The New York Times recently reported that "Let It Go" is a phenomenon unto itself, "producing a level of passion and exuberance in children the like of which parents have never seen".
Gardiner describes the cantata as "evidently ... a work which he particularly valued", adding: "he comes up with music of unalloyed optimism and exuberance in celebration of the first gifts of newly-awakened nature, as well as the miraculous ignition of the divine Pentecostal spark which allows human beings to communicate across the language barrier".
The Pacifica musicians — the violinists Simin Ganatra and Sibbi Bernhardsson, the violist Masumi Per Rostad and the cellist Brandon Vamos — explored the moods with somber delicacy and manic exuberance in the finale.
But then how about the fact that "they were the two most widely discussed and influential critics in the United States from the amazing era of cultural and political exuberance in the 1960's to the era of ossification that set in during the 1980's"?
My daughter, 15, is full of energy and exuberance, sings in the shower, talks rapidly and incessantly, has loads of friends and ever so often can be persuaded to study for an exam or pick up a wet towel.
And some irrational exuberance in the prices, for a machine that can do very little and originally sold for $666 (about $2,700 in current dollars).
Art of the Automobile, scheduled for 21 November, is among the most heavily stacked car auctions in the city's history, and it lands when exuberance in the art market is duly reflected in the car hobby.
His exuberance in the beauty and color of the trees, grasses and vines he observed around his hometown of Concord, Mass.
And there's no lack of exuberance in the show's vintage posters, with their scantily clad artistes displaying their tricks and their charms.
