Harris has been, among other things, a stand-up comic, and it shows in his book, in lively phrases and an ear for the incongruous.
After the intermission, Joseph Kalichstein joined Mr. Foster and the orchestra for a lively, inventively phrased performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G (K. 453).
He repeated this lively rural phrase in Fond du Lac, Wis., and it was broadcast far and wide in coverage of the Democratic campaign.
"Minas Tirith in la pequeña" is a fairly typical phrase, though Díaz's lively macaronic idiom is equally capable of more subtle effects.
More interesting were two junior leads, Meaghan Grace Hinkis as Clara and Ludovic Ondiviela in the Nutcracker/Nephew role, both notable for their lively, articulate musical phrasing and confident grace.
The exceptional principal flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, an athletic and lively musician whose phrasing has ice-skaterly skills of timing and sweep, offers a varied program that includes works by Hans Werner Henze, Sofiya Gubaydulina, Prokofiev and Lowell Lieberman.
The challenge of piling sparkling and lively words or phrases on top of each other that not only stretch the width of the grid but also make the crossing Downs make some sort of sense is a formidable one.
It is possible, of course, that the most sensitive intelligence is sent by more secure means, not yet breached by Wikileaks.Even so, the cables are worth a read just for some diplomats' lively turns of phrase.
Mr. Conlon began the piece with a lively pulse and lean phrasing, emphasizing its classicism and lighthearted spirit, a notable contrast to the devastating anguish of the composer's later works.
Jessica Flynn was a lively charmer whose fluid phrasing and sense of detail suggested that she had moved beyond the steps and allowed the music to fill and carry her along.
