That careful intellectualism – coupled with his ability to conjure such hushed sounds from the keys – made one wonder whether he could also rise to the passionate peaks of the music.
To locate the fourth floor gallery that housed them, one needed only listen for the hushed sounds of a diverse 21-and-older crowd having the collective time of their life.
And instead of the woodwinds and synthesizers of New Age music, I was lulled to sleep by the hushed sounds of Levantine Arabic in the hall -- which, for a linguist, is even better.
Once, its hushed sensual sound seemed to perfectly conjure an atmosphere of heavy-lidded, post-coital languor.
The usual exhaust roar is replaced by a hushed whooshing sound as the car accelerates rapidly and relentlessly thanks to the high torque of an electric motor making gear changes unnecessary because there is no gearbox.
Mr. Litton also made the most of the orchestra's willingness to follow him through minute shifts in dynamics and intensity, creating a changeable fabric in which a hushed string sound, for example, was gradually transformed into an enveloping roar.
When you hear a clap of thunder or a hushed whisper, sound waves are tousling microscopic hairs inside the ear, setting off nerve impulses that crackle to the brain.
This is all augmented by the peculiar, and quite wonderful, soundtrack, consisting of hushed ambient sounds and cheesy loud punk-pop, all from records purchased almost at random by Mr. Naharin on shopping sprees in Japan; he chose them, he says, because he liked their covers.
As lighted by David Weiner, with hushed nerve-scraping sound design by Darron L. West, "Grace" exudes the clinical, creepy brightness of a morgue.
Often, the classroom was so hushed that it sounded like a library.
The women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, seated in the rows where the first violins are typically located, contributed an array of haunting vocal sounds: hushed hums, sustained high tones, sputterings and more.
