Levy's sense of dramatic form, as she hastens us toward the grim finale, is unerring, and her precise, dispassionate prose effortlessly summons people and landscapes.
And though the Andante was as lovely as you could want it to be, and the finale was suitably vigorous and precise, parts of the Menuetto (most notably its Trio) were blighted by ragged brass playing.
The next week, in Oakland's regular-season finale against the Jets, the normally precise Gannon overthrew the wide-open tight end Roland Williams late in the fourth quarter on a third-down play that would have sealed a victory.
When she directed the season finale of "Crazy," Brosh realized she didn't need "precise jargon" to communicate with the experts on set: They were there to translate and realize her ideas.
More precise advice from Adam about singing in a higher register at the finale, which he sort of used.
Saturday's (or to be precise the Friday and Saturday performance, since it began at 10 Friday night) was the grand finale of the four-week Wien Modern, the city's elaborate annual new-music festival.
But in the finale, which Ms. Zhang took at a breathless clip, the playing was both fiery and precise, and exciting enough to short-circuit any debate about how fast is too fast.
Maybe it comes down to familiarity, but this account — conducted by David Fulmer, with Christopher Otto as the brilliantly precise soloist — coaxed out more playful and evocative qualities, particularly in the haunted middle movement and exuberant finale.
In this sunny and exuberant piece the eight dancers, seemingly liberated from the strict and precise choreography of the preceding pieces, respond to the gay Latino rhythms with blithe and blissful movements, making this inspired finale a glorious celebration of life and dance.
