The phrase "a vivid performance of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a performance that is strikingly clear, lively, or intense, often in the context of theater, music, or dance.
Example: "The audience was captivated by a vivid performance of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' that brought the characters to life."
Alternatives: "a striking rendition of" or "an expressive interpretation of".
There is a vivid performance of innocence, but there's no actual innocence left.
The evening, part of Juilliard's faculty recital series, opened with a vivid performance of Stravinsky's brief Three Pieces for String Quartet.
Among the rest, Robert Craft conducted a vivid performance of the wild Baroque-comes-to-Hollywood Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra by Schoenberg, a work only Milton Babbitt had heard in concert before.
The program also included an unsentimental rendition of Barber's "Molto Adagio" and a vivid performance of the finale from a Beethoven string quartet (Op. 59, No. 3), after which whoops and hollers mingled with the bravos.
The American premiere of "In Vain," an opulent, kaleidoscopic masterpiece by the Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, proved an exhilarating experience in February, when Michel Galante led the Argento Chamber Ensemble in a vivid performance of the hourlong score at the Miller Theater.
Ms. Chinn, dressed in a white outfit based on commedia dell'arte and with a bow in her hair, gave a dramatically vivid performance of the 21 poems by Albert Giraud that Schoenberg selected for "Pierrot".
The violinist Krzysztof Kuznik, the cellist Daire FitzGerald and the pianist Margaret Kampmeier provided a suitably vivid performance of Ms. Higdon's work.
The soprano Jennifer Ellis Kampani gave an elegant, vivid performance of "No se emenderá jamás," a short, graceful cantata with guitar accompaniment, one of the few works Handel composed in Spanish.
America, since its designation as a 'New World', has been the most vivid performance of knowledge produced through prodding and contention.
Sitting in the audience was Janusz Kaminski, a 28-year-old film student, and there was something in the vivid performance of the movie's star, Holly Hunter, that resonated with him deeply, far beyond words.
But there was nothing stale about the New York Philharmonic's vivid performance of the music from Act II on Tuesday evening at Avery Fisher Hall, even if it did seem an uninspired choice of repertory for a one-off concert that opened with Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor.
