickly, as did her adaptability to the gentle rhythmic inflections of her band. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, the compelling piece came across like a series of frustrated attempts at cohesion and peace, with fitful starts, hazy chords and driving yet irregular rhythmic figures. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z The new concerto is a work of considerable beauty, with delicate, feathery glissandi in the two harps, a bewitching double cadenza, and intricate rhythmic patterns. Review: Seattle Symphony shines in major works by women composers, despite last-minute conductor change 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Mainly the phrases are short, but there are scarcely any pauses; and the meter keeps changing, so that they’re never locked in a rhythmic continuum. Mark Morris’s ‘Words,’ a Premiere at Fall for Dance 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z A wide variety of rhythmic and harmonic combinations emerged from the meditative hum of this ensemble. Review: ‘The Force of Things,’ an Indirectly Audible Opera 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Simon duly flew home to reunite his distinctive voice, songs and rhythmic guitar playing with the exquisite harmonies of his old friend. The Graduate 2011-06-24T07:35:03Z He has been working this way more or less since the 1960s, reshaping jazz’s rhythmic syntax while engaging with its lineage. Andrew Cyrille’s Late-Career Renaissance 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z His rhythmic precision was admirable, given that his score was just stretches of whole notes; he played with the focus of a dyed-in-the-wool Minimalist. On the Mattress for ‘Sleep,’ an 8-Hour Lullaby 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Quirky inner details and fidgety rhythmic figures broke through the sumptuous orchestra sonorities. Music Review: Vienna State Opera Presents ‘Wozzeck’ and ‘Salome’ 2014-03-02T17:51:50Z The six singers appeared perfectly at ease with the unusual demands made on their voices; even passages of rhythmic panting were delivered with expressive elegance. Music Review: Oscar Bianchi’s ‘Matra’ Debuts at the MATA Festival 2014-04-20T20:25:50Z Mr. Kahane played beautifully, balancing spontaneity and crystalline sound with rhythmic brio and refinement. Critic’s Notebook: Weill Hall at Sonoma State University 2012-10-02T22:15:15Z Confidence is the operative word here — coupled with an understanding that Albanians live by a rhythmic, improvisational code: Fill space when it’s free. Tirana, Breaking Free From Communist Past, Is a City Transformed 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Wicks was a regular presence in New York jazz clubs in the 1970s, accompanying singers like Anita O’Day, another rhythmic iconoclast whose vocal style she echoes. Music Review: Patti Wicks?s Jazzy Turn at the Metropolitan Room 2010-06-15T22:48:00Z These a cappella meditations, interweaving plainchant and polyphony, sober canon and rhythmic surprise, take the listener as near extraterrestrial as you can get sitting in a concert hall. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z It’s an exciting, kinetic, deeply moving work with intoxicating twists, rhythmic feints and playful orchestration. Review | My spirits needed a lift. Violinist Hilary Hahn and the NSO delivered, in D major. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Hot in Here, demanding that clothes be removed, is infused with the same humour employed by Don Van Vliet, and is no less rhythmic. Readers recommend: songs about heat – results 2013-04-11T14:07:21Z Listen to the original recordings of the great Rodgers & Hart numbers and you will be amazed—and a little shocked—by how much of the thrum and vibrato and rhythmic squareness of operetta they retain. The Pure Artistry of Frank Sinatra 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The first movement, “The City and Its Double,” begins with a restless wash of murmuring sounds and rhythmic fragments. Music Review: ‘City Noir,’ by John Adams, at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-13T21:21:56Z Just as any great pianist would provide the requisite lilt to a Bach gavotte, yMusic delivers a necessary jolt of rhythmic energy to a generation of composers steeped in nonclassical idioms. yMusic to Bring Its Versatility to Ecstatic Music Festival 2012-02-03T17:45:10Z They start from scratch, beginning with rhythmic exercises and learning music theory in a roundabout way, using their own words to describe intervals before knowing what they are or how they’re typically used. Meet the 11-Year-Old Girls Whose Music Wowed the