Naturally, the woman known for mixing styles doesn't have a favorite period.
The idealism, the earnest anger, the democratic, sometimes clumsy way of mixing styles and sounds — I am almost as susceptible to it now as I was at 15.
For the soprano Dawn Upshaw, mixing styles and interacting with composers have been signature elements since the start of her illustrious career.
Serge July, another well-known journalist, found Ms. Trierweiler's desire to be independent "confusing" and called on her to stop "mixing styles".
Having two Vivs, the older and younger versions, constantly on stage works particularly well, and Brown's score – mixing styles and influences from English folk to popular music of the period – is a pleasure.
And this is not merely a matter of eclectic programming, though the New York selection committee, led by Richard Peña and including the critics Scott Foundas, J. Hoberman, Kent Jones and Lisa Schwarzbaum, has done an exemplary job of mixing styles, sensibilities and moods.
