That faith, too, has eroded, as have the movements in which it was embodied.
The final two movements, in which Maria Kochetkova is paired with the dashing Gennadi Nedvigin, demonstrate a surge in virtuosity.
It is a constant flow of information, memory, plans, and physical movements, in which as much thinking goes on out there as in here.
This concept was central to Abstract Expressionism, the most American of art movements, in which Mr. Ming participated when he first came to this country.
It expands into a series of movements in which a vintage early synth melody gives way to climax after climax, where real and electronic parts compete for primacy.
Their efforts paid off in an engrossing, characterful performance of the dozen short movements, in which brash dissonances are playfully contrasted with emotive outbursts and lyrical interludes.
Both the threat to folk culture and the rise of nationalism spurred revival and preservation movements in which learned musicians, poets, and scholars provided leadership.
There's an alarming tendency in contemporary work to go overboard with hand movements in which dancers sweep their hands across their faces to create repetitive, meaningless gestures.
But these works — especially "Movements," in which Balanchine keenly answers Stravinsky's rhythms with his own — need a yet more acute sense of time.
The piece begins with awkward, stumbling movements in which the pianist is exhorted to use "all thumbs" and ends in a burst of exhilarating contrapuntal virtuosity.
Perhaps two of the movements in which he held honorary office until his death best sum up his aspiration for the global Church.
