In a dark and icy cellar, they play galliards and sarabands while far above, in the Winter Room, the king eats his breakfast to the exquisite sounds transported there by a series of twisting pipes.
Visually stunning and beautifully lit, the brilliant jewel colours of India mingle with the yellow and gold of the Buddhists, as seductive to the eye as Harvey's exquisite sounds are to the ear, the ring of fire a decidedly Wagnerian touch.
The vulgarity is a piquant counterpoint to the exquisite sound; the erotic charge rings true.
The exquisite sound-world of Henri Dutilleux is one of the most refined in all contemporary music, and is here caught to perfection by his former pupil, Esa-Pekka Salonen. Esa-Pekka Salonen
It's also offering space for West Midlands voices, too, in pieces such as James Webb's Prayer, an exquisite sound installation featuring recordings of prayers from 40 different faith groups from across the city.
She produced an exquisite sound, her phrasing was stylish and thoughtful, and except for a few moments in the finale, she appears to have overcome the tendency to rush ahead of the orchestra that has been noted in past encounters.
The Cyclones won in the 10th, and the exquisite sound system, which played tasteful New York tunes all evening, broke into Neil Diamond's "Brooklyn Roads," a song about nostalgia, a perfect way to honor the tribal memory of a team called the Brooklyn Dodgers that did not die.
We were of course treated to the none too exquisite sound of a man, our president, in profound debate with himself.
At Cielo, a tiny club with an exquisite sound system, he gave top names like David Guetta and Paul Oakenfold a chance to get back to their roots by playing for a musically savvy crowd in an intimate environment.
Fortunately, another big piece by Mr. Goehr was programmed: "A Musical Offering (J. S. B. 1985)," a sequence of contrapuntal inventions, dances, puzzles and quirky textures, constituting a homage to Schoenberg more than Bach and abounding in opportunities for the Sinfonietta musicians to thrust, parry and create exquisite ensemble sounds.
(The "Hallelujah Chorus" sounds exquisite, though subdued).
