There are also appealing works for cello and piano by Mr. Thomson and Mr. Fussell.
On harp, Ms. Patton tangled with Charles Weaver's lute and Hank Heijink's theorbo in appealing works by Joan Ambrosio Dalza.
A mere half-hour long, this is a gripping and appealing work, full of sexy charm beneath the rigorous surface.
But a lot more felt authentic in "Festival of Lies," a rambling but immensely appealing work by Mr. Linyekula, who was born in Congo.
The other reason to bring "Jeanne d'Arc" to Salzburg was to do delayed justice to Braunfels, a respected composer, pianist and educator in his day, who achieved popular success with appealing works like his 1920 opera "Die Vogel" ("The Birds").
A skillful artist who left behind a limited oeuvre of refined, appealing works, Taneyev now occupies a status between historical footnote and that common gesture of polite approbation, "respected pedagogue".
(Kozinn) ★ Bang on a Can All-Stars (Saturday) A quarter century after its founding as a rebellious grassroots upstart, the groundbreaking composers' collaborative Bang on a Can commandeers the basement of a veritable temple of high culture with a clutch of disparate, appealing works, as performed by its versatile, vivacious house band.
Chelsea Through tomorrow Storefront for Art and Architecture 97 Kenmare Street, at Centre Street Little Italy Through April 3 If you have trouble wrapping your mind around the arcane yet appealing work of the German artist Manfred Pernice, these shows may do the trick.
BARGEMUSIC The Williams Chamber Players, continuing the barge's series of concerts of contemporary American music, offer a range of appealing works for violin, percussion, and piano by such composers as André Previn, John Corigliano (the Chaconne from "The Red Violin," made famous by Joshua Bell), and Frederic Rzewski ("Whangdoodles").
