Rather, what Mr. Denk's playing conveys most is an inclusive consideration of where each piece came from, what it reflects about its composer and how music connects to a life's broader concerns.
"Loving you is complicated," Lamar muses on "u," a dizzying look in the mirror and what it reflects.
What leaps out at us about this study from Child Trends, a think tank in Washington, is what it reflects about the class divide.
"What it reflects, I think, more than anything else is that the mayor is just running out of gas," he said.
"What it reflects in a broader sense is the growing complexity of Mexico's criminal underworld," said Alejandro Hope, a security analyst and a former Mexican intelligence officer.
In 2009 the museum opened an exhibition, "Changing Places," that is compelling for what it reflects about the continuing evolution of the New South.
"What it reflects is that the depth of the opposition varies considerably from place to place in the country, from region to region," Ms. Charo said.
What it reflects, though, is an arithmetical calculation based on two numbers: the shrinking labour force just described; and the slow annual growth in productivity in the 1990s of about 2%, a whole percentage point less than in the 1980s.
"What it reflects is that our charter members, who are mostly Indians, they are so deeply networked in Silicon Valley that all kinds of people come to them," said Venk Shukla, an engineer-turned-entrepreneur who heads TiE Angels.
