(Schweitzer) ★ Quicksilver (Tuesday) This six-member period-instrument ensemble brings the delightfully excessive virtuosity of the 17th-century German avant-garde to the Morgan Library with a program of music in the Stilus Fantasticus, "instituted to display genius," in the words of the mathematician Athanasius Kircher.
The composers included in the lineup, who worked in Austria and Germany, wrote music in the Stylus Fantasticus, an early Baroque style that the mathematician Athanasius Kircher described as "instituted to display genius," adding, "The most free and unrestrained method of composing, it is bound to nothing, neither to any words nor to a melodic subject".
During the next two years in campaigns against the Austrians in Italy, Masséna displayed a genius for maneuvering his forces over difficult terrain.
He was flopping all over the wet grounds, as Charles displayed either genius or overdue common sense -- depending on which chat room you are reading -- and sent Donovan into the game in the 30th minute tonight.
As Robert Caro wrote in his epochal tome The Power Broker, "Moses … displayed a genius for using the wealth of his public authorities to unite behind his aims banks, labor unions, contractors, bond underwriters, insurance firms, the great retail stores, real estate manipulators – all the forces which enjoy immense behind-the-scenes political influence in New York".
Anonymous leaks from South Korean and American intelligence agencies display a genius for botanical analysis: the green of the foliage, they say, looks more like high summer than autumn.
She quickly displays her genius there but the school's narrow horizons suggests the sharply limited opportunities for black people over all.
She displays a genius for memorizing all the words to "Rapper's Delight," while concealing the fact that she also knows the words to all the songs on the "Born to Die" album.
Our children don't have to display musical genius to forever change the way that we hear it.
There are scores like me who sound off on the Internet, but generally, guys, we just want to add to the conversation, not display ageless genius.
