A wistful vocal line is accompanied by instrumental writing of affecting fragility.
In 1615 Willebrord Snell, a Dutch mathematician, measured an arc of meridian by instrumental triangulation.
Preconcert activitieswith the storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston and performances by instrumental ensembles will begin at 1 p.m. for all ticketholders.
The works, mostly by lesser-known but masterly composers of the era, are sequenced without pause, although a few selections are connected by instrumental improvisations.
In Daniel Knaggs's "Three Nature Songs," a premiere, the soprano Jennifer Ashe sang sweet, airy melodies accompanied by instrumental impressions of chirping birds and croaking frogs.
The long second half gave the Roots a chance to emphasize their own best-known songs, filled out by instrumental digressions.
Tonight two sisters, Cathleen and Jennifer Ellis, sopranos, sing solo and duo works of Caccini, Carissimi, Monteverdi and Handel in a program filled out by instrumental works.
It was preceded by albums in which he explored everything from flamenco to jazz-funk; his latest is an elegant solo set dominated by instrumental compositions.
Silversun Pickups' songs are fascinated by instrumental possibilities — pealing, crashing, shimmering, pinging, blaring — and the lyrics veer from cynicism and disgust to wary hints of tenderness.
"Bel Canto" is López's first opera, and his inexperience shows in the way voices are sometimes drowned out by instrumental pandemonium.
Climatic changes of the past 200 300 years, especially since the early 1900s, are documented by instrumental records and other archives.
