Sentence examples for gave incisive from inspiring English sources

Taka Kigawa, the pianist, gave incisive, clear, textured readings of Ligeti's "Arc en Ciel" and Debussy's "Feux d'Artifice," and supported Layla Claire, a soprano, in Strauss and Handel.

Led by Case Scaglione, a Philharmonic assistant conductor, the orchestra gave incisive performances of Stravinsky's genial "Ragtime" (similar in breezily spiky feel to its approximate contemporary, "L'Histoire du Soldat") and Shostakovich's "Tahiti Trot," a lush, rather daffy arrangement of "Tea for Two" that was immensely popular in its day.

"The more 'isms, the more schisms," Goldwag writes, giving incisive histories of religious splits from creationism to gnosticism to hermeticism; scientific camps from Lysenkoism to string theory to uncertainty principle (not all partisans are -ists) and economics from Keynsianism to monetarism to today's hot-buttoned protectionism.

They gave an incisive performance of John Adams's Chamber Symphony (1992), itself a ghostly homage to Schoenberg.

Ms. Josefowicz gave an incisive, tireless, bright-toned and breathtaking account of the formidable solo part.

Mr. McMillen and Mr. Gosling, who have long been stars of the New York new-music scene, gave an incisive performance.

The pianist Wei-Yi Yang gave an incisive and appropriately steely performance of one of Copland's most modernist scores, the Piano Variations (1930).

The St . Lukes players gave an incisive, subtle and lush account of the score under Mr. Adams's keen and players direction.

Between the Mozart and the Schubert, the trio gave an incisive account of a work composed for it, Leon Kirchner's Trio No. 2 (1993).

And the tenor Dominic Armstrong, stepping in for an ailing Paul Appleby, gave an incisive, characterful, and, under the circumstances, heroic performance — he had seen the score for the first time that morning.

Mr. Harris gave an incisive reading of Iannis Xenakis's "Mikka 'S,' " and together Mr. Chiu and Mr. Harris closed their set with a fiery, tightly entwined account of Ben Johnston's "Duo for Two Violins".