Mr. Stanko's records have generally been more solemn than his performances, but I'd be surprised if this band turns out a solemn record.
This was countered by efforts to use sound and spectacle in the performance of the solemn liturgy.
But although Brian Zeger, the pianist, gave a devoted performance of these solemn pieces, hearing them one after another made them all sound monotonous.
Riffing off her recent role in Winter's Bone, Jennifer Lawrence gives a performance of stoic, solemn intensity as Katniss, the coalminer's daughter who finds herself schooled in the art of killing while Woody Harrelson's boozy mentor and Stanley Tucci's grotesque TV compere look on from the wings.
Unfortunately, a group of women – presumably mistaking his show of solidarity for an off-brand Disney street performance – turned his solemn demonstration into a Thursday night photo-opp, complete with smiles, Rubicon and peace signs.
'The Graduate' How could anyone who saw them forget Dustin Hoffman's solemn young Benjamin Braddock and Anne Bancroft's infinitely cool performance as the middle-aged mistress he never calls anything more intimate than Mrs. Robinson?
Stravinsky described the piece as "an austere ritual" but also dedicated it to Debussy, and this performance clinches that balance between solemn observance and splendid colours.
The jungle itself appears to have given birth to the Pura Samuan Tiga, a sprawl of monumental gateways, staircases, and pavilions for joyous dance performances, sacrificial cockfights and the solemn placement of offerings.
The curious hodgepodge of photographs includes scenes from a collaborative, mud-slinging performance with William Pope.L and colorful but solemn portraits of African-Ecuadorian children.
Some, myself included, might prefer bigger forces and a greater sense of the monumental – the one thing this performance isn't, after all, is solemn.
