1.   The Salvation Army is an institution that performs good works, and it is entitled to its views of homosexuality.

2.   As it is, he suggested, the orchestra may be neglecting its Mahler tradition, performing the works too rarely.

3.   Both works are performed with chilling clarity by the Ars Nova Ensemble of Berlin.

4.   A few works had been performed here and there, a string quartet had once been released on record, and that was about it.

5.   All students giving degree recitals could be required to perform works written expressly for them.

6.   But it was refreshing to hear well-known works performed without the sleek gloss that often mars the work of major orchestras.

7.   But what about Beethoven, a thumper of a virtuoso, famous for busting strings when he performed his works on the pianos at his disposal?

8.   By contrast, the Lyon company members resemble modern dancers when they perform works by American postmodern choreographers like Susan Marshall and Bill T. Jones.

9.   Coached by professional musicians in Los Angeles, the students will perform works by Schumann, Dvorak and Shostakovich.

10.   Davis has performed these works for most of his life, and the performances are insightful, restrained, lucid and brilliantly played.