| Only during the fugal finale do the singing, acting, and stage conception come together to move the listener and to convince him how great this opera really is. |
| If she conceives of it as a fugue, she uses techniques of counterpoint and fugal structure to make the piece. |
| There are seven movements, the first six slow, sparely scored, and pregnant with anticipation before the finale explodes into a furious fugal dash to the abyss. |
| In the second movement, for example, it appears pretty much as itself, while in the trio of the scherzo third, Antheil transforms it into a fugal subject. |
| The Bristol instrument and indeed Adrian Partington are at their most convincing when there is a constant flow of music, as in the fugal development to the sonata's finale. |
| Nothing, until the fugal entries of the main theme in the winds, really takes off. |