Philharmonic 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z What the two roles share is difficulty and rhythmic complexity. New York Premiere for a Long-Suppressed Opera 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z They're an indie band whose music – featuring guitar, bass, drums and electronics – can be rhythmic, although it's a long way from what even the most hardened krautrockers might describe as funky. New band of the day ? No 862: Twin Sister 2010-09-07T16:06:00Z Complex rhythmic calculus refashioned into body blows, by the guitarist Miles Okazaki or by one of two dynamic young drummers, Mark Guiliana and Ted Poor. Critic’s Notebook: NYC Winter Jazzfest Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary 2014-01-13T00:17:41Z I should have gone to see what it was about, but after a while the rhythmic tapping got to be almost soothing, and I ducked inside a dream. When the Winds Died Down 2011-07-18T15:50:05.740Z Then he played a spellbinding bravura number in which I gave up all hope of ever discerning a rhythmic pattern. Sattriya, Kathak and Bharatanatyam Dance at Drive East 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Taking his cue from James Brown's rhythmic innovations but also Jimi Hendrix and British bands like Cream and Led Zeppelin, Clinton forged an entirely new, ecumenical funk. George Clinton's funk chronicle, 'Brothas Be, Yo Like George' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z “I freestyle on the guitar until I get a nugget of a rhythmic idea, a chord or a melody. Often I’ll have compositions that have weird twists and turns.” MacArthur ‘genius’ grants launch winners from obscurity: ‘Now I feel like I’m working with a face’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z It was a Broadway style of tap, but it wasn’t a swinging, rhythmic tap tradition. Jerry Ames, Tap Dancer With Airy Style, Is Dead at 80 2011-02-17T04:59:27Z At first, we sense fluid movement and rhythmic beauty in the imagery and forms, but we may not realize these are, what she calls, “Water Portraits.” ‘Between Bodies’ at Henry Art Gallery asks us to consider the natural world through different lenses 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Set to Stravinsky’s vibrantly rhythmic “Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra,” “Rubies” deploys a principal couple and a solo woman as the leaders of the pack. Dance Review: Three Gems of the Here and Now 2011-06-06T22:04:19Z On Sunday afternoon, during one mocking phrase in the boisterous final movement of the Symphony No. 8, the string players erupted in rhythmic laughter. Budapest Festival Orchestra Has Fun at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z So offering the regulars fresh territory provides visual variation, while the decision then to throw away the key messes with our rhythmic expectation to cut to somewhere else every few minutes. TV Matters: Miranda and Peep Show 2010-12-23T07:59:02Z The psychedelic “Marbles” evokes a cascade of glass balls landing on different surfaces in vigorous rhythmic patterns. Review: Dan Trueman’s ‘Nostalgic Synchronic’ Takes Cage Into the 21st Century 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The rhythmic irregularity of “Rhapsody” poses a choreographic challenge. Review: At the Guggenheim, They Heart New York and Indoor Dance 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z The piano-lead tune sounds practically gospel in its beginning and gathers accompanying voices, periodic symbol splashes and rhythmic stomping along the way. Chance The Rapper releases official 'Arthur' cover 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z I am suddenly aware of all the noise I would normally ignore - the children's voices on the street, the motorcycle revving up, the rhythmic thud of the escalator, the whoosh of the coffee machine. The wild sound of Chris Watson 2013-09-11T02:11:39Z He works within a loose blues framework, but builds a fierce rhythmic momentum that suggests he’s heard a few punk records, too. