Word: precisionism
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Three precision blasts combat a raging river of lava
The Cleveland Orchestra. Under the late George Szell, the Clevelanders were honed into an ensemble of breathtaking precision, eminently suited to the music of Mozart. During the regime of Conductor Lorin Maazel (1972-82), Szell's high technical standards were maintained, but the sound of the orchestra became fuller...
Like a championship team, a great orchestra executes its tasks with precision, élan and grace. String sections attack and release a note together, blending their sounds to form a single smooth line. Woodwinds have a distinctive character that lets them stand out against the full orchestra, yet merge back...
In general, they have feigned adherence to the "the science game" only to give a veneer of responsibility to practices antipathetic to the ethics of a university. These practices are not random lapses; they stem from a philosophy that denies the intellectual and moral premises on which a university is...
Davies admirably captures the urbane, though at times precious style of these academics. Searching for precision and the effect of spontaneity, they say things like: