Mr. Gilbert began by conducting a coolly beautiful performance of the Debussy, bringing out the thematic and harmonic intricacies he had highlighted in spoken comments from the stage, something he is expert at.
In the opening of the concerto, which begins with a series of ominous chords that grow in sound and intensity, Mr. Lugansky voiced each one to highlight harmonic intricacies.
He drew Italianate ardor and pliant lyricism from the Met orchestra yet conveyed the rhythmic intricacy, harmonic boldness and symphonic sweep of the music as well.
In this deeply personal concerto Chopin wrote a piano part suffused in lyrical invention, harmonic richness and contrapuntal intricacy.
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His inquisitive mind lights on inner details, harmonic clashes and contrapuntal intricacies, and makes the music leap off the stage.
Working with capricious harmonic movement and serpentine grooves, they made music of engrossing intricacy and ambition.
The boy was stiffer, and his piece more ambitious, and Lang, getting a little exasperated now, cut him off and, more sternly, began to talk with him about the intricacies of various passages and the piece's harmonic construction.
The Tallis, for eight five-voice choirs, proved the evening's most memorable work, both for its sheer opulence and for the intricacy with which individual voices and tandem groupings wove through the texture, creating an ebb and flow of harmonic and rhythmic relationships.
