The expressive fire and buoyant energy that invigorate this performance surely originate from Britten on the podium, an all-round brilliant musician who had by then long since proved his usefulness.
He's never at his best in first acts: it is as if he needs the infusion of the singers' outside energy to fully invigorate a performance that he, paradoxically, is himself shaping.
Although Mr. Fox's performance invigorated his supporters, its importance in the broader campaign remains unclear.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitutions Melissa Ruggieri considered it the show's highlight, while a writer for The Glasgow Herald felt that the performance invigorated Madonna's artistic side.
His goal was fully merited after a performance which invigorated Kenny Dalglish's side just as Newcastle were beginning to claw their way back into the contest.
Indeed yes: when people are led to think that effortful tasks will invigorate rather than drain them, they improve their performance on a later task".
Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club commended Rihanna for elevating the album's generic sound, writing that she "does sound invigorated, delivering charismatic vocal performances of material that doesn't always warrant them".
