The accompanying pizzicati symbolize the mandoline or the lute of ancient Venetian noblemen serenading at night on the Grand Canal. |
The elucubrations of these two animals are apparent as quavers, trills, glissandi, pizzicati of the violin, percussive rhythms of the piano or by calmer movements in conventional writing. |
It is worth noticing the use of double notes with knell-like pizzicati based on the two natural deep strings. |
If anything, I would have tugged harder on the bleakness — jettisoned Rolfe Kent's jaunty score, with its pizzicati and its busy drumming, in favor of something more austere. |
In Mood, the deep pizzicati of the flat strings evoke the mysterious echo of hide percussions perturbing the calm of big instrumental layers. |
And Sylvia's solo, pizzicati, is made of the same piqug steps as Aurora's, with the same fresh delicacy. |