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z There is more rhythmic variety in 30 seconds of David Rodriguez’s castanet solo than there is in the whole hour and 45 minutes of “Shadows.” Two Flamenco Divas, Two Kinds of Showmanship 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Ms. LaFreniere is a tall, imposing dancer of terrific rhythmic power; although her performance at this matinee was diminished by a couple of small slips, hers is a real talent. Dance Review: School of American Ballet Workshop Performances 2013-06-03T21:09:56Z But Migos have made it their trademark and, more important, a seemingly inexhaustible rhythmic resource — for them and for the countless rappers who have been imitating them since “Versace.” Migos-mania: How the Atlanta rap trio mastered the sound of silence 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The music is brassy and industrious, with Baroque-like strands of crisscrossing lines, though the busyness gets interrupted by rhythmic disruptions. Review: The Philharmonic Invites, and the Audience Packs the House 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z His rhythmic storytelling voice does justice to Follett’s gift for maintaining narrative momentum over hundreds of pages, and his special talent for conveying arrogance and villainy — so satisfyingly abundant here — is on full display. Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ comes in a powerful audiobook version you’ve got to hear 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z But without a firm rhythmic profile these crucial moments felt merely jittery and uncertain. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra and Simon Rattle at Carnegie Hall 2013-05-19T21:44:32Z Meantime, the trombonist achieved a masterful balance: He kept his volume under tight restraint, but he managed to communicate aggression and rhythmic punch anyway. Kahil El’Zabar: Jazz as spiritual experience 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z For me, as a director, everything is so rhythmic. Nick Jonas "has in him a real mystery": Director on why he's compelling in grief in "The Good Half" 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The steps are largely textbook ballet, with enough wiggles of the pelvis and rhythmic syncopations to change their flavor. Dance Review: ‘Ballet Across America’ at the Kennedy Center 2013-06-11T20:57:15Z Its programme consisted of three works – Adams's Slonimsky's Earbox, Bernstein's First Symphony and Beethoven's Seventh – that are rooted in tense rhythmic complexities and dynamic extremes. Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic ? review 2011-01-28T00:29:54Z The band’s style reflects what he calls “the overall evolution of the rhythmic foundation in the 21st century.” Chucho Valdés, the Pianist, Reflects on Irakere and His Career 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Molaskey is an interpreter whose acute attunement to the subtext of lyrics, which she imbues with a subtle rhythmic buoyancy, lends songs, especially those of Stephen Sondheim, the depth of great short stories. John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey at the Café Carlyle 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z In his studio, Mr. Perrey began to create a “library” of sounds, creating a style of rhythmic sequences that he described as “humorous and unusual.” Jean-Jacques Perrey, leader in electronic pop music, dies at 87 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The dancers of RAW, with backgrounds in hip-hop and tap, join forces with a beatboxer, a drummer, a guitarist and a bass player for a family-friendly hour of rhythmic fun and playful competition. Dance Listings for Feb. 12-18 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z They work because they’re part of the witty, odd flamboyance that characterizes his dance theater, but even more because they’re part of the rhythmic outpouring that turns his dance into music. Flamenco by Israel Galv?n - Review 2011-09-22T15:59:55Z Despite dynamic variations and changes of speed, the work’s rhythmic aspect stays neat, cold, arid. Dance Review: Sarah Michelson’s ‘4,’ at the Whitney, Continues a Series 2014-01-26T22:09:19Z As he developed his musical voice, Shapero thought it possible to reinvigorate Classical forms by using innovative adaptations of tonal languages and spiky rhythmic techniques. A Symphony With Powerful Champions, but Often Overlooked 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z As Sheeran’s lawyers said repeatedly, what the singer was accused of copying included a stock chord progression and syncopated rhythmic pattern. 6 Takeaways From Ed Sheeran’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ Copyright Case 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The rhythmic pulse of the propellers and the steady wash of the waves against the steel hull were siren songs beckoning. Inside the mind of one “American Shooter” 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In Mincek's work, rhythmic, mechanical squeaks jostle with the slithery noise of bows being brushed up and down the strings. Arditti Quartet/JACK Quartet – review 2013-05-07T17:57:04Z With rhyming, rhythmic text and vibrant, colorful art, this visually stunning picture book celebrates a wide variety of animals and introduces the concept of endangered species. The 10 best kids’ books of 2018 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z More fundamentally, though, there’s just something missing: an overflow of invention, a rhythmic irresistibility. Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘An American in Paris’ Brings Ballet Values to Broadway 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Except imagine that effect magnified and poeticized, with urban chaos turned rhythmic and graceful. | 'Traces': Acrobats Meet Skateboards and Basketballs (Watch Out!) 2011-08-10T02:01:08Z The first movement begins tentatively, with hints of a rhythmic figure in the piano’s low register and a fleeting chorale. Music Review: Hungarian Tradition, African Lilt 2011-05-27T23:00:24Z The music is driven by spiraling rhythmic figures, alternating chunky chords, and Impressionistic harmonies with a Broadway twist. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z These pieces’ connection to their ancestors — Debussy’s own set of études, their movement perpetual, whether fast or slow; the grandiose drama of Liszt; the complex rhythmic games of Conlon Nancarrow — are ever more obvious. Review: Taka Kigawa Masters the Conflicting Rhythms of Ligeti 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z It unfolds on five screens, surrounding the viewer with a rhythmic, almost meditative litany of individual and collective anxiety. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z This score, using the same instrumental and choral elements, also has atmospheric colorings and haziness, but much rhythmic spark and episodes of dancing. Three Varied Visions of Spirituality at the White Light Festival 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Its rhythmic precision and pellucid sound was the perfect frame for the intricate tapestry of Bach’s counterpoint. Choral Arts Society performs Bach’s Mass in B Minor at Kennedy Center Jane Goodall’s fieldwork in chimpanzee communities allowed her to witness things like a young male chimp doing a rhythmic dance in front of a waterfall. Do primates practice religion? 2013-06-04T15:43:00Z There are no drums; the music gets its pulse from rhythmic synthesizer tones and rippling guitar chords, and near the end the parts multiply into an overarching neo-Baroque polyphony of computer-tuned vocals and countermelodies. On ‘The New Abnormal,’ the Strokes Flip Nostalgia Toward the Future 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Weber wanted a band that played with an understated rhythmic approach, textures drawn from rock and the new electronics, and a flowing melodic sense - while still improvising. 50 great moments in jazz: Jan Garbarek, ECM Records and the 1970s European renaissance 2011-03-28T14:13:00Z Yet it was like participating in a percussion ritual of pounding, deafening rhythmic bursts. Music Review: Salzburg Festival Features Wolfgang Rihm 2010-07-30T22:59:00Z From an opening motif in which a gleaming flute line ascended over contrary peals on a vibraphone, the work played on the tension between stately chord progressions and unpredictable, increasingly brisk rhythmic outbursts. Music Review: Louis Andriessen, Composing Under the Radar 2010-04-19T22:18:00Z The text’s use of different languages — including German, French, English, Greek, Finnish, Spanish and Czech — prompted Saariaho to employ similarly varied vocal techniques, such as folk, Sprechstimme and lyrical, rhythmic speech. A Reigning Opera Composer Writes of Trauma and ‘Innocence’ 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Liza Pletneva, a rhythmic gymnast from the United States, documented her team’s journey from home, which included a six-hour layover in Amsterdam, an 11-hour flight to Tokyo and five hours of processing upon arrival. The Olympics Are All Fun, No Games on TikTok 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Abdel Salaam’s unsophisticated invocation of Black Power carries a little force, but it’s only in the final segment, by Ronald K. Brown, that the dancers get some sustained engagement with the music’s rhythmic motor. Review: Moves Versatile Enough for Philip Glass and James Brown 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Evans took the first solo, working a rhythmic seam before releasing a raining fury of notes. Sean Jones Quartet at the Jazz Standard 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z This 1940 piece has intricately notated, quite sophisticated rhythmic patterns, played here by the percussionists tapping small sticks on cups, glasses, household objects, magazines, cardboard, whatever. Music Review: John Cage Centennials at Symphony Space and the Stone 2012-09-06T22:01:20Z Supple and sinuous, the album swaps the frenetic punk of the band's Mercury-winning debut for something altogether more rhythmic. Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z After a few moments, I dropped another note in front of him: “Now Forgive,” and the same rhythmic pattern pulled back into a gentler register. Critic’s Notebook: So Percussion’s ‘Where (we) Live’ Has Echoes of John Cage 2012-12-18T23:05:51Z Their rhythmic, Sisyphean actions are accompanied by blues singing and cello. Review | A searing, all-star art show explores Black grief from the civil rights era to now 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z With few rhythmic exceptions, the sonnets adhere to a ten-syllable iambic line. The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The selections, including Mr. Thompson’s solo on “Stuffy,” are considered formative in the development of the nascent bebop sound, with its challenging rhythmic and harmonic concepts. Sir Charles Thompson, jazz pianist who bridged swing and bebop, dies at 98 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z One of the world's most virtuosic conductors, Salonen relishes in not only monkey chants but throwing rhythmic monkey wrenches, the kind made for the world's most versatile orchestras. L.A. Phil alum Lionel Bringuier wows in Zurich 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z But the rhythmic emphasis is harsh, the pulse grinding: he seems to want a stage full of stamping. ArtsBeat: 'The Nutcracker' Chronicles: Listening to the Score 2010-12-31T21:29:20Z Readers, we learn, want a colloquial style, a decisive main character, a fast-moving, rhythmic plot. “The Bestseller Code” Tells Us What We Already Know 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Mainly the electronics furnish details like the rhythmic thrum in “Feral Love,” which calls to mind the fleet of helicopters in the opening scene of “Short Cuts,” the Robert Altman film. New Music: Albums From Neko Case, Ariana Grande, Gorguts and Chelsea Wolfe 2013-09-02T21:24:22Z Food vendors, it turns out, favor repeated, rhythmic triplets: “Water for one dollar, one dollar, one dollar” was followed just steps later by an offer of “Cashew nut, cashew nut, cashew nut.” Bird Song, Sirens and Saxophones for a Stroll Between Museums 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Even the prose style seems to have the incantatory beat of Bragg's mellifluous radio spiel, with descriptions rendered in rhythmic encyclopaedic lists. Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg – review 2013-05-19T11:00:03Z It's different from the type of rhythmic stuff the steel band usually play. Jeremy Deller's Venice all-stars 2013-05-30T05:30:01Z One or two muddied bass trills and rhythmic hesitancies, insignificant in themselves, seemed to shift Ax's focus from the whole to the part, causing an unevenness in tone and metre. Emanuel Ax ? review 2011-03-23T17:43:10Z Yet even writing in this more formal language, Cage’s quirky mind and rhythmic inventiveness come through. Music Review: John Cage Centennials at Symphony Space and the Stone 2012-09-06T22:01:20Z Macklemore has a gift for narrative, but his strengths are lyrical and melodic, not rhythmic; his flows are flabby. Macklemore’s ‘Same Love’ set the agenda at 2014 Grammys 2014-01-29T23:55:10Z I break my accent work down like a drama student does, in a phonetic and rhythmic way. 'Fresh Off the Boat Star': I Don't Need to Represent Every Asian Mom Ever 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z The best ideas are rhythmic ones, even when the extramusical element remains frustratingly obscure. Interzone ? review 2010-11-23T22:00:00Z More than anything, though, the experience helped her navigate playing in rhythmic ensembles: “As a young female instrumentalist always outnumbered, it gave me a sense of confidence and courage.” Girls Are Outnumbered in Jazz. At This Summer Camp, They Run the Show. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The rhythmic regularity of the panels, each in the wall space between sets of double-doors leading to inner ministry offices, led the artist to conceive of the ensemble as a ballad. Thrilling new exhibition shows modern Mexican art is bigger than murals 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Most of all it’s about the intricate, rhythmic intertwining of movement and words, though he voices a caveat about that too. Daniel Linehan is onto something with ‘Everything’ 2013-09-13T19:22:11Z And she showed how Kathak makes rhythmic effects with arms, wrists and eyes, as well as with feet. Review: Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, a Showcase of Dizzying Movement 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z He has often worked against his music in one way or another; and some of his pieces either use unconventional scores or make no rhythmic connection to their accompaniment. