And in the first movement cadenza of the C-major Concerto, Mr. Schiff wove in themes from "Le Nozze di Figaro," which Mozart was writing at the time.
Set in an imminent future where twentysomethings just about remember snow from childhood, Future Home of the Living God owes an obvious debt to Atwood, as well as to PD James's The Children of Men, though Erdrich also weaves in themes of Native American history, politics and the nuances of family relationships familiar from her most recent novels, The Round House and LaRose.
Others take a subtler route, weaving in these themes just below the surface of their pieces.
Written by Ginger Lazarus, "Burning" updates Rostand's original by weaving in contemporary themes like gender inequality, military abuse and homophobia.
Work your way from there with theme weaving in and out of the story and rising action.
This familiar fourth-wall-busting trick can seem a little strained, but it's part of an impressively integrated vision that includes dense, fragmented language woven in with themes of alienation and disengagement.
Lamenting man's catastrophic effect on the environment, he mentions the BP oil spill and the Icelandic volcano, then cries: "We have no business launching a volcano when we don't know what we're doing!" His routines are exquisitely crafted, building stories with recurring themes and weaving in sparkling threads of surrealism.
Flipping through the Festschrift or strolling through the exhibition, which contained vitrines displaying books correlated with each of the ten categories, you'd see themes continuously weaving in and out of Friedlander's consciousness often decades apart, he will revisit an idea but come to a completely different conclusion.
One of the great achievements of "The Sopranos" is that it weaves in trenchant social themes subtly, through realistic characters and stories that keep the audience irresistibly involved.
Each camp attempts to weave in four key themes: education, direct action, sustainable living and "building a movement to effectively tackle climate change by both resisting climate crimes and developing sustainable solutions".
