As the viola sings in fitful lyrical outpourings, an ensemble of six instruments respond with jumpy figurations in Ms. Musgrave's trademark harmonic language -- a diffuse, shifting, spiky tonality.
Shorter and Morgan, with their crackling and crisp virtuosity as soloists, and lyrical song writing and ensemble playing, set another high bar for the Jazz Messengers style.
These intense chamber symphonies sometimes have a hard jazz swing to them, but the most abiding impression is that of lustrous, lyrical melancholy; the Firebird Ensemble performs them not only with expertise but with the sympathy of devoted colleagues.
Jovinos personal style is a creative blend of energetic grooves, deep harmonies, telepathic improvisation, lyrical melodies and great ensemble playing, always inspired and informed by the colorful richness of Brazilian music.
The documentary portions of "In Search of the Invisible People" are revealing, yet much of the lyrical unison dancing by the ensemble depletes the work of its power.
Mr. Roberts's introspective manner persuasively suggested both that this lad was a budding poet and that the ensemble's sometimes lyrical and sometimes turbulent movements symbolized his changing thoughts.
For "Volgendo il ciel" and "Movete," from Monteverdi's "Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi," Cantata Profana became a stylish early-music ensemble, abetted by a lyrical tenor, Scott Mello, and a harmonious vocal quintet.
Karin von Aroldingen and Sean Lavery, both dancing with unusual rapture, then lead the ensemble in a more lyrical vein, but the group patterns soon return to the diagonals that recur here so often.
The late 18th-century Italian notturno, a collection of lightweight pieces for chamber ensemble, bore little relation to the lyrical 19th-century nocturne.
