At the hands of a master, it brings forth ethereal harmonies and the finest glissandi. |
Immediately following this section appear artificial harmonic glissandi, which have an eerie and fragile quality. |
This effect corresponds to the slides or glissandi used on fretless, plucked stringed instruments. |
On stage, the duo developed a flashy, Vegas-style look to complement the trickling glissandi pouring from their keyboards. |
But from the opening, mysterious, string glissandi, the orchestra seemed to miss the haunting atmospherics of Britten's score. |
The night music of the third movement flickered with spectral glissandos and eerie harmonics. |