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-14T22:08:35Z Only on the opening night of “Falstaff” did Mr. Levine’s performance lack a little rhythmic definition. A Look Back at a Year of Top Voices 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The second, “Levity,” featured rhythmic foot-tapping from the players and an energy that evoked Leonard Bernstein, particularly after the gentle, almost homespun charm of the opening “Moon’s Shadow.” Music Review: A 40-Year Partnership That Is as Youthful as Ever 2011-06-03T22:08:57Z Then there’s Philip Glass’s icy, rhythmic music, which seems to emanate not from the stage but from your own rushing pulse. Review: In Arthur Miller’s ‘Crucible,’ First They Came for the Witches 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z I’m starting to lose any sense of rhythmic motion. Connections: Triathlon Training With Chopin in Mind 2010-07-15T22:35:00Z As I was filming, I would come home and as a meditation, I would make music, and that haunted yet driving rhythmic structure is within me and my work. "Clean" star Adrien Brody talks "Succession" & daily injustice: "There is a lot to be angry about" 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z After the show, Adele took to Twitter to explain that a microphone had fallen into the piano, creating a strange rhythmic clanging. Grammys: Taylor Swift wins the big one, but Kendrick Lamar steals the show 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Thinking of Debussy, one usually imagines washes of color; here, impressively, rhythmic definition, even rhythmic unity, came across clearly. Review: Debussy’s ‘Pelléas,’ but This Time All Boxed In 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Thibaudet did almost the opposite, playing with incisive rhythmic vigor and unmannered lyricism. Music Review: Manfred Honeck Leads New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher 2013-01-05T00:58:01Z Jaar has talked about his desire to create "rhythmic anguish": music that you can dance to, with uncomplicated joy, but which is full of melancholy "above the bass". Does Nicolas Jaar's music defy description? 2010-09-01T15:22:00Z That transformation is evident in sections of the quartet in which the rhythmic code phrases become strident, fortissimo chordal figures. Music Review: Annie Gosfield?s Experimental and Traditional Sound 2010-08-08T22:43:00Z One keyboard solo in it bounces so wildly over a tight rhythmic framework that it can't possibly have been notated. Seattle Chamber Players tour Mediterranean in 'Icebreaker' festival 2012-02-15T22:23:04Z Mr. Pope sings forth his dialogue with the rhythmic bite he also brings to the many spirituals and hymns that are used as the play’s connective tissue. Theater Review: In Tarell McCraney’s ‘Choir Boy,’ Spirituals Are Solace 2013-07-03T02:00:02Z What made his work so captivating, critics said, was its eclectic originality, propulsive rhythmic force, companionable combination of dissonance and consonance and its masterly command of sonorities from the lush to the spare. Lee Hyla, 61, Who Mixed Rock and Jazz Into Classical Works, Dies 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z After an afternoon of exceptional playing, the stormy final movement brought for the first time rhythmic imperfections and moments where the sound turned scratchy — the force taken, perhaps, a few microns too far. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, With Works for Strings 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Cyrille had also provided musical accompaniment for classes associated with the June Taylor Dancers, improvising rhythmic cues for kinetic movement. Andrew Cyrille’s Late-Career Renaissance 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Pink Martini boosted its rhythmic attack as well in opening Saturday’s show, which an L.A. Hollywood Bowl opens on a breeze with Kristin Chenoweth, Go-Go's 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Written primarily during the pandemic, it features the languid rhythmic pulse of those 1970s classics, topped with a 15-piece string section. The Enduring Appeal of Italian Composers’ Dramatic ‘Library Music’ 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z She fills her music to the brim: She doesn’t hang on beats or counts; she floods her every phrase with singing legato, rhythmic brio and suspenseful variety. Review: Dancing Chickens and a Real Pony in American Ballet Theater’s Comic Pastoral 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Samples lend structure: the melodic and rhythmic information of the music they were taken from, as well as the samples’ mood and intent. