But the score, which Mr. Tan conducted deftly, has appealing moments, most notably the imaginative, otherworldly interludes and the first-act love duet between Yueyang, the emperor's daughter, and Gao Jianli, the musician commanded by the emperor to compose a glorious anthem for the imperial inauguration.
It was Gropius's only significant architectural commission in this country, and it came from Henry Morris, a notably eccentric and imaginative chief education officer.
Sartre linked them together in big loose equations.The human mind was free, notably in its imaginative capacity to entertain possibilities and think of the world as different from how it was.
He has worked extensively in music education in post-apartheid South Africa, and his wonderful melodies have also inspired imaginative big-ensemble interpretation, notably by the late British arranger Steve Gray.
Being imaginative means using your imagination more.
Many of the artist's most spectacular English achievements are absent - notably, Charles I in the Hunting Field, the most imaginative of all the royal portraits.
The piece continues with a sequence of animated episodes, highlighting imaginative and unusual combinations of instruments, notably a trio of harp, celesta and guitar that evokes what sounds like fragmented Elizabethan song.
In addition, the band performed imaginative covers of serious classical compositions most notably Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, and the hilarious blues version of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and occasional ballads or hymns, all played with great technical virtuosity.
The 11-part "A Tale of a Tub" is the most impressive of the three compositions for its imaginative wit and command of stylistic effects, notably parody.
Imaginative alternatives need to be sought to incarceration – notably the use of tagging to keep less serious offenders out of "academies of crime" – and a message should be sent to judges and magistrates to consider alternatives to imprisonment if public safety is not at risk.
