But Mr. Finnissy is not simply creating variations on a theme; rather, these are original works, dense, rich and graceful.
Extremely productive, he worked effortlessly, shifting styles and scales and working dense and spare, raw and refined, with irrepressible assurance and often quite a bit of humor.
Each work was made to be seen alone, but in a museum we are able to appraise it only in a room full of other works, dense with other people, ourselves already distracted by travel and unfamiliarity.
Although revolutionary and grand in style, they retain the charm of his early works, as mentioned by pianist Elizabeth Wolff: "They are typical of his early works, dense, rich in counterpoint, highly chromatic, poignantly nationalistic, deeply felt, and of course, exceptionally challenging to the pianist".
Ms. Young's work is dense, outrageous and hard to brand.
"Cleaver," Parks's seventh novel, is a work of dense artistry and passionate intelligence.
Moment to moment the work is dense with interesting elements and ideas.
Macuga's work is dense with references, and it all takes a lot of mental unpacking.
Mr. Jurowski maintains a balance among the work's dense layers, and the orchestra plays brilliantly.
Mr. Strick was even better known for fiction films based on the work of dense, often risqué writers.
