Voices harmonize closely, somewhere between intimacy and claustrophobia, in the quiet, unhurried songs on "Will You Find Me," the fifth album by Ida.
A bravura display of speed and coordination in which Dame Cleo closely harmonizes with Mr. Dankworth's noodling saxophone, "Turkish Delight" is the musical equivalent of an acrobatic trick.
It is not uncommon to notice certain color forms occurring in close proximity but under almost identical climatic conditions that closely harmonize with two extreme types of background, e.g., black lava and white sand [17].
The record is "avant" in the sense that the music employs jostling, closely harmonized brass choruses that flirt with dissonance but are slightly more conservative than Stan Kenton.
The recitatives have refined vitality, and the ensembles are exquisite, including graceful choruses and a closely harmonized trio that anticipates the Three Ladies of Mozart's "Magic Flute".
Russell Farhang's semiclassical violin and Erik Jekabson's trumpet are the lead solo instruments, and when they join in angular closely harmonized riffs, the full-bodied blend sounds neither brassy nor stringy.
It remains unmistakable: a clarinet playing lead, supported by closely harmonized saxophones with responses from a large brass section (often muted to minimize vibrato) and a politely clumping four-man rhythm section.
Ms. Souriau's pieces, including one inspired by "Lord of the Rings" and another toying with the melody from Debussy's "Clair de Lune," created misty, closely harmonized textures from which tendrils of melodies emerged, sometimes entwining in quasi-classical canons.
She must show by then, a senior French official said, that German willingness to put more money on the table to help weaker countries is reciprocated by binding commitments from euro-zone countries to cut debt and more closely harmonize their financial, economic and social policies.
We commit, on a voluntary basis, to funding programs that achieve this objective, such as the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program and the Energy for the Poor Initiative, and to increasing and more closely harmonizing our bilateral efforts.