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z Mr. Eisenstadt, a drummer, tends to write music with a steady rhythmic pulse and a feeling of open-air possibility. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z From early in his career, Mr. Reid mixed a kind of rhythmic talking into his music, borrowing the tempo of the patter he heard on black Southern radio stations. Clarence Reid, Singer and Songwriter Also Known as Blowfly, Dies at 76 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The rhythmic beats of his rise-to-fame story, about a teenage singing hopeful who enters a televised competition, are comfortingly familiar. ‘Teen Spirit’ Review: Elle Fanning Can Sing. Who Knew? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z A Norwegian postbop guitarist with a knack for streamlining all manner of rhythmic and harmonic complexities, Mr. Lund shares a core aesthetic with the alto saxophonist Greg Osby, who joins him here. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “The whole point of this overture is to be violently on the beat,” Wilson said during a rehearsal of William Walton’s exceedingly rhythmic “Scapino.” The Conductor John Wilson Doesn’t Like Musical Distinctions 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z This time, at Le Poisson Rouge, the intricate rhythmic shapes of the music sounded trickier and thinner. Critic?s Notebook: Jammed Sessions Abound at a Village Jazz Festival 2011-01-10T00:00:16Z Too often stolid and heavy, here it was airborne, with rhythmic muscularity and exhilarating finesse. The world's best orchestra 2011-02-27T00:04:15Z Cheap Lecture is a rhythmic spoken performance set to music, in which the two men debate issues surrounding their work. This week's new dance 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z Though his children start in Nuremberg, they travel to zones that are charged with New World speed, energy, off-balance stretch, rhythmic complexity and brilliance of sheer yes-we-can technical efficiency. Critic?s Notebook: ?Nutcracker? Nation: Yes We Can! 2010-12-08T23:32:00Z Listen hereA positive song dedicated to Rick Santorum, who, despite the backing of this group of young, keen supporters singing a catchy and rhythmic tune, failed to land the Republican nomination for president. Your most inspiring political songs 2012-08-03T17:22:06Z “I didn’t want it to be standards. I was hoping for something very rhythmic, with Wayne floating over the top.” Norah Jones Returns to Her Jazz Roots 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z In “Ninth Ward Strut,” Blanchard pays tribute to his hometown’s signature sound with a swinging second-line rhythmic underpinning, while pushing his own identity as a composer. Listen to the Essential Terence Blanchard 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Beckett's musicality is often noted in the sharply defined rhythmic profiles of his prose-poetry, and in the dense polyphonic interplay of short, carefully controlled motivic cells. Old Earth – review 2012-06-17T15:46:45Z Everything else — from the exuberant solos of Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker to the intimate musings of Billie Holiday and Chet Baker — grows from the rhythmic embrace of the bass and drums. Listen up: ‘How to Listen to Jazz’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Soon, the sense of community turned adversarial, as the players engaged in rhythmic competition. Review: A Composer Inspired by Quarks and Chromosomes 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Textures proliferate quickly in the quartet’s performance: Droning tones, staccato rhythmic explosions and restless pizzicato are all in motion. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Braids flying, white suit flapping, and often a smile of pure euphoria on his face, Glover polished off one cool groove after another — setting down a simple rhythmic pattern, working it, working it. In Seattle show, Savion Glover dances at the altar of tap 2012-03-18T06:06:46Z Rather than emphasizing the rhythmic drive of the repeated chord theme of the first movement, he took a restrained tempo and allowed the music to emerge in an eerie, slightly murky rumble of harmony. 2010-02-15T05:55:00Z |